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[QUOTE="ClamOtto, post: 1178857, member: 368"]
I'm sure most people think it's a cop-out but I actually thought Roy Williams made a good point about his ability to police these things.  He basically said he can't start asking around about course requirements and assignments because the faculty would go crazy.  And it's true - if the coach starts sniffing around asking what his players are expected to do in their courses, it looks like he's pressuring the faculty for special treatment.  if it turned out to be a legit course, would anybody believe he was asking because he was afraid it wasn't hard enough?

Same goes for Boeheim - I don't know whether he takes a "see no evil" approach, but coaches really are limited in how they can interact with the academic side of the house.  if someone brings them information they should act on it, but i don't think we can assume people would be okay with them investigating coursework, tutoring, etc.  i think these situations have more to do with the strange and uneasy relationship between big-time sports and higher education (which most of us try to ignore because we love college sports) than they do with specific coaches or schools.
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