Control Freaks: Puppeteer Coaches Previously Puppets as Transfer Players
May 22nd, 2017 - 19:57
Hardheaded and/or heartless Division I coaches and athletic directors still don't seem to comprehend the national outrage at their toying with transfer players like master puppeteers. The administrators apparently want the NCAA to mandate that any player seeking a transfer must sit out a season; even if he wants to be closer to home because of an extremely ill relative or has graduated and wants a waiver to promptly play for an institution boasting a graduate program unavailable at his present college.
There is no reciprocal discussion about coaches and ADs being forced to sit out a year if they choose to switch universities. For instance, a total of more than 175 mentors - including every year since 1968 - had a change of heart since then and accepted a similar job from a "poach-a-coach" major college immediately after directing a team to the NCAA playoffs. After former Southern Illinois/Butler player Thad Matta departed as Ohio State mentor and David Padgett was anointed as interim at Louisville, CollegeHoopedia.com wonders how much the following active coaches were consulted on transfer issue insofar as they have firsthand experience playing for multiple four-year colleges: