Cincy suspends John Brannen

[Mike Honcho]

 

[CallMeBruce]

Ah, the old "pre-firing suspension."

 

[aburks41]

What's next? They hire Bobby Hurley and move to the Big East??

 

[bendm]

haha talk about predetermination. what's the point of suspending him now if he'll be gone in a couple days

 

[tcf15]

All while Mick Cronin is about to coach in the Final Four.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[polycom]

@kobe

 

[Storrs South]

From the article, basically he's a manipulative and unsympathetic POS. Don't know if that is enough to fire for cause, but that's what UC will argue.

 

[millertime7774]

From the article, basically he's a manipulative and unsympathetic POS. Don't know if that is enough to fire for cause, but that's what UC will argue.

Great hire.

 

[BGesus4]

How big is his buyout? Ie, they are obviously willing to massacre ability to build a team back for next year by firing him immediately.

 

[UCDaveD]

What’d he allegedly do?

 

[MexicoHusky]

Just buy the dude out

 

[aburks41]

Just buy the dude out

$5M buyout. Not terrible but I cant imagine UC is swimming in cash. Idk anything about their booster situation, do they have rich donors?

 

[MexicoHusky]

$5M buyout. Not terrible but I cant imagine UC is swimming in cash. Idk anything about their booster situation, do they have rich donors?

Maybe not. Definitely looks like a case of point me to the man and I'll find the crime.

Also, if Brennen is eventually fired school officials better be keeping all their emails because a lawsuit is coming. Whatever conversations were involved in this current decision are going to be requested by Brannen's lawyers.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Repackaging garden variety coach stuff to get out of a buyout worked for UConn. It’s worth a try for Cincinnati.

 

[TRest]

Repackaging garden variety coach stuff to get out of a buyout worked for UConn. It’s worth a try for Cincinnati.

Results not in.

 

[BigTenFan]

Archie Miller is available cheap......
He has $10million in his pocket from an IU alum

 

[gtcam]

Looks like Cincy is taking a page out of the UConn playbook
Wonderful - just fire the guy and get on with it

 

[whalerfan]

$5M buyout. Not terrible but I cant imagine UC is swimming in cash. Idk anything about their booster situation, do they have rich donors?

Cincinnati should be swimming in $$$ with that new rights deal the AAC signed

 

[aburks41]

Archie Miller is available cheap......
He has $10million in his pocket from an IU alum

Would actually be a great fit for them. UC is less than an hour from Dayton too so it would be a bit of a homecoming.

 

[HCCForever]

From the article, basically he's a manipulative and unsympathetic POS. Don't know if that is enough to fire for cause, but that's what UC will argue.

Manipulative and unsympathetic sounds like many HOF coaches. Much different times now though.

 

[Huskybass]

Manipulative and unsympathetic sounds like many HOF coaches. Much different times now though.

Can you imagine Jim Calhoun coaching D1 now? I can't. That's how much the world has changed.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Repackaging garden variety coach stuff to get out of a buyout worked for UConn. It’s worth a try for Cincinnati.

Just get him to lie to NCAA investigators multiple times and they won't owe him a penny

 

[Tenspro2002]

Repackaging garden variety coach stuff to get out of a buyout worked for UConn. It’s worth a try for Cincinnati.

NCAA violations for a program already under the microscope is a far cry from "garden variety coach stuff".

 

[UconnU]

Archie Miller is available cheap......
He has $10million in his pocket from an IU alum

Cincinnati is the perfect school for a coach who needs to step down a level but doesn’t want it to be obvious that they took a step down.

 

[Kenny11]

Can you imagine Jim Calhoun coaching D1 now? I can't. That's how much the world has changed.

The last couple years at uconn, Calhoun was very close on a few occasions of completely losing it and making a huge scene. Calhoun, however, was on his worst behavior during games, not in practices and off the court where he was much more mellow

 

[Watchdog]

$5M buyout. Not terrible but I cant imagine UC is swimming in cash. Idk anything about their booster situation, do they have rich donors?

Let's see. UConn's endowment is about $460 Million while Cincy's is about $1.4 Billion. So they just might have a few with deep pockets.

 

[Huskybass]

The last couple years at uconn, Calhoun was very close on a few occasions of completely losing it and making a huge scene. Calhoun, however, was on his worst behavior during games, not in practices and off the court where he was much more mellow

I have to beg to differ on that. I was a UConn student when Calhoun arrived. He was fierce, even in practices, I witnessed it first hand. But despite how intense he could get you always knew it was coming from a place of passion and love for the game and wanting the absolute best for his kids.

I was so happy when he arrived at UConn. Even in that first 9-19 season, you knew we were going to be a legit contender in the Big East with him in charge. The program went from largely irrelevant to nationally prominent within 5 years. And a real stepping stone was the NIT championship in 1988 which helped develop the winning culture. Thrilled I was a student for that one, and also for having Geno and JC both arrive while I was there. The women didn't even charge admission when I was a student if I remember correctly and the student admission to the men's games in the field house was a dollar plus you had to show your student ID. True story.

 

[UconnU]

Does anyone have a complete list of the accusations?

 

[Chief00]

The last couple years at uconn, Calhoun was very close on a few occasions of completely losing it and making a huge scene. Calhoun, however, was on his worst behavior during games, not in practices and off the court where he was much more mellow

Very true about being more mellow off the court and practices other than the early ones or after a loss.