Afternoon,
Still waiting for Mitch Mustain, USC said he should be stopping in today, if so, they'd try to get him on the hook with me.
But I figured I'd do a quick drive-by post before the mayhem begins tonight at the office. Loyal reader John dropped me an email this afternoon about something I thought on for a long while yesterday:
You have to appreciate JoePa having his players clean the stadium this fall....
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=dw-paterno052207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns&expire=1Now do you honestly think the Canes or Seminoles (or any other power for that matter) would be doing this?
A couple of things came to mind. Feel free to weigh in on any of them.
1. I think it's unfair to the guys on the team who may be walk ons, work their tails off in class and do it the right way (I'm sure plenty of scholarship players are doing it the right way as well). But then again, that's what a team is all about. They have to be accountable for each other. So, I don't think it's a bad thing.
2. I think there'd be a cold day in hell before Randy Shannon (or Larry Coker before him, for that matter) implemented such a policy at Miami.
3. From experience, Frank Beamer tried to set a policy at Virginia Tech where if you screwed up with the law, the classroom, film, lifting, personal fouls during a game, anything...he fined you by taking away bowl stipend money (players can get up to $500 for big bowls). I thought this was a good system, making each player accountable for themselves. Now, a simple infraction didn't cost you money, it started with things like running gassers after practice, etc. However, Beamer was RIPPED in the media (PTI, Around the Horn, newspapers, etc.) but most seem to love Joe Pa's policy. Am I crazy for thinking there's a double standard here?
Discuss.