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hope its nothing. The fact that Miller was fired abruptly at the end of last season could be linked to this. he was highly involved in recruiting.
 
Ed Daigneault mentioned to someone on Twitter that up until the announcement he had heard nothing regarding this. Makes me think that the news came to light because
1) It's about Sid Wilson
2) NCAA handled appeal of Sid Wilson, denied it. During process, received "complaint" from SJU or coaching staff.
3) Complaint was acted on once appeal was done for the sake of fairness (I know, I know), and thus, Jacobs broke story.
 
August_West said:
I challenge you to find one post on this site where I mention buyout as my reason for keeping Ollie. I wanted to keep Ollie ( conditionally) for other reasons. I'm not one of the " buyout hand cuffs us" guys here. Even if realistically it probably does a bit that has never been my focus on the KO argument.
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Ollie will be the bright spot when all is said and done. His above water approach is what is going to get the rats off the ship. Now I see what metaphor was all about!!!!! Oh my god that just sunk in. Omg another pun on the same hook. What? This is gold but reall. Was this what his ship speech was eluding too?
 
SirHypeAlot said:
and if we implicated ourselves while applying for a waiver for Sid that'd be pretty funny. really would put a spotlight on the ineptitude of the entire athletic department we've all been complaining about.
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If that happened then heads should roll.The waiver was a long shot anyway and if UConn threw themselves under the bus because of it... LOL
 
HuskyHawk said:
Agreed. You've professed a much more optimistic version of my view: a good Kevin Ollie is our best option at coach. I still believe it, but last night was the first time in two years I saw the team finally move away from isolation/pick and roll offense. Notice the results. The defense was stellar after the first five minutes, and while the rebounding sucked in the first half, they adjusted at halftime and dominated the boards. I had essentially given up on him changing. So I took a baby step back into thinking maybe he can see the light and adjust his philosophy.

For everyone bashing the talent, I never bought that. These kids are better than many of the teams we have been losing to. Easily could have been a 20 win team even without Gilbert.
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Also no ball stopping/fumbling Larrier.
 
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Penfield said:
It would be the most UConn thing ever if every school was asked to take a look at their men's bball programs, then we actually did, we found something minor, and then instead of covering it up we let the NCAA know because "it's the right thing to do".

It would be the most NCAA thing ever if they gave us a 2 year post season ban, to make a point that it is taking this stuff very seriously now.

And of course we will be the only school to self report a violation
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The insult to injury, kick the dog, "the NCAA is so mad at Kentucky they gave Cleveland State two more years probation"* = the likelihood is recruiting hand ties or a loss of scholarship. Sadly, a two year postseason ban right now might be akin to barring the team from the Academy Awards and the Miss USA pageant.

*Tark
 
GoUconn7961 said:
"According to Jacobs, who explains the situation in greater detail, Kevin Ollie’s contract includes a “just cause” stipulation that states the contract can, under certain circumstances, be voided if the coach is found to have violated NCAA rules. The wording of the clause is vague, and it is considered unlikely that Ollie would be fired unless the NCAA finds serious wrongdoing."

Will this be how they get rid of Ollie? Wondering how they were tipped off..
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Wonder if they could be counter sued for defamation
 
BaZZnBOAT said:
Ed Daigneault mentioned to someone on Twitter that up until the announcement he had heard nothing regarding this. Makes me think that the news came to light because
1) It's about Sid Wilson
2) NCAA handled appeal of Sid Wilson, denied it. During process, received "complaint" from SJU or coaching staff.
3) Complaint was acted on once appeal was done for the sake of fairness (I know, I know), and thus, Jacobs broke story.
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It will be handled much quicker than UNC I promise.
 
JeepCSC said:
In October, after the FBI stuff, the NCAA asked all programs to conduct internal reviews. UConn hired outside counsel who in the course of their own investigation found irregularities. UConn passed the info on to Indianapolis, who has begun their own investigation.
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Yes, this is the logical conclusion based on what we have heard. It will be interesting to find out what they found but, until then, this is all we have. Anything else is speculation.
 
So the theory is that the Athletic Director, knowing that (1) a previous athletic director was denied his full buyout by the current President for merely being AD when violations occurred, and (2) any significant finding is likely a killing blow to the men's basketball program, disclosed potential wrongdoing by the men's basketball program to the NCAA and then leaked that information to the press?

Just want to get this straight . . . :rolleyes:
 
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I can already picture the SNL skit:

A little kid in a UConn shirt is stealing a Hershey’s bar from the corner store.

The clerk calls the cops.

The SWAT team comes and unloads on the kid upon first sight.

A guy in a UNC shirt comes in with his arm around the clerks wife, takes the cash out of the register, and walks out chopping it up with the cops.
 
I'm only on the first page of this thread, but here is the link to the ESPN story. Sorry if it has already been posted elsewhere.

Payments to players by Louisville, no show/ no work classes at UNC, hookers and coke at Miami and the NCAA is asleep at the wheel. But god forbid we send and extra text and they are on us like white on rice. I have no idea what they are looking at but I will assume that it isn't major until I hear it is.

For the fire Ollie crowd, if there is a violation, it is a breach of his contract and would allow for a for cause termination.
 
Tuna said:
Watch the replay of the Houston game last year when Adams was out and then try and say ball handling wasn't an issue.

It was so refreshing not having to read any of your crap for a whole day. Did your meds run out or did someone leave your cage unlocked?
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Wow, I am really striking a nerve. Excellent! Look, champ, Adams wasn't out all season. Pick any WTF loss with him in the game and tell me it was ball handling. Last year wasn't a train wreck due to a lack of ball handling, a lack of talent or a lack of experience. Are you really this dense or are you just that dedicated to KO?
 
kobe said:
Just self impose an NCAA Tournament ban for this season and move on.
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That is what the Syracuses and Lousivilles of the world would do....

We actually don't even know if any violations occurred, and I don't think it has even risen to the level of a formal inquiry yet.
 
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CL82 said:
Missed it, what did you post?
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A vague reference to Hathaway getting less than his contract buyout, and insinuating that a "code of conduct violation" could be deemed cause for Ollie (in clear reference to his personal conduct but vague enough that he can take credit for somehow predicting an NCAA investigation). So, nothing.
 
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UConnStats said:

We’ve reached the part where Ollie starts getting completely trashed by the media. It’s going to be ugly.
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This is not good for KO and UConn even if it ends up to be nothing it still doesn’t look good.
 
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