Tom Izzo

I want to start this post on a sport's note, and end it with an unfinished poem. My NCAA Starting Five (who I would pay to see play the Nets in a 5-v-5 street-ball game) PG: John Wall SG: Jordan Crawford SF: Evan Turner PF: De'Sean Butler C: Omar Samhan Also, Michigan State and Tom Izzo deserve a shout-out after beating N. Iowa and making another Great 8. Could Calipari or Roy Williams do more with less? Doubt it. Are Calipari and Williams bigger sell outs? Lets put it this way: Izzo has 'been there, done that' when compared to Williams and Calipari. He already had his chance at a multi-million dollar deal coaching the NBA Hawks. He turned it down. Williams and Calipari are sports-agents disguised as college coaches--full of gimicks, one-and-done players, and players who can't pass an SAT placement test. However, I am a Kentucky fan--let the Calipari era begin. Anyway, here is an untitled and unfinished poem: From the glass bowl in the cafeteria, full of apples pears and peaches, we would fill up a paper bag with a half dozen Red Delicious and walk to the horse stables. On the way, Charis Ann and I would stop by the small pond and watch the orange and white coy zip from rock to rock. Clear sky spread silver and gold these evenings. We would split the apples into halves against the wooden fence, and reach our hands through the stable's gate to feed the horses. The stables overlooked the shaded, Santa Catalina Mountains and acres of rolling hills sectioned off by picket fence. Paolo Verde trees were in yellow bloom, and small purple violets emerged in groups.......