The NCAA had the choice of banning Walsh from coaching.  If they had felt
his violations of NCAA rules, and his blatant flouting of the spirit of
those rules, warranted explusion, then they had it in their power to ban
him.  The left it up to Maine.
 
In effect, Maine took the NCAA at their word, and said: you imposed these
penalties on both Walsh and Maine for past actions.  Assumedly, you imposed
these penalties because you measured them as the appropriate response to
his conduct.  That means that it wipes the slate clean, and gives us the
choice of reupping Walsh.  So we do.
 
Taken in this way, I do not find Maine's action to be hypocritical.  I
don't see it as the act of bravery that some Maine fans do either, but I
think that perception begins to shade into whether or not you either love
the Black Bears, hate them or, like myself, do you best to just ignore
them.
 
--- Greg Berge
 
 
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