Doubting Thomas (Week 13)

Today, Isiah Thomas accepted the job as the Florida International University head basketball coach. Despite never coaching in college basketball and having an embarrassing coaching history in the NBA, Thomas seems confident about his new job. In spite of sneaking in a win in the Sun Belt Conference tournament this year, FIU finished 13-20 on the season.

I don't know which is worse, the fact that FIU fans will be forced to sit through at least five years (under contract) of another Isiah Thomas train wreck, or the fact that the Hall of Fame point guard who led the Pistons to two championships can't find a job outside of a mid major college team who finished last year seven games below .500. The sad thing is that their winning percentage (.394) is actually better than the winning percentage of Thomas's dismal Knicks, at 31-50 (.383). First and foremost, I don't know why the Knicks ever hired him in the first place. He is an embarrassment to any franchise he joins. Additionally, however, he has absolutely no coaching talent. He's proven time and time again that he can't lead even a team of over payed superstars to a wining record, what makes anyone think he can do that to a bunch of scrub players in the Sun Belt Conference, one of the most laughable conferences in the NCAA division I. Not only can he not coach college ball, he couldn't even play college ball. Under Bobby Knight at IU, he was an embarrassing player to watch. Until he can get a team to get some W's, he needs to learn four other letters. T-E-A-M.