Burying the Lead Under A Mound of Rice

"Burying The Lead" is one my favorite clichés because it refers to something that happens way too much.

A person or persons being way too excited about the wrong thing.

Those of you who have not heard about the scandal at Rutgers, familiarize yourself here.  You need to have the background to understand the rest of this.

Yes, Mike Rice's actions were egregious.  Yes, he absolutely should have been fired.  But the firing should have taken place back in November, when the videotape was first given to Athletic Director Tim Pernetti.  Once that didn't happen, it ceased to be about Mike Rice.

And it became all about Tim Pernetti.