I've never heard opposing fans call us a thug team. As for Trent, he wasted his talent and never played enough D to be a thug player - all he did was dunk. Vytas may have committed the occasional hard foul, but it was always in the context of the play. CP3 may have been unnecessarily yappy, but I think his chippy play was in response to how other ACC teams played him way physically. The only Wake player I've considered a thug was Chas. His play was by far the dirtiest I've ever seen from a Wake player, and he looked like he openly disregarded the coaching staff - most embarrassing player we've had. You can criticize Skip for not coaching D, but any folks here alleging he recruited thugs are engaging in revisionist history.
As for the main thread topic, I've lost any respect I had for Chris Mack and am very disappointed. I've always liked Xavier and have been happy for his and other coaches success there. But his letting Hollaway do the presser, his rationalizing (instead of condemning) Hollaway's comments, and his only suspending Hollaway 1 game are indefensible. Hollaway deserved 1 game for his conduct and 5 for his presser. If I'm the Xavier president, Mack would be in my office this a.m., and we'd be reviewing the suspensions, his response and what he'd be doing going forward if he still wanted to be coaching there.
As for Cronin, I loved his presser, but his suspensions did not rise to the level of what he indicated he'd do in his presser.
This was a terrible, terrible event for college basketball, almost as much for what has been said by the participants after the event as for the event itself. I can't remember any event in college hoops that has bothered me this much (and I discount what Georgetown was involved in last year because that was largely instigated by the Chinese). If the university presidents won't review this, I really think the BE and A-10 should.
