Yes, sir. I'll stay off your lawn.Sports have changed… now with the media the sports landscape is in a “prisoner of the moment” era.
Everything folks see now from players, teams, coaches that is appealing in their eyes is the “next” greatest of all-time.
But what’s odd and counterproductive to the cause of the sport is very few will genuinely respect or honor the past.
It’s why right now there’s very little meaning to the sport.
Retired coaches are like used cars. Five years after they retire, they are still serviceable to the media. Ten years after they retire, they are just old cars. Fifteen years after, they are junkers. At about 20 years they resurface as legendary antiques.
Pat is a legendary coach. One of the greatest of all time. But a seventeen year old recruit may barely know her name. It was the same for Joe Dimaggio when I was a kid. I knew his name but I didn't consider him with Harmon Killebrew who was belting 500 footers.
Every time UT is mentioned, Pat's name comes up. Is that a blessing or a curse to your coaches?
I gotta admit though, that big old arena with banners and relatively large crowds with pretty good number of games on TV would be appealing. But then I'm not a 17 years old girl.