NO MERCY, NO MORE

TODAY FOR LUNCH I HAD A NICE PIECE OF PORK LOIN AND A SIDE OF POTATOES. IT WAS LEFTOVERS SO I WON'T SAY IT WAS MY FAVORITE BUT IT WAS ABOVE AVERAGE. IT WAS IN THAT MOMENT WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT SOUNDS GOOD BUT REALLY IS JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE... PISTOL "PETE" MARAVICH.

DESPITE THE SUCESS OF THE DETROIT MERCY BASKETBALL TEAM (14-19), THEY WERE BEGRUDGINGLY LEFT OUT OF ANY POST-SEASON TOURNAMENT WHERE YOU PAY A FEE LIKE IT IS AN AAU TOURNAMENT (FOR EXAMPLE PURPOSES ONLY AND LET ME BE VERY CLEAR THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL QUOTE BUT I THINK IT IS ABOUT $27,500 TO PLAY IN THE CBI TOURNAMENT). WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH MY AVERAGE LUNCH AND PISTOL? WELL ANTOINE DAVIS IS A YOUNG MAN WHO IS PURSUING A DOCTORATE IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL AND WAS 4 POINTS SHY OF BREAKING PISTOLS ALL TIME SCORING RECORD.  HERE IS WHERE COACHDUKESSPORTS.COM IS RIGHT: NEPOTISM IS THE ONLY REASON THAT RECORD EXISTS AND IT IS A STAIN ON THE SPORT AS A WHOLE.

PISTOL WAS ONE OF THE WORST HIGH VOLUME 2-POINT SHOOTERS I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. HE SHOT A CAREER 38.1% MARK WITH THE 2-POINT SHOT.  AS A COMPARISON, ANTOINE DAVIS SHOOTS ABOUT 45% WITH THE TWO POINT SHOT.  AND WAS PETE BEING SELECTIVE? NO THAT MAN WAS HOISTING THOSE THINGS LIKE IT WAS AN INSTAGRAM STORY DM AT 2AM AVERAGING 16.7 TWO POINT SHOTS A GAME.  SO WHY DID THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR BE ALLOWED: ENTER ANOTHER CRAZY NAME, POPS PRESS MARAVICH.

PRESS MARAVICH WORE THE WHISTLE AT LSU FROM 1966-1972. COACH O WON A NATIONAL TITTLE AND WON 72% OF HIS GAMES AND THAT WAS A SHORTER LEASH TO BE FIRED THAN PRESS WHO WON AN ASTONISHING 47% OF HIS GAMES AT LSU. WITH HIS ALL-STAR SON, HE WON 29 GAMES OVER THE COURSE OF 3 YEARS WHICH IS GOOD IF YOU CAN PACK THAT INTO ONE SEASON.  WHY DID PRESS NEVER HOLD HIS GUYS ACCOUNTABLE? IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A COACH LIKE BOBBY KNIGHT WOULDN'T CHECK HIS KIDS FOR DISCIPLINE EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.  PETE SIMPLY WAS A BALL HOG OF HIS TIME THAT WAS A DRAG ON THE TEAM AROUND HIM.  ANTOINE DAVIS IS A YOUNG MAN WHO EARNED A RIGHT TO PLAY IN A POST-SEASON TOURNAMENT WITH HIS DETROIT MERCY TEAM (14-19) AND IT IS A SHAME THAT COLLUSION WILL PREVENT US FROM SEEING THIS RECORD BE SHATTERED.

MORAL OF THE STORY: IF PRESS WAS NOT WEARING THE WHISTLE AT LOUISANA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE RECORD BOOKS WOULD REMEMBER ANTOINE DAVIS