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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 3393783, member: 1026"] Does a 25yr employee that built a business deserve to be treated differently than the 6yr employee that inherits that built business? Why wasn't Ollie hired & paid to be coach emeritus if he did the same things JC did? He didn't, he wasn't. Let's not pretend me or anyone else is biased because Calhoun was a head coach for 40 years including coaching UConn successfully from 1986 - 2012 versus Kevin Ollie's career spanning 6 years. This is comparing Lindsay Lohan's acting career to Elizabeth Taylor's & saying they should be treated & regarded similarly. It is mind boggling to me that this happened to a guy that played in the NBA for over a decade and was once one of the hottest coaching commodities. Why not repeat the hard work take your lumps and keep moving forward mantra that worked in basketball for so long? Isn't this yet another clue that maybe, just maybe Ollie was seriously derelict in his duties?! Many, many coaches have lost and gotten 2nd, 3rd and 4th chances - but the fact that this is out of the question for Ollie doesn't tell his supporters anything? The NCAA didn't give Calhoun a show-cause because he won?!! Even before the show cause there was no effort (hmm sounds like a pattern), attempt or interest on schools, teams or Ollie's part to coach again. Even Al Skinner got jobs and BC flat out said he was fired for being lazy (but winning, ironically). [/QUOTE]