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Casey joins Sutton in resigning post at UK

Casey’s dream of coaching in collegiate ranks dashed

ALAN HAwsErkornoi sun

Dwane Casey announced his resignation as a UK as5istant basketball coach

yesterday Casey is named in several
basketball program

Players say Sutton’s resignation best

By BARRY REEVES
Senior Statt Writer

In light ol Eddie Sutton's resignation
Sunday altei‘iiooii. t'K players Derrick
Miller. Reggie Hanson and Sean Sutton
held a news conterciice yesterday to let
their l‘eeliiigs be known

In general. the reeling around the play-
ers is that they are sad to see their coach
leave L‘K. but they believe that it was the
right decision tor him and the [K basket
ball program

"obviously. liii disapoiiited that it had

to come to this. said sophomore guard

of the allegations against the men‘s

Sean Sutton. “I‘yc lt‘it‘tl lo prepare myselt
tor this all year He iusl wants what is best
torthelfiiiyci'sity ot Kentucky "

The players are hoping tlial Sutton‘s res-
ignatioii would \t all a message to the
NCAA Intraciioiis t'oniniittee. so the pen
alty . it thei e .s one. I» .ll be less severe,

"I hope it \y2ll send a litessage to the
M AA and i nope that nothing severe win
happen." Miller said. "We want to at least
iiclp this program Hi the right direction.

"l litlttk lie tilt: the ’lt‘\l possiliic joli clllli
he handled the pressures Hi the best possi-
ble yytiy.” \liliei said ‘l‘cople dent realr

By TOM SPALDINU
Sports Editor

Saying that his dream ot‘ coaching "has
been destroyed.” UK assistant basketball
coach Dwane (.‘asey resigned yesterday.
following in the footsteps of IJK head coach
Eddie Sutton. who stepped down Sunday.

"My dream oi coaching at this tfnivei‘sr
ty and eventually as a head coach at a
major university has been destroyed."
Casey said in a statement released through
his attorney. Joe Rill t‘aiiipbell

“It is with much sadness and regret that
I leave the University ol Kentucky (.‘asey
said. “1 love this University. its basketball
program. players. students and tans."

Casey. 31. who came to [JR April 18. 1986
after serving live seasons as an assistant
basketball coach at Western Kentucky I‘ni-
versity. was lipst’l o\er his resignation
Campbell said

"The pain he ieels is beyond descrip-
tion.” Campbell said

Casey. a native oi Morganticiri. by . and
a 1979 graduate o! t'K. tilled lite \acancy
on the stall lett by Leonard Iiaiiiiltoii, \\ ho
became head coach at Uklahonia State
tiniycrsity

"I leave this t'ii.ycrsit\ knowing that I
have done my best. t‘zisey sulti “I hate
never intentionally or knowingly ziolatet:
any Nt‘AA rule \ll‘ regulation i ilu\t’ t'til'i'
ducted iiiy protcssioiiai and personal lite
with dignity. honor and pride

lltt .\pril H. itlhh. 'ltc Isis \tmxit‘s Iiaity

ate the pressuri- ii imtycsi and him in}; ‘he

program is.
Coach Sutton resiencti :i‘oiii I'K on “m
tioiial television .iitt-i‘ iiriiiiy saying ‘ltii)
24 hours hetoi'c that lit would not resign
He called a special taiiiity ziieeiiiig Sat
urday night. ll';i"‘.\3l.t.; .llt
touriiatiieiit. to
litgltli‘it'uii
"We the latiaty
wanted what
will make hint happy,
’I think that the
hurt him. ttiiiiik i: ma. the rain. Silo.“
“LEXH‘L I’tpili'ie‘i l'd'n’ld'. 'iiu

lil‘Ktl“ ilt‘ fttltlt't‘. itik'lll'ti

mid him that we rust
tiest ‘uli ran. and what

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“llilt it sad;

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The Casey Fi e

Age: 31

Personal: single

Years at UK:1986—89

Education: 1979 UK graduate

Hometown: Morgantield. Ky

Other coaching positions:
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SEC coaches react with sadness to Sutton’s UK resignation

Associated “It‘s

Stiiitlicastei.i i’ontcreiicc coaches have
reacted S}'tt.iltiliii’llt'i) to former UK has-
ketball coat h Eddie Sutton resignation
Sunday afternoon and wish him best of
luckwith his tuturc

”I'm Stid lot‘ coach
Sutton I hope that
athletic directors
around the country
realize that there is a
great coach out
there“ L'iiiversity‘ of
Mississippi coach Ed
Murphy said

"Eddie and l are
good friends I hate to

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see hiiii resign (in

the other hand. I hope he linds a Job real

The guy tlia‘ is leaniig I’K= is
coai'iti‘s around." .‘yIiii‘phy

soot‘.
oiic til the lies:
added,

Mississippi state lti.'\et‘slty s coach
Richard Williams toes not really lane a
reaction to .s‘utti-i. quitting. hut thinks that
he is aquality coach

“I'm no! sure how to react . I know
Eddie pi‘otcssioiiallyf' Williams said
"Hes been Illct' to ire I think he is an out
standing coach I dont know that much
about what is happening except what I
read in the papci s "

lfiiiycrszty ot \laliaiiia coach \Viiiip
Sanderson was soi'iy to sec the (K coach
leave.

’I in sorry to Me il tl'lIZt’ to that. and l
\y ish liiiit well. 'San it rsoii said.

llugh iiurnars.
tieorgia s coat ti, ‘hoiigiii ‘ti..-f

losing ItitlI't 'liai. i .ii :v

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the top coaches iii the zonii‘iy”
think the Slit‘ is it--', ‘l‘i omit;
standing coach. I 't‘. :1: “wiitiiiy
irierid "

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Louisiana State Itinrrmy
Brown said it: a stair in r.‘ “‘
sorry for Sutton .i=;»f his ’.lil..i
ixedcollegctitlilelic~

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us all to I't'i‘\(tIIlIlIt
mands victory and pron: in
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By lil.ll.\lili'l‘ll \\ \IHC
News Editor

Six candidates the largest held in
recent memory are running for Stu-
dent Government Association president.

Four candidates are running for vice
president in the election. which is being
held March 29-30.

Last year only three presidential tick~
ets‘ ran for election. and in 1987 two
tickets ran

.Iohn Floyd. a biology and chemical
engineering senior. and Brian Rice. a
marketing senior. are the most recent
entrants into the SGA race. Neither stuA
dent is involved with SGA. although
Rice was once a member of the Fresh-
man Representative Council.

Four candidates Jeff Ashley. Scan
l.ohmaii. Kennedy James and K.A. M0»

 

berly already have announced their
caiididacies tor president

Keith Byers. Paige Foster. l‘at Hart
and David Skidniore also have an
iiounced their candidacies l'or \ ice pres
ident

“I am not running \vith anyone."
Floyd said. "I feel I could work with
whoever wins the \‘ice presidency

Floyd. whose parents are teachers.
said his platform focuses on higher edu-
cation.

“I have a lot ol ideas {or lobbying,"
he said. ”I‘m not politically motivated.
We need to start with higher education.
but we can't neglect secondary and el-
ementary education Being a leader
lakes initiative "

Although Floyd. 22, has not been in
volved in SGA. he has had several of
flees in many campus and state organia
rations including: standards chairman

Number of candidates for SGA president
reaches six; debate planned for Thursday

and coordinating sec'v 'ai‘y .iiid (iii-ck
Political .‘iction (‘oziiarittce reprcscii‘a
live for Sigma \‘u Iran i any last year

“I recogiiiw the presidency of ‘iit
student body .is a \'tl"it‘nl ainhassadoi
to take ideas to the .itiIIIIIlISlI‘lilIUII and
the Board ol 'I'ruslecs I believe I could
talk to people Irwin; diverse liar-k
grounds "

Rice. ‘21. does not have a plattoiiii or
a running mate. and he said he did not
know if he would havv one

“I'm mainly Interested in giving stu
dents another choice." Rice said “He
run before 'lor St‘l‘dltli" and lost I
don‘t want to get into the politics of it I
just want to help students I teel I can
run for the students and not worry
about politics "

George Hagan. Sti.\ election s hoard

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SPORTS

 

UK is not in ‘Final 16’ but consider the five
SEC teams choking in first game of tourney

It seems a bit strange that, just
days before play resumes in the
Slst NCAA Tournament. UK is not
one of the 16 teams left in the hunt
for the national championship.

When the selection committee
pulled somewhat of a shocker last
week by selecting five teams from
the Southeastern Conference to
play in its tournament, of course,
the Wildcats weren’t among the 64
picks. With a 13-19 record after
losing in the second round of the
SEC Tournament, the Wildcats
simply didn’t deserve a bid.

But doesn't it strike you as odd
that a team like UK (no matter
what the experts predicted before
the season began) isn't even in the
running? Not unnatural. After all,
UK had played in the NCAA nine
straight times, and hadn't finished
a season this early in 14 years.

Yet, no matter how undeserving
UK might have been, no matter
how much better the five teams
from the SEC that went in UK's
place were than the Wildcats. you
get the feeling that UK would've
done better than its counterparts.

In case you missed it, the five
teams that were invited (Louisiana
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versity, the University of
Tennessee, the University of Flor-
ida and the University of Alabama)
were all knocked out in the first
round.

Ouch.

Of the five, UK swept Tennessee
and beat Vanderbilt in Lexington,
but was soundly defeated at least
twice by the others. That includes
a 19-point loss to LSU. and 30 and
14-point losses to Vanderbilt.

It doesn‘t take a rocket scientist
to figure this one out (only some-
one willing enough to use hind-
sight), but would UK have lost by
24 to Colorado State University (as
Florida did), get embarrassed by
the University of Texas El-Paso
(as LSU did) or upset by the Uni-
versity of South Alabama (as the
Crimson Tide did? )

I don‘t think so.

That attitude, no matter how one-

sided, is what this UK-watcher will
remember from a season that
seemed to last forever.

UK, of course, was bounced down
in Knoxville, Tenn., last week to
the tune of 77-63 by Vanderbilt. Sta-
tistically, it was the worst season
in over 60years.

UK, of course, knew the odds
well before the season began. It
had lost Rex Chapman, the super
sophomore who epitomized what
has always been the downside of
UK basketball (hero worship) and
Eric Manuel, the forgotten man of
this almost year-long NCAA inves-
tigation.

Throw in speculation about what
the NCAA’s decision will be, the
fact that the athletic director and
the head basketball coach re-
signed, and it creates a headache
for an already embattled basket-
ball team.

UK, was, of course, picked in the
second division of the SEC in the
regular season. It finished tied for
sixth with an 8-10 record.

The Wildcats were expected to
lose to the heavyweights: Louis-
ville, Indiana, Notre Dame and
Syracuse. They did.

Kentucky was, at least, expected

to win its own invitational,
UKI'I‘. It finished third.

the

Simply put, the NCAA investiga-
tion created long odds, and UK
didn‘t overcome them.

Throw in that pot these messy
but important statistics: 3 six»
game losing streak (third-longest
in UK history), most losses in one
year (19) and a disappointing 8-6
record at Rupp Arena.

One thing will definitely stick in
my mind, however, when I watch
this weekend’s NCAA Southeast
Regional at Rupp. The idea was
epitomized by a Clay County has-
ketball fan sitting in the upper
deck at Rupp, watching the Sweet
16 State High School boys‘ tourna-
ment. Her team had gone to the
state finals six consecutive times,
and like UK‘s times in the NCAA,
was almost a fixture.

“They can‘t hold it here without
us" the fan's shirt said. That may
be true for Clay County in the
Sweet 16. But not for UK in the
NCAA Tournament. which is a
shame.

Sports Editor Tom Spalding is (l
journalism sophomore and (1 Km
nelcolumnist,

Kentucky Kernel, Tuesday, March 21. 1989 — 3

Tom Spnldlng
Sports Editor
Brian Joni
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By KIP BOWMAR
Staff Writer

This past Saturday in Los An-
geles, the UK men‘s tennis team
learned what separates the pow-
erhouses from the contenders

Given the results of UK's
match against second ranked
University of California at Los
Angeles, UK may still have to
fall into the second category.

Although UK tried to rise a

,iuggled lineup to gain some
victories against l.'(‘l..»\. the
team failed to take Ii single

match. losing (H),

Senior Rich Benson moved up
from his regu'ai‘ number two
spot to play at number one. but
UCLA's Bull Farrtm handled
Benson by a score oi ((45, (+2. Se-
nior Mario itincon play ed at

number two and lost to Brian
Garrovs (i-(i, til. and Adam
Malik, normally In the No 1
spot. lost at Iltlllll)t'i‘ three to
Jason \ctter T-ts. o; .5

[K only managed to Will one
set off the Bruins (then Sam
Stinnet. In the \o is position.

 

Tennis team loses in
weekend UCLA match

lost to UCLA‘s Billy Barber o7.
6-4.6—4.

The loss dropped the sixth
ranked Cats to 93 for the year

According to head coach
Dennis Emery, the competition
in college tennis is intense.

“It‘s a lot harder to wm a na
tional championship in tennis
than in, say, basketball. in the
last i2 years only three teams
have won the national title." he
said earlier in the season.

Before the UCLA debacle "he

team had been on a roll. t'tllliiilLfi
off three consecutive hoiiie
Victories. IJK crushed the (my

versny of Illinois and then lei:
nessee Tech University by
scores of 8-1 in each match

Then the team entertained the
University oi Alabama In their
home SEC opener. Things did
not start well tor the (fats as
number one seed Malik lost to
Clinton Ferreria 8-7, (H, (H. and
number tvso Benson tell to .lt‘llll‘i
Stimpson 7A6. (”i—4

But I'K nent on to .\iIi 'in-
rest of the singles inatthes (i
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VIEWPOINT

CA. Duane Bonlfer Jim Whlte
Editorial Editor Managing Editor
Jay Blanton Brad Cooper
Editor In Chief Copy Desk Chief

Julie Euclman
Special Projects Writer

Michael Brennan
Cartoonist

 

Bevy of candidates
for SGA president
sign of discontent

With six candidates for president, the Student
Government Association has more candidates for its top
office than Central America has coups in a week.

To be sure. this burst of candidacies is something more
than slightly on the comedic side.

But this sudden surge in interest in SGA‘s highest office
is both troubling and refreshing.

It is troubling because these candidacies signal an
obvious discontent with the current operation of UK‘s
student government. Never. in recent memory. have we
had more than four candidates for SGA president.

Six candidates is an obvious statement of unhappiness
with the state of student government. That is obvious. in
that. for the most part. these candidates are outsiders in

terms of experience with SGA.

Their candidacies suggest the need and desire for

change in student government.

And to a large extent. this discontent is justified. The
SGA Senate. in particular. has been plagued by budgetary
problems — just plain stupid spending.

Leadership from the SGA presidency is needed to steer
the Senate in a clearer direction to better serve students.

But SGA should take some solace in the fact that the
number of candidacies suggests that there is something
more out there than just overwhelming student apathy.

apathy.

Obvious discontent also is a sign. in at least this case. of
obvious interest on the part of these candidates ——
something we have not always seen much of in student

government elections.

With less than 15 percent of students voting in the
annual spring elections. student government elections have
often been little more than playgrounds for greek-
sponsored candidates. There‘s nothing wrong with that. If
greeks are the only ones showing interest, they should be

the ones holding office.

But in that process. what you wind up with is a very
narrow form of representation from our student

government.

A number of different candidates at least shows that
some students out there think student government can be
more than just a group that sends its members on a
number of" nice trips each semester.

Student government can. and should, serve the UK
student body. Perhaps with more interest in SGA‘s election
process. change may indeed be on the horizon.

 

Although Adam Goldberg's
column I'L'nbuckled: Govern-
ment cannot force people to
wear their seat-belt“) Goldberg
did not dispute the fact that seat
belts save lives and lessen
injuries ion the average, he
does feel that a seat-belt law is
not in the best interest of" the
people. for it restricts their
right to choose

The three main arguments he
gave against a seat belt law
were.

re Wearing «or not wearing; a
seat belt affects only oneself
and does not affect the
occupants of the other car in-
volved in the accident

,, The answer to traffic acci-
dents involving unbelted people
is a statefunded seat-belt edu-
cation program.

/ Seat belt laws are almost
completely unenforceable and
totally ignored

I strongly disagree with those
arguments

First. wearing ror not wean
”12‘ a seat belt can very well
affect the occupants of the other
car involved in an accident. as
well as the occupant of one‘s
own car and pedestrians.

Often in car accidents lespe-
cially side impactsi. the
unbelted driver is moved by in-
ertia out from behind the wheel.
making his vehicle an aimless
object ripe for causing impacts
with other objects 'including
cars and people I.

A belted driver in the same
situation will remain behind the
wheel. and if alert. still have
some control This information
comes from the Official
Kentucky Drivers Manual
Maybe the state of Michigan
didn't offer this information in
its manual to Mr. Goldberg.

Next, in regard to Goldberg's
insistence that a state-funded
seat belt education program is a
better answer for getting people
to buckle up. I again disagree.

The federal government has
spent millions of dollars trying
to get the public to use seat
belts. They have used repeated
publicservice commercials and
published studies on the
effectiveness of seat belts.

 

Wearing your seat belt
is worth the trouble

 

GUEST
OPINION

 

The media is already flooded
with information on seat belts.
A state—funded project would
only cause the spending of $2
where one would have sufficed)
and give journalists (01‘ people
who call themselves journalists;
material for a column.

The point that Adam Goldberg
makes about seat belt laws
being almost completely unen-
forceable may be true. but it
should not be included as an ar-
gument against such laws.

A seat belt law is not intended

 

The main purpose of
(some) laws is to deter
by threat of
prosecution and not by
actual fines . . .

to produce revenue for law en.
forcement. but rather to pro-
duce public awareness. There
are laws against jaywalking.
prostitution. gambling and
smoking marijuana, They all go
mainly unenforced.

The main purpose of those
laws is to deter by threat of
prosecution and not by actual
fines. jail terms or other punish-
ments. I doubt very seriously if
a seat~belt law is passed that
many people will get more than
a stern warning from an officer.

As to being ignored. seat belt
laws have definitely raised the
percentage of seat-belt wearers
in places where they are passed.
such as Ohio. Sure. not everyone
wears one. maybe not even the
majority. but if more lives are
preserved then maybe that belt
is worth thinking twice about
snapping on.

But then I almost forgot. pres-
ervation of life has not been a
strong point in many of Gold—
berg‘s articles.

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eave me alone

Individuals should be able to decide their own actions

Would you presume to send me
to jail for having a cigarette or a
beer'.’ How about for taking an as-
prin’.’

No. probably not.

If I am an American citizen. 21
years or older. able to drive. drink.
smoke and take over-thecounter
medications. then why may I not
have a Quaalude or smoke a joint
if I want to‘.’

I was watching TV a couple of
weeks ago and I saw a story about
a man with glaucoma that needs to
smoke marijuana to counteract the
blinding effects of his disease. He
is in jail for growing his own medi-
cine,

“Illegal drugs are a scourge on
this country. They‘re corrupting
our youth! ”

Yeah. right.

Just because a teenager wants
to smoke a joint once or twice a
week doesn‘t mean that his or her
precious “moral fiber” has been
corrupted. Yet the “Just Say No”
folks grow in size and power. There
is no end in sight .

Who is behind this crap"

It's the same people on the same
moral high horses I've ranted and
raved about frequently ~ they
have yet another stranglehold on
American “morality ”

In fact. these jerks have appoint-
ed a “Drug Czar” to counteract the
so-called destructive influences of
drugs.

Amusingly enough. William
Bennett 77 the chief antidrug dude
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rettes a day. He himself is addicted
toa “harmful" drug.

Look at it this way: It's my body.
I‘m going to do with it what I
please.

If I have a joint. I'm not endan-
gering other people by driving my
car. I‘m not influencing children by

Does this seem right to you?

Whatever happened to the right
to privacy?

The last time I read the Constitu-
tion it said . . and the right to
Life. Liberty and the Pursuit of
Happiness.“

I‘ll guarantee to you that I'll be a
lot happier if I weren‘t afraid of
going to prison for exercising my
rights to liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.

If we taxed and regulated the so-
called “illicit" drugs. look at all
the neat things that would probably

happen:
ix Drug—related shootings would

 

If I have a joint, I’m not endangering other
people by driving my car, I’m not influencing
children by having a joint in the privacy of my
own home. Why is that illegal?

having a joint in the privacy of my
own home. Why is that illegal?

Because some all—knowing prima
donna deems it immoral or just
plain “wrong" for me to do what I
want with my own body.

People like the Partnership for a
Drug-Free America seem to think
that they have the right to prevent
me from frying an egg on my
brain. God tor some other self-
righteous beingi thinks that she/he
has the right to appoint them my
keeper.

drop to zero. With no tremendous
profits to shoot at each other about.
why would the former drug dealers
shootatall'.’

w Drug~rclated deaths would
drop to near zero. If drug quality
and strengths are closely regulated
by the government. like other
drugs are A like meat and eggs
are ~ everyone would know exact»
Iy what they are taking. and how
much is too much.

./ Drug dealers wouldn‘t have
anything to deal. If I can buy an

ounce of regulated and inspected
marajiuana at the drugstore on the
corner for $30. why would I pay a
dealer $80 for it'.’

r If drug dealers don‘t exist. and
drugs are sold through drug stores
thence the name). children will
have a much harder time getting
it. When I was under 21 it was
much easier for me to get a joint
than a beer. and the beer was
legal,

./ If drugs were legal and taxed.
the billions and billions of dollars
that are now being funneled into
central and south America would
be kept in the states providing
American jobs. and helping to pay
off Reagan‘s debt.

So. tell me again why the govern—
ment is attempting to legislate
morality‘.’

It is not only self—righteous. but
counterproductive and inherently
circumvented.

I mean. it's my body? It's about
time somebody told the selfrigh-
teous jerks to keep their damn
hands off of it . and maybe raise
some revenue in the process

Adam Goldberg is u political sci
ence sophomore and u Kernel col
umnist.

Eddie Sutton deserved fans’ support

Chris Harvey‘s Feb. 21 column
saying Eddie Sutton should be fired
displayed a lack of understanding
that seems common among fair
weather fans these days. The idea
that one man could be responsible
for the downfall of an entire pro-
gram is ridiculous.

Admittedly. the 18 NCAA allega-
tions have cast a long. dark shad—
ow on the nation's winningest col-
lege basketball program. but such
problems are not uncommon to
UK.

There were investigations and
probations throughout the reigns of
Adolph Rupp and Joe B. Hall. and
the program managed to survive.
If Eddie Sutton is involved with the
allegations. then he should suffer
the consequences. but until
process is finished. no one should
point fingers

As for the program's subpar per-
formances in the last few years.
part of the problem can be seen in
your headline. “Sutton doesn‘t live
up to the expectations" of UK fans.
who. although they are the best in
the country. create a high-pressure
atmosphere,

Add to this fact that Sutton
became only the third UK coach in
modern history. and his results are
successful. It is hard to
comprehend how Mr. Harvey could
be a better judge of Sutton‘s 1985-86
performace than the college
coaches who voted him coach of
the year.

Sure. he lost to Louisiana State
University and missed the Final
Four in 1986. but it‘s difficult to
beat the same team four times in

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Maybe last year's team should
have gone further than they did.
but even this year's players admit
a lack of cohesion and team play
hampered their success last sea-
son. Those problems can‘t always
fall on the coach.

It is also difficult to blame Sutton
for “running off talented players."
Irvmg Thomas was a Joe Hall rc-
cruit. and was never happy at UK.

Rex Chapman was the first
Kentucky player in recent memory
with a legitimate chance to start
for an NBA team early in his
college career. It was a choice be-
tween enduring this season‘s
investigation or making $600000 a
year. Tough decision,

Possibly the most offensive par-
agraph in Mr. Harvey‘s column
dealt with certain “players“ Sutton
has signed, Is there a question as
to their qualifications as basketball
players?

Richie Farmer. John Pelphrey
and Jonathon Davis were all top
players in their home states. and
Mike Scott played solid ball his
freshman season at Wake Forest.
All have displayed admirable effort
this season. Having seen Mr.
Harvey play at the Seaton Center
further negates his criticism of
theseplayers.

The fact that UK has done as

well as it should be this season
should have been a tribute to Eddie
Sutton‘s ability to coach. With a
young. inexperienced team and
problems off the court. expecta-
tions should have been minimal
this season.

Instead of writing off Sutton, he
ought to have been allowed to pull
UK out of its current situation.
There needs to be some loyalty be
tween 3 university and its employ-
ees.

It is also incorrect to compare
UK to UCLA. UCLA was
phenomally successful under John
Wooden. but struggled before and
after. Kentucky has maintained a
successful program through three

coaches. That is a sign of a truly
great basketball program.

It‘s ObVIOUS the Kernel fias en—
hanced Mr. Harvey's stock as a
journalist. I wonder if the students
at UK could say it the other way
around

There has been more than
enough negative criticism of Eddie
Sutton and the basketball program.
There needs to be some positive
support from fans in order to surv
vive the current investigation and
continue the tradition of Kentuckv
basketball. A

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