Usually when a mid-major any-sport program does well, one of the big boys with big boosters brandishes some benjamins and the coach bolts (even if he has repeatedly professed his love for his alma mater). The horn has barely sounded on WKU's sweet 16 run, and the (Darrin) Horn is headed to South Carolina.
That "whoosh" you heard was all the momentum leaving Bowling Green.
I fully understand the "promotion" from the Sun Belt to the Southeastern Conference, and yet it is a bit difficult to swallow. This marks the 5th successful coach that WKU has lost to a larger program. The question does not lie in the "fairness" of this move - because it is capitalism when it is boiled down, money talks after all - but does the coach owe anything to the university? Coaches preach loyalty and trust, where is the trust here? (Side note: the Utah Jazz have the longest tenured coach in professional sports.)
I know nothing of Horn's relationship with the athletic director or the president, factors which may have or may not have played a role in his departure. Yet there is a palpable sadness in Bowling Green tonight, because Western let one of its own get away.
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That does stink.
You just HAD to find a way to get the Jazz reference in there didnt you bro???
Jerry Sloan will coach the Jazz from a coffin on the sideline - what's not to love?
I think Western missed out on a huge opportunity to make an attempt to show the support to the b-ball team like they did with the football team with the new stadium. But then again, maybe the reason they didn't man up and try to keep Horn is they couldn't afford it because of the stadium.
Either way, it is a sad day for the 'Toppers.
The Horn has sounded.
While I can understand, on one level, why he's leaving I am none-the-less disappointed. Money aside…where is loyalty? I guess if I expected it from anyone it would a local boy who is an alumni.
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