Before the college basketball season is over, and before this blog comes to an end, we need to discuss a few things my friends.- Did every one see former Marquette coach Tom Crean (above) at the press conference where accepted the head coaching position at Indiana? Talk about fake-and-bake. Has anyone over the age of 40 EVER been more shamelessly (fake) tan than Crean? (not including George Hamilton, of course) Check out the photo gallery from the press conference. I believe that Coach Crean actually becomes more tan as the conference goes on. On a related note...I apologize for saying that Jay Wright might fake-and-bake. I have no proof of that. Although I do think he may bronze himself now and then.
- What's creepy about this article on Billy Packer isn't that he's unsure of how many more Final Four's he'll announce with CBS...it's a toss-up between the fact that he approached 123 women (seemingly without reason) and the fact that he asked these 123 women if they would vote for Hillary Clinton. Read that paragraph, then please, read it again. "He randomly approached 123 women recently - without introducing himself". Wow. That's funny and cring-worthy for about 50 reasons. Not the least of which is the idea that it would somehow matter if Billy Packer told a random women that he was, in fact, Billy Packer. MR. PACKER...PLEASE...FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND NOBLE...STOP APPROACHING RANDOM WOMEN AND STOP ANNOUNCING COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES!
- I never found a place to work in this editorial about the NCAA Tournament and office pools, so I'm cramming it in here now. Morrissey defends the point I had very early on in this blog that the NCAA Tournament is communal, it's our national get-together. People who normally don't have any involvement with sports or each other, can fill out a bracket and chip in 5 dollars that makes them part of a collective madness. I still say that March Madness is (overall) bigger and more transcendent than the Super Bowl, as more people are personally involved with March Madness (through identifying with a college or university and by filling out a bracket) than are personally involved with the Super Bowl.
- Who would win the Fashionable 4 with these four coaches left in the bracket? Annie...I'm looking forward to your thoughts on this one. After literally minutes of research...here is how I think these coaches would finish with regard to fashion sense and overall style: 1) John Calipari, 2) Roy Williams, 3) Bill Self (could have been #2, but he gets his suits dirty after constantly dropping to the court during close games), 4) Ben Howland (yikes!).
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nice article by morrissey. when i used to get the chicago tribune, i always thought his articles were pretty good, especially compared to the other sports comunist they have mike downey. it's like the difference between bill raftery and billy packer
ReplyDeletesorry i didn't comment on this earlier, damon, even after you gave me a coveted label and a specific question! first of all, i can't believe the 2006 fashionable four rankings you linked to listed jerry wainwright as #11. that is just uncalled for. remember, he's dumpy! he wears these tweed suits that might still have leftover mothballs in the pockets. he looks like an eccentric professor, not a classy basketball coach. but back to your question. i have to disagree about bill self in the 2/3 spot in this year's final four fashion rankings. his ties (in the two games i've seen) are always a solid color, and ask jay wright, it's nice to mix up the tie patterns a bit. second, i would bet that his suits come from burlington coat factory, maybe even t.j. maxx. they're not bad, but they do look like they were part of a buy one get one deal. and third, bill self is simply too plain-looking. there must be something about a coach's actual looks to give them a leg up (or down, in the case of mike brey who looks like a mafia villain) in the rankings. and bill self has nothing in his looks or dress to distinguish him. he looks like a midwestern accountant with the protestant work ethic on his way to the 10:00 service at the local lutheran church. i can say that since i grew up lutheran. anyway, this is getting long, so i'll try to finish up. i give roy williams the one spot. the combination of the silver hair, the rimless glasses, and the tarheel blue ties give him the #1 ranking. then john calipari--great suits, not so great slicked-back hair. then ben howland--not too distinguished-looking, i admit, but at least his ties have patterns sometimes--so overall he's better than plain jane bill self, who gets the #4 ranking.
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