We cut Mike Thomas slack in the football search...Lord Guenther killed UI football and frankly we were happy that Tim Beckman, who resurrected Toledo from the dead, took the job. We are optimistic Beckman can do a good job. Can't be worse than 88-131-2.
Sadly, certain Trustees of a certain skin color whined about the hire. Did anyone tell them Kevin Sumlin was never interested and that Texas A&M was his dream job? So these two Trustees whined and moaned about how UI never hired a football or men's basketball coach of a certain skin color.
So when MT finally sacked Bruce Mid Major, everyone on Earth knew that the first call that MT would make would be to Shaka Smart. The "hot" name and he is of a certain skin color. Problem was that Smart never really was interested. So right there, MT had to put up a dog and pony show to appease those certain BOT members of a certain skin color.
Then MT swung for the fences with Brad Stevens, who listened and declined. My question-what the fck is UI paying $90,000 to https://www.parkersearch.com/collegiate-athletics??? A competent search firm should not only weed out potential red flags, it should be able to screen exactly who is interested and who is merely looking to get a raise from a current employer.
So now we have John Groce, whose name has riled up the fan base as a loser hire. Our bigger concern-his half-brother was Eric Gordon's AAU coach and ended up with a job under Kelvin Sanctions at Indiana.
Hey Mike Thomas! If you won't even talk to Frank Martin or Chris Mack, you are an idiot of the caliber of Ron Guenther, uh, I mean Warren Carter!
