Bobby Gonzalez arrested for shoplifting

John Beilein hasn't exactly had the best off-season. He lost half his team and half of his coaching staff after struggling through a very disappointing 2010 season.

Andy Kennedy hasn't been celebrating either, as his Ole Miss team lost three of their top four scorers from a team that missed the NCAA Tournament again last season.

Lorenzo Romar lost two potential one-and-done recruits to John Calipari. Rick Pitino may have as well.

But none of those four come close to the off-season that Bobby Gonzalez has had.

First, there was his Seton Hall teams unceremonious exit from the first round of the NIT, complete with a couple of shots below the belt. Six days later, he was fired by Seton Hall, something that always seems to happen when you decide to curse out your boss. Of course, he decided to sue his former employers over the firing, going on camera with the NJ Star Ledger to state his case. We all thought Gonzo had hit rock bottom when he was denied credentials to the NBA Draft, only to sneak in and ream out FOXSports college basketball reporter Jeff Goodman.

Boy, were we wrong.

Yesterday, Gonzo was arrested.

For shoplifting. From NorthJersey.com:

According to reports, the manager of store told police that the manager of Joe’s American Bar and Grill returned a men’s satchel to her that belonged to Polo Ralph Lauren and said an individual came into the restaurant, left the satchel with the hostess and never returned.

The satchel, valued at $1,395, was reportedly damaged in the area where a sensor tag had been attached. An investigation into the incident by the Millburn Detective Bureau resulted in an arrest warrant being issued for Robert P. Gonzalez, 47, of Harrison, N.Y., for allegedly removing the sensor device from the satchel and walking out of the store without paying for the item.

Insert Hangover joke here.

This is the bag that Gonzo allegedly stole.

Bobby has plead not guilty to the charges, and is claiming the incident to be a misunderstanding. Bobby's sister, Linda, reportedly took to the Seton Hall message boards to defend her brother, although her story doesn't exactly seem all that plausible.

To be honest, the plight of Gonzo isn't even funny to me anymore. We all know Gonzo is a jerk -- if you don't, go read this or this, and you'll start to piece it together -- but regardless of your feelings about a person, do you really find humor in watching them, and their career, meltdown in a public forum like this?

I don't.

While I'm not backing Gonzo's bid to coach again (I think it will be difficult for him to land another gig. At least guys like Tim Floyd, Larry Eustachy, Todd Bozeman won games.), I am hoping that he can learn to keep him personal life personal.