Not-So-Transparent Jacknuttery
Monday, May 5, 2008 by The Film Geek
News cycles are funny. Get news out on a Friday afternoon, let it simmer over the weekend while the full-time reporters are on the golf course and watch the story grow on a Monday. Before you know it, four or five days have passed since the new story was put into motion, and the conversation has changed.
It’s a shell game. One played by political jacknuts.
Late Friday afternoon West Virginia University announced a lengthy contract extension for WVU basketball coach Bob Huggins. According to Talkline host Hoppy Kercheval, Huggins, who was signed to what probably amounts to a lifetime contract with the blue and gold, said: “Mike (Garrison) and I are going to be here a long time.”
Huh?
Too often in West Virginia, our inoculation for a lifestyle of isolation, poverty and cronyism is WVU sports. We enjoy the wins, bowl games and tournament runs; they help us forget about our problems.
And, WVU President Mike Garrison is hoping they help us forget about his.
