KO - Victim of discrimination and denied due process?

[DMIL]

That’s a pretty small sample. We hired Pasqualoni, Diaco, Ollie and Hurley in recent years. You can’t count Edsall because he was a re-hire of a known commodity—— at a very heavy discount. So, that’s 1/4 of new hires that is African Amercian.

Whites make up about 61% of the population and blacks 12%. That makes any assertion of discrimination in hiring tough to justify. Especially, with the large majority of basketball assistants in recent memory being black.

It's not about the hiring but more about fairness and similar treatment for similar type offenses. If K.O. and JC's contracts are similar and their is a record of similar offenses or worse being handled completely different by the University then certainly some case can be made. Whether that is a winning strategy or not we are going to find out soon.

 

[Northbound]

Giving Ollie another year - Christ that’s like given Hazeltine control of another ship after the ripped a hole in the side of the Exxon Valdez.

Another year under Ollie and the program is infinitely worse off.

If Ollie fans don’t realize this then they share the same delusional tendencies that Ollie has.

 

[superjohn]

Believe or not it matters how you treat people especially your own in good times and bad. Just saying.

He treated the job like it was a bother to him, something that got in the way of his social life.

 

[Huskybass]

Money is all relative and the related lifestyle. K.O. maybe has 15 to 20 years left of earning potential via this profession so when you think about it that way the $10M is part of his earning window built in over the next 3 to 4 years. He has support for his children, alimony, and a ton of other expense to account for the next few years. Money can dry up real fast. This is what he has to manage and if there is not a reasonable offset on the table through a prospective job offer then yes he is going to fight even harder. $10M is worth fighting for if you believe you are in the right. He has nothing to lose at this point. A man has to be able to look himself in the mirror and have some peace about it. This is who he is. For some reason his legal team thinks otherwise and that they should fight. If he believes what he believes then he should fight for what he believes he is owed. If this is not a winning strategy then his legal team should be advising him of that.

I liked your reply. I think the legal team has to pursue every avenue, thats their job. At this point, I hope KO accepts a fair settlement offer, because his legal prospects dont look favorable. It would be nice to put this in the past for all involved.

 

[Chief00]

Money is all relative and the related lifestyle. K.O. maybe has 15 to 20 years left of earning potential via this profession so when you think about it that way the $10M is part of his earning window built in over the next 3 to 4 years. He has support for his children, alimony, and a ton of other expense to account for the next few years. Money can dry up real fast. This is what he has to manage and if there is not a reasonable offset on the table through a prospective job offer then yes he is going to fight even harder. $10M is worth fighting for if you believe you are in the right. He has nothing to lose at this point. A man has to be able to look himself in the mirror and have some peace about it. This is who he is. For some reason his legal team thinks otherwise and that they should fight. If he believes what he believes then he should fight for what he believes he is owed. If this is not a winning strategy then his legal team should be advising him of that.

I agree the money to support Kevin’s lifestyle along with alimony and legal expenses, create a higher floor for Kevin than many here can imagine. With that approach - he probably needs a minimum of $7 million. What KO and his big ego attorney must consider, is that’s not how the award is going to be determined.

 

[Stainmaster]

Maybe Ollie, his entitled kids and his entitled ex need to learn how to live like the average family for a while. Live in a 2000 sq. ft. house, cook your own dinners, buy a Subaru Outback and go on vacation to Maine and that money can last a LONG time.

For some reason, you keep insulting the guy's kids.

Among other things, it really makes me wonder how yours turned out...

 

[jimva]

It's not about the hiring but more about fairness and similar treatment for similar type offenses. If K.O. and JC's contracts are similar and their is a record of similar offenses or worse being handled completely different by the University then certainly some case can be made. Whether that is a winning strategy or not we are going to find out soon.

Are you a paid poster by the KO legal team? Please a simple yes or no answer.

 

[tentoes4rings]

I realize it’s the off-season and we need something to talk about but this board is still so consumed by the KO saga. In the grand scheme of things, his settlement or lawsuit have zero effect on being able to pay Dan Hurley and thrive again as a program. I wish we’d stop talking about a coach who didn’t work hard and failed, and focus on our present coach who eats, sleeps and drinks UConn basketball while committed to being great again.

 

[CL82]

Believe or not it matters how you treat people especially your own in good times and bad. Just saying.

Absolutely, like threatening to dredge up pass violations a two Hall of Fame coaches in order to get money you aren’t entitled to.

 

[Chief00]

Absolutely, like threatening to dredge up pass violations a few cans Hall of Fame coaches in order to get money you aren’t entitled to.

Agree, KO lost me when he threaten to double cross Calhoun.

 

[whaler11]

I wouldn’t wish a Subaru Outback on even my biggest Boneyard enemy. There are Constitutional amendments against cruel and unusual punishment.

 

[Chief00]

Are you a paid poster by the KO legal team? Please a simple yes or no answer.

Can I get that gig ?

 

[TJT]

Agree, KO lost me when he threaten to double cross Calhoun.

The sad reality is that nearly all parties involved have double crossed one another and turned on each other. It is like a Shakespere play.

 

[Chief00]

The sad reality is that nearly all parties involved have double crossed one another and turned on each other. It is like a Shakespere play.

There’s some truth to that.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Can I get that (KO legal team) gig?

With or without a gag order? Quite frankly, a simple yes or no response may make all of the difference.

 

[DMIL]

Are you a paid poster by the KO legal team? Please a simple yes or no answer.

Not at all. Just a regular “Joe” that loves UCONN and UCONN basketball.

 

[DMIL]

Giving Ollie another year - Christ that’s like given Hazeltine control of another ship after the ripped a hole in the side of the Exxon Valdez.

Another year under Ollie and the program is infinitely worse off.

If Ollie fans don’t realize this then they share the same delusional tendencies that Ollie has.

That point can be debated and it’s a bet not necessarily worth making however what cannot be debated is that UCONN nation could not absorb another horrid season. If he were retained another year we would have been praying for a miracle the whole season which would have been unbearably stressful. Hope is not a strategy. I knew he was done when Gilbert got re-injured.

 

[DMIL]

He treated the job like it was a bother to him, something that got in the way of his social life.

Maybe so and if true we have the right to be upset about that.

 

[Fishy]

Kevin Ollie could not be bothered to be the full-time coach at UConn.

Full stop.

 

[DMIL]

Maybe Ollie, his entitled kids and his entitled ex need to learn how to live like the average family for a while. Live in a 2000 sq. ft. house, cook your own dinners, buy a Subaru Outback and go on vacation to Maine and that money can last a LONG time.

K.O. worked his but off to put himself in position to live the rich man’s life. There is nothing average about K.O. He didn’t grow up entrenched in Middle class lifestyle. He certainly worked harder with more success in many respects than a number of past UCONN Men’s basketball Alumni. He is no different than any other well paid UCONN Alumni so why do his kids have to be entitled? What makes K.O. different than anyone else in this regard? He would want for his kids what every other American would want and that is for their kids to have a better childhood and life than themselves.

 

[CL82]

The sad reality is that nearly all parties involved have double crossed one another and turned on each other. It is like a Shakespere play.

Not so much actually

 

[Chief00]

With or without a gag order? Quite frankly, a simple yes or no response may make all of the difference.

Without.

 

[Chief00]

K.O. worked his but offto put himself in position to live the rich man’s life. There is nothing average about K.O. He didn’t grow up entrenched in Middle class lifestyle. He certainly worked harder with more success in many respects than a number of past UCONN Men’s basketball Alumni. He is no different than any other well paid UCONN Alumni so why do his kids have to be entitled? What makes K.O. different than anyone else in this regard? He would want for his kids what every other American would want and that is for their kids to have a better childhood and life than themselves.

KO’s work ethic stood out to me. I have told the story how I encountered KO with Patrick Knight on more than one occasion, doing an early morning weekend workout during his CT Pride days.
I really think managing a program was a different skill set and one he did not enjoy or quite frankly had a clue about and therefore he kind of disengaged.

As for Miller, KO was tone deaf at first and naive - Miller really put the knife in his back. Chief tried to warn him and only after it was too late did he realize he had a rat on his hands.

 

[temery]

KO’s work ethic stood out to me. I have told the story how I encountered KO with Patrick Knight on more than one occasion, doing an early morning weekend workout during his CT Pride days.
I really think managing a program was a different skill set and one he did not enjoy or quite frankly had a clue about and therefore he kind of disengaged.

As for Miller, KO was tone deaf at first and naive - Miller really put the knife in his back. Chief tried to warn him and only after it was too late did he realize he had a rat on his hands.

I know very little about what went on, but this all sounds like textbook karma biting Ollie and the school in the ass.

 

[huskymedic]

As for Miller, KO was tone deaf at first and naive - Miller really put the knife in his back. Chief tried to warn him and only after it was too late did he realize he had a rat on his hands.

Wait, let me get this right... you tried to warn KO in person regarding GM’s plan? How about the time/year and general location for us (and on the Boneyard and claiming the “gag order” won’t cut it).