The Mouth Finally Canned

Their are a lot of people in the world that can never experience the sensation of closing their mouths (Tiger Woods, Victor Page and Pau Gasol to name a few). It seems all people that never close their mouths are annoying (ok maybe I liked Victor) but none have bothered me as consistently as Al Skinner. I've been calling for this guys head ever since he sucked the life out of BC basketball ten years ago by packing it in...on offense. I wonder how many fast break points the Eagles had since Skinner has been at the helm? 800? That's about 80 a year...about 2 or so a game.... Sounds about right... My guess is that Kentucky probably had more THIS YEAR. And Skinner's lazy, boring offense matched his recruiting style. The guy (more likely his assistants who clearly left fo greener pastures) brought in some diamonds in the rough in the past. He had Dudley, Craig Smith, and Troy Bell and had some good runs as a result. But apparently Al didn't get the memo that a strong recruiting program translates into better talent and more wins because he decided to take an entire year off. Seriously, go check the roster. The Eagles have ONE frehsman on the roster this year....and he wasn't even added until December. Has there ever been another program to accomplish this feat? And yet, it took BC the enitre year to can this guy...and people seem shocked...pretty unbelievable stuff.

Let's see what Big Al has done the last two years. He got blown out at home by Harvard....basically Jeremy Lin and a bunch of D-3 level talent. BC got blown-out because they were ridiculously flat and Big Al was too stubborn to press a team with no ball handlers...I've never seen something like it. That is until the same thing happened this year...to the same team minus Tyrese Rice (because Al decided not to recruit for a year). So that's why I'm thankful he is gone. As for the next coach, I'm hoping BC brings in a guy with the sleaziness and style of Caliparri because last time I checked BC ain't Duke....they're not getting any McDonald's guys unless they're paying so its time to leave our morality at the door and start pulling some strings.