This is a post by "The Cup" ONE HELL OF A POST
If the Academy had any balls at all they would reprimand and discipline Calhoun for the Jane Fonda comments last week. That was shameful.
But of course, this is the same Academy that three years ago swept more than 50 cases of rape under the rug in order to protect their top brass. The kids who attend the Academy and later serve the country deserve our respect and gratitude. The Academy as a bureaucratic institution of government deserves a healthy serving of skepticism. And their football program has always been filled with chop-blocking assholes.
I have my problems with Christensen as a coach but I don't think anyone can claim with a straight face that he doesn't respect the military. That his meltdown happened on "Military Appreciation Night" made for terrible optics, but this is a guy who has gone to extreme lengths to identify the football program with the military. From the nickname "special forces" to his frequent invites to Gen. Pete Schoomaker to address the team, there is no doubt that DC has a special appreciation for the military.
I think there are a great many arguments to be made that DC's football decisions are leading this program in the wrong direction. But the idea that he is anything less than respectful of the military is a bunch of bullshit and should be called out as such.
And finally, this suspension and fine is a serious overreaction on the part of Burman. If he had done it last week in the immediate aftermath of the AF game the decision would have at least been defensible. But the idea that this required 9 days of intense introspection by Burman is nothing short of retarded. It's pretty clear to me that Burman thought the thing was handled with the apology, that the YouTube video going viral caused all sorts of Fear and Loathing among the donor and legislative crowds, and that he then felt the need to act tough almost ten days after the fact. In any event, it's not like Christensen punched the guy. He lost his cool, yelled some stuff and felt bad about it later. In other words, he basically replicated how I act almost every other Thursday night over at the Country Club. Big deal. You can hear worse on almost every middle school playground in America.
I don't think Christensen is the right fit at Wyoming and I don't think his tenure is going to end well. But that doesn't mean that I'm hoping for these things. My hope, as a Wyoming fan, is that this team has a defining moment this year (like kicking Boise State right in it's collective bean this Saturday) that springboards us into a great year next season. Unfortunately, Burman's delayed overreaction has made that scenario less likely.
At the end of the day, the true bad actor in all of this is that shitheel Troy Calhoun. Equating our football coach to a traitorous Hollywood bimbo who straddled a Viet Cong cannon for kicks is nothing short of disgraceful. The Academy's implicit endorsement of these comments is even worse. Even if I doubt it's going to happen, my fervent hope is that Christensen finds his bearings, turns us into a bunch of tooth-chippers and takes a pissed off team into the Springs next year to serve all those dickheads a fancy shit sandwich.
Ian, I am sorry about the language but I am a little worked up this morning. Listening to that smug Calhoun on the MWC teleconference this morning has put me over the edge. My whole day is lost now.
DC might be an asshole, but he's our by God asshole and I'll be damned if we ought to sit around and let him get pilloried for this nonsense so long as he's got the word "Wyoming" in his job title.
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Now this is a great post by "The Cup". Well done sir! Bravo
