March 12, 2008 - Tim Welsh Day

Everyone rejoice!

The Providence Friars were defeated by the West Virginia Mountaineers 58-53 at the Big East Tournament in New York City. Shocked? Neither am I.

Head Coach Tim Welsh is now 1-9 in Big East Tournament play during his career at Providence College. Now before you roll your eyes and say that we haven't had a point guard this season, what was Welsh's excuse in 2001-02, when our team was loaded top to bottom, or in 2003-04 when Ryan Gomes was 1st team All America? Was it the players underperforming, or their coach simply being outmatched by better, more experienced, and SMARTER Big East Coaches.

Sure he was impressive at Iona, which is what gave him the credentials necessary to coach at the next level. However, his inexplicable coaching decisions, terrible relations with players, and fashionable hair style are better suited at another school. Think of how different this team would have been with studs like Rob Sanders and playmakers like Dwight Brewington. His relationship with players forces them out into lower programs where rather than losing on national tv to Georgetown, they can lose in 1,000 seat stadiums.

Welsh is gone. That much is clear. But I am still angry at the man.

He took my team during my senior year and transformed them into a shittier, less coachable version of last years team, who despite their "success" were still overmatched by better teams and better coaches. Hopefully whoever comes in next can turn the careers of Weyinmi Efejuku and Geoff McDermott around and turn them into dominant forces before its too late. All of these players are talented, (well at least most of them) and do not deserve to have their career ruined by the work of Providence basketball's Elmer Fudd.

AND CAN WE GET A BIG MAN PLEASE...A TOUGH ONE...WHO SHOWS UP AT GAMES??

March 12 - Forever remembered as Tim Welsh Day...thanks West Virginia