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August 26, 2005
Oh, Nick!
The great orator Nick Lachey has weighed in on the Bob Huggins matter. You may recall that Bob Huggins was recently ousted from his position as head basketball coach at the University of Cincinnati, ostensibly due to a contract dispute but more likely because of the negative impact he has had on UC's national reputation. Nick, husband to Jessica Simpson, is a Cincinnati institution much like WKRP, Skyline Chili and Marty and Joe. Needless to say, he is not pleased about Huggins' lot in life and its potential consequences for his dear old U of C:
I ask again, what is happening at the University of Cincinnati? Is the city so paralyzed that they think they can get away with this?
This is one of the most successful coaches in all of NCAA college basketball, right there in our own little town. He has led our Bearcat program back from the dead, to the tune of 14 straight NCAA Tournament appearances. He was just voted Conference USA Coach of the Decade. He just led our entire athletic department to a major national athletic conference.
Do we reward him, extend his contract, give him a bonus for a job well done? No. We kindly, or not so kindly, ask him to leave all he’s accomplished as well as those he’s accomplished it with, and accept our generous parting gift. A buyout with a healthy dose of Cobra health insurance. Are you kidding me? This is an outrage.
The speculation that this could happen was enough to give me ulcers, but this is ridiculous. I counted on the sensibility and rationale of people in power to avoid this end, but I guess I was foolish in my faith. Apparently, Dr. Zimpher has distributed the Kool-Aid to others.
He ended the column with "can you believe I am actually smarter than my wife?"
Posted by oz115 at August 26, 2005 12:13 PM