Hello my name is Dawn, and I hold a grudge...
Before I officially begin my post this evening, you should know something about me. I am a Memphis Tigers fan, and yes, Iam still a bit bitter. Okay, a LOT bitter. I started to title this post Snake Oil Salesman (a nod to our former coach John "never implicated in any wrongdoing" Calipari) but I want to move beyond the bitterness. I really do. My husband says it's not healthy. I even have had dreams about confronting him. I know, I know, I should have better things to think and dream about, but what can I say?
I'm going to use this post to get it out of my system, as probably one of the biggest games in Tiger history is happening less than 2 hours from now -- Memphis vs. Kansas. I don't want to get my hopes up, but I just want us to play decently.
Mainly, I want the Tigers to shine and the spotlight our new (and very hot, might I add) coach Josh Pastner. He's a 32-year-old coaching phenom, the second youngest coach in the NCAA right now. I want this season to not be about Cal. I want it to be about our players and Coach Pastner. The players that have endured the disappointment that Memphis had in April when Calipari left for Kentucky. And let's face it, Coach Pastner played for and coached under one of the greats, Lute Olson of Arizona.
While in high school, Pastner played and coached AAU ball in Texas. Yep, coached, as a player. Anyway, he walked on at Arizona, and didn't play too much, but coached the players and Olson hired him on as an assistant right out of college. Oh, by the way, he's also really smart. Did I mention he was smokin' hot?
Anyway, I want this season to be about the TIGERS and our coach. Not one man hogging the spotlight, selling us snake oil and making us drink the kool aid. (I've often compared Calipari to Jim Jones -- the cult leader who made his followers commit mass suicide by drinking kool aid. However, at least Jim Jones drank his own kool aid. Calipari tool off for a big-A house in Lexington. But, I digress...
Anyway, here's to the Tigers, and our city. And to Coach Pastner. Play on.
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