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Mike playing the old Jeff Jacobs role:
Mike Anthony: UConn's Case Against Kevin Ollie Firm By Contract Terms, Flimsy By Common Sense
>>The cover-up, of course, is often worse than the crime and in this case it’s a reminder how Ollie comes across as consistently sloppy throughout his six-year tenure, either failing to grasp the gravity of what he was engaged in or thinking he COULD shrug off everything like he SHOULD shrug off a couple meaningless jump shots.<<
>>Both parties backed themselves into this complicated fiscal intersection of winning, losing, right, wrong, excuses and veiled motivations. Ollie did it with carelessness that appears to be woven into his pattern of behavior. UConn did it with the responsibility of having signed a contract with an albatross of a buyout, spending much of the past two years collecting information that ultimately would be used as tools to break free.
If the Huskies had continued to win under Ollie, UConn would be sending checks to some high profile Midwest law firm and helping its coach build a defense. Because the team started to lose, and continued losing, the university can play the angle that it has rid itself of a coach gone wrong and set a righteous path for the future of its program. But there is no middle ground and these battles begin before its participants even realize they are fully engaged.<<
Mike Anthony: UConn's Case Against Kevin Ollie Firm By Contract Terms, Flimsy By Common Sense
>>The cover-up, of course, is often worse than the crime and in this case it’s a reminder how Ollie comes across as consistently sloppy throughout his six-year tenure, either failing to grasp the gravity of what he was engaged in or thinking he COULD shrug off everything like he SHOULD shrug off a couple meaningless jump shots.<<
>>Both parties backed themselves into this complicated fiscal intersection of winning, losing, right, wrong, excuses and veiled motivations. Ollie did it with carelessness that appears to be woven into his pattern of behavior. UConn did it with the responsibility of having signed a contract with an albatross of a buyout, spending much of the past two years collecting information that ultimately would be used as tools to break free.
If the Huskies had continued to win under Ollie, UConn would be sending checks to some high profile Midwest law firm and helping its coach build a defense. Because the team started to lose, and continued losing, the university can play the angle that it has rid itself of a coach gone wrong and set a righteous path for the future of its program. But there is no middle ground and these battles begin before its participants even realize they are fully engaged.<<
