OT: Recruiting a valedictorian

[guero_gordo]

This was told on local sports radio the other night and I thought it was worth sharing in light of the recent threads on college recruiting.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jerry-tarkanian--a-true-rebel-if-there-ever-was-one-172417307.html

 

[SoCal_Dad]

Nice piece about Tark the Shark - he was one of a kind and a reporter's dream for quotes.

Out on the recruiting trail Tarkanian watched as just about every school in the country broke all the rules in the Wild, Wild West era … paying players and parents, fixing grades, whatever. Yet only the small schools would get investigated and punished.

And then the NCAA would pat itself on the back and the newspapers would cheer on this kangaroo court, celebrating the virtues of one coach and one program while demonizing another (often Tark and Vegas).

It led him to deliver three of the greatest one-liners in the history of college basketball:

3. "I always like to get transfers, especially from the Pac-10. They already have their cars paid for."

2. "Nine out of 10 schools are cheating. The other one is in last place."

1. "The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky it's going to give Cleveland State two more years probation."

 

[dbronstein]

Great read.