Ed Hightower to retire - commence rejoicing.
Here's the link:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2013/6/4/4396986/ed-hightower-retirement-announcement
Let's hope the next generation is an improvement.
Huh. I never knew he was a superintendent.
I did know that he was a poor ref, but that's par for the course in basketball, CBAA NCAA or pro.
Dr. Supernintendo Hightower, Ed.D.
His incompetence was par for the course among his peers, but his theatrics were unmatched. Consider me disappointed.
self-portrait?
datz racist
self-brotrait?
It will be difficult to imagine the odd NCAA game not having a moment similar to this:
In some seriousness, he has been doing this since at least the early 1990s, and has refereed almost 1,200 games since 1996 per StatSheet. I believe he is also on the board of trustees for his alma mater and on the board of directors for a hospital, so he can point dramatically at other things definitely.
I will admittedly miss this pose. But he can still scratch his reffing itch at the local "Y" if he grows restless in retirement.
An imaginary Charge has been called in his honor.
I hope he and Gordon Gee have a fishing trip or some epic bro-down planned for retirement.
What are the odds of these ass hats stepping down on the same day.
He has a PhD!!!
That's got to count for something, right?
Apologies to anyone else out there with an advanced degree in education, but no, it really doesn't count for anything. In my experience, graduate-level work in education is insultingly easy. As an educational professional myself, I'm embarrassed by the state of pretty much every education department I've seen. (Usual caveats apply; I'm sure there are some rigorous education classes and programs out there; this is just my opinion (albeit backed up by a lot of experience); etc.)
As a guy who knows a few teachers, I also agree. I heard one say, in a game of Catchphrase, that Ernest Hemmingway was a televangelist. I wish I was making that up.
Yeah, maybe I'm wrong. That'd be great.
I have a Masters from Long Island University (CW Post campus). I've taken graduate education classes at Columbia and Cornell, among other places. Not a single one has ever been remotely challenging or worth the time, other than as paper that can bump up my salary or satisfy some state certification requirement. In fact, I'm frequently insulted because my standards for high school students are considerably higher than the standards I'm held to in education classes.
Based on what I read and what I see at national conventions and the like, I strongly doubt it's different in other states. But hey, as I said, I could be wrong. Maybe Illinois is really tearing it up in the educational world. I'll look into it.
...they have that hotel and restaurant management school?
Not a problem and sorry if I came across as a dick too. I'm glad to hear that there's at least one serious program out there. There's certainly a ton of potential for the field, I mean, education is a very serious, important, and tricky subject. That's why I always get so mad when I see professors of education devoting classes to things like "What would your Native American name be?" (That's not a joke. Well it is, but it actually happened. I had an education class at Columbia where we did that for a two-hour class period.)
Dances with Wolverines?
Man I so should've used that. I went with Tidal Wave because at the moment I was hoping a giant tsunami would swamp Manhattan and put me out of my misery.
I'm curious. I'd have thought they were also relatively easy programs. (FWIW, my wife has a masters in math education from the SUNY system, and does not seem to regard education degrees as requiring very much serious work.)
I wish the guy standing behind Ed would also retire.
An increased dosage of Teddy Time.
As a friend of mine used to say, the lights are a little dimmer in crazy town tonight.
I needed this...
..that is all...
Is this a posbang thread?
As much as some people seem to hate Hightower, I always felt there were far worse basketball officials out there. Say, for example, the fools that did the NCAA title game this year.
soon, friend.
Looks like me after I eat White Castle.
Ed may have a huge ego, he is nothing compared to Ted Valentine. Ted has never blown a call, just ask him.
Best hairpiece in college basketball... Gone too soon.
http://rumorsandrants.com/2009/02/hair-today-gone-tomorrow.html
I learned something today.
Do you know him personally or something?
He may be a good person and good superintendent, but his performance as a referee was not well-appreciated, to say the least. If he did it for the "betterment of the sport," well, he didn't make it better.