Deadspin: Kevin Ollie's Fight With UConn Heating Up

[krinklecut]

https://deadspin.com/kevin-ollies-fight-with-uconn-is-heating-up-1827188433

I'm getting particularly sick of the "They didn't fire Calhoun and he did worse things!" line of thinking.

Different people, different eras, different contracts. Also, if a contract has a clause that you may be fired for cause doesn't mean you will be.

 

[UCDaveD]

Deadspin/Gawker taking the “ethical” angle is hilarious considering their bankruptcy and imminent demise is the result of them outting dude as gay to the entire world.

 

[huskymedic]

It’s not even accurate - but who cares now-a-days.

>>The centerpiece of their case is an interview by former assistant and Jim Calhoun loyalist Glen Miller, who dropped bombs revealing that Ollie, uh, once called Ray Allen and also shot hoops with a potential recruit.<<

Cripes - even a modicum of fact checking would be nice (there’s enough out there to plagiarize from).

 

[krinklecut]

Deadspin/Gawker taking the “ethical” angle is hilarious considering their bankruptcy and imminent demise is the result of them outting dude as gay to the entire world.

I like deadspin, it's one of the sports reporting sites I check a couple of times every day. I don't get all the hate. Deadspin =/= Gawker

 

[Fishy]

Deadspin is garbage.

It’s not a “sports reporting site”; it’s a rotating series of monkeys churning out aggregated stories as clickbait.

 

[bballgrda]

Deadspin/Gawker taking the “ethical” angle is hilarious considering their bankruptcy and imminent demise is the result of them outting dude as gay to the entire world.

The story of how Thiel plotted his revenge is incredible.

 

[krinklecut]

Deadspin is garbage.

It’s not a “sports reporting site”; it’s a rotating series of monkeys churning out aggregated stories as clickbait.

A lot of days I only have a couple of minutes to look at the internet. Aggregated clickbait is fine those days.

 

[amory]

I like deadspin, it's one of the sports reporting sites I check a couple of times every day. I don't get all the hate. Deadspin =/= Gawker

Deadspin used to be good, but now they're basically the same outrage police that all the other Gawker sites are. Just with sports.

And I say that as a left leaning guy

 

[kemba]

https://deadspin.com/kevin-ollies-fight-with-uconn-is-heating-up-1827188433

I'm getting particularly sick of the "They didn't fire Calhoun and he did worse things!" line of thinking.

Different people, different eras, different contracts. Also, if a contract has a clause that you may be fired for cause doesn't mean you will be.

Ok but the only difference that matters is that Ollie wasn't winning and Calhoun won. So while it may not be fair legal defense, I'm not sure, its certainly fair to bring up in an article about the situation.

 

[TRest]

Ok but the only difference that matters is that Ollie wasn't winning and Calhoun won. So while it may not be fair legal defense, I'm not sure, its certainly fair to bring up in an article about the situation.

The difference is Ollie inherited a program on probation that was dead set on never ending up there again. If he was this sloppy in compliance on the little things god only knows what else is out there.