Rick Croy

We remain firmly in the Rodney Tention camp simply based on the concept of fairness. Tention, Mike Lepore and Tyler Ojanen deserve the opportunity to coach the talent they brought into the SJSU men's basketball program.

But just as there is no crying in baseball, some will say fairness has no business in any coaching hire equation regardless of sport. To each his respective own.

However, we have a suggestion if Coach Tention isn't hired as the Spartan head coach by AD Marie Tuite. His name is Rick Croy. It's not publicly known if he has applied but we highly recommend him for the position because he is a demonstrated program AND culture changer. The ultra-successful head coach, currently at Cal Baptist University, has numerous achievements.

His Bay Area bonafides:

* Head Assistant Coach to Randy Bennett at St. Mary's

* B.A. from San Francisco State, three-time all-conference player

* member of 1995 state champions Northgate High (Walnut Creek)

Other bonafides:

* National DII tournament appearances every season at Cal Baptist (four years running), 140-23 overall record

* coached Citrus College to three straight league championship (2008, 2009, 2010) with a 92-9 overall record

* coached Citrus College to state championship 2008 with a 35-1 record

Croy has won everywhere as both a head coach and an assistant. He also has endorsements from a variety of heavy hitters in Nor Cal basketball ranging from Randy Bennett to Frank Allocco to Bob Myers.