Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame
4/4/2022 11:03 AM
Why is Jeff Boals wanting to be successful -- to challenge himself in his chosen profession and passion at the highest levels -- inherently selfish? Who gets to decide what's motivating Boals, and to conclude it's solely about money? What is it about your view of what Boals should do that makes it the right one, and makes any deviation from that selfish and motivated exclusively by greed?
From my vantage point, you've defined very narrow parameters that college coaches and athletes have to follow for the purposes of your own enjoyment. And then you assume a moral failing of anybody who -- in your view -- deviates from that.
In other words, you like watching people play basketball as a hobby, and have decided to impose upon them strict rules about WHY they're playing basketball, and if they don't meet your standard for them, they're selfish.
I'm not sure they're the selfish ones in this instance, my man. You're trying to impose all sorts of weird, moral guidelines on a bunch of people you've never met solely for your own self-interest, and self-interest that basically boils down to ensuring a hobby of yours remains interesting for you.
I'm not denying that's the way the world is (at least for some people). Doesn't mean I have to like and/or support it.
At a minimum, I would have expected Boals to address the rampant rumors by releasing a statement saying that he loves his job and it's an honor to represent Ohio University. Nada.
As for my "strict rules," they're simply that the coach abide by the terms of the long-term contract he asked for and was granted.
That they abide by the contract, and "do it for the love of the game" or whatever.
As far as I can tell, there was one article linking Boals to Butler. The article itself made very clear it was pure speculation. The speculation seemed to be based entirely on the notion that Matta would become the AD, and that he in turn would want to hire his protege Boals.
In practice, the basic premise informing that speculation seemed wrong, and Matta took the job himself. Isn't it possible that Boals didn't respond because there was nothing to respond to? Just because 14 people on Bobcatattack.com are freaking out, doesn't mean it's real.