Scott Van Pelt rips Kevin Willard for taking a giant st on Maryland before bolting for Villanova

One well-known Maryland alumnus said he understood why now-former men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard left the program but still slammed the way he exited College Park. ESPN anchor Scott Van Pelt used his “SVPod” to take aim at the way Willard disrespected the people associated with the basketball program by the way he exited for the Villanova job.“Of course Kevin Willard can go to Villanova.Of course you can go back to your Big East roots.

Of course, if it’s better for your family –– we’re savages but we’re not soulless savages.If it’s better for your family, of course.

But maybe, you don’t take a giant s–t on the front steps of the house you’ve lived in for the last three years,” Van Pelt said.“You don’t do damage to the university and program where you’ve been for three years.

And you don’t take efforts of the people behind the scenes who poured their hearts and souls into this for free for you to try and fill in the gaps.And tell them, ‘Nah, nah I love this university and I just want it to be great.

And I’m anal, and I’m an A-hole and I just want this program to be the best it can be.’“Maybe you don’t tell those people that to their face repeatedly when everyone in the industry is saying to me, ‘Scott, why are you guys wasting your time? This is done.Everybody in the business knows it.

He’s gone.’”Maryland had made Willard an offer of a new contract that came with an increase in pay, a new coaching staff and an increased revenue-sharing budget, but it wasn’t enough to convince Willard to stay in Maryland. Talk of Willard’s pending departure had been a big topic of conversation during Maryland’s NCAA Tournament run, which ended in the Sweet 16 with a blowout loss to Florida.“But what really troubles me is asking good and decent people that busted their ass on your behalf to jump through hoops to give you the things you say you want—knowing full well nothing they give you—A, B, C, and D �...