KO vs UConn

[Chief00]

Chief keeps it real!

KO, you became a poor coach and even worse at program management, as whatever issues or behaviors you were dealing with in your personal life seemed to overwhelm everything else.

Generally, Chief and others have respected your personal privacy but you apparently don’t have that same privacy respect for our student athletes and others as exhibited by your requests.

Chief has even defended how despite your issues and athletes transferring out, you are actually a good guy.

You can only hide behind your clown show legal team for so long, these requests are in your name not theirs. Your strategy is clear to attack and destroy the school PR wise and get a settlement not due to legal results but to the school caving to avoid embarrassment. You don’t want to win anymore by working, you are now via financial greed trying to win the lottery.

In the week approaching the weekend we honor Ray Allen - you do all this nonsense. This is also the week, you lost Chief as a guy, who despite everything had your back.

Kevin Ollie and UConn are fighting over documents. Here’s what it means and what happens next.

 

[August_West]

Who knew this couldve gotten so ugly when trying to run an end around for cause instead of performance?

 

[Austin316]

I don’t blame the guy for trying but at this point it’s going to be really hard to dig himself out of this hole that has been made public for quite some time. I really thought he would have got hired somewhere else and we would have seen him on the sidelines head coaching elsewhere (at least not high D1 level). But now? I just dont see it. His lawyers aren’t helping his career.

 

[Mano]

#Chiefbeef

 

[Robertelamin]

Gag order is over folks.

 

[uchusky32]

Who knew this couldve gotten so ugly when trying to run an end around for cause instead of performance?

School/Calhoun made a mistake. Looks like KO wasn't mature enough to handle success. Do what all big time sports programs do when the need to make a change happen. Get your guy out. Eat what you negotiate and move on. If you can't protect your #1 asset for sports then you don't value that asset.

 

[tcf15]

 

[8893]

I've reached my limit of Courant articles and can't access this one; can someone summarize?

 

[August_West]

School/Calhoun made a mistake. Looks like KO wasn't mature enough to handle success. Do what all big time sports programs do when the need to make a change happens. Get your guy out. Eat what you negotiate and move on. If you can't protect your #1 asset for sports then you don't value that asset.

scorched earth ploy begets scorched earth ploy.

We are now at the phase of Mutually Assured Destruction.

Lovely.

 

[August_West]

I've reached my limit of Courant articles and can't access this one; can someone summarize?

right click and open in incognito (chrome) or private mode (safari). (depending on browser, youre a mac guy right?)

If you are on an Iphone copy link and open up safari in Private mode and paste link.

 

[BlueDogs]

KO is a bad dude, IMO. You can blame lawyers, but the truth is clients control their agents and clients make the decisions how far and what direction they want to go.

 

[Chief00]

KO is a bad dude, IMO. You can blame lawyers, but the truth is clients control their agents and clients make the decisions how far and what direction they want to go.

Agree or he’s not very smart, that’s the conclusion Chief has come to.

 

[JMick]

KO is a bad dude, IMO. You can blame lawyers, but the truth is clients control their agents and clients make the decisions how far and what direction they want to go.

He made really bad decisions career-wise and killed any chance he has at coaching again. A settlement or ruling in his favor is probably the only money he'll see for a while. I can't say I'm surprised by how he's acting. He blew up his own life and now he just wants to take everyone down with him.

 

[August_West]

Agree or he’s not very smart, that’s the conclusion Chief has come to.

He's got absolutely nothing to lose. Hard to call this play dumb in that light. We don't like it, nor should we, but I fully understand it in context.

 

[tcf15]

if only kevin ollie had shown this much fight over the last two years

 

[August_West]

if only kevin ollie had shown this much fight over the last two years

Whelp. There is truth in that, especially on the recruiting trail and management of player relationships...

But in light of this year, its hard to say his game coaching (disinterest aside) was a glaring weakness when comparing Apples to Apples.

 

[whaler11]

He's got absolutely nothing to lose. Hard to call this play dumb in that light. We don't like it, nor should we, but I fully understand it in context.

yeah lets walk away from 10 million in a situation where no one in the country tries to fire for cause.

two seconds after diaco got paid for being the worst coach in college sports.

makes sense to give up and take nothing because it makes most of the by happy

 

[mrl2016]

He's got absolutely nothing to lose. Hard to call this play dumb in that light. We don't like it, nor should we, but I fully understand it in context.

Legal fees is the only downside that comes to mind, but I thought I read somewhere on here that he is being represented by a Union lawyer....any truth to that? Is he not responsible for covering legal fees if that's the case?

 

[August_West]

Legal fees is the only downside that comes to mind, but I thought I read somewhere on here that he is being represented by a Union lawyer....any truth to that? Is he not responsible for covering legal fees if that's the case?

I would assume he is being represented on contingency. But thats just an assumption

 

[Guapo]

yeah lets walk away from 10 million in a situation where no one in the country tries to fire for cause.

two seconds after diaco got paid for being the worst coach in college sports.

makes sense to give up and take nothing because it makes most of the by happy

Finally, you agree with us.

 

[whaler11]

Finally, you agree with us.

no idea what this means. he is doing what anyone would do. i certainly wouldnt stand by and let a inept clown like benedict fire me for cause.

 

[whaler11]

I would assume he is being represented on contingency. But thats just an assumption

according to the website of the people representing him that is a safe assumption

 

[UCDaveD]

yeah lets walk away from 10 million in a situation where no one in the country tries to fire for cause.

two seconds after diaco got paid for being the worst coach in college sports.

makes sense to give up and take nothing because it makes most of the by happy

Did Diaco commit NCAA violations?

 

[August_West]

Did Diaco commit NCAA violations?

I dont know. Did Calhoun?

 

[RipCity]

If he’s trying to win through PR he’s in rough shape because I barely even care about this crap anymore, which means nobody outside of CT would even blink at this headline. Whatever he ends up with through litigation or a settlement, good for him. Time to move on though.

And thanks for your continued efforts Chief. I know your patience has been tested by KO and his legal team, but you’re the Fort Knox of this place.