It’s got to be awful to be Arizona coach Sean Miller.
Think about it: He leads one of the best basketball programs in the nation. He’s one of the highest-paid guys in all of college hoops. And almost every year, he’s expected to compete for a spot in the Final Four.
But how could he enjoy any of it when his name keeps coming up in a long-simmering federal investigation into bribery and corruption in college basketball? How can he move his program forward? How can he recruit?
In the quiet moments, when it’s just Sean Miller looking in the mirror to brush his teeth or to shave, how can he do anything other than wilt under the reality that sports writers, radio hosts and television commentators are circling, waiting for the chance to bellow, bawl and bloviate if his world falls apart?