Ollie threatening to sue UConn

[JMick]

Weren’t you the same person who told everyone as the fact that Kevin Ollie would not be fired and would be back next year guaranteed? Credibility !?

he's also a self-proclaimed st johns fan

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

All r facts, u cant handle the truth

Facts and truth aren't the same thing, especially when the facts are incompletely offered, and aren't even all facts. But otherwise, yeah.

 

[StoweD210]

Giving KO 10MM that he doesn't deserve is going to get UConn basketball back to national prominence? lol

You gotta spend money to make money, brother. That's Business 101. UConn should pay Ollie $15 million to show everyone how serious they are.





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[BFieldHusky]

UCONN is not broke. The athletic department is thanks to the clown DB. He screw up by offering contract extensions to Diaco and Ollie. He lost 6 million to Diaco n is now covering his butt by taking the low road and trying to screw KO out of his $10 million. Chief told us that DB already had a booster that is ready to foot the $10 million buyout. There was never a booster. UCONN's operating budget is in the red but that was from the last state budget projection. Since that time, the state revenue has been revise upwards by over 2 billion over the next 2 yrs. The state will fix most of the UCONN shortcomings. The school will also save some money by further consolidating some Universities. The UCONN AD is a man made disaster due to David Benedict. This is the same AD that was a no show in the half time of the SMU game when they honor all the UCONN student athletes. Come on Susan, pull the trigger and fire DB

Why would anyone take you serious? For MONTHS you claimed KO was safe when a ton of people knew that he was gone at the end of the year. Then last minute you acknowledged Hurley "may be a candidate." And then you said you were gonna root for St. Johns.

Got root for them. Haven't won a NCAA game in 18 years.

 

[intlzncster]

Haven't won a NCAA game in 18 years.

Actually not good.

 

[husky8273]

The majority of the spending by the basketball program is not with taxpayer funds. It's through athletic revenue and fundraising. Not a dime back.

There's a huge departmental deficit funded by the University that is rapidly growing. And the students pay a fee every semester that supports Athletics.

 

[Husky68]

Just noticed this quote from one of the newspaper articles:

Herbst said Ollie was a repeat offender who was fired in March after a 14-18 season because "eventually even a series of 'isolated' or 'de minimis' violations can become a pattern of non-compliance,

Some posters were minimizing the inclusion of the "call" and the "shooting" incidences on the "with cause" claim, seems like Herbst thought they were an integral part of the claim if the above quote is accurate.

 

[UConnNick]

Why would anyone take you serious? For MONTHS you claimed KO was safe when a ton of people knew that he was gone at the end of the year. Then last minute you acknowledged Hurley "may be a candidate." And then you said you were gonna root for St. Johns.

Got root for them. Haven't won a NCAA game in 18 years.

Go Redmen! That's what they were known as the last time they were relevant in CBB.

 

[husky8273]

What you stated is not correct. I never said that a booster was paying $10 million. I said the money was available to terminate him. The termination was for well supported cause - UConn knew it wouldn’t be paying anything close to $10 million. The facts people in the public know now, UConn has known for a long time.

Did UConn make a settlement offer before firing KO?

 

[jimva]

So well put. This comment captures the sentiment of the rub that I've had with this entire situation of Ollie's firing and the majority of the board not putting this square where it belongs. None of this happens if UCONN simply fired Ollie for the correct reasons around his performance in the head coaching role.

At that point find the money, pay him either the remaining value of his extended contract or you find a way to negotiate a settlement. None of these scenarios played out because of the Administration's "choice of reasoning" for Ollie's termination and now this is playing out in the most predictable manner. I have to believe the root of this strategic blunder in managing this situation was arrogance. There is a point where people start believing their own B.S. The Ollie bashing is simply the "shining object" that is running on a nuclear reactor on this board and not the reason this situation of Ollie's termination has escalated to where it is now. I have seen nothing to suggest that our great University can take any high ground in this so this is where we are. In a Pig Pen.

Your position is complete nonsense. He was fired for poor performance. Part of his job was to maintain compliance. He didn't win and he didn't maintain compliance. A 1-2 performance punch in the gut. UCONN didn't blunder, KO messed up big. Any other position is delusional. The biggest mistake with his poor performance on multiple fronts is that it allowed ,based on a contract he signed, to be fired for cause. If UCONN was in a bad position they would have settled by now.

 

[auggie22]

You gotta spend money to make money, brother. That's Business 101. UConn should pay Ollie $15 million to show everyone how serious they are.





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It may be the Martini’s talking but ... well played.

 

[superjohn]

So was at the gym and the guy next to me sees my UConn hat and we start talking. I say what's up with the hoops program and it turns out he was a walkon under Ollie. He played with Bazz before UConn and says Bazz was always different. I say there's been a lot swirling around Ollie and he says there is a lot of s^^t with Ollie.

 

[djct1999]

So was at the gym and the guy next to me sees my UConn hat and we start talking. I say what's up with the hoops program and it turns out he was a walkon under Ollie. He played with Bazz before UConn and says Bazz was always different. I say there's been a lot swirling around Ollie and he says there is a lot of s^^t with Ollie.

And none of it is good.

 

[jimva]

You gotta spend money to make money, brother. That's Business 101.

Pretty much everyone I have heard make this statement has filed for bankruptcy at least once or are perpetually bouncing along them bottom, waiting for the next downturn to wipe them out.

I think UCONN is better off not following this losing idea.





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[DMIL]

Your position is complete nonsense. He was fired for poor performance. Part of his job was to maintain compliance. He didn't win and he didn't maintain compliance. A 1-2 performance punch in the gut. UCONN didn't blunder, KO messed up big. Any other position is delusional. The biggest mistake with his poor performance on multiple fronts is that it allowed ,based on a contract he signed, to be fired for cause. If UCONN was in a bad position they would have settled by now.

Whoa...here we go! The Administration is on this board..kidding..but maybe not..honestly I don't know but from the implied tone this sure sounds like some HR Administration compliance department strict constructionist mumbo jumbo. By your own logic I suspect that if he were winning you would be calling for his dismissal as well. I think not. These are not mutually exclusive. This is not an "either or" situation. I don't think many folks on this board is stating that Ollie performed to the expectations but to the contrary. You are not going to get much of an argument from anyone on this point so lets stop trying to manufacture one. I certainly have not denied that KO failed miserably at key executive functions of the role and is responsible for essentially not effectively managing what he could control and in the spirit of "HR Administration compliance department strict constructionist mumbo jumbo" that would include "All functions of the role, not part of it, but all of it". How was that? You could not have said that better yourself. If K.O. was the big idiot, incompetent, ignorant, immoral. cluster duck**that many on this board have been claiming that he is then how in the world did JC and 2 Administrations miss this bad on this hire? How? Who is responsible for that? It's not like he came out of nowhere. If they knew about this all of this time and didn't say anything, reprimand him or address any of these matters with him while at the same time smiling and lying to his face, smiling on camera, saying all the right things while searching for a replacement with the blessing of JC and Glenn Miller then how can you honestly absolve all responsibility for this from UCONN and the Administration. To my knowledge everyone had wonderful things to say about him especially his character. I'm also not aware of any substance abuse or psychological behavioral disorders. It's like this big mystery...."What Happened to K.O?" The only thing that is out there and confirmed that reasonably can be thought to be a contributing factor is his divorce.

I have love for KO and I have love for my beloved University however this contingent of convenient Administration supporters co-signing on the grimey tactics utilized is shameful. I would have more respect for this contingent if they simply admitted that (1) The Administration is ultimately responsible for creating this mess and not cleaning it up (2) That the current Administration tactics around the handling of the termination of K.O. is not representative of the values that UCONN supports and abides by and (3) despite 1 & 2 I'm o.k. with the Universities continued use of questionable tactics to clean up this mess for the greater good of the State and the University of Connecticut. Once we start winning people will forget. We do not want to drag the citizens of Connecticut and UCONN nation through another day of this and that we are doing everything we can to close the matter.

At least that would be more honest on it's face and less hypocritical as it relates to this false narrative that "IT"S ALL OLLIE'S FAULT" in my grown man voice. This MOB mentality of this contingent is nasty, nasty, nasty.

 

[Stainmaster]

Whoa...here we go! The Administration is on this board..kidding..but maybe not..honestly I don't know but from the implied tone this sure sounds like some HR Administration compliance department strict constructionist mumbo jumbo. By your own logic I suspect that if he were winning you would be calling for his dismissal as well. I think not. These are not mutually exclusive. This is not an "either or" situation. I don't think many folks on this board is stating that Ollie performed to the expectations but to the contrary. You are not going to get much of an argument from anyone on this point so lets stop trying to manufacture one. I certainly have not denied that KO failed miserably at key executive functions of the role and is responsible for essentially not effectively managing what he could control and in the spirit of "HR Administration compliance department strict constructionist mumbo jumbo" that would include "All functions of the role, not part of it, but all of it". How was that? You could not have said that better yourself. If K.O. was the big idiot, incompetent, ignorant, immoral. cluster **that many on this board have been claiming that he is then how in the world did JC and 2 Administrations miss this bad on this hire? How? Who is responsible for that? It's not like he came out of nowhere. If they knew about this all of this time and didn't say anything, reprimand him or address any of these matters with him while at the same time smiling and lying to his face, smiling on camera, saying all the right things while searching for a replacement with the blessing of JC and Glenn Miller then how can you honestly absolve all responsibility for this from UCONN and the Administration. To my knowledge everyone had wonderful things to say about him especially his character. I'm also not aware of any substance abuse or psychological behavioral disorders. It's like this big mystery...."What Happened to K.O?" The only thing that is out there and confirmed that reasonably can be thought to be a contributing factor is his divorce.

I have love for KO and I have love for my beloved University however this contingent of convenient Administration supporters co-signing on the grimey tactics utilized is shameful. I would have more respect for this contingent if they simply admitted that (1) The Administration is ultimately responsible for creating this mess and not cleaning it up (2) That the current Administration tactics around the handling of the termination of K.O. is not representative of the values that UCONN supports and abides by and (3) despite 1 & 2 I'm o.k. with the Universities continued use of questionable tactics to clean up this mess for the greater good of the State and the University of Connecticut. Once we start winning people will forget. We do not want to drag the citizens of Connecticut and UCONN nation through another day of this and that we are doing everything we can to close the matter.

At least that would be more honest on it's face and less hypocritical as it relates to this false narrative that "IT"S ALL OLLIE'S FAULT" in my grown man voice. This MOB mentality of this contingent is nasty, nasty, nasty.

When it comes to legally binding contracts, "HR Administration compliance department strict constructionist mumbo jumbo" is what the real world goes by. If you don't like it, then civilized society may not be the place for you.

 

[JMick]

Whoa...here we go! The Administration is on this board..kidding..but maybe not..honestly I don't know but from the implied tone this sure sounds like some HR Administration compliance department strict constructionist mumbo jumbo. By your own logic I suspect that if he were winning you would be calling for his dismissal as well. I think not. These are not mutually exclusive. This is not an "either or" situation. I don't think many folks on this board is stating that Ollie performed to the expectations but to the contrary. You are not going to get much of an argument from anyone on this point so lets stop trying to manufacture one. I certainly have not denied that KO failed miserably at key executive functions of the role and is responsible for essentially not effectively managing what he could control and in the spirit of "HR Administration compliance department strict constructionist mumbo jumbo" that would include "All functions of the role, not part of it, but all of it". How was that? You could not have said that better yourself. If K.O. was the big idiot, incompetent, ignorant, immoral. cluster **that many on this board have been claiming that he is then how in the world did JC and 2 Administrations miss this bad on this hire? How? Who is responsible for that? It's not like he came out of nowhere. If they knew about this all of this time and didn't say anything, reprimand him or address any of these matters with him while at the same time smiling and lying to his face, smiling on camera, saying all the right things while searching for a replacement with the blessing of JC and Glenn Miller then how can you honestly absolve all responsibility for this from UCONN and the Administration. To my knowledge everyone had wonderful things to say about him especially his character. I'm also not aware of any substance abuse or psychological behavioral disorders. It's like this big mystery...."What Happened to K.O?" The only thing that is out there and confirmed that reasonably can be thought to be a contributing factor is his divorce.

I have love for KO and I have love for my beloved University however this contingent of convenient Administration supporters co-signing on the grimey tactics utilized is shameful. I would have more respect for this contingent if they simply admitted that (1) The Administration is ultimately responsible for creating this mess and not cleaning it up (2) That the current Administration tactics around the handling of the termination of K.O. is not representative of the values that UCONN supports and abides by and (3) despite 1 & 2 I'm o.k. with the Universities continued use of questionable tactics to clean up this mess for the greater good of the State and the University of Connecticut. Once we start winning people will forget. We do not want to drag the citizens of Connecticut and UCONN nation through another day of this and that we are doing everything we can to close the matter.

At least that would be more honest on it's face and less hypocritical as it relates to this false narrative that "IT"S ALL OLLIE'S FAULT" in my grown man voice. This MOB mentality of this contingent is nasty, nasty, nasty.

lmao so much for you not being a pal of kevin's. you couldn't be more transparent if you tried.

 

[JMick]

When it comes to legally binding contracts, "HR Administration compliance department strict constructionist mumbo jumbo" is what the real world goes by. If you don't like it, then civilized society may not be the place for you.

it's a pretty epic melt.

 

[uconnbill]

Maybe fans should bring up a class action for the crap show that was put out in front of us the past two years.

I don't think it should get a dime, but my guess he will get a couple of million dollars and move on.

On a side point, he was one of my favorite players and now this is just leaving a horrible taste in my mouth and I hope it is worth it for FHCKO.

 

[DMIL]

Maybe fans should bring up a class action for the crap show that was put out in front of us the past two years.

I don't think it should get a dime, but my guess he will get a couple of million dollars and move on.

On a side point, he was one of my favorite players and now this is just leaving a horrible taste in my mouth and I hope it is worth it for FHCKO.

We're human beings man...flawed and prone to mistakes and letting our people down. We have Hurley now and we are moving on. Let K.O. do what he feels he needs to do. This guy was a significant part of 2 UCONN National titles and helped build up momentum for the program in the 90's before our 1st National title so try and focus on the good memories. We are not in that black hole anymore.

 

[Paesano]

Now I know what I want to thrust a sword into.

 

[Dove]

 

[David 76]

Call me Nostradamus.

Nostraturdus

 

[David 76]

I really don't care if the NCAA violations are totally a lucky find. They qualify under the contract for just cause. And he loses money due to that.

God, like if we found out he killed someone, these folks would still say he is entitled to $10 million because we were really firing him because he was a bad coach. Well, we were, but then we found out he killed someone!

 

[formerlurker]

I'm kinda drunk and spent the past 45 minutes on MS Paint thinking I was on the football board. I read Nostradamus and lost focus.

Anyway, this actually took me 45 minutes.