"Patton was hired at Northern Illinois... no good luck wishes?"Well, how could the Black and Gold Truth not extend our best wishes to Ricardo Patton. Never wanted to see the guy buried, only exiled.
And to show there are no hard feelings, I did send him a cookie bouquet.
And signed it from all of us.
By the way, everyone, did you happen to see Patton's comments at his press conference?
Read on, from Dan Babwin of ChicagoSports.com.
"Patton said he is confident that he can turn things around at Northern Illinois.
"We should be playing for conference championships," he said."
So is that playing for or contending for titles?
Maybe NIU has all the advantages that CU lacked so it's easy for Patton to talk the talk already.
Next, from the school's website, covering the press conference, describing Patton.
"Renowned as a teacher who is dedicated to developing all aspects of his student-athletes, Patton also tirelessly worked to promote Colorado basketball during his time in Boulder."
Teacher is debatable, promoting tirelessly inaccurate from all with whom I've spoken to, but today is not for further assailing. It's for a new beginning for Buffs' basketball and for Patton.
It says here that Patton will improve what is a crummy program but he will not lead them into the NCAA Tournament. Hope I'm wrong as I take no satisfaction in seeing others fail but the gut feel is that Patton doesn't have the allure of the Big 12 to recruit with any longer and he has never been a great tactician.
Bzdelik's star still bright
Air Force destroys Georgia, 83-52, in the second round of the NIT and if past media reports are to be believed, that effort only further cements Falcons' coach Jeff Bzdelik's stranglehold on becoming the next head coach at CU.
Of course, some have implied the offer has already been made by Buffs' athletic director Mike Bohn and that Bzdelik has already accepted.
What all this is for sure is great theater.
Is he or is he not?
How deep can he take a service academy into the tournament?
Is Bohn going to ignore NCAA Tournament success of some coaches?
Or is Air Force's brilliance over the last two seasons too much to ignore?
I admit I bought a ticket for this crazy show and am enjoying it all and I'm guessing Bohn is liking all the handringing and the edge-of-the-seat suspense by those excited for Bzdelik and those who think him the easy bail-out choice.
Local Side Roads
Wow, how bold a move would it have been for Denver to acquire the second overall pick in the NFL draft from Detroit, to possibly select Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson to be quarterback Jay Cutler's catcher?
But, those Lions must be wising up in personnel decisions as it asked for way more than the Broncos were willing to give up.
The thinking here is you go hard for potential stars, as Johnson is, but if you are astute in drafting, you can get more value by not overpaying, as Denver would have had to do. The Broncos, until last season, were highly questionable drafters. We'll see if coach Mike Shanahan can string together two good classes in a row.
Side Roads
CNNSI.com is reporting some pro wrestlers are tied to a steroid ring.
Noooooooooooooo!
Who did the magazine think they were going to find needling themselves -- bus drivers?
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