On second thought, I was wrong to make it appear coach killers DeMarcus Cousins and Tyreke Evans of the Sacramento Kings — who paved the way for Paul Westphal's recent ouster — are more full of themselves than self-absorbed slugs back in the day.
It only seems that way because today's athletes make movie star fortunes and their business is out on the street 24/7 in the twinkle of a tweet regardless of whether they lust to live in the limelight.
Coaching conflicts with players, altercations between teammates and lousy late night lifestyles weren't kept under wraps because people were better at keeping secrets eons ago; beat writers and columnists simply didn't report what they knew for fear of falling out of favor or exposing their complicity.