Calkins: Hardaway is right — the problem is ‘bad coaching’
Coach Penny Hardaway talks to Emoni Bates late in the second half as the Tigers struggle to gain control over rebounds at FedExForum on Dec. 10 against Murray State. Memphis lost their fourth straight. (Greg Campbell/ Special to The Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
Penny Hardaway said Memphis lost to Murray State because of “bad coaching.” But there is no evidence he intends to fix it.
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