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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
You and DJ were so right about him. Disappointing.
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Even the sun shines on a 'Hamas'' ass once in a while.
I will admit that I am extremely demanding of coaches and executives, and probably unfairly so. DJ once asked me if there was a coach I haven't hated, and it's been damned hard to find examples for the teams I've rooted for.
However, I usually believe that there are early indicators of incompetence that are strongly suggestive of future performance, and I tend to treat those indicators similar to the way I would a relationship
For example: once Pioli traded for and then extended Cassel I wanted him gone because he committed money and precious resources to a guy he didn't have to when he had the leverage (and plenty of cap space).
To me, that's a girl thinking about wedding dresses and moving in after two dates. She's nuts. Get the **** out. And any sane guy would.
As soon as the Shapiro stuff broke about Haith I was done with him, because it was clear the guy was unethical in addition to being mediocre.
That's a girl who ****ed her last boyfriend's best friend. Get gone quick.
As soon as Rhoades stuck with Anderson I said he was an ass clown, because if you can't get a decision that easy right, you probably can't get much of anything right. And then the Porters moved, he ****ed up the baseball hire, and decided to lay down landmines all around the softball program while doing donuts in a nitroglycerin truck over the top of it.
I know that the common consensus is that these jobs are difficult. They really aren't, at least intellectually. I'm sure they are quite difficult to navigate politically, but anyone who follows college athletics as their job should be able to come up with a list of who the competent coaches are and then start working their way down the list to convince them to come to a program.
I don't think Mack Rhoades could sell gasoline to a Vietnamese monk.