Ollie Discrimination Lawsuit

[gwhuskyfan]

Fired UConn Hoops Coach Claims Racial Discrimination

No final decision has been made regarding the alleged NCAA violations, which Ollie is contesting, but he says UConn was more lenient with the program’s previous head coach, Jim Calhoun, who is white, in the face of similar allegations.

Ollie says Calhoun “was found to have engaged in conduct in violation of NCAA rules and regulations following in an investigation conducted by the NCAA and Defendant in 2011 and 2012 that was more severe than the conduct which Defendant has identified as the basis for its decision to terminate Plaintiff’s employment.”


Looks like you can see the full complaint here >> https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/kollie.pdf

 

[Kembacity]

How is this even a talking point, Ollie was hired in the wake of Calhoun's violations, and he was hired under different circumstances. He HAD to keep the program clean because of what had just happened. This is such a bad look by KO

 

[Stainmaster]

Hoooooooooboy.

 

[uchuskies2009]

I give this thread all of 20 minutes before it gets out of control.

 

[auggie22]

Burning bridges on the way out of town. Will be very hard to see him in a positive light after this.

 

[Kenny11]

It was discrimination, but not racial. UConn was discriminating against losses. Obviously, UConn opened themselves up to things like this by not be willing to fire Ollie for performance and pay him the money on his contract.

Also...this sucks.

 

[BlueMAB]

Ollie knows he wasn't fired because he's black. But it's the most convenient argument to make. This also isn't surprising in the least. The original complaint was based on race, this suit was virtually inevitable.

Edit: Ollie violated his contract. The fact that UConn treated him differently than Calhoun is easily defended by the way the NCAA treats UConn different from virtually every other program.

Name the other programs that were punished a second time based on new rules/requirements that were applied retroactively? I'll wait.

 

[Ajs120102]

If this is his last leg to stand on he’s gunna lose this case. This is a shame Bc i love Ollie. This is beyond ugly. Another espn hit piece is probably coming our way. Damn

 

[MTHusky]

KO, you have now lost all respect I might have had for you. Sad, really sad KO

 

[Robertelamin]

This thread will go well.

 

[tcf15]

Man, if only Travis Best committed first.

 

[Deepster]

Kevin Ollie sleeps with the fishes. Dead to me now.

 

[Husky25]

I don't begrudge Ollie, but two things.

Filing this complaint without resolution of the first issue wreaks of throwing whatever against the wall and seeing what sticks.

Secondly, UConn's record on the court makes this a racial distinction between apples and a fire engine.

 

[Yardigan]

This thread will go well.

It should. Fairly mundane, run of the mill...no emotion either way...

 

[Peacefrog]

Resorting to the nuclear option with the race card. We know the reasons he was fired. He knows the reasons he was fired. They had nothing to do with race. Complete desperation and scorched earth. Kinda sad.

 

[August_West]

I'm KO guy, and he was done wrong, no doubt about it.

But Racial Discrimination?

Im not seeing it. At all.

It's a dumb card to play. I can't support it.

 

[Chief00]

The KO Legal team is the “Nightmare Team “ for their client.

My guess - This is a last grasp attempt by his muddling lawyers to get a few peanuts thrown their/his way. Arbitration, we have been told is all or nothing and perhaps the consensus is UConn’s not settling on that and KO probably gets nothing.

Come on - the same AD who renewed his contract for $16 million becomes a racist after two losing seasons. Just not believable at all. But this charge isn’t to be taken seriously in this case / just more mud at the wall since KO has no other options to get a few bucks out of this. It is what it is.

Sadly, this this will hurt his future hiring prospects. Employers don’t like employees who file frivolous lawsuits. How much damage are they going to do to his future while not obtaining a significant settlement?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I

I give this thread all of 20 minutes before it gets out of control.

I'll check back in 8.

 

[CTBasketball]

This dude is a money-searching loser.

 

[Hoophound]

Gotta remember, very few of us wouldn’t do whatever it took to get those millions. It is a bad situation for KO. It isn’t easy to walk away from all that money. I am sure KO thinks he did a good job, even if we don’t. He also won a national title, that warrants some respect. I’d like them to settle and give him some money, but that’s just one man’s opinion.

 

[superjohn]

Ollie revealed what he's all about when he treated the guy who gave him everything like a nuisance. None of this stuff is all that surprising.

 

[Dove]

Kevin Ollie sleeps with the fishes. Dead to me now.

Someone tell JC it was only business.

 

[Tenspro2002]

No final decision has been made regarding the alleged NCAA violations, which Ollie [who is black a horrible coach] is contesting, but he says UConn was more lenient with the program’s previous head coach, Jim Calhoun, who is white a good coach, in the face of similar allegations.

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

I loved coach Ollie from 5 minutes into that Michigan State opener until about 3 minutes ago. I'm a bit appalled him and his lawyers are playing that card. All he had to do was place nice at the negoatiating table and he would have walked away with something and could have pivoted to a nice assistant coaching job in the NBA. Now he's reaching and i mean reeeeaching. Not only is it completely asinine but a poor reflection of character. Really sad how this had to unfold. Man this is bumming me out. Thanks for 2014 coach, but racial discrimination??!? And comparing your leave to the great calhoun SOLELY based on skin color. Geez Louise. Lost for words right now.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Along with the real estate transaction, this reads like a December to Remember 2018 bucket list item.