Olander arrested on Spring Break

[8893]

I'm going on record right now as more disappointed in what Donyell Marshall was doing at 3:00 a.m. in Florida during the NCAA tournament than I am in whatever Tyler did.

 

[freescooter]

I'm not sending him to Siberia, or even kicking him off the basketball team. But take his scholarship. Let him walk on. If he suddenly has to get a job at McDonalds this summer to pay his first semester tuition, maybe then he gets the concept.

 

[nomar]

Pic of TO on spring break:

 

[huskiesnyc]

I'm not sending him to Siberia, or even kicking him off the basketball team. But take his scholarship. Let him walk on. If he suddenly has to get a job at McDonalds this summer to pay his first semester tuition, maybe then he gets the concept.

I heard Stanley Robinson's scrap metal company is hiring

 

[StoweD210]

Lock him up and throw away the key IMO.

He chose to be a basketball player.

I don't think UConn can be too careful here. Simple trespass today can easily turn into Ponzi scheme/mass murder/illegal organ transplants tomorrow. Better cut him loose.

 

[Palatine]

If you're going to pick a week to do something stupid, this is it. Probably the #50 college basketball story today.

 

[Kitaman]

Sure hope he is just practicing trespassing for opponents boards next season.

 

[LIUCHusky]

I went to school in New Orleans and roamed the streets drunk and half clothed during MG and never found myself in jail. Hard to not want to take a hard line on any infraction at this point.

I bet this little tid bit makes the front page of ESPN- we are their poster child for anything negative and we seem to do a great job feeding that machine. Plain stupid.

You've got to be kidding. Bogus arrests during Mardi Gras are legendary in New Orleans. I'd be willing to bet that police overtime is more than covered by fines paid for very minor offenses.

 

[Clockshop]

http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-men/hc-olander-uconn-0322-20130321,0,4172361.story

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official charge is called tresspassing in a structure or conveyance. "Conveyance" means any motor vehicle, ship, vessel, railroad car, trailer, aircraft, or sleeping car; and to enter a conveyance includes taking apart any portion of the conveyance."​

 

[Husky]

god damnit Tyler. I try so hard to defend you on here, but it just keeps getting harder

 

[huskymedic]

http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-men/hc-olander-uconn-0322-20130321,0,4172361.story

"official charge is called tresspassing in a structure or conveyance. "Conveyance" means any motor vehicle, ship, vessel, railroad car, trailer, aircraft, or sleeping car; and to enter a conveyance includes taking apart any portion of the conveyance."

http://www.theday.com/article/20130321/INTERACT010103/130329917

"According to a Bay County jail spokesperson, Olander was arrested at 3:12 a.m. after being told several times to leave the beach property."

He needed hydrotherapy for his foot and was following MD orders. All legit!

 

[Perspective]

Enough is a enough. Kick Wolf and Tyler off the team. These weekly arrests are totally unacceptable and humiliating for the school. I don't care how minor the charge Ollie needs to make an example of both that this will not be tolerated.

This is what separates America from the rest of the world - the citizens understand and embrace the concept of innocent until proven guilty.

 

[Perspective]

I'm going to cold call the Panama City police and ask them if the prisoner has attempted to rebound a basketball.

And will an affirmative answer support or refute the identity of the prisoner as TO?

 

[JSB60]

I guess I'm just an old geezer out of touch with the new "zero tolerance" world, because I'm having a lot of trouble summoning up any moral outrage over the crime of trespassing.

 

[Bryan Lord]

P

 

[BearJWS]

He should have ran.... oh wait! Hope he rebounds from this.

 

[Ts5034]

Sounds like its one of those 30 hours of community service deals and the slate is wiped clean. I would GUARANTEE that he was hammered but it does not say anything about underage drinking. He caught a huge break because if there was underage drinking and public intoxication, this would be a lot worse.

 

[Northbound]

I'm going to cold call the Panama City police and ask them if the prisoner has attempted to rebound a basketball.

If the answer is yes it's not UCONN's Tyler.

 

[imno1]

Here's the thing...this might be nothing. It might be more serious, but after what UConn has been thorough the past few years, we just don't need this. Ollie (by the way, Kevin Ollie is the coach now, not Calhoun) and Manuel need to get the message out that this kind of crap will not be tolerated. It is a new day at UConn and part of it is that we're returning to the standards of deportment that guys like Ray Allen lived up to. Best way to get that message across in my mind is to tell Wolf to find a new place to play (Hofstra?) and this knucklehead that he is welcome to walk on next fall but his days as a scholarship player are over.

Who is Skip? Beaver's father was Ward...and ace I apologize. You aren't one of the usual guys who excuse bad behavior.

I'm for whatever he's against or vise versa.

 

[CL82]

I don't think UConn can be too careful here. Simple trespass today can easily turn into Ponzi scheme/mass murder/illegal organ transplants tomorrow. Better cut him loose.

I never undstood the the whole organ transplant ponzi scheme. I mean you give up a kidney now but may be entitled to 5 kindneys later on. How does that really help you?

 

[ctchamps]

I know you don't agree with me on this, but this is not just some college kid. He could be one if he chose to be but he freely chose to play basketball at UConn. You do that and it comes with certain requirements. Because if fleudslipcon got arrested in Panama when you were in college, nobody but your friends and family gave a damn. Olander represents UConn. Whether he wants to or not. In return for the good things he gets, free room and board, tutition, coaching, academic advisors at his beck and call, all the stuff that goes with playing major college basketball, he has to take more responsibility than the typical college kid. and again, given what UConn has been through over the past few years, he needs to be treated harshly for failing to live up to those standards. Is it fair? Maybe not entirely. But again, he chose to play here.

Every student, faculty member, and university employee at UConn represent the university. I don't care one iota about image. It can never trump justice. The nazis were all about image. The human race fails when it focuses on image and not substance.

The university has policies in place to address student failings. Every student is treated the same way. An athlete is neither more or less important then the chemistry student. They are treated equal under the law the same as would be the case of a black Jewish woman or a white Christian man. They all have obligations to themselves, their families and the university. Yes the athletes from a successful program get much more exposure than others in the student body or comparable athletes in unsuccessful programs. That's not justice. That's voyeurism. We love to see the mighty fall. I think a more noble cause would be to change this human failing than to worry how the university is perceived because TO got drunk and passed out somewhere he didn't belong.

 

[ctchamps]

He should have ran.... oh wait! Hope he rebounds from this.

Hope he rebounds better than he did this season! I'm sure your pun was intended.

 

[SeattleHoop]

Trespassing!? Olander will be fine. I don't see a huge problem with it. I didn't read article though

 

[UConnErik]

Before we criticize Tyler for his poor judgment, we need to see a photo of the females he presumably was pursuing when his grievous trespass took place. Doesn't Kate Upton live in Florida?

 

[ctchamps]

Before we criticize Tyler for his poor judgment, we need to see a photo of the females he presumably was pursuing when his grievous trespass took place. Doesn't Kate Upton live in Florida?

I heard he will plead guilty. He doesn't have a leg to stand on and that was based on his on court performance before the spring break (to his foot)!