Not Again....

Not that I want to be right about this or that it is even fair to relate the two events but all I am saying is that on November 18 right after the University of Tennessee men's basketball team poured in 124 points in a smack down on UNC Asheville, I warned them here on this blog to beware of the Karma Train (obviously Bruce Pearl is not a reader and that is a shame).

Then this happened.  Four of the top 8 players in Bruce Pearl's rotation, including stand-out senior "leader", Tyler Smith, were arrested after a speeding stop.  In the car police found an open alcohol container, bag of marijuana, and a hand gun with an altered serial number.  WHAT?  Really?  You couldn't have left the drugs, open alcohol and hand gun at home?  Where could you possibly be heading on a winter's night in Knoxville, Tn where these things are in need?  I obviously have a lot of questions but the real losers, once again, will be the fans of Tennessee basketball.  The four players are suspended indefinitely and I can't see this ending well.  Chances are Tyler Smith will end up in the D League and get a shot at the NBA, and the two junior players and one sophomore player will transfer to another school and get a second chance.  Tennessee basketball will suffer and I hope Mike Hamilton, the Athletic Director steps up and sends a message.

In a big picture realization, NFL players are constantly ending up on the wrong side of the law, Gilbert Arenas and a team mate just turned their locker room into the Wild Wild West, and former NBA star Jayson Williams (infamous for shooting, killing, covering up and getting away with murdering a man) was found drunk and injured in his car wrecked on the side of FDR early yesterday morning.

Obviously, pro sports should be carrying the torch in cleaning up these glaring problems and has failed to do much.  Between Mike Hamilton/Bruce Pearl and David Stern, it should be interesting to see what steps are taken in the coming days.

Look out for Tennessee, suiting up under-manned tonight for the first time against UNC Charlotte.  Looks like another long season for the Vols...