How much money does Matthew Gutierrez make a year? How much respect does he have among his peers? Has he ever coached bbal on a level above CYO?
Candidly...who the heck cares? Look, I would not know Gutierrez on the street if I fell over him but those comments from Boeheim last night were completely out of line.
Criticism is easy. Doing the job can be hard. Totally understand that. However, I, personally, lose a lot of respect when somebody goes after someone for physical attributes or things outside their control. It is a bush league move. Period.
This continues to be particularly troubling when you are the face of the franchise so to speak. Here, Coach makes a lot of money and has a lot of perks leading a multi-million dollar program. Sometimes in life we SHOULD expect more from leaders.
Coach has done a number of tremendous things for this community and organizations big and small off the court. He has also gotten passes on a lot of things others might not have. Would the University sit idly if they heard a chemistry professor at a symposium make a comment deriding any physical characteristic from somebody who called into question a paper, analysis, finding, etc.
Long story short, I am 49 years old. I Have 4 season tickets for basketball, 5 for football and have been all over the country for SU football and basketball. I make a solid yearly donation outside of tickets, preferred seating, etc. so I do not have fleeting interest. My own opinion is this sort of thing is a bad look and he really should apologize. From a public relations standpoint, there is no upside to it.
When I was younger, I might have laughed at it. Now that I am older and have kids of my own, i just get tired of people being d***heads just to be d***heads. Just my take.
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