THIS IS REALLY GOOD. You’ll see, even though it is “anonymous”, it’s still not 100% accurate… but it’s pretty good. Coaches will still be self-serving and self protective even when being anonymous. It’s as close as I’ve seen to the “truth” though.
By Dana O’Neil ESPN.com
The image of college basketball has taken a beating in recent years, with rumors, murmurs and innuendo about cheating spreading like wildfire. Cynics believe no one is trying to follow the NCAA rulebook and that the game has fallen victim to the begging hands of agents, runners and hangers-on looking to collect on the next NBA star.
Is it that bad? What are the real problems? And is the NCAA doing enough to fix those problems?
To get the answers, ESPN.com went to the sources. During the EYBL Peach Jam last week, we interviewed 20 high-profile head coaches, representing each of the six power conferences. With the promise of full anonymity, we asked them to tell the truth about their sport.
And they did.
What is your least favorite part of summer recruiting?
No one likes the constant travel, the bad basketball and the emphasis on individual skills instead of team play.
Coaches travel everywhere to watch high school kids in July, but can’t keep an eye on their own.
But of the coaches surveyed, many — eight of the 20 — cited the time away from campus and their own players as the biggest problem with the summertime.
“I have my team over for a barbecue before I leave in July,” one coach said. “Little do they know it’s a farewell, not a welcome barbecue.”
“You walk into a living room and promise a mother that you’ll be there for her son,” said another. “And as soon as they get on campus, you’re gone.”
“They’re all on campus and I’m on the road,” added another. “If they do something stupid, I’m going to get fired — but I can’t be there to see what they’re doing.”
Some other popular grievances:
“What don’t I like? All of it. I don’t think there should be summer recruiting, period. They want to clean it up? Get rid of it.”
“I’ll tell you another problem — 70 percent of the kids we’re sitting here watching should be in summer school. They shouldn’t be here.”
“What don’t I like about summer? Everything. The babysitting, the ass-kissing. Does that cover it?”
Continue Reading…
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago at 11:54 AM. Add a comment
I was forwarded an interesting email while in San Antonio. With the economy and every school’s ever-crunching budgets, I found this very interesting. The cost of success and the cost of running quality programs continues to skyrocket. Now deficit’s are mounting for many, many schools.
According to forms filed with the federal government, these schools reported the largest deficits for their women’s basketball programs in regard to the 2008-09 season:
School Deficit
1. Kansas $3,177,605
2. South Carolina $3,155,424
3. Arkansas $3,120,026
4. Texas A&M $2,996,821
5. Virginia $2,933,888
6. Auburn $2,874,009
7. Duke $2,836,386
8. Auburn $2,761,504
9. Oklahoma $2,677,885
10. Northwestern $2,652,529
11. Texas $2,639,111
12. Georgia Tech $2,479,525
The cost of Big 12 basketball
As this chart shows, one-third of the Big 12 schools lost money on basketball during the 2008-09 season, largely because of the massive deficits associated with their women’s teams. The revenues and expenses listed for each school were taken from forms filed with the federal government. The revenues listed for Baylor, a private school, may include subsidies from the university.
Texas
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 1,918,013/ 14,770,278/ 16,688,291
Expenses: 4,557,124/ 7,891,661/ 12,448,785
Profit or loss -2,639,111/ 6,878,617/ 4,239,506
Texas A&M
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 1,049,951/ 8,984,818/ 10,034,769
Expenses: 4,046,772/ 6,219,442/ 10,266,214
Profit or loss: -2,996,821/ 2,765,376/ -231,445
Texas Tech
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 1,746,714/ 6,479,893/ 8,226,607
Expenses: 2,734,893/ 3,831,828/ 6,566,721
Profit or loss: -988,179/ 2,648,065/ 1,659,886
Baylor
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 4,082,782/ 4,595,742/ 8,678,524
Expenses: 4,082,782/ 4,595,742/ 8,678,524
Profit or loss: 0/ 0/ 0
Oklahoma
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 1,448,696/ 6,753,149/ 8,201,845
Expenses: 4,126,551/ 5,409,808/ 9,536,359
Profit or loss: -2,677,855/ 1,343,341/ -1,334,514
Oklahoma State
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 427,816/ 11,052,293/ 11,480,109
Expenses: 2,118,334/ 5,166,055/ 7,284,389
Profit or loss: -1,690,518/ 5,886,238/ 4,195,720
Colorado
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 389,436/ 3,993,889/ 4,383,325
Expenses: 2,710,495/ 3,951,423/ 6,661,918
Profit or loss: -2,321,059/ 42,466/ -2,278,593
Iowa State
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 1,541,423/ 6,197,669/ 7,739,092
Expenses: 2,996,712/ 4,296,701/ 7,293,413
Profit or loss: -1,455,289/ 1,900,968/ 445,679
Kansas
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 315,529/ 15,737,145/ 16,052,674
Expenses: 3,493,134/ 8,219,362/ 11,712,496
Profit or loss: -3,177,605/ 7,517,783/ 4,340,178
Kansas State
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 765,006/ 5,656,041/ 6,421,047
Expenses: 2,513,866/ 4,608,889/ 7,122,755
Profit or loss: -1,748,860/ 1,047,152/ -701,708
Missouri
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 354,849/8,857,828/9,212,677
Expenses: 2,028,463/4,528,720/6,557,183
Profit or loss: -1,673,614/4,329,108/2,655,494
Nebraska
Women/Men/Total
Revenue: 695,026/6,297,232/6,992,258
Expenses: 2,247,575/3,961,218/6,208,793
Profit or loss: -1,552,549/2,336,014/783,465
Posted 5 months ago at 10:49 AM. 4 comments
