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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2762263, member: 1414"] Some people certainly see him as a victim. Others think there will be some backlash against UConn from taking this approach. We are all speculating, but I think the odds of this coming back to haunt UConn are pretty close to zero. I'm not seeing any way that it could. I think the team will be dramatically improved, and Hurley will get credit for that. Ollie will be forgotten pretty quickly, and the lasting impression will be something like "wow, that guy was even worse than we thought". As to your last point, I don't quite agree. It's certainly true that we'd be far more forgiving of a successful coach than an unsuccessful one. But character matters, more than it once did. I don't have any actual knowledge of what Ollie is rumored to have done or not done. I'm 100% focused on his actions as coach, and he failed in that. There is no need to go beyond that, and UConn hasn't in this proceeding. [/QUOTE]