What is going on at Seton Hall?

Yesterday, we wrote about how Herb Pope's meltdown in Seton Hall's first round NIT loss was an embarrassment and a sign of bigger issues within the program.

We had no idea.

It started when reports leaked that Bobby Gonzalez had been fired has head coach of the Pirates. While the timing was a little bit sudden, it really comes as no surprise that Gonzo got the axe. He rubbed people the wrong way, was verbally abusive to just about anyone that crossed him, and he brought in player's with questionable backgrounds.

Despite that, I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. These kids weren't that bad, right? I don't condone drinking and driving or physically assaulting another man's jewels, but in the grand scheme of things, those are relatively minor infractions. These kids weren't slinging crack, they weren't putting fellow students into comas, and they weren't involved in academic scandals (that we know of, I'm sure Pete Thamel already has a story in the works) like the team up at Binghamton.

Well, that thought lasted about an hour, when news leaked that Robert Mitchell, who had just been kicked off the team on Sunday, was arrested.

For BREAKING INTO A HOUSE AND DUCT-TAPING EIGHT PEOPLE TO HOLD THEM HOSTAGE AT GUNPOINT while he and a partner-in-crime stole their money, jewelry, and anything else of value.

Sticks Mitchell's mug shot.
(photo credit: NJ Ledger)

That sure spiraled out of control pretty quickly, now didn't it?

For what its worth, SHU is saying they fired Gonzo before they found out about Mitchell's arrest. Mitchell was kicked off the team on Sunday, committed the crime on Monday, and was arrested Tuesday afternoon.