When a coaching relationship goes sour, there’s never one moment to pinpoint where things went wrong. There may be a final blow or a point-of-no-return. But the decision can often be traced by a series of symptoms that developed over the course of weeks, months and years.
Cuonzo Martin is no longer the head basketball coach at Missouri. It’s a change that we’ve been earnestly pondering over for the better part of the last three months, one that was confirmed early Friday evening. It’s probably no secret, however, that this is a change that’s been simmering in the broader Mizzou discourse for the past year.