Better Question: Why Hasn't He Been Retired Yet?
Should Sutton's wins count? (Mike Baldwin, Daily Oklahoman)
No.
In fact, if Sutton weren't such a legendary figure in college basketball and at Oklahoma State, the university would have immediately announced that his retirement was effective immediately. The man got plastered, got in a car, and had an accident. It's very fortunate that nobody was killed.
In my view, the man has forfeited the right to go out on his own terms as someone in charge of college athletes. Now that we know from blood tests that the man was plastered, the question of whether his son's wins should count as his seems a little wack.
UPDATE: Spunky Fort Worth Star Telegram reporter Jennifer Floyd Engel NAILS it with the following:
She has a name.
The driver of the vehicle that Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton crashed into during his alledgedly alcohol-and-prescription-drug-impaired spin in his motor vehicle is a person.
Her name is Teresa Barnard and just because Sutton did not kill her does not mean he deserves the free pass he is getting.
No doubt.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 02/25/06 13:29 | Sports | Technorati
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Kevin,
U of Ohio has yet to can Frank Solich for passing out dead drunk in a parked car. Husker AD Steve Pederson's decision to can him, however, looks better and better every day:)
Posted by Brad S @ 22:18 on 02/25/06
I don't know any of the details, so maybe I'm speaking out of turn here, but it seems to me that parked and sleeping is much better than driving. Maybe he had the good sense, once he got behind the wheel, to stay where he was. I'm not saying it's a good thing that he was that wasted, but still.
Posted by another precinct chair @ 16:31 on 02/27/06
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