Ollie fighting to keep his job..Link from ESPN

[FDNY99]

Ollie will contest UConn's firing for 'just cause'

 

[Wordbomar]

He wants to keep his job....... wow

 

[djct1999]

He wants to keep his job.. wow

He is contesting being fired for cause. He wants arbitration and should get it. This is simply part of the process. He wasn't going to accept 0.

 

[Tommyboy]

This is not gonna be fun.

 

[Jaker]

He would be foolish not too

 

[Marat]

And not surprising.

 

[HuskyHawk]

He is contesting being fired for cause. He wants arbitration and should get it. This is simply part of the process. He wasn't going to accept 0.

Arbitration. Lol. Screw that. Put him in front of a jury. There’s a reason he wants arbitration. UConn should not let that happen.

 

[Travelman6]

Oh god no. Just go now.

 

[JMick]

lol and here we go. he's never going to be invited back to campus if he lets this drag out and doesn't own up to his mistakes.

 

[intlzncster]

No agent, attorney, nor human in their right mind would not do this.

 

[djct1999]

This is not gonna be fun.

It will happen fairly quickly and coincidentally be settled by the the second weekend if the tourney. I am sure this is all expected and why AD DB fired him today.

 

[djct1999]

Arbitration. Lol. Screw that. Put him in front of a jury. There’s a reason he wants arbitration. UConn should not let that happen.

Except that it's in his contract and is his right. Besides that, yeah!

 

[UConnWingman]

Question: why is he afforded union protection that is meant for faculty, professors, etc?

 

[UC313]

Question: why is he afforded union protection that is meant for faculty, professors, etc?

State employee im guessing.

 

[JimHurley]

Is he fighting for his job or fighting being fired for cause? It’d be a little ridiculous to fight to remain head coach.

 

[huskymedic]

Question: why is he afforded union protection that is meant for faculty, professors, etc?

From earlier today in the Ollie Offically Fired Thread:

Its not - this is the current one UCONN-AAUP-CBA-07-01-17-06-30-17.pdf and the pages you are looking for are 12 & 13. It's a process that started today w/ the formal notification to Ollie

 

[HuskyBandDad]

Why is anyone surprised by this? Who would not do this?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Except that it's in his contract and is his right. Besides that, yeah!

Is there a binding arbitration clause in his contract? If so, UConn needs to fire the lawyers working for the the AD. If there isn’t, he can go pound sand.

 

[jorge34]

So.....is it normal for a head basketball coach to have union representation? Lol, ct is a cluster.

 

[Tommyboy]

It will happen fairly quickly and coincidentally be settled by the the second weekend if the tourney. I am sure this is all expected and why AD DB fired him today.

Hope you’re right.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

Question: why is he afforded union protection that is meant for faculty, professors, etc?

State employee im guessing.

He is a member of a professors union. Posted in other thread

 

[jorge34]

"Ollie is a member of the University of Connecticut's branch of the American Association of University Professors, a union that represents thousands of faculty members around the country. Per those close to the situation, few college basketball coaches possess union protection."

holy crap what a joke

 

[auggie22]

Only in Connecticut.

 

[Horatio]

This is gonna be an ugly divorce

 

[djct1999]

Is there a binding arbitration clause in his contract? If so, UConn needs to fire the lawyers working for the the AD. If there isn’t, he can go pound sand.

FROM the article:

Ollie is a member of the University of Connecticut's branch of the American Association of University Professors, a union that represents thousands of faculty members around the country. Per those close to the situation, few college basketball coaches possess union protection.

But Ollie's contract stipulates he's entitled to a hearing within the next 15 days to defend himself against the school's claim that it has the right to fire him with "just cause" and avoid the multimillion-dollar payout he would receive if he were terminated without cause.