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Also just think if a guy like Chris Mullen was the head coach at a blue blood like Kansas or duke. He would’ve been outted paying players instantly!!!
 
FlippinCrazy! said:
I think what’s interesting so far is the lack of concrete evidence against any of the big head coaches. Before the trial, I used to think all these coaches were 100% guilty of paying players, but now it’s starting to get a big iffy. It looks like the most damning thing is the call larranaga made, nothing really directly yet against self, Miller, even Pitino. Trial is just getting started of course though.

Either these coaches really had no involvement (doubt it) or they’re a lot better at covering their asses than I originally thought they would be (this is more likely I feel). Either way, the NCAA has got to do something, players like Preston, ayton (assuming Nike paid him more), Bowen, Smith jr, others still committed to these schools and were either game changers or going to be game changers before they were caught.
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It's "iffy" on the paper trail only. That's by design. Head Coaches are as insulated as they can be against this stuff. Plausible deniability is job security.

And now with this trial, that's only going to become more the case. The gravy train sure ain't going away any time soon.
 
Hadn’t seen this before (more context/explanation in Brush’s timeline):


Brush:”Good question: Former Adidas consultant Merl Code and aspiring sports agent Christian Dawkins are pitching a business plan to two people they think are investors, but who actually are FBI agents #HoopsTrial”
 
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huskymedic said:
Can you see the halo?
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Coach K going with the predictable 'pretend I'm not remotely involved strategy'. Probalby will work for him given most of the media.

Never heard of Heather Dinich, but I'm liking her already. Get 'im.
 
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UConnSwag11 said:
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But, but, Krzyzewski says college basketball is clean and he hasn't been affected by any cheating. ;)

"I think [college basketball] is actually pretty clean," he told ESPN on Monday.

"I really haven't followed it that much," Krzyzewski said about the trial during his team's media day press conference on Monday. "I think it's minute, it's a blip. It's not what's happening. ... We haven't lost guys because someone cheated. I haven't paid attention to it because I haven't been affected by it."

Coach K: College hoops 'actually pretty clean'
 
HooperScooper said:
But, but, Krzyzewski says college basketball is clean and he hasn't been affected by any cheating. ;)

"I think [college basketball] is actually pretty clean," he told ESPN on Monday.

"I really haven't followed it that much," Krzyzewski said about the trial during his team's media day press conference on Monday. "I think it's minute, it's a blip. It's not what's happening. ... We haven't lost guys because someone cheated. I haven't paid attention to it because I haven't been affected by it."

Coach K: College hoops 'actually pretty clean'
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Sounds like K is getting nervous.

[Although I am sure he was shielded from everything. If I am Jeff Capel, I am not sleeping well.]
 
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I'm actually surprised there hasn't been much much more dirt than what has been reported. Through Adidas corporate accounts there has got to be a way to follow the money until it becomes cash or a cashed check. There has to be corporate discussions as to who they are supporting and how. Gatto and his henchmen can't possibly be laying out money for recruits without getting credit and goodwill from people actually in senior authority in each program. I would have thought there would have been more explicit texts congratulating each other, reporting how pleased particular head coaches were, etc. I also thought there would be more specific people dragged into the conversation by discussions of needing to beat the offers of Nike related to player X, and delivered to family member Y, for school 'Z' , by assistant coach … or runner … Plus, with the defense strategy of admitting the facts but declaring it only an NCAA infraction, proving things should have been an easy job.

When this all started, the FBI came public saying if you have information you had best come forward because things will be much worse if the FBI is the one coming to you. It doesn't seem to me that any assistant coaches or people inside any program chose to protect themselves. If the prosecution is coming to a close, I'm surprised.
 
Hoops Weiss dropping a that’s all they have tweet is hilarious.
 
Ricker said:
I'm actually surprised there hasn't been much much more dirt than what has been reported. Through Adidas corporate accounts there has got to be a way to follow the money until it becomes cash or a cashed check. There has to be corporate discussions as to who they are supporting and how. Gatto and his henchmen can't possibly be laying out money for recruits without getting credit and goodwill from people actually in senior authority in each program. I would have thought there would have been more explicit texts congratulating each other, reporting how pleased particular head coaches were, etc. I also thought there would be more specific people dragged into the conversation by discussions of needing to beat the offers of Nike related to player X, and delivered to family member Y, for school 'Z' , by assistant coach … or runner … Plus, with the defense strategy of admitting the facts but declaring it only an NCAA infraction, proving things should have been an easy job.

When this all started, the FBI came public saying if you have information you had best come forward because things will be much worse if the FBI is the one coming to you. It doesn't seem to me that any assistant coaches or people inside any program chose to protect themselves. If the prosecution is coming to a close, I'm surprised.
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These are the types of discussions that generally happen via phone for obvious reasons.
 
No noteworthy punishments and Pitino gets hired in the off-season by some school.
 
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Ricker said:
I'm actually surprised there hasn't been much much more dirt than what has been reported. Through Adidas corporate accounts there has got to be a way to follow the money until it becomes cash or a cashed check. There has to be corporate discussions as to who they are supporting and how. Gatto and his henchmen can't possibly be laying out money for recruits without getting credit and goodwill from people actually in senior authority in each program. I would have thought there would have been more explicit texts congratulating each other, reporting how pleased particular head coaches were, etc. I also thought there would be more specific people dragged into the conversation by discussions of needing to beat the offers of Nike related to player X, and delivered to family member Y, for school 'Z' , by assistant coach … or runner … Plus, with the defense strategy of admitting the facts but declaring it only an NCAA infraction, proving things should have been an easy job.

When this all started, the FBI came public saying if you have information you had best come forward because things will be much worse if the FBI is the one coming to you. It doesn't seem to me that any assistant coaches or people inside any program chose to protect themselves. If the prosecution is coming to a close, I'm surprised.
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1) this has been going on for decades. It’s an art form for some programs.
2) if anyone has watched The Wire they have passed “things to not do on/with a phone when conducting a criminal conspiracy 101”
 
huskymedic said:
SI McCann: Breaking down prosecution's case in NCAA corruption trial

May be too deep legally for some folks but interesting none the less. Towards the end of the article it delves into a possible explanation for why NCAA hasn’t yet published implicated schools and coaches.
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Good article thanks for posting. It will be very interesting to see how the NCAA handles the results of these trials in 2020 or 2021. Hopefully SI and others will keep the pressure on the NCAA which results in a change in leadership. I would love to see Emmert gone as a result of all this.
 
I'm no Dan Wetzel fan but anyone who takes shots at Krzyzewski is worth posting.

That he’s playing the Iraqi Information Minister bit that seems to have become popular with the upper echelons of college athletics is beneath him. Krzyzewski is better than this, smarter than this, more rooted in reality than this. He’s West Point for crying out loud, not someone prone to Roy Williams’ Mayberry-babe-in-the-woods routine or Mark Emmert’s head-in-the-sand act.

Coach K shows what college basketball's elite thinks about hoops corruption trial
 
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