Refreshing Perspective from a College Basketball Coach

If you follow college basketball you certainly have heard of Mark Few, the coach of Gonzaga.  ESPN has a great short article about why he has stayed so long at a mid-major program when he certainly could have "upgraded" many years ago.

Gonzaga coach Mark Few over the years has turned down numerous opportunities to potentially leave the Pacific Northwest for more lucrative jobs, most recently gently telling alma mater Oregon thanks, but no thanks.

He's always left the door slightly ajar in case some significantly better job situation presented itself, but in an interview with the Houston Chronicle, Few described in great detail his biggest fear when it comes to entertaining the idea of leaving Spokane. 

"It has nothing to do with basketball," the Gonzaga coach said late Wednesday night. "It has to do with waking up one day, because we’re so involved in coaching, and my kid’s grown a beard and he’s smoking a cigarette on the couch, wearing a wife-beater. And I’m like, ‘Who are you? You’re not A.J., my 10-year-old.’ And he’s like, ‘Yes, I am -- when you were out recruiting, coaching, running all over the place, I grew up.’"

Read the rest.

(HT:  Joe Crispin)