re: Barkley named USC Starter, so where does that leave Mustain?

Mustain got benched after not losing a game. Fine. Thats questionable in itself.

Throw in the fact that the kid is receiving emails from the coach's CLOSE FRIEND who is ON THE SIDELINE, and that the COACH'S wife is forwarding that email around town, remarking that she found it "quite funny"....

HOW THE frick DO YOU DEFEND THAT?

How is a kid, an 18 year old, supposed to thrive in that environment?

I don't care if Mitch Mustain was a 3rd string punt catcher. He was shafted and mis-treated by the Nutt family. They crossed all kinds of lines with this kid.

Its called professionalism.

In the case of Mitch Mustain, he showed class and humility.

But if he was your brother or your son, and he was subjected to the things he was subjected to by the Nutt coaching staff and family, you wouldn't question for a second why he transferred.