Reporter Asks Wisconsin Coach Greg Gard Painfully Dumb Question During Press Conference

Greg Gard has been one of the stories of the year in college basketball. As Wisconsin’s interim coach he led the Badgers to a 12-6 conference record and third-place finish in the Big Ten. The long-time assistant was rewarded for his efforts, as the interim tag was removed and he got a shiny, new five-year contract. Apparently not everyone got that memo.

During his press conference to discuss his team’s Sweet 16 matchup with Notre Dame when a reporter asked him a really dumb question.

Here is the exchange:

"Reporter: “Do you want to be back next year? Do you think you deserve to keep coaching this team after this year?” Gard: “Did you know I signed a contract already?” Reporter: “No.” Gard: “Yeah they actually gave me a five-year contract about three weeks ago. I always had a one-year contract. I thought, ‘Wow, I saw five years on that thing, where do I sign?’ “Interim tag. The best loss we had all year was the loss of the interim tag. That’s our best loss in the last three weeks.”"

Man, I give Gard credit because I can’t actually hear his eye-roll through his answer. He actually engaged the reporter instead of eviscerating him. He’s a better man than I. But seriously people, do some basic research before lobbing questions at a coach. Google is your friend.