Chaney
 

No comments yet on Chaney's retirement from Temple? Being the cynical guy that I am, I think this is just the deal that was cut last year after the "enforcer" incident. Ok, you can come back for one more year so that you don't go out on this note. But then, you'll find some "personal reasons" to retire on your own.

[Edited by ChuckElias on Mar 14th, 2006 at 08:56 AM]

Yeah, something small & insignificant.

Something like....oooohhhh, I dunno, like being 74 YEARS OLD!

(I heard he was gonna go work for Haliburton but he was even too old for them.)

Chuck -- That certainly is possible, but I believe if that were the case, you would have seen a coaching-designate added to the staff last Fall. The way this has unfolded reminds me of the "power" that JoePa has at Penn St. The administration doesn't have the political power to fire/remove/force JoePa or Coach Cheney to retire.......Coach Cheney certainly may have wanted to retire last year, but did not want to leave after the incident.

Coach Cheney's contributions to the game of college basketball can be measured in a lot of ways that do not include wins or losses. He reminds me of Bob Knight - the same personality traits that cause him to achieve the coaching successes also cause him personal conflict.

Congrats on a great career Coach Cheney

I thought I heard he shot someone in the face.

Too soon?

ChAney. Not ChEney. Looks like a deal was cut. I remember the Howard Evans-Mike 'Threeswyck' teams as being very fun to watch. His players generally finished school and never got into trouble at 3 a.m. [Nothing good ever happens at 3 a.m.] I had forgotten about the hatchet man job last year, but I will not remember him for one incident as much as I will remember Chuck's US Senator for one incident.

Absolutely. Like great press conferences where he threatens to kill somebody. Great contribution. Or when he sends a player out to break an opponent's arm. Fantastic coaching job.

Speak for yourself! :D

Agreed. I lost almost all respect for him after the first incident. Following the second, I wrote on this forum that the NCAA should have banned him for life.

Well, then Bobby Knight should have been gone long before Chaney...let's see: Rape comment in Puerto Rico; Chair throwing; Choking player; numerous a-hole press conferences.

You'll get no argument from me about that. The sooner he retires, the better off college basketball will be.

I completely agree. Unfortunately, there will always be a place for a winning coach, regardless of his behavior. Oh wait a minute, Texas Tech went had 15 W and 17 L this year.

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