It may just be a preparatory school, and it may just be Bryan, Texas, but the hiring of former Baylor basketball coach Dave Bliss—the man that put the Bears men’s hoops team in the dump for five years prior to Scott Drew resurrecting the program—as Allen Academy's new head coach begs just one major question.
Is Bliss’ hiring a wise decision?
First and foremost, let’s look at the facts that led to Bliss’ resignation at Baylor in 2003, and more importantly (and sadly), the death of a former player, and the ensuing attempted cover-up by the man that is now the new head coach at Allen Academy.
In one of the worst cases of NCAA wrongdoings in America, it was revealed through secretly taped recordings by a former assistant coach at Baylor, that Bliss had partially paid for two Baylor student-athletes’ tuition, including Patrick Dennehy, the player who was shot to death execution-style at the hands of his roommate and teammate, Carlton Dotson, who was later convicted of the crime, in June 2003.
In the recordings, it was also revealed that Bliss knew of drug us...
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