Itās an indictment on college revenue sports that a coach as good as Tony Bennett cannot build a program on continuity and institutional knowledge being passed from one class to the next. But it is not the reality of college sports today. He was not ready to adapt to this new model.
Norlander got a really good quote from TB on the retirement timing:
The words ātransactionalā and āangerā really stood out to me. Signs of burnout in pretty much any profession, though often we are
not as self-aware as TB to see it as such.
The full article is a good read too. You can see a huge difference in the articles from the true bball guys that have gotten to know TB compared to the national take artists parachuting in with some bluster.
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This is excellent.
On a more basic level, even if this didnāt exist, I question how someone could watch the presser and come away with Pat Fordeās take.
Maybe he didnāt watch the presser, thatās a real possibility. Or maybe he thinks Bennett is just a straight up bad faith actor. Given Bennettās explanation and his emotion, Iām not sure Iād suggest any coach in the country, let alone TB, could have been doing what Forde characterized him as doing. Shit, if Bruce Pearl got up there and gave the same monologue Iād be like āman, i get it.ā
Itās just so transparent over and over again that Forde doesnāt like Tony. Gotta wonder where his editors went.
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Props to Norlander, this is a great article.
I understand the situation better after reading this. Tony really was burned out, not enjoying it, and feeling like the job required things of him that he wasnāt able to give (to the detriment of the team). Iāve been in that spot, where you keep telling yourself, āYeah, I can do this,ā day after day, and then at some point you look around and realize, āThis isnāt who I am, and I donāt like being this person.ā
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Interesting that Rick Carlisle hung around to address the team at the start of practice. Comments from Carlisleā¦
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Never mind it was Forde. Heās the worst. Iām so glad Tony forced him into having him write about us winning a title
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A really good article. Probably the saddest moment in my sports fandom. Just impossible to replace a legend. Here is hoping CRS becomes the next one.
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Guys like him are instinctively contrarian. And SI is a husk of itself (and has been for years) as theyāve been sold and licensed out to operators of questionable quality.
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Itās pretty simple. Forde is a total douchebag.
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Pretty simple reason.
The Gospel is foolishness to the perishing but to those who are being saved it is the power of God.
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Answer = mental illness + extreme stupidity
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I think the worst thing in the world in Tonyās mind would be a Farewell Tour. He would hate it. Of course, it would be selfish of him if that were a driver in how he decided to handle this.
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Love the NCAA crying poor victim after ruling college sports umchecked for over 50 yrs
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The part where they tout that they are advancing the compensation settlement is hilarious. Like we havenāt seen them fight tooth and nail to maintain amateurism within the last couple of years.
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Yup they created this whole situation by conttoling everything and now that they screwed it up rather than take accountability they are pointing the finger elsewhere to explain why they cant fix their mess
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I laughed as well at āadvancing the settlement.ā Translated: thet got their asses kicked in the lawsuit and have to pay up.
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Only he didnt really give it back, did he?
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Yeah he took the car that his parents loaned him and instead of giving the keys back at the end of the night, he gave it to his buddy down the street.
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Unfortunately now it has too many miles on it. The brakes are ok but the transmission is shot. Top speed in the 40s.
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