Quin you can't say you didn't know it was coming. I respect your loyalty to your team and your agreeing to bow out now, rather than drag the team through seven more games. I have empathy for your wife and child in that their provider has lost a very prestigious job. But, you know very well that all of us are ultimately responsible for our actions. Ultimately your failure to recruit the needed players at key positions led to your downfall. I won't dwell on the Ricky Clemons fiasco, but you were so desperate to solve the point guard problem left by the departure of Wesley Stokes that you failed to use good judgment. Combine the inability of you and your staff to recruit those key players with a lack of experience in game management and it was just a matter of time before you would fail. And in fairness, you are not alone in blame. Mike Alden should never have put you in the position in the first place. Yes, you did go to four NCAA tournaments and your first recruiting class was outstanding, but then many of those players were recruited by Norm Stewart.
I wish you well in the future and hope that if you decide to remain in the coaching and teaching profession that you are able to grow and succeed. But, for now a large number of Missouri fans will remember you for the failures of this and the past two seasons.
