I think there might be a poorly made point on the risk of reinstating Wolfe. I haven't a clue what really happened. BUT UConn is currently suspended from the NCAA and on the NCAA's $hitlist for reasons real & imagined (by ncaa pres). Ollie is just starting out and needs to set a high and new standard. That unfortunately might mean that someone needs to be punished as an example. UConn kind of needs to emerge as a place with great teams and desirable academics, comportment etc...
More cynically, Wolfe simply isn't good enough to take any risk. If there is another incident the program has its first Ollie black eye.
All that said if any legal and universit charges are dismissed and KO vouches for the guy and takes him back I believe in KO enough to agree with that decision.
Pretty much my point, although UConn is on the NCAA sh!tlist as well as others. We have a huge image problem outside the four corners of the State of Connecticut. You might not want to believe it, but it's a fact. It was one of the reasons that the NCAA knew they could get away with the APR ban if it only effected UConn. Virtually nobody would defend UConn, which has a reputation as a rogue program. I'm not arguing whether that rep is deserved or undeserved. Because it doesn't matter. It simply is what it is. There is a reason why UNC can have players take fake classes and get away with it. They have a squeaky clean reputation. If that happened at UConn we would be banned from the NCAA until Shabaz Napier is old and grey. Ollie and Manuel, as new guys, are trying to set a new tone, and frankly clean up an image problem that exists. Bringing Wolf back just isn't worth the risk. And if there is another incident, it isn't just Ollie's first black eye. It is going to be viewed as more of the same. And we simply don't need that. We can't have that.
And more cynically, Wolf isn't worth the risk.
