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Towney007 said:
Anyone wonder if this might have something to do with Cobb?
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It just feels like the timing of latest news with Sid Wilson and then this glorious news is not a coincidence.
The whole Sid Wilson situation has just smelled from the very start. Not saying I expected this, but it was a very odd situation to begin with.
 
Hopefully whatever the infraction is, it's not too serious.

On the bright side, however, it definitely provides a pathway towards getting out of that $9mil buyout. That's huge.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
It just feels like the timing of latest news with Sid Wilson and then this glorious news is not a coincidence.
The whole Sid Wilson situation has just smelled from the very start. Not saying I expected this, but it was a very odd situation to begin with.
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I'm assuming too much contact once he got to St. Johns because he was going through an emotional time in his life during a big transition after just losing his mother. Because NCAA.
 
sammydabiz said:
Hopefully whatever the infraction is, it's not too serious.

On the bright side, however, it definitely provides a pathway towards getting out of that $9mil buyout. That's huge.
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Love your sig (total non-sequitor, but who cares?).
 
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champs99and04 said:
This is sad. Kevin Ollie has not been implicated in anything. The program has not been implicated in anything. The report is that there has been an inquiry. The range of things that the NCAA could inquire about at any given time is endless. You don't know whether they're investigating a car payment or a coupon.

If we were 19-1 each and every one of you would be jumping to his defense. Incidentally, the people who are able to feign the most outrage over things that go on elsewhere will be the first to re-evaluate their opinions of KO based on a news anecdote that could have originated from any number of places. People are beyond two-faced on these things. The NCAA can't be this evil, corrupt organization that suddenly becomes credible when something mildly provocative that we want to confirm our narratives comes down the pipe. Look at the players on our roster. Look at the players on other rosters. You're all suckers. It doesn't matter how they get here and it never has. Any pretense otherwise is window dressing that a billion dollar industry uses to distract you from the emerging reality of what this really is.

Everybody cheats. Trying to extrapolate the extent to which we do from this is beyond illogical. The only justifiable reason for terminating his contract would be if he proved to be abnormally negligent in dotting the I's and crossing the T's. Otherwise, he is a basketball coach and you all should chill with this witch hunt. It's kind of pathetic at this point and I don't even feel particularly passionate that he be retained.
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If they were 19-1... yes this would be a different story.

It got published after the biggest win of the year.

It got published late enough to set off the night owls but a lot of impact to the actual paper.

Dropped to a reporter covering the same beat but for a new outlet. One in heavy competition with the writer’s former employer.

I play Clue 2-3 times a week with my 8 yo daughter. If I’ve beaten her 3-4 times in a row , even after I’ve solved the ‘crime’ in the next game - I pretend I haven’t.

Does anyone need the quid pro quo spelled out for them?
 
The NCAA can S a Fn A those will regret this S
 
3rdbass said:
Of course ESPN has us as one of the top stories. I hate how they love to see our demise.
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Can't stand that place, unless there's an actual live event on tv, I avoid it like the plague. Doesn't surprise me one bit, they're gonna blow this up to be bigger than what it deserves to be.
 
The NCAA needs something and someone to deflect the attention away from the fact that Michigan State is in trouble. This way they punish them by proxie.
 
I believe 100% that Jacobs has good sources and that we're under investigation. But I straight up do not believe that Ollie committed recruiting violations, and hope for his sake (and ours) that he did not.

To the people rooting for that in here... be careful what you wish for.
 
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Could this be attached to Chillious? I mean wasn't he the head of the sketchy Nike Grass Roots program that we surmised the FBI would be looking into? If they are investigating him, they are investigating UConn, too.
 
tcf15 said:
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Shouldn’t we be more worried about what Kill/Chill have been doing on the recruiting trail? They’re the ones responsible for having pulled in big tuna at lowly previous programs
 
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What if it involves an employee who isn't even at UConn anymore. With all said about Ollie on the recruiting trail that would make sense.
 
ScottBonz said:
Regardless. It’s a garbage article. Basically to say it’s not about the FBI investigation and then write about the investigation for half the article. I’m no Ollie fan but Jeff Jacobs never ceases to dissapoint.
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Certainly making a splash for his new employer with that headline and buyout talk. If he doesn't know what they're investigating how can he rule out the FBI stuff? Or did he just forget to ask?

What a sell out hack.
 
Tuna said:
Certainly making a splash for his new employer with that headline and buyout talk. If he doesn't know what they're investigating how can he rule out the FBI stuff? Or did he just forget to ask?

What a sell out hack.
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He (Jacobs) is a hack and he's always gone out of his way to be overly provocative when it comes to implying UConn, especially the men's hoops program as being less than clean.
 
sammydabiz said:
Hopefully whatever the infraction is, it's not too serious.

On the bright side, however, it definitely provides a pathway towards getting out of that $9mil buyout. That's huge.
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I thought thst this was a board for fans of UConn. To hear people rooting for an NCAA investigatoon into our program to get rid of a coach some people despise is assinine. The damage that could be done to UConn would far outweigh any positive the Ollie haters seem to think it would provide. If you think we are irrelevant now this would be the nail in the cofgin.
 
Matrim55 said:
I believe 100% that Jacobs has good sources and that we're under investigation. But I straight up do not believe that Ollie committed recruiting violations, and hope for his sake (and ours) that he did not.

To the people rooting for that in here... be careful what you wish for.
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Thank You. Well said. It can't be systemic recruiting violations. Say what you want about KO as a coach, but his integrity is above reproach. My guess is that it is an isolated recruiting violation and has something to do with Sid leaving ST. John's.
 
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Ollie said in an article in the spring that other coaches recruited his players during the season and he’s not like that. I hope that’s true. I wonder why the ncaa hasn’t looked into that?

Also if this is true, there has to be a vendetta with the ncaa against uconn. Since ‘09 they have been dragging us through the mud every chance they get to screw with us. I honestly don’t believe hey have a pot to piss in after the way the handled the unc case and others
 
AntG168 said:
That’s the dream scenario. But if we committed even the most minuscule infraction. Mark Emmert and the NCAA are going to screw us into obscurity. Firing Ollie in that scenario won’t save us
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No, the dream scenario is the Athletic Department self reports some minor recruiting violations it recently became aware of, in order to get rid of Ollie and his puppets without forking over one dime.
 
Storrs South said:
Jeff Jacobs: NCAA investigating UConn men

The NCAA has notified UConn of an inquiry into its men’s basketball program, Hearst Connecticut Media has learned and the school confirmed Thursday. While the full nature of the inquiry is uncertain, some, if not all, involves areas of recruiting, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.
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Storrs South said:
Jeff Jacobs: NCAA investigating UConn men

The NCAA has notified UConn of an inquiry into its men’s basketball program, Hearst Connecticut Media has learned and the school confirmed Thursday. While the full nature of the inquiry is uncertain, some, if not all, involves areas of recruiting, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.
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The Post's byline for Jacobs should read, 'he has a passion for insinuating wrongdoing by UConn'
 
FfldCntyFan said:
He (Jacobs) is a hack and he's always gone out of his way to be overly provocative when it comes to implying UConn, especially the men's hoops program as being less than clean.
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I agree, he spent a good amount of time discussing the FBI when according to his source(s) its an NCAA not a FBI investigation. A huge difference.
Anyone can file a complaint and there has been an internal investigation for some time and that’s been a matter of public record.
 
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