I’m sticking my neck out posting this. Publishing sports opinion these days is fraught. Worse, this is an opinion about opinions and how they affect our common rooting interest in Kansas State athletics. But I think, maybe, in their knee-jerk defensive reaction to Coach Weber’s parting commentary concerning players’ access to social media, some K-State fans may be ignoring some uncomfortable truths.
Though certain quarters will undoubtedly engage in the same reflexive reductionism and brand this an “apologist” piece for former head basketball coach Bruce Weber, it is not that. Coaches who preside over three consecutive losing seasons in big-time college sports with big-time college contracts should not expect another year to figure things out.