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Message: [QUOTE="Deadrody, post: 2501388, member: 937"] You're kidding, right ? This issue was dissected and understood YEARS ago. Maybe you recall which members of the basketball / athletic departments were replaced first, AD or head coach ? I don't know why Hathaway failed to prioritize academic performance, especially the manufactured foolishness of the APR, but he didn't. Seriously, what possible point are you trying to make here ? That the APR was somehow the Hall of Fame head coach's responsibility and not the athletic department ? Or that in anything other than meaningless noise, the APR problems are some kind of failing on Calhoun's part, on par with the struggles Ollie is going through, ergo, we should give Ollie a pass or something ? Whatever. I personally believe that the NCAA focus on penalizing academic non-performance, beyond setting an eligibility criteria is idiotic. These kids are getting a free education in exchange for playing a kid's game. If they want to squander than opportunity, that's their decision. I wonder what effect John Stark's four year / four school college career would have had on those teams APR if it had existed at the time. Doesn't matter, because John Starks didn't give 2 craps about getting a college education. He took advantage of those schools no less than they took advantage of him, so that he could get where he wanted - the NBA. So, no, I don't give a crap about the APR, I don't fault Jim Calhoun for not personally preventing the APR from impacting his program, and I think the entire notion of "academic progress" is a bunch of nonsense for college athletes. Try again. [/QUOTE]

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