NCAA College Coaches
We see another major university that has violated NCAA rules and has been excluded from participating in post season tournaments, which is a goal for many of the teams and players. We see this recurring theme where universities are placed on probation for violating the rules at the expense of the players, the fans, and the university, but how about the Coach?
We see the Coach move on to another university without penalty. John Calipari had violations at UMass and Memphis leaving the schools to fend with the outcomes, while he moved to a mulit-milion dollar position as coach of the University of Kentucky basketball program. Larry Brown current coach of SMU has a history of violations at UCLA and Kansas, and now SMU has just been hit a postseason suspension and scholarship reduction. Often the cheating coaches head for the hills or the pros. Both Pete Carroll and Chip Kelly violated the rules at USC and Oregon before heading to the pros.
These coaches teach their players about discipline, teamwork, responsibility, and accountability. It's time we held these coaches to the same standards as the players. If a coach is leading a program that continually abuses the system and breaks the rules, the time has come to suspend the coach without pay, to place them on probation, and suspend where appropriate.
John Calipari was just elected into the Basketball Hall-of-Fame, Larry Brown is a member. Seems hypocritical to punish the players and schools yet reward the coaches who seem to get rewarded with million dollar salaries and busts in the hall-of-fame.
Time to ban the coaches and remove them from the HOF. Build the program and they will come.
Let's hold the coaches to the same standards as the players and universities.
All the Best,
Coach K
Tom Kaufmann
CoachKaufmann.com
