Ollie fighting to keep his job..Link from ESPN

[BUConn10]

He is going to get his money - no question about it
AD David Benedict and co. rolled the dice and they will lose
KO wasn't coming back, everyone half a brain knew that but trying to get it on the cheap is going to cost money
It's now a matter of principle - KO would not do this if he knew he did something wrong enough to get himself fired beyond performance
This allows me to think that this was all a surprise and the school's AD, Pres, McHugh and BoT did not seek some type of amicable parting solution - something that should have occurred
Time for a complete housecleaning - start with McHugh and Herbst and send DB packing to where he wants to go -the SEC
This has the looks of something ugly and if I'm KO I would stick my nose up at any attempting of appeasement by DB.

It's like you are genetically designed to always stand on the opposite ground that the majority of sensible individuals have chosen to stand on.

Over the last 12 hours watching you and people like Kathy embarrass themselves, acting as if the University of Connecticut is some bogus institution with no lawyers or the foresight to put thought into their decisions is shameful really. For someone who has so much to say about UConn based on your post count you come here to shed a tear for KO over the WAY he was fired?

Here's a newsflash, the program is under investigation as we speak, contracts have explicit clauses included to detail what constitutes "cause" and here's the part you geniuses seem to not even come close to grasping. This is an ongoing legal issue and AD David Benedict isn't going to publicly disclose details to bozos at ESPN, there are tons of factors we don't know because we simply haven't been told. Meanwhile here you are crying over the treatment of Ollie and how this firing is going t hurt "UConn's reputation" or something in the eyes of future coaches, how dense are you? Seriously please stop posting here and go back to the entertainment room because they are serving tapioca, your favorite. Let the adults with logical emotional responses to real world news handle the discussion here.

Again, the fact that you have turned POSITIVE news like no longer having Ollie coaching this program with the program actually trying to protect itself financially, the first display of actual BALLS from this administration is SPINCYCLED by you into demanding the firing of our brand new Athletic Director as well as cleaning house for the entire staff is so deluded, so idiotic, so fundamentally displaced display of stupidity and stubbornness that I question you as a person and seriously need to address the possibility that you may indeed be a troll.

Posts like the one you made chastising your own university for looking or it's own interests embarrass the university and the alumni far more than you think the university is doing to itself, seriously.

 

[Jaker]

this is big business, both entities are going to protect their interest

 

[polycom]

Oh I want Benedict and SuzieLax on the next rocket to the sun.

Alright so then what happens? We send those two away and who comes and takes over our school and our AD?

 

[Javjudah]

And we know who you'll be rooting for in that fight.

I am a UCONN fan but I am rooting for what's right. If you're not satisfied with his performance, fire him, pay him his money and both parties move on. Don't smear his name for allegations that is not proven to avoid paying him his money.

 

[JMick]

Are you dense?

No, are you? We saw our opening and took it; the clause is in the contract for a reason. Call it selective enforcement if you will but the NCAA is entangled in this web whether you'd like to believe it or not.

 

[polycom]

I am a UCONN fan but I am rooting for what's right. If you're not satisfied with his performance, fire him, pay him his money and both parties move on. Don't smear his name for allegations that is not proven to avoid paying him his money.

Stop smearing our wonderful university when you know nothing.

 

[JMick]

I am a UCONN fan but I am rooting for what's right. If you're not satisfied with his performance, fire him, pay him his money and both parties move on. Don't smear his name for allegations that is not proven to avoid paying him his money.

So getting fired for breaking rules is now a smear campaign?

 

[whaler11]

Alright so then what happens? We send those two away and who comes and takes over our school and our AD?

Competent professionals.

 

[huskymedic]

Alright so then what happens? We send those two away and who comes and takes over our school and our AD?

Parker Executive Search is on speed dial... won’t take long.

 

[Javjudah]

Unbelievable. Takes a lot to shock me anymore but even I am shocked at the lengths Ollie's supporters will go to. So now UConn is the bad guy for wanting to rid itself of a guy that has absolutely blown up this program in all possible areas.

Read my post again so you can better understand what I said.

 

[whaler11]

No, are you? We saw our opening and took it; the clause is in the contract for a reason. Call it selective enforcement if you will but the NCAA is entangled in this web whether you'd like to believe it or not.

OK you are.

 

[noeynox]

Will you stop saying this.

They fired him for cause because they lost.

Nobody gives a damn about the rules. It’s expected they are bent and broken in hundreds of ways to win.

The school never did anything in the past to anyone implicated in NCAA rule breaking - so it’s not like this new pious stance is about anything other than losing.

I’m rooting for Ollie in this because I want the people who created the situation to be held responsible.

I want SuzieLax and David the Oaf to go the way of the Dodo.

I don't know how anyone could not understand this. We knew it had to happen. That UConn couldn't negotiate behind closed doors to make the number more workable makes them look inept. Sue knows Rock Stars.

 

[KingAG]

I don't know how anyone could not understand this. We knew it had to happen. That UConn couldn't negotiate behind closed doors to make the number more workable makes them look inept. Sue knows Rock Stars.

Maybe KO didn’t want to negotiate

 

[UConnDan97]

No, are you? We saw our opening and took it

You do realize that you just made Whaler's point with the statement above, right?

 

[polycom]

I don't know how anyone could not understand this. We knew it had to happen. That UConn couldn't negotiate behind closed doors to make the number more workable makes them look inept. Sue knows Rock Stars.

2 parties need to be willing to negotiate...

 

[noeynox]

Maybe KO didn’t want to negotiate

Sure. I get that, it's why it's hard to judge what case UConn has without knowing the details of the "Just cause".

 

[JMick]

You do realize that you just made Whaler's point with the statement above, right?

He's implying it puts us in the wrong. It doesn't

 

[whaler11]

I don't know how anyone could not understand this. We knew it had to happen. That UConn couldn't negotiate behind closed doors to make the number more workable makes them look inept. Sue knows Rock Stars.

It’s a broke arse athletic department with dumb arse leadership grasping at any potential life preserver.

Can we go back to the leak the night of the SMU game - anyone want to claim it wasn’t David the Oaf still?

 

[JMick]

It’s a broke arse athletic department with dumb arse leadership grasping at any potential life preserver.

Can we go back to the leak the night of the SMU game - anyone want to claim it wasn’t David the Oaf still?

Great Man David Benedict. Saving the program by firing one atrocity of a coach at a time

 

[KingAG]

Sure. I get that, it's why it's hard to judge what case UConn has without knowing the details of the "Just cause".

Benedict is just using his leverage. He obviously knows something that Ollie wouldn’t want to get out. He’s forcing KO to the negotiating table. It’s not going to get to the point of KO’s name being drug through the mud, he’ll settle well before then

 

[polycom]

It’s a broke arse athletic department with dumb arse leadership grasping at any potential life preserver.

Can we go back to the leak the night of the SMU game - anyone want to claim it wasn’t David the Oaf still?

Was that leak implying that they were eligible all season?

 

[noeynox]

2 parties need to be willing to negotiate...

Sure. From KOs perspective he did his negotiation in the contracted buyout. The agreed upon buyout is the problem, and that is 100 percent on the school. That's why it should have been on them to get this done cleanly as possible.

I'm not so sure I like Benedict making this hire.

 

[polycom]

Benedict is just using his leverage. He obviously knows something that Ollie wouldn’t want to get out. He’s forcing KO to the negotiating table. It’s not going to get to the point of KO’s name being drug through the mud, he’ll settle well before then

Are you sure about that?

 

[whaler11]

He's implying it puts us in the wrong. It doesn't

Guy.

1. The job requires you to break the rules to compete.
2. They never fired anyone for cause when there were violations in the past.

It’s a sad attempt to get out of paying what they owe - because they have mismanaged the AD to the brink of insolvency.

Cheer them on if you like. But stop pretending it’s some moral high ground.

 

[KingAG]

It’s a broke arse athletic department with dumb arse leadership grasping at any potential life preserver.

Can we go back to the leak the night of the SMU game - anyone want to claim it wasn’t David the Oaf still?

So we can make unfounded allegations against AD Dave, but we better no connect the dots with KO. Got it

 

[noeynox]

It’s a broke arse athletic department with dumb arse leadership grasping at any potential life preserver.

Can we go back to the leak the night of the SMU game - anyone want to claim it wasn’t David the Oaf still?

What was the leak? I don't recall it.

 

[polycom]

Sure. From KOs perspective he did his negotiation in the contracted buyout. The agreed upon buyout is the problem, and that is 100 percent on the school. That's why it should have been on them to get this done cleanly as possible.

I'm not so sure I like Benedict making this hire.

I don’t have any details, so it say it could have gone cleanly I have no idea. I’m sure we’ll find out soon enough

 

[whaler11]

So we can make unfounded allegations against AD Dave, but we better no connect the dots with KO. Got it

Your posting history on Ollie affords you zero credibility - so do yourself a favor and sit this one out or someone will go dig it up.

 

[SouthBayHusky]

He is going to get his money - no question about it
AD David Benedict and co. rolled the dice and they will lose
KO wasn't coming back, everyone half a brain knew that but trying to get it on the cheap is going to cost money
It's now a matter of principle - KO would not do this if he knew he did something wrong enough to get himself fired beyond performance
This allows me to think that this was all a surprise and the school's AD, Pres, McHugh and BoT did not seek some type of amicable parting solution - something that should have occurred
Time for a complete housecleaning - start with McHugh and Herbst and send DB packing to where he wants to go -the SEC
This has the looks of something ugly and if I'm KO I would stick my nose up at any attempting of appeasement by DB.

This is not a private entity this is a state university and they have a duty to defend/enforce the contract. It’s very simple.

 

[JMick]

Guy.

1. The job requires you to break the rules to compete.
2. They never fired anyone for cause when there were violations in the past.

It’s a sad attempt to get out of paying what they owe - because they have mismanaged the AD to the brink of insolvency.

Cheer them on if you like. But stop pretending it’s some moral high ground.

Then I say to Ollie, don't be surprised if you suck and get fired and lose your buyout because you broke the rules. Rewarding him for cheating and being terrible is the opposite of cosmic Justice