Column: What is wrong with NCAA coaches

Bill Self just finished completing an amazing run through the NCAA Tournament. He silenced all of his critics, made a Final Four, defeated his predecessor, and won a national championship. Sounds like a pretty amazing season that will certainly bring him back to Lawrence to coach the Jayhawks for the next few seasons right? The rumors are that Oklahoma State has come knocking down Self's front door bearing gifts of dead presidents. Self is an Oklahoma State graduate that has an Oklahoma twang and started his coaching legacy in Oklahoma while coaching Oral Roberts and Tulsa to a collective 129-81 mark in seven seasons. Self decided to converse the situation over with Kansas officials. A report was released saying that Self wanted job security from the Jayhawks. Job security? Are you kidding me? Bill, you just won a national championship, had another incredible season, and now have at least three legitimate NBA prospects. You have the job, they are not firing you any time soon, and you just managed to shut everyone up! I can somewhat see an extension, but if I was KU I would not even grant you a raise, much less match an offer by a conference foe in Stillwater. I do not understand why all of these coaches plead with their schools for more money, more security and more incentives. They coach and recruit for a living, you would think that would be attractive enough of a job to welcome. I would like to tell all the people in Big 12 nation that I will coach their basketball teams for free. Athletic directors are required to grant the ridiculous figures to them because they know these unscrupulous coaches will jump ship at the first scent of more money. Ex-Western Kentucky coach Darrin Horn decided to enter extension discussions with WKU after their Sweet 16 berth in the NCAA Tournament; three days later Horn accepted the job at South Carolina, without even getting permission from the WKU administration. When are these coaches going to be held accountable for honoring their contracts? All that is heard from coaches is how much they are getting hounded, how much pressure they have and how they need to feel that they are welcomed. Forget that. Bill Self should have won a national championship, he makes close to $1.4 million per year. IF Oklahoma State decides to open up the checkbook, and IF Self decides to leave, I would hope Cowboys' fans would demand a national title in a few years, especially if the figures are as much as believed to be. A $6 million signing bonus obviously just does not buy you enough job security in this generation. Bill Self should come to his senses and realize that he is leaving a paradise of heaven in Lawrence, and I think he will. When all is said and done, KU will pay Self through the nose and then welcome him back to Allen Fieldhouse. However if I am Lew Perkins, KU athletic director, I say to Self, a contract extension is in order, but we are not going to match Oklahoma State's offer. If he leaves, good riddens. He will not be any different than any other division-I coach who just solicits the top dollar amount.