Having said that, few have ever received such preferential treatment as a job applicant than Kevin Ollie. In truth, there were not even other applicants allowed to go through the process. He was handpicked by Calhoun and moved to the front of what would have been a long and prestigious line. !
The only discrimination on UConn's part was against a coach who was woefully inadequate at the job and in way over his head.
Horrible coaches are not a protected class, and the contract as written gives UConn wide leverage to invoke just cause at their discretion.
They chose to do so for KO and not for JC because KO was atrocious at his job, not because he's black, as is well within their right.
Warde only offered Ollie a 9 month contract to start. Nine months! Talk about a slap in the face.
Correct me if I am wrong but Ollie has until tomorrow to decide if he wants to go to arbitration or not. He got the letter from Herbst on June 19th and has 2 weeks to respond, right?
Yeah, we should hear something by Wednesday.Have to be getting close. Hopefully the parties are talking to see if common ground can be reached for settlement.
Or, perhaps less simply says more. After all, most of us don't know what we don't know. Just sayin' ...Uh oh, DMIL has gotten quiet. Me thinks he heard something....
Fireworks?Yeah, we should hear something by Wednesday.
Why is it that new posters seem to think the Ollie matter is UConn's Armageddon?The longer this plays out, the uglier it will get. The threat of KO spilling the beans on past staff's indiscretions along with the race card were always possible and it looks like that day is here. The specter of a black vs white angle does not bode well for UConn given the past white coach that had transgressions was not fired and KO himself was replaced with a white coach. If I am not mistaken, Ollie is the only African-American that UConn has ever hired to be head coach of one of its three main sports (MBB/WBB/MFB). In this day and age, that would not be considered a good record inclusion wise. It will reflect negatively on UConn if the only African-American coach ever hired for one of its main sports claims to have been treated differently and blames race for this. Getting a bad rap on race relations in sports can be difficult to escape.
The longer this plays out, the uglier it will get. The threat of KO spilling the beans on past staff's indiscretions along with the race card were always possible and it looks like that day is here. The specter of a black vs white angle does not bode well for UConn given the past white coach that had transgressions was not fired and KO himself was replaced with a white coach. If I am not mistaken, Ollie is the only African-American that UConn has ever hired to be head coach of one of its three main sports (MBB/WBB/MFB). In this day and age, that would not be considered a good record inclusion wise. It will reflect negatively on UConn if the only African-American coach ever hired for one of its main sports claims to have been treated differently and blames race for this. Getting a bad rap on race relations in sports can be difficult to escape.