The Notorious Eddie Sutton

Yes, he is back! Eddie Sutton has not met a gray area he didn't like. From the boozing to the cheating and now to the "in-season firing of another coach". Class act Eddie Sutton. I guess 800 matters more than anything else, doesn't it? Class act loser!

Pictures of Eddie Sutton's first game by Scout.com. My Space reports that Weber State ruins Sutton's debut. Thank you Weber State! The San Francisco Dons website talks about the Sutton (CSTV site).

Arkansas coach John Pelphrey publicly supports Eddie Sutton. Sutton himself acknowledges his motivations. *cough* confesses *cough*

This is not the first time San Francisco tempted an almost-hall-of-fame coach. When Gene Keady was pushed out (oops! retired) at Purdue, the USF Dons tempted him to coach for them. Keady was very tempted but there was an intervention by former players and assistants and friends to prevent him from tarnishing his legacy.

And while Eddie Sutton has every right to make a comeback, the way he made the comeback is what is the big stinker. And given Sutton's past transgressions, this surely rules out Hall of Fame consideration for this cheater-loser.

Firing a coach mid-season is a no-no in college sports, and despite all the pressures of winning, even high-pressure BCS schools haven't fired a basketball coach in mid-season. Of all the teams to do that, a small Jesuit school in a mid-major conference. Yes, we understand USF, you want to return to the glory days of the 50s, and I'm sure you are pissed that nearby St Mary's is doing much better, and GoneZaga has become a national darling. But why not do that in the off-season?

USF took advantage of the Lute Olson leave-of-absence story to piggy-back on that and send Jessie Evans to a "leave of absence". Well this may not be bad for Jessie Evans - Arizona has an opening for an assistant at the moment!

Sutton's first game loss is covered by Utah's KSL. Sutton's announcement to return at ESPN. More on this at Storming the Court.

Eddie the Cheater-Loser Sutton has found a new assistant too: Robert McCullum.

A lot of websites and analysts are either avoiding the issue or giving Eddie Sutton a pass. At least Len Elmore called him and USF out for doing what we all know they did: They fired Jessie Evans mid-season in order to get Eddie Sutton and get into the record books and create buzz around their miserable program.

I hope USF does not win a single game with Eddie Sutton as a head coach! :-)