aiwpfan
- Springfield, Il
Dad did the same thing, did he not?
Virginia's Tony Bennett retiring ahead of basketball season
What? I highly, highly doubt Tony has any issue with players making their fair market value.
If my job description changed the way his did, essentially overnight, I'd evaluate whether that change was something I wanted to deal with, if I had the luxury not to. (Hint: the change is not the players making their fair market value)
SKane
- Tennessee
I hope it is just that he is tired of the craziness of high-level basketball in 2024.
He seemed like a good guy and I don't have any problem with him using a somewhat boring style of play that helps his team compete.
As best as I can tell, he has a couple of well-qualified assistant coaches who can take over for the year.
He seemed like a good guy and I don't have any problem with him using a somewhat boring style of play that helps his team compete.
As best as I can tell, he has a couple of well-qualified assistant coaches who can take over for the year.
I have no problem with this. It's not as if schools don't fire coaches out of the blue on occasion, sometimes the table gets turned... Wanting to wait so that your #1 guy (Ron Sanchez) that has long been loyal to you can step right in as the interim, may not seem cool to some, but it guarantees a 1 year trial as the HC. You know the school will work the contract to their favor in case the program falls off a cliff and they want to cut the IHC loose.
What changed "essentially overnight"? Did I miss some news in the last few days or months?
sacraig
- The desert
I think it all depends on the nature of their complaints, and I don't know what Bennett's complaints are, specifically. I very much support athletes making fair market value as opposed to being exploited as unpaid (or under-the-table paid) showpieces.
On the other hand, I am sympathetic to the issue of having to recruit darn near a whole team every single year because everyone is a mercenary. Effectively, without contracts or regulations, every player is free to put themselves back on the market every single year. Not even the pros can do that.
Of course, if it eventually moves toward contracts that promise pay/incentives for staying with a team for a number of years, it may go smoothly for a couple years but I imagine that will get predatory quickly in the other direction (local car dealership offering a zillion dollars, all of which must be returned if certain metrics aren't met or if the player leaves, for example), which then rapidly leads toward collective bargaining.
Who knows. It's a time of upheaval and we don't really know what kind of equilibrium we will find. But coaches have to be getting whiplash over this. But if they are against players getting compensation for their worth, then I don't feel sorry for them.