SA #3

The staff here at CSJ want to thank SA for all the fun years.

You pumped up Hawkeyedom with unrealistic expectations ("The Final Four in the next five years" was a common refrain back in '99), which only lead to a steady deflation of the community.

The big November wins followed by February collapses were entertaining.

The excellent bracketing of thrilling runs in the 1011 Tourney with exasperating losses to teams you shouldn't lose to (3 in a row to Northwestern?) was genius.

The knack for coaching your team to upset buzzer-beating losses (at Evanston, at St. Louis, and #14 seed NW State come to mind) may be our fondest on-court memories of your tenure. Those losses showed prime coaching suckitude.

I could even stomach your success against ISU, knowing that a) SUI fans don't care about beating ISU (allegedly) and b) it just helped solidify the "Peaking in November" rap.

But most of all we will miss your arrogant Primadonnaism, to coin a word. It was both laughable and pitiful at the same time.

Good luck. The other 8 schools in the MWC don't know what an entertaining ride they are in for.

Peterclone