Originally Posted by shocka43
Hate to say it, but you and other's were going to have those same feelings this year, or any other year that he decided to part ways. Obviously money isn't the issue. The realistic ability to compete for national titles. Can UD get there? Yes. Realistically, year after year and decade after decade? No.
Nothing wrong with being ticked, but business is business. I don't know anyone who wants to retain a job that doesn't come out in full support of his current job or boss. Nothing different from Archie versus some dude wanting to climb the ladder in sales...only to leave for another job with a higher ceiling. It is what it is.
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This pretty much describes everything that is wrong with college athletics today. We now equate it to big business with it all being about personal goals and saying and doing whatever it takes to get there.
Archie may have done some good things here, although I believe the players had more to do with it, but he should never be revered to the level of
Don Donoher. He had his chances to leave, but chose to stay for reasons that were bigger than himself. He represented what used to make college basketball great in those days.
If this makes me "butthurt" over Archie leaving, as you once said, then so be it.