I'm not really sure where the controversy is regarding Coach Anderson's decision to suspend half the team for team rules violations. I know some believe that the wayward players are a reflection of their coach. I don't really think so.

Compare this to the Quin Snyder era. (Uh oh, he's bringing up Quin.) It wasn't so much that Quin had player issues so much as Quin had Quin issues. His responses to problems were anything from weird to really weird. My problem with Quin was he was flakey when it came to running the program.

Contrast that with Mike Anderson. Coach Anderson, that is. I'm not saying he's a great or even a good coach. I don't know, yet. But I'm pretty comfortable with the idea that he's a principled, no b.s. kind of man. I think it's a rare and admirable thing that he would put his record (and thus his job) on the line by taking such dramatic action. How many coaches would have swept this under the rug?

Coach, all of the staff here at missouritigers.com, our vast empire of t-shirts, coffee mugs and trucker hats applaude you.