Why Did OSU Wait A Year?

Sometimes, a-holes get what they deserve.

It just takes a while.

Take OSU baseball coach Tom Holliday, for example.

The guy has long acted like an a-hole, a point I noted a year ago. When he was winning, nobody could touch him, and his attitude was portrayed as confidence. When he stopped winning... well, it wasn't so cute anymore. And the teams Holliday used to trash tended to remember his biting comments.

Interestingly, Holliday was under pressure this year to STOP being an a-hole or risk termination, and for the most part, the guy didn't pop off this season. Or if he did, it didn't make it into the press.

But his team still had troubles in the Big 12, and his scheduling still wasn't as tough as it might have been. Bottom line: no NCAA tourney.

So OSU did what it should have done a year ago and booted him. Now they need to do what they also should have done a year ago, and snatch Sunny Golloway from Oral Roberts. Quickly. He's a great coach, and underappreciated in Tulsa. He would be a great hire for a once-great program.

[Posted at 08:35 CST on 06/01/03] [Link]