Questions from Stillwater, Lawrence, and Lubbock

Will Eddie Sutton have an assistant position available with the Dons at the end of the season? Anonymous -- Stillwater, OK

Dear Sean, urrrr… Anonymous,
No, the chances that Eddie Sutton will remain at San Francisco after this season are slim to none. It is widely publicized that he was only chasing his 800 victories which he received earlier this month, and that he plans to fully retire and concentrate on drinking next year.

However, it has been rumored that San Francisco does prefer to hire controversial and washed-up, yet legendary coaches to meaningless one-year contracts. Rumorville has said that if Eddie Sutton resigns as coach, former Temple coach and “Hit-man” ring leader John Chaney is a front runner for the next one-year coaching stint. It has been said that he has expressed interest, but will only consider the job if he is able to bring in his own “goons” from the streets of Philadelphia to “rough up” the West Coast League. You might send him your resume if the seats are warming up where you’re located.


What is the Big 12 record for first half fouls and is Darrell Arthur on pace to smash that mark? Bill S - Lawrence

Bill,
I don’t know what the first half foul record is, but I do know this. Although it might seem that Arthur is developing a reputation as a hack, it’s not really as bad as you think. True, Darrell leads KU’s team in fouls this year with 67, and he is second in the league trailing only Oklahoma State’s Byron Eaton (78), but you have to remember although he’s extremely talented and a huge NBA prospect he’s still only a sophomore in training.

I think the concerning issue is not that he’s picking up fouls, but rather how he’s handling his foul situations. It appears to me that he frequently looks dejected, and at times seems to be sulking when he picks up a foul here or there. The last few games have been tough on him, but to become great he needs to learn to play through those situations with confidence.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. He’s a former McDonald’s All-American, playing on a top (5) D-1 team and maybe the refs are holding him to a higher standard and just picking on him because they expect more out of him.

Well, here’s the thing. I’m actually a little partial to KU as a team as well, and I follow them pretty closely too, and you know you just might be right. In fact sometimes, you see a call from a referee, and you just want to “punch him in the mouth!”, because it’s a G-D Damn, Bull Sh*t call. And, there is no freakin’ way that Darrell Arthur even touched that guy, let alone fouled his award-winning, flopping, punk-aZZ. For the most part, it’s obvious that it’s usually a personal vendetta the refs are holding against the poor kid. Furthermore, if I was anywhere near Allen Fieldhouse during the majority of these games where Arthur has been unjustly singled out, I’d probably tackle the stinkin’ refs and spit in their no-good, ugly, fat faces!

Whew! Sorry...Anyway, as I was saying. Fouls happen. It’ll work itself out. Let’s just wait and see how the kid responds to adversity, OK?


Is there anything on the tube Wednesday night? Bob K -- Lubbock

Bob,
Are you kidding me? Buy a TV guide, and splurge for a little HD. There is action everywhere Wednesday night. If you’re all about the ACC, you’ve got to check out the battle of Tobacco Road. It’s always entertaining and it doesn’t get any better than this year (#2 Duke vs. #3 UNC). If you like fierce rivalries, how about the Red River Shootout? You’ll see #12 Texas play freshman Phenom Blake Griffin and Oklahoma Sooners. Dig the Big 10? #8 Wisconsin is at Iowa. Big East? Guess what, #19 UCONN is at Syracuse. Heck, there’s even a decent game on in the SEC with #20 Vanderbilt at Georgia.

I don’t think Army and Indiana are on, but if you’re into other programs that on occasion define underachievement and mediocrity as of late, you can check out the Texas Tech Red Raiders playing @ Baylor.

If all else fails and none of this is of interest to you, you can always check out the old reruns of Golf Your Way on the golf channel.