Is it really best for send the message, "Hey, no problem as long as there's no active case against you?"
Or should the coach help MCW learn a lesson like: you can't always buy your way out of trouble?
When he tried to swipe the items from Lord & Taylor, MCW was showing tremendous disrespect for his teammates by jeopardizing their season.
After all, he's probably the most important player on the team.
And besides breaking the law, he embarrassed himself, his teammates, his school and his coach.
But Boeheim couldn't suspend him...that would hurt the team's on court capabilities.
The coach could have shown him that a man faces up to his wrongdoing instead of hiding behind phrases like it was a "misunderstanding" (which seems to mean that MCW misunderstood that he's supposed to pay the store for items he wants).
That actually requires taking public responsibility for your actions.
It's easy to moralize when it doesn't directly affect you.
900 wins on the court...another big loss off it.
