Not to rain on the parade, but

[Excalibur]

Do we know for sure that KO and the AAUP are not going to try to throw a monkey wrench into this process? The union has said that they consider Ollie to still be the coach, suspended with pay. Have we ruled out the possibility that they move to block the Hurley hire? Has the University ruled it out?

 

[SubbaBub]

The AAUP could hold up any buy out settlement. They can't dictate who gets key privileges to Gampel.

 

[jorge34]

Ollie and the union will want to know how this "co-coach" thing is going to work......

 

[Excalibur]

The AAUP could hold up any buy out settlement. They can't dictate who gets key privileges to Gampel.

In just about any other context, the AAUP could and would prevent someone from being hired to replace a union member that they still considered to be employed.

 

[businesslawyer]

Hiring Hurley makes it harder to win a case for just cause dismissal. The University is well aware of that.

 

[TopDogs]

Hiring Hurley makes it harder to win a case for just cause dismissal. The University is well aware of that.

How so?

 

[the Q]

Hiring Hurley makes it harder to win a case for just cause dismissal. The University is well aware of that.

even if they're tying it around ncaa violations?

 

[Deadrody]

The AAUP cannot force or prevent anything. The only avenues Ollie and the union have are to continue appealing to a higher authority. No, they could not prevent UConn from hiring anyone. The only thing they can do is to delay the official firing of an existing union employee until they exhaust all their appeals or give up.

 

[polycom]

Are we sure Hurley doesn't become a Union member as well.

 

[gtcam]

even if they're tying it around ncaa violations?

By Hurley accepting the position I highly doubt there are any earth shaking NCAA violations
KO is going to walk away with money - no doubt in my mind about it
Doing it this way was DB's roll of the dice that he could MAYBE save some money rather than just fire him for performance and choke on the full $10Mill
I sure the hell hope he/UConn has learned a lesson and didn't do the same with DH's contract but if not perhaps DH would not have signed- I don't know

 

[the Q]

By Hurley accepting the position I highly doubt there are any earth shaking NCAA violations
KO is going to walk away with money - no doubt in my mind about it
Doing it this way was DB's roll of the dice that he could MAYBE save some money rather than just fire him for performance and choke on the full $10Mill
I sure the hell hope he/UConn has learned a lesson and didn't do the same with DH's contract but if not perhaps DH would not have signed- I don't know

yeah, that's the only thing I could come up with.

But looking at the contract language, the University has a great position to stand on here.

 

[pepband99]

In just about any other context, the AAUP could and would prevent someone from being hired to replace a union member that they still considered to be employed.

I had the same thought here, but i would (completely guess) that a donor has stepped up on the buyout front. The minute KO agrees to a number, the AAUP ceases to be an issue. They likely had something on a napkin, which just got met.

 

[8893]

Are we sure Hurley doesn't become a Union member as well.

I'm pretty sure he does.

 

[huskymedic]

Are we sure Hurley doesn't become a Union member as well.

He will by title...

 

[polycom]

I'm pretty sure he does.

He will by title...

So then why would the Union try to screw a fellow member? This OP doesn't make sense.

 

[Waquoit]

We need this settlement to happen soon.

 

[8893]

We need this settlement to happen soon.

Why?

 

[CL82]

Hiring Hurley makes it harder to win a case for just cause dismissal. The University is well aware of that.

How so?

 

[methodology]

So then why would the Union try to screw a fellow member? This OP doesn't make sense.

They have to protect and fight for their original member first. There are guidelines and standard operating procedure they aren't going to disregard that because Hurley was announced as new head coach

 

[huskymedic]

So then why would the Union try to screw a fellow member? This OP doesn't make sense.

 

[pepband99]

We need this settlement to happen soon.

1) They don't fire KO without a replacement available
2) They don't announce replacement without KO "settled"

They know what they're doing here - i think this goes away soon - the hiring of DH was the biggest shoe to drop, by far.

 

[80shusky]

This is $$. That is all.

 

[Waquoit]

Why?

It's a distraction, unfinished business. I don't think we can truly move on until as a program until it's done. I have no involvement yet it's gnawing at me.

 

[glastonbury50]

Take this how you want to. One time I was at the Portland Valero and ran into KO. Me and him were the only people inside of the store. KO bought a pack of mint mentos. The clerk cashed him out and threw away the receipt. ( I was standing right behind him.) Ollie asked if he could have a new receipt printed out. Idk what this means but if this man keeps tabs on his candy expenditures. He's not going down without a fight. Saddle up. This could get ugly.

 

[FDNY99]

I’m gonna say KO gets a buy out of between $5-$6.5 million and walks Directly to a NBA job.