Complaint Against Geno Amended

[doggydaddy]

I did read the complaint and it does mention that Geno screamed at her on the top of page 17. I actually got the link to the complaint from rbny1's post in this thread. I do agree with you that I shouldn't have posted at all in this thread. I regretted it right away but Nan had already quoted me before I could delete. If Nan wants to delete my posts or leave them that is fine with me. I do apologise though because it isn't my place to try and correct or offer my opnion about a sensitive matter on your board. It is hard to resist and I'll try to do better.

How does it feel to be allowed to post your opinion on a rival's board? I'm sure you were all hammering Geno without an objecting opinion on your board.

You have every right to post your opinion here but to complain when challenged? Not so much.

 

[huskymedic]

Let me get this right... A hardened narcotics detective for the NYPD and NBA Security official feared for her life because a well coiffed Italian guy screamed at her in a crowded gym??

 

[RadyLady]

The interesting thing here is that Geno is a smart man - and likely listens to his attorneys who likely told him under no circumstance to have any truck whatsoever with this person. Don't say anything and avoid contact. I find it hard to believe that he would not listen to this advice and follow it to the letter, no matter how angry or upset he is at the lawsuit.

I am thinking that things were too quiet lately about this case, and it wasn't getting the press and attention (some may have felt) it deserved, so, they upped the ante.

I am thinking this. I have no proof. But my dad was a smart man and a lawyer and that is what he would have said. And Geno is smart, and I bet he would follow this advice.

 

[Jmpenn]

How does it feel to be allowed to post your opinion on a rival's board? I'm sure you were all hammering Geno without an objecting opinion on your board.

You have every right to post your opinion here but to complain when challenged? Not so much.

I'm not complaining. I'm saying I was wrong.

 

[magical2]

Well now you are changing your tune. First you said that yelling is "unprofessional" and that Geno shouldn't have been "screaming" at her. Of course you got that wrong too because if YOU actually read the complaint, you'd know it never refers to "screaming".

I'm really not sure what you are referring to in asking me if i read the complaint. in the ESPN blurb, it talks about what i quoted in my original comments above...

In the complaint, on page 3 item 7, it says "However after the filing of the Complaint, Cawley and the NBA decided to send Plaintiff to the Olympic Games, but in retaliation for Plaintiff's Complaint, assigned her to significantly diminished material responsibilities and subjected her to a hostile work environment, including, but not limited to, a verbal assault by Auriemma and other acts and statements by him designed to intimidate Plaintiff and retaliate against her for bringing this action against him..."

Then she goes on to say that he gestured at her as well and she was afraid he was going to hit her (battery).

So if you admit you don't like Geno, and are more likely to consider Hardwick's idiocy as valid, why are you on the UCONN board telling us about it? I can see people coming on here (fans of other schools) to discuss the facts in this case, but when you obviously dislike Geno, I'm not sure why you even bother, except to come over and try to rub our noses in something.

Eric,Nan<who tends to be a calm person> are raising reasonable strong comments!
I looked back at earlier threads! It was posted how so many LV fans are not going to root for the USA Womens Olympic Team nor watch the games
Doggy posted a great post about how/why on this open board LV/haters of Geno and UCONN can post! While we cannot go on to the Summit/TN Womens board!

How about supporting our having free access to your board for some period of time?

With the already filed suit,Geno should have greeted her outside the team bus?
Stated in the amended suit! On Aug 1st she was screamed at,told to move,finger pointed at her!
She felt alarm,distress,threatening behavior!!!!!
This is not an avg person! Former Detective,Police Dept,skills as earlier stated to not only protect herself,but to inflict damage far beyond Geno's skill level! To make an analogy she could be compared to a Boxer who's hands and skills could be considered weapons!
As Eric stated! "Why are you on this board?" You dislike Geno!!!!
Ira

 

[HuskyNan]

Let me get this right... A hardened narcotics detective for the NYPD and NBA Security official feared for her life because a well coiffed Italian guy screamed at her in a crowded gym??

A vertically challenged, well coiffed Italian guy.

 

[FairView]

The upside to this complaint is there must have been witnesses.
I guess the suit wasn't going her way fast enough for her, so she turned up the heat.
Everything else I am thinking, is inappropriate for posting here.

 

[caravaggio]

JMPenn,
I don't think you are wrong at all. I think you raise valid points, that while we UConn fans may disagree with them, we should consider AS objectively as possible.

I'm not complaining. I'm saying I was wrong.

 

[doggydaddy]

JMPenn,
I don't think you are wrong at all. I think you raise valid points, that while we UConn fans may disagree with them, we should consider AS objectively as possible.

He said he was wrong in posting in this thread. And he was right. No good could have come from it, and it went in the direction most threads with UConn and Tennessee fans go.

Objectively? Not a chance. UConn fans (for the most part) will defend Geno 100% in this suit and others...well...here is what Jmpenn posted.

"I get that fans of Geno are going to believe him. I would do the same if this happened with Pat. I also admit that I am more likely to consider Hardwick's story because I am not a fan of Geno."

Nope. Not objective.

 

[doggydaddy]

Let me get this right... A hardened narcotics detective for the NYPD and NBA Security official feared for her life because a well coiffed Italian guy screamed at her in a crowded gym??

He ain't so tuff....a skinny chick in great clothes can handle him.

 

[Jmpenn]

He said he was wrong in posting in this thread. And he was right. No good could have come from it, and it went in the direction most threads with UConn and Tennessee fans go.

Objectively? Not a chance. UConn fans (for the most part) will defend Geno 100% in this suit and others...well...here is what Jmpenn posted.

"I get that fans of Geno are going to believe him. I would do the same if this happened with Pat. I also admit that I am more likely to consider Hardwick's story because I am not a fan of Geno."

Nope. Not objective.

Just cant help myself but at least this last correction isnt controversial. I'm female. The J in jmpenn is for Jocelyn. Agree though that I'm not objective.

 

[doggydaddy]

Just cant help myself but at least this last correction isnt controversial. I'm female. The J in jmpenn is for Jocelyn. Agree though that I'm not objective.

Sorry.

Jocelyn....such a lovely name for someone so misguided.

 

[speedoo]

Has anyone answered the very pertinent question asked earlier: What the hell was the plaintiff doing at Geno's practice?

 

[Jmpenn]

Sorry.

Jocelyn....such a lovely name for someone so misguided.

Lol. Thanks for giving me a laugh.

 

[calpedaler]

Has anyone answered the very pertinent question asked earlier: What the hell was the plaintiff doing at Geno's practice?

That was my first thought.

 

[doggydaddy]

Has anyone answered the very pertinent question asked earlier: What the hell was the plaintiff doing at Geno's practice?

The complaint says she was assigned security for the shoot around.

It's hard to believe that with the lawsuit pending, she was assigned to be there at the same time Geno was there.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Cam's a really really good waiter. He's much better at it than I am...!

Eric can't wait at all. He's really, really impatient.

 

[RadyLady]

The complaint says she was assigned security for the shoot around.

It's hard to believe that with the lawsuit pending, she was assigned to be there at the same time Geno was there.

I was wondering the very same thing. I just don't understand, given the circumstances, how that could have been allowed

 

[RadyLady]

Just cant help myself but at least this last correction isnt controversial. I'm female. The J in jmpenn is for Jocelyn. Agree though that I'm not objective.

Hi Jocelyn!

 

[easttexastrash]

IMO it shouldn't be done in any kind of work environment. They should both act professionally while working. She could of course be exaggerating or lying about him screaming at her but it should be easy to verify if it happened.

Bingo. It either can or cannot be verified. If she is lying, she sinks. If its true, it's a dumb move on Geno's part, considering the previous allegations, whether true or not.

 

[easttexastrash]

I was wondering the very same thing. I just don't understand, given the circumstances, how that could have been allowed

I agree. Why put either of them in that position?

 

[doggydaddy]

Bingo. It either can or cannot be verified. If she is lying, she sinks. If its true, it's a dumb move on Geno's part, considering the previous allegations, whether true or not.

She could have instigated the situation as it could help her suit if Geno flew off the handle.

 

[TRest]

I was wondering the very same thing. I just don't understand, given the circumstances, how that could have been allowed

If Geno is an actual party to the lawsuit, a defendant, then the two of them should never speak to each other outside the presence of their attorneys.

Didn't she claim to have physically threatened him when he allegedly flirted with her? Now she claims he was intimidating her with potential battery?

 

[speedoo]

The complaint says she was assigned security for the shoot around.

It's hard to believe that with the lawsuit pending, she was assigned to be there at the same time Geno was there.

OK, the next question is, what idiot made that decision, and why?

 

[Icebear]

I was wondering the very same thing. I just don't understand, given the circumstances, how that could have been allowed

I was, also, wondering the same thing and whether they had notified Geno so that he might object or suggest it inappropriate given the pending suit. Even if it was necessary fore warning Geno should have been done.

 

[HuskyNan]

Bingo. It either can or cannot be verified. If she is lying, she sinks. If its true, it's a dumb move on Geno's part, considering the previous allegations, whether true or not.

You should have learned from jpenn's gracious post that criticism and negative assessments of Geno by fans of other programs aren't necessarily wise to post here.

 

[diggerfoot]

I never read the old complaint because I don't relish reading legal discourse (sorry JS et al). I read the new complaint because, well, now I don't know. In any case I would categorize everything damaging into three categories.

Damaging details without witnesses - such as the original incident of grabbing her arm

Damaging isolated opinion - such as the Plaintiff's opinion that she felt threatened (really?)

Damaging personal conjecture - such as the Plaintiff's construction of how Auriemma influenced decisions (really?)

Can anybody point out anything that doesn't fit into one of those categories? This is an honest question; I want to know what I'm missing. Is this how most complaints are written? I would hope that most cases are tried on way more substantiated evidence than what I've seen here. Ah, now that I think about it a second time there may be one substantiated detail if witnesses confirm that Auriemma called her "ghetto." Other than that, everything seems incredibly flimsy to me.

 

[ThisJustIn]

Boy, I'm sure glad Geno didn't throw a clipboard or stare or something....

 

[diggerfoot]

Sorry.

Jocelyn....such a lovely name for someone so misguided.

That's doggydaddy for you, our board's gracious diplomat for opposing fans.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

So if I'm pissed off it is ok for me to go into the office where I work and scream at a co-worker in front the rest of our co-workers while we should be working? I don't think my employer would be too happy no matter what the reason was.

You obviously have never competed in serious athletics . Frankly, that is a ridiculous comment.

Have you ever been to a college practice for any sport?