Air Force baseball coach Mike Hutcheon is stepping down at the end of the 2010 season.
But he’s not going quietly.
The embattled coach has been suspended by the Mountain West Conference for Sunday’s game against UNLV after being ejected in back-to-back contests. The league mandates a suspension after two ejections.
Hutcheon was ejected from Saturday’s 23-8 loss to UNLV, a day after he was tossed from a 9-4 loss to the Rebels.
Hutcheon announced his resignation, effective at the end of the season, to his team on April 16 after a loss to Georgia Southern. His departure will end a turbulent tenure during which the program experienced massive roster turnover (since spring break, two players have been thrown off the team and five others have been suspended indefinitely), was plagued by controversy and failed spectacularly on the field. Hutcheon’s record in seven seasons is 76-277 including 13-147 in MWC play.
What could you possibly get tossed for in a 23-8 game? Hucheon’s been on the losing end of enough of these types of scores, that he should be used to it by now.
Why doesn’t this lame duck just step aside already? Does he think he can run the team even further into the ground in his last couple weeks of his tenure???
Does Hutcheon have such a bullet proof contract with the Academy that he couldn’t be fired outright for this? Why should USAFA have to put up with 2 more years of this dimwit, even as a PE instructor? He shouldn’t be allowed anywhere close to any cadet.
After attending a few blowouts earlier this year (prior to resignation) I saw a “Dead Man Walking”. Hutch looked like a boiler about to blow, albeit exhibiting a strange external calmness. I think this was more an accumulation or build up of what has gone on. I tried to place myself in his shoes as a competitor. I would have blown years ago.