OK — I have been putting this off for over two months now…I had to give my blood a chance to cool slightly below the molten lava levels that it occupied while I watched the New York Giants enjoying the spoils that should have belonged to the Dallas Cowboys.  I think I would have been OK with it if the Giants’ fans were even a little bit non-douche-y.  But, unfortunately, they are Giants fans…expecting something other than that kind of behavior from them would be like expecting the all-time interception leader to finish his retirement press conference, or a playoff game in Texas Stadium, or getting his bi-weekly bikini wax, without bursting into tears.

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Indiana University finally got their man when they hired Tom Crean.  All things considered, he was the absolute best they could do under the circumstances.  I originally thought that the “blue ribbon” panel was looking at the wrong level…if you want to send a message that you are a top 5 program, get a top 5 coach.  Seriously, my original opinion was that they should have a short list that included basically 6 of the coaches in the Elite 8 (all except Rick Barnes from Texas, who could not make it to the Sweet 16 with Kevin Durant and D.J. Augustin…start-to-finish the worst coaching performance I have ever seen, and Bob McKillop of Davidson who wasted 4 months of his team’s effort by not even calling a play at the end of the game against Kansas), Tom Izzo, Jamie Dixon and Billy Donovan. 

Well, that was my original thought…until I started trying to envision Rick Pitino fielding that call from the “blue ribbon” panel…wait, I can’t do that anymore.  I will just refer to that august group for the rest of this article as the League of Buffoons.  Sure, they made a good hire, but if history is any reminder, then I have just offended buffoons everywhere. 
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