(sigh) Where to start? Seriously where to begin, but with the utter spazzness of the results of this past weekend.
Louisville was this years Kent State, coming in with some clout and showing absoultely NO HEART when it counted!!!....This was compounded when Louisville Head Coach, Rick Pitino rubbed salt in that wound by showing up on set of the CBS Madness panel no less than 48 hours after his supposed worst loss of his career!! Coach Pitino, tell us how you really feel about that loss? Pitino does his best Jerry Seinfeld imitation and responds, "mmmm-That's a shame!.....now get me to makeup." No class Pitino! It is now no shock as to why your team showed no heart v. Morehead State.
And spazz #2 is the ousting of Morehead State at the hands of Richmond. You had a nice run, "I (heart) Morehead" T-Shirt Girl!!!
We at the Insanity Report Headquarters at the Insanity Towers on the 33rd Floor believe that the success of a program or any team is dictated from the top down. And much blame should go to the many a coaching staff other than Coach Arm-Pitino!
Pitt's Jamie Dixon? Butler's Brad Steven's? Consider yourself on a Stephen Colbert-like "on notice" board??? hmmm, lets think about that...
Everyone is still talking about the ending of the Butler-Pitt game. 7 seconds left, Butler has the game rapped up. Pitt does a half-court hail mary and Gilbert Brown gets fouled by Butler's Shelvin Mack with 1.4 seconds left. Brown, hits the first end, and boom, tie ballgame. After Gilbert Brown misses the second foul shot, Butler's Matt Howard gets the rebound and Nasir Robinson does the unthinkable and fouls Howard just 0.4 seconds from having the game go into overtime! Howard makes the first throw and misses the second one on purpose to eat clock and send Butler into the locker room with the awkward Coach Stevens/Butler players' celebration and (yawn) another Sweet 16 birth for the Butler!
So lets get it over with. Who do we blame for this "debacle"?
The Refs? Naw, even the stripes can't be thrown under the bus for this. Moreover, that was pathetic how under the guise of journalism, every media member covering this game indirectly blamed the refs for making these last second foul calls, in the initial post-game reaction. They wussied around with their questions with each other and everyone, essentially blaming the refs for doing their effing jobs! The media members eventually came to the correct conclusion that the fouls at the end of the Butler/Pitt game were obviously fouls. And parading the NCAA Head of Referees onto the CBS panel to try to get a comment out of him and possibly corner him into admitting any referee incompetence had Jim Grey Ratness written all over it. (Coincedence that Rick Pitino just came onto the panel?)
K, so refs are outta the way. How 'bout Shelvin Mack and Nasir Robinson being freaking idiots for making those fouls!?! They're not idiots. There! But I don't think I'm alone when I say that the initial emotional response to those fouls when it came to one's brackets and/or bet made for many a name calling to Shelvin and Nasir. Mack is vindicated with his Sweet 16 birth and Robinson has to live with that foul for the rest of his life. That should be enough for him and his Pitt teammates. So name calling is above even a Jim Rome "bracket-guy" nerd such as myself.
Refs? Check. Players? Check. Coaches? Unleash the MTV-generation, "I mean, like right!?!?!?" call. Well, the success of the program is indeed dictated from the top down.
This is again evident in Bruce Pearls firing from Teenneessee today. (The end result was the "under" bet on his firing 7.5 days after their no-show v. Michigan....Pearl's essential mooning to the NCAA investigators and opening round no-show gave Tenneeesseeee no choice but to can Pearl's used-car-salesmen ass!!) Pearl was under investigation for holding a team bar-b-q at his place and for the constant mistake in Teenneessee's spelling. One of those is actually the reason for his NCAA violations! Whoa!
But back to the Butler/Pitt fiasco. Pitt Head Coach, Jamie Dixon should have had all Pitt players either off the key during those throws or instructed to "NOT FOUL!!" Shelvin Mack should have known after countless hours of Brad Stevens-led practice to know the situation and not foul Gilbert Brown!
But it's not the Coaches fault!
It's NOBODY'S FAULT!
We all love March Madness for the Insanity of it all. The upsets! The buzzer-beaters! The Gus Johnson! And why? For the mere fact that March Madness and NCAA College Basketball is FULL OF FAULTS!!! So, refs, go tell the media to suck it! Players, you're players, keep playing. Coaches, keep coaching. You all will make mistakes, and in that, is the utter INSANITY of March Madness!
Insert "Growing Pains" end-of-an-episode moral message......or just get another cheesy Jerry Springer "Final Thought" moment...."IT'S THE IMPERFECTIONS OF ALL THAT IS INVOLVED IN THE MADNESS THAT MAKE MARCH MADNESS PERFECT!...TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, AND EACH OTHER!" Somewhere, Tery McKaig is seen grabbing a chair from bouncer, Steve Wilkos and jetting it Adolph's way. "Adolph you're an idiot!"
However, a for-real Colbert-like "on notice" shout out has to go to Gonzaga Head Coach, Mark Few!! Few, you are indeed an idiot! Player's make mistakes, they go out and make a 5-second violation ala Texas' Cory Joseph at the end of the Texas/Arizona leading to 1st Team All-Adolph member, Derrick Williams to make his clutch And-1! But, the Gonzaga early exit has to do with your tutlage and tactics from your top coaching position, down to the players!
Few, consider yourself exposed! You've shown that you could always recruit diamonds in the rough. It's been evident in the past decade from Dan Dickau to Adam "Porn-stache" Morrison. And it was evident in 7-0 WING Kelly Olynyk. Few, you have a potential biggest weapon in the whole Madness with a 7-0 player who's strength's are off the wing and not in the blocks. He has shown well-above average Basketball IQ on offence and defense despite his obvious lack of speed. Just because, he's 7-0 doesn't mean you camp his ass in the blocks! This take has already been said. Kelly is a stud, and here's hoping he transfers out of Few's stinking program!
I mean Few, you have a great resume. Over a decade long dominance in the WCC and many great March Madness runs and moments. But witnessing this years debacle of player rotations, never gave your Gonzaga Bulldogs a chance to flourish. It took you 3 months to realize that David Stockton was your PG. And your blind loyalty to defensive/turnover liability, Demetri Goodson and to the inconsistent play of Elias Harris and Steven Gray led to this early ouster! Few, you had one of the deepest bench in the nation led by a potential Dirk Nowitski-dominating player in Kelly!
This freaking stinks to put Few 'On Notice' because the essense of the Mid-Major Mojo has alot to do with Few's contributions over the years, but this year is one to be forgotten for Few! Pick yo' game up Few! You have the summer. Now go!
So we straight!
And speaking of mistakes, how 'bout those brackets? Mmmm-ouch! And awesome too! Big ups go out to the Top 3 in the Insanity Pool current standings, one Tati Salgado, Tina Lum and Carrie "Water, I'm not an ER Doc" Watts! And a Florida Gator-type repeat run still possible for Ivan Bokanovic tied for 4th!
And speaking of game. How 'bout this weekends Smack? Terry McKaig, is "not really into this smack talk thing" but T gave it a go. A Cav Whitely deflection-hook followed by more PG-upper cuts! T was called out and he stepped up!
Jerry Hall. You're first forray into the Smack Fray. Big ups for stepping out of the dugout, but next time bring your Louisville-slugger rather that that nerf-bat of yours to the plate! Back to the drawing board. I know you can step up Jerry!
Original Commish, Kevin Outhet? Showing that we Commishs ride together and are forever Allies in Smack! You see T-(almost)Smack McKaig, PG is all around! The world is not all stinky Ladner marshes! It's filled with PG skidness! PG hick-ness! and PG red-neck-ness! So when you see that long-haired moo-layed, greasy PG-kat wearing the red and black lumberjack with the steel-toes to match, feel free to greet him or her with a "F&*$-ing rights!"
And J-Paq, you mention an establishment in Oakville referred to as the "PG"? Enter the Bruce Pearl weasel response of, "I can neither confirm, not deny" any involvement in a PG-Oakville establishment. All I can recall, however, is a fellow by the name of Dell with hands out under the cash dispensor of an ATM and the sound, "ppff-ddddddtthh dddddd-rrrr-dddd dddrrr-ddddd!!!!" And those who are in the know, know!
That's it for now. Gotta go back to the basement. Gotta get some rest. We have this weekends games. And before that, the 2011 All-Adolph 1st/2nd Teamers and Outhet Player of the Year presentation!
Bring the Smack! And K-Smack, T-(for real)Smack and Schmitty.....the Insanity Pool Universe is looking forward to your Denver regional Smack and thoughts!
Your Brother in Smack,
Commish A-Dish
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