The Coaching Merry-go-round

We are currently in the most underrated time of the sports year. It happens twice a year, and is a spectacle to behold. It is the changing of the guard, only it involves $2 million salaries and 17 year old kids. So let's break down a few:

Billy Donovan stays at Florida

Really? You don't say? The dude has won back-to-back national championships there. He has a chance to turn it into a dynasty and to be as revered as Coach K. He's gonna leave that for the high-pressure, no win atmosphere of Kentucky? Oh, and the job's in Kentucky. Hope none of the Wildcats were holding their breathe... or maybe I do...


John Beilein from WVU to Michigan

I wonder what the sentiment at WVU is right now... let's just check the Facebook groups created since his departure:

Beilein Is One Greedy Son of a B
I Hope John Beilein Chokes and Dies
John Beilein is a mecenary
John Beilein: What Once Was Class, Now Is Trash
John Beilein is a MOTHER F---ING SELLOUT
That WVU Basketball Coach is a TRAITOR

Now I don't exactly know what a "mecenary" is, but it sounds bad. So that's pretty cool. Let's take a look at what John Beilein did for WVU:

• 4th coaching choice after Gale Catlett left.


• Took a team with 3 hotshot recruits and kicked them off for behavior problems.


• Took the team to the Elite 8 for the first time since Jerry West was in college, and the second time EVER.


• Took the team to the Sweet Sixteen the year after.

So yeah, I'd be pretty pissed too if my coach did all that for my team. Oh yeah, and you can't forget that the team was coach by Gale-freaking-Catlett prior to him coming. Oh yeah, and he was paid about half of what he deserved. He is a traitor. I definitely wouldn't have left for double the money. As Dwight K. Shrute said, "I will go wherever they value loyalty the most."

Segway into...

Bob Huggins from Kansas State to WVU

Now this guy, not a traitor. He left KState after one year. Doesn't matter to Mountaineers, they want him and his single digit graduation rates. So now WVU has Rich Rodriguez and Bob Huggins at the same school. I give 4 years before an NCAA violation involving strippers.

Tommy Amaker from Michigan to... DMV?

Say it with me now... who is Tommy Amaker again? Was he really the coach? That is adorable!

Tubby Smith from Kentucky to Minnesota

Do you think he can get the mascot changed to the Screaming Eagles? Anyone? Bueler? Ah, ask your parents. They'll find it funny.