Open Letter to the Washington Post
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 14, 2010 3:24 AM EST
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Dear Washington Post,
When i read your shocking expose this morning (NOT) on the Moses Abraham situation I said to myself, "well I guess it just takes one half of bad basketball to bring Gary's detractor's out of their holes."
I mean what has it been, less than one week after Gary Williams was crowned ACC COY? I have to admitt though--I admire the balls. I mean you didn't even change your schick did you?
I mean, I understand that you discovered long ago that you could find quite a few unfortunate individuals in the DC area (who try to position themselves in between talented high school kids and colleges for profit) to say bad things about Gary Williams.
Look we get it---Gary doesn't exactly coddle up to these types. But can you blame him? If you started recruiting a kid and you get directed to some hustler who's got anything but the kid's best interests in mind is that exactly a road you'd go down if you were a college basketball coach?
Well let me clue you in. We here at Maryland are GLAD that Gary Williams doesn't have to pony up to these scumbags to win. We can have winning season after winning season, exciting moment after exciting moment without sinking to that level. Does it hold us back? Undoubtedly. We could have hired Michael Beasley or Augustus Gilchrest's handlers as "assistant coaches". But you know what---we'd rather take our chances having done things the right way and let the chips fall where they may. Because you know what---that IS what college basketball is about. WInning without honor isn't winning at all in our book.
So please do us both a favor. Spare us the shocking expose next time. We'll just assume that the people who make a name for themselves as the handlers of high school basketball players don't have good things to say about Gary. We'll just assume that they didn't show the love you thought he should. We'll just assume that Georgetown is the cause celebe of these types as well.
Sincerely,
One Pissed Terp Fan
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Well Said
I have full faith in what Coach Williams is doing. J-Will will be a stud for us (already is) and I don’t care what we do each year as long as Coach Williams runs a clean program!
by bfhmdtrps25 on Mar 14, 2010 4:39 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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There is no gray area with GW and that’s what almost all the handlers & AAU are about.
If the NCAA came down as hard lately on the rulebreakers, as they did with MD when GW first took over, there’d be a lot less colleges willing to take the chance to move into the gray area.
This, tiems infinity
Maryland was kept off TV for two years for driving a student to class while academically ineligible, and a few players got caught selling ACCT tickets. For that, UMd was practically handed a death penalty.
Seeing the almost lack of punishment handed out to Fla. State for actively helping 60+ athletes cheat in classes and for the almost endless rules trangressions at any school where John Calipari stops for lunch, it just makes the NCAA look like it alone decides who has to llay by what rules.
I’m glad Gary doesn’t get into the muck that is AAU basketball. Duke may never get busted for some of their methods, but at least we’ll know Gary ALWAYS did the right thing in recruiting.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
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