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Why does Mark Fox appear to be the only one "disgusted"?
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Have you noticed that CMF is getting a lot of national media exposure with his comments on the latest revelations detailing what we have been suspecting all along about corruption in the upper echelons of college basketball? Arizona coach Andy Miller on an FBI wiretap working out details with an agent on buying a top HS recruit. While CMF states that he is "disgusted" and puts the blame squarely on the coaches and their schools, it has been very interesting watching some of the top coaches from the BB powerhouses in their interviews and press conferences. To me they almost all look very uncomfortable even discussing this matter. Instead of showing any disgust, they pretty much all spout out some jibberish about not commenting on an ongoing investigation which sounds like something their lawyer prepared for them all the while looking like their dog just died. Some act surprised by all this and some say they "feel sorry" for Coach Miller. Very strange reactions. I can't help but believe that we are about to see the sports world rocked like never before as we see more names exposed. What do you think?
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Trying to save his job, nothing more
This coach seems to agree....
https://www.seccountry.com/kentucky/mick-cronin-kentucky-cincinnati-basketball-press-conference
CORRECTION: The Arizona coach is Sean Miller. Andy Miller (no relation) is head of the agency ASM Sports .
I’m not sure, but it feels like he broke a “bro code” of some sort.
That's my take, too. The pervasiveness of the cheating (in terms of numbers of teams and number of years) and the "not surprised" reaction from basketball insiders pretty much indicates the long-time "don't ask...don't tell" code of the entire sport and its industry. It's sad really. Everyone related to the sport (including so-called basketball journalists and reporters) is so afraid of exposing the corruption and telling the truth because they've all been eating from the same gravy train for years....or they're cheating themselves.
Yep, it's like a politician saying America is great when he or she is in trouble. Say something everybody agrees with to divert attention away from their own failings.
Coach Fox is in trouble because he can't instill the ability to run his overly contrived offense into players and he can't consistently inspire players to perform well in general.
All of this leads to the bottom line, which is a 9 year record of underperforming.
It's not like anybody stole his coaching ability.
No doubt those who benefit from the game have stakes in it's continued success.
On the other hand it's not like Holyweird being quiet about Harvey Swine-stein's arse grabbing.
If you having heard many stories about the filthy AAU racket and it's influence on recruiting, you've been asleep, or at least not paying attention.
How anyone who watched how the North Carolina Basketball scandal was handled by the NCAA could be surprised is a mystery to me.
The NCAA has been and continues to be a joke - a self-aggrandizing and money making machine,.
Hey this about college bb not Trump
We talk a lot about us not having a “basketball” tradition. Fox has been trying to recruit from our state for years now and keeps losing players to many of the schools being named in the FBI probe. How does one build a tradition over 9 years (or even 40 years) if the surrounding programs are dropping $50,000 to $100,000 to take our recruits? I’d be disgusted, too. Meanwhile, AJ Green and Gurley sit out four games for infractions of $500 or less. What a joke.