So in a way, it's a homecoming. In a more accurate way, it's $1 million for about four rehab starts.

Coach: Eddie Sutton — Earlier this year, the New York Islanders propped up legendary coach Al Arbour for one game, 13 years after his retirement, so he could end his career with 1,500 games coached. That reminds me a lot of Sutton taking over the University of San Francisco mens basketball team last week, two wins shy of 800 for his career. Even though Sutton is hardly a figurehead coach, the same feeling surrounds the story. He wants two more twins, so he's going to coach a team where he can win two more games this season, and this way he doesn't have to smile for the media guide photos.

But there is one solid reason for Sutton coming back, and it's not to reach 800 (I won't think any more or less of him as a 798-win coach or an 803-win coach). He left Oklahoma State in such disgrace that he wants to end his coaching career on some semblance of a high note. Sutton checked into rehab after a DUI accident back in 2006 and promptly resigned as head coach. That's not the way he wants to leave the sport.

The thing is, that reason is purely selfish. Sure, it helps expel Sutton's own inner demons. And he admits such. But if I'm a USF basketball fan, I wonder if this does anything positive for the program beyond some novelty publicity. Who will coach the Dons after this season? Does Sutton plan on recruiting players?

Plus, I'm not sure how coaching on an interim basis helps Sutton feel any better. Shouldn't just beating alcoholism make Sutton feel better? I'm not seeing the connection. After Joe Namath reportedly beat his alcoholism, he didn't suit up and try to win another game for the New York Jets. (This year, he probably could have.)

So far USF has lost the first two games under Coach Sutton. But here's wishing good luck to the coach and the team, in the hopes that they can somehow find two wins in their last 15 games. (They're 4-10, so that's definitely in the area code of likely.) Also, here's hoping that when he leaves the program, he doesn't do so abruptly like the coach he replaced. That kind of stuff only happens in NCAA football.

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