Moments before Arizona kicker Casey Skowron missed a 36-yard field goal that would’ve beaten USC 29-28 last week, new Arizona State baseball coach Tracy Smith tweeted “Miss it.”
And when the kick sailed wide right, Smith tweeted a thumbs-up icon.
That’s juvenile and unprofessional. I was dumbfounded.
Can you imagine Andy Lopez, or any Arizona head coach, similarly, making social media comments about a Sun Devil athlete or athletic event?
Ever?
Greg Byrne and his UA predecessors, Jim Livengood and Cedric Dempsey, would’ve a) croaked and b) forced the coach to make a public apology.
The UA-ASU rivalry is cookin’, among the most deeply-rooted in college sports. But when a 48-year-old head coach joins the chorus of Twitter knotheads, it’s nothing but embarrassing.
