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I'm pretty sure the source for his original story was a donorFinally some pro quo.
Will Jacobs follow this up with Benedict wasn’t a source for this story?
I'm pretty sure the source for his original story was a donor
“Coming to a place like UConn, you don’t expect ‘hope’ to be part of what you’re dealing with when it comes to the postseason,” Benedict said. “It is an expectation that we should be going to the NCAA every year. There’s no way around that. Regardless of what people say about the (AAC) or anything else …
“That’s what we expect. That’s what we’ll get back to.”
So some jumped on a Calhoun quote and thought it said a lot about UConn's mindset in firing KO. I was a critical of that, but I couldn't help but wonder about this one. As long as this was properly communicated to Ollie that making the NCAAs was an expectation of the position, repeated failure to do so would meet "just cause" under the CBA.
He's referring to the CBA and not the contract. I still don't think wins/losses matters in that context, but I'm not a lawyerLOL. No. "just cause" does no mean that your boss doesn't think you're doing a good enough job. If UConn wanted failure to win enough games to constitute "just cause" they needed to explicitly say that in the contract.
He's referring to the CBA and not the contract. I still don't think wins/losses matters in that context, but I'm not a lawyer
some guy is a transparent panderer.
No but doesn't it have a job performance clause? That's going to be different for every position. Not trying to argue, just thinking out loud.The CBA -- applicable to all faculty -- will not contain a definition of cause that include failure to qualify for the NCAA tournament.
LOL. No. "just cause" does no mean that your boss doesn't think you're doing a good enough job. If UConn wanted failure to win enough games to constitute "just cause" they needed to explicitly say that in the contract.
LOL. No. "just cause" does no mean that your boss doesn't think you're doing a good enough job. If UConn wanted failure to win enough games to constitute "just cause" they needed to explicitly say that in the contract.
Well let's see exactly what the CBA says:
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That sure looks like you can let the employee know that via written evaluations that they are failing to meet satisfactory standards, doesn't it?
Great point, well except that "arbitrary desires of their boss" was the phrase that you threw into the conversation."generally accepted." Not the arbitrary desires of their boss.
Great point, well except that "arbitrary desires of their boss" was the phrase that you threw into the conversation.
Okay, let's do this the slow way. Can standards be different at UConn than say the average DI school?That's exactly my point. Wanting to qualify for the tournament every year is the arbitrary desire of their boss. it is not a "generally accepted" reason for termination.
If you're going to roll eyes, please be smart enough not to do it because you can't understand what you're being told.
Okay, let's do this the slow way. Can standards be different at UConn than say the average DI school?
(And relax counselor, no need to get your panties in bunch.)
Savage.Welcome to the Law Office of CL82, Esq.
By any chance, does CL stand for "contract lawyer?"
A huge relief to the Humanities department.The CBA -- applicable to all faculty -- will not contain a definition of cause that include failure to qualify for the NCAA tournament.
That would be a reach. Failing to make it two years in a row, at a blue blood program with a warning after the first year would be less of one. Having a losing record two years row, particularly after a documented warning not much of a reach at all.I think to read that provision the way you seem inclined to do would require that failing to make the NCAA tournament be generally accepted among athletic directors as furnishing "cause" to terminate a coach. That not being the case, I think you're wrong.