Cheating coaches and Abar Rouse

Mike DeCourcy admonishes so much of the participation in the recent CBSSports 'cheating coaches' survey and the 'most overrated coach' one too. However, the "most underrated coach' and 'most coveted player' entries receive his stamp of approval.

But what is missing near the end of his 'cheating coaches' piece is a discussion of the omerta among coaches, the one and only Golden Rule of the College Coaching Fraternity against turning in a fellow coach, something that prevails above all else, regardless of deed.

See the Dave Bliss story for the ultimate in revulsion -- here's a portion via Wikipedia:

On August 16, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Bliss told players to lie to investigators by indicating that Patrick Dennehy had paid for his tuition by dealing drugs. These conversations were taped on microcassette by assistant coach Abar Rouse from July 30 to August 1. On the tapes, Bliss was heard instructing players to fabricate the story of Dennehy being a drug dealer to the University's investigative committee and also said that talking to the McLennan County, Texas Sheriff's Department would give him the opportunity to "practice" his story. The tapes also showed that Bliss and his staff knew that Dennehy had been threatened by two of their teammates when they publicly denied such knowledge.
Rouse taped the conversations after Bliss threatened to fire him if he did not go along with the scheme.^[8]
The revelations shocked the school and the college basketball community. However, despite the potential allegations of extortion, obstruction of justice and witness tampering, no criminal charges were filed against Bliss.
After Baylor, Rouse worked as a graduate assistant coach at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. He left the position in October 2007. Rouse has not had another basketball job since leaving Midwestern State University, and has said that he "has been blackballed, labeled a snitch and a turncoat" for taping Bliss' statements.^[9] Despite the near-universal revulsion at Bliss' actions, many leading members of the college basketball coaching fraternity considered Rouse's recordings a serious breach of trust (for example, Mike Krzyzewski said that if he ever found out one of his assistants had been secretly taping him, "there's no way he would be on my staff"^[9]). Rouse sued his attorney in 2005 for releasing the tapes, claiming that it breached the attorney–client privilege; the suit is still pending.^[9]} Rouse's attorney claims she did not know how the tapes got transcribed, but the journalist who published them said he got it from her.^[9] Jeff Ray, the Midwestern coach who hired Rouse, commented: "I'm right in the middle of it, don't get me wrong. But sometimes the things you see are pretty disgusting. Why is there this black cloud hanging over him? He did nothing wrong. To me, this is all a testimony to the sad state of affairs of our profession."