Hop aboard the Ed DeChellis Bus

Oh, you were being sarcastic too.

I’ve been beating Curley like a drum since Selection Sunday last year, and I don’t think there’s a person here who is pleased with how he treats the basketball program. No one here enables or “allows” him anything.

But the truth is, he runs probably the best overall athletic department in the Big 10 and has a profitably basketball program. That’s all the Board of Trustees and Spanier cares about, not winning. It’s how many black 0s he gets on the bottom line, and I’d challenge you to find 10 ADs out there who do it better than Curley does.

So no matter how much or how many of us bitch and moan, it isn’t going to change a damn thing. Curley ain’t going anywhere, and neither are his policies, so whether Ed Dechellis is the coach or not, things aren’t going to get dramatically better.

Accept it.

No one here thinks Ed is dong an acceptable job in comparison to other schools in the league. No one. But that doesn’t mean firing him is going to make things any better. You can keep piling on Ed Dechellis, and we’re just going to keep laughing at you because frankly, we could care less who the coach is. We’re gonna suck as long as the people above Ed run the show as they currently do.

Now please. Shut up.

The reason we’re tired of your (and all similar posts) is that they’re no longer adding value. Every now and then, a name or two pops up. But as it is, these are just rants. And the same rants, time and time again. To go one step further, these posts just prop up the poster as this beacon of hope – as though the rest of us are just blind to what else is possible.

We know what’s possible. We also know what’s likely to happen. Instead of writing the same old story of how the team isn’t winning, and placing the blame on the shoulders of the coach, we like to write about other areas – the good, the bad, the ugly. We try to find value in what we have in front of us – not just the wild projections of “What would happen if…” News is perishable, and the “FIRE ED” story got thrown out weeks ago.

Why do you expect anyone to respond to you? Your post is filled with calling disagreement “absurd”, chiding “keep Ed” peopleas fake fans, chiding me for posting too often (are you jealous or something?), demanding I answer non-sequiturs that add nothing to any form of discussion, and posting the same thing you’ve always posted

if you really want I can go and list various programs in similar situations as Penn State who, like Penn State, continue to be mediocre in basketball no matter who the coach is.

Just to name a few:
Rutgers
Nebraska
Colorado (their most recent hire, their most expensive coach ever, has compiled an amazing 31-55 record since beginning)
Oregon State