Yep, it's unfortunate, but he's going to lose his job. Exactly what law did he break?
The first name that comes up for replacement is former ISU coach Tim Floyd. Floyd was on ESPN last night basically lambasting the Iowa Board of Regents for stringing Eustachy up by his coin purse. Floyd also said there are a number of "higher profile" coaches who were and are alcoholics.
Give the guy a break. Bob Knight head butts a player, kicks another, throws a chair onto the floor, shoots his friend in the back with a shotgun, and nothing happens. Adolph Rupp is outwardly a racist, nothing happens. A college player turns her back on the flag, nothing happens. Give the guy a chance, christ.
And a big old F Ye to the Des Moines Register. Way to print a story that's 3 or 4 months old and act like it's breaking news.
A few years back, the St. Paul Pioneer Press knew about the Clem Haskins/tutoring fiasco at Minnesota, but held the story for 4 months, then broke it the day before Minnesota's first round NCAA tournament game. If you know about the story, fine, run it. But don't hold onto it until it can do the most damage. That's bogus and it's bull$hit and it's blackmail.
The guy's a hell of a coach. He doesn't beat his wife, he is a responsible member of the community, he donates large sums of his own money to charities and funds, he does what's best for the basketball team by getting rid of problem players and encouraging players in the classroom, and he admitted over a month ago that he's got alcoholism.
And he's still got no chance.
Eustachy and Floyd are close friends. I wonder if Floyd will turn down the job over this...