Hans Sprungfeld
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You use the phrase "absolutely no doubt" in reference to some thing where I harbor enough doubt to challenge your overreach. I'm not alone, and you:ve likely just read where someone else believes Kevin Ollie himself did not behave in impeccably good faith.They are irrelevant questions if you care about things like "Keeping your word" and "Honoring your promises" and "Doing what you say" and quaint obsolete notions like "Let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No'." UCONN can sell its reputation for $10 million, but it's not like people will forget it did this. It publicly attacked the character of its coach for doing things it tacitly expected that coach to do. It did so to avoid a buy-out clause in a contract that it signed and subsequently regretted. There is absolutely no doubt that this is what is happening. Who on this board has even denied it? People will remember this. UCONN will eventually realize how it affects the population of people willing to take a job that UCONN offers.
You can do many things with a good lawyer and a big bank account. You can legally rob people blind. You can get people fired for obeying the law. You can void clauses in contracts that you would prefer not be exercised. Doesn't make it right.
Absolutes reduce the possibility of settlement; too many factors and unknowns are in play for this not to be the preferred outcome. One need not be immoral or amoral to advance this position.