Jayhawking!

Da Realist:

what do you guys think of this? I see this as harmless. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8586946/

Waldini:

Read about this over the weekend. I dont think it's a major deal as no one seems to be making a huge fuss over it. But I do think now what if this had been Tubby Smith, Stan Heath, Tommy Amaker, etc. Do you think it would be portrayed a minor deal?

Da Realist:

i agree. if this had been anyone other than the "golden boys" (roy williams, mike kzrychewski) this would be a bigger deal. but here's an even better question. why isn't myboy nolan richardson getting offers out of his a$$?

he's been to 3 final fours and won a championship. all this in the basketball hotbed of fayetteville, arkansas. where's the love?

Gangsta D:

College Presidents are scared to death of Nolan Richardson. He was always kind of on the edge but he won, so no one cared. But the way he went out at Arkansas, no one wants to invite that kind of potential controversy. Right or wrong that's how it is. One of these days someone might take a chance on him...

Waldini:

Because the media painted him as an "angry, black man". Whenever they do a piece on Nolan, 99% of the time, they show the footage of when he rippedthe administration and athletic department. I think he has gotten an unfairwrap b/c people are only telling one half of the story. They dont give him the credit he deserves even though he's accomplished just as much as the Roy Williams, Jimmy Boeheims, Rick Pitinos of the world.

Da Realist:

my man worked there for 25+ years and never had a"mistake" like roy williams and never was a constant source of scandal like bobby knight. all he did was win. sure it's easy recruiting talented ballers tothe mountains of northwest arkansas where the school provides the city with it's only black residents. but even with that huge recruiting advantage, he won. he didn't have any grant hills or carmelo anthonys or rasheed wallaces or tim duncans. i think his best player ever was todd day, or maybe corliss williamson. but he consistently ranked in the top ten every year until the last few.