Thursday, April 8, 2010

Jeff Portnoy's latest is fascinating

Let's have a wow followed by a few exclamation points !!!.

Jeff Portnoy's column today is an eye-opener -- all about former UH Coach Riley Wallace's enmity towards both Gib Arnold and the timeline of the courting, if not hiring, process for a new mens basketball coach.

Go here for Jeff's article.

Arnold knew early on this season that he wouldn't be remaining at USC so landing another coaching position was paramount. Everyone and his brother and sister knew halfway or so into the 2009-2010 season that Bob Nash wasn't going to be retained and it is not beyond the realm of comprehension that AD Jim Donovan received a number of 'hello, I am interested if' or 'hello, I'm representing so-and-so who would be interested if' overtures. That's the nature of the beast.

Are we missing something? If (and nobody will ever produce smoking gun evidence of such) Arnold professed his interest to Donovan prior to Nash's actual departure, is that a 'sin' within the coaching ranks?

Also, did Riley Wallace have a fave he was pushing for or more than one? Does anyone know? Or is it more a matter of his believing Arnold and Donovan crossed some sort of boundary in moving the former into the position?







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