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huskymedic said:
Because of another threatening lawyer letter? Don’t just threaten it - file it. This was a hail mary pass that comes up short of the goal line.

$$ going down everyday...
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Along these lines my thought is if you have to threaten to sue, you aren't going to sue. Likely just for show to get more money from UConn via settlement. He intentionally went to Medcalf @ ESPN again and bypassed local media outlets to get maximum attention and damage the image of the AD to the utmost degree.
 
UConnSportsGuy said:
Front page ESPN.com article about Ollie and his lawyers threatening to sue UConn. Guess they are going the scorched-earth tactic now.

Ollie demands retraction from UConn, may sue
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Seriously, LMAO. This was a scorched earth battle from the moment UConn fired KO for cause. KO is responsible for not winning enough, and I don't know whether cause does or doesn't exist, but it was UConn that turned this into war.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I don't begrudge KO for trying to get the money. He knows as well as we do that his career is shot. He's got nothing to lose.

At the same time, he's burning a lot of goodwill among fans of the school. He has to know what he's getting into.
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How many fans of the school are going to give him his next job? Unless your number requires fingers, there is nothing for him to burn.
 
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djct1999 said:
No it won't. So I guess that bs statement he wrote a week ago about bleeding blue was just that, bs? This looks worse for Ollie than UConn and the ramifications will be far greater for him than the school.
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That's just bull. You can bleed blue for the basketball program you love and still stick up for your rights if you think that as an employee you are being treated wrongly. They are hardly mutually exclusive concepts.
 
businesslawyer said:
Seriously, LMAO. This was a scorched earth battle from the moment UConn fired KO for cause. KO is responsible for not winning enough, and I don't know whether cause does or doesn't exist, but it was UConn that turned this into war.
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Pretty tough to say that if you weren't in the room when this was first broached with KO. UConn may have have offered a buy out and KO said "nope I want it all."

For what it is worth, it seems to me that all the escalation has on KO's side. I know his attorney has a good employment law rep but it seems like this matter has been misplayed, badly, whether that is due to counsel, the union or KO is debatable.

And if you don't know whether just cause exists, you haven't been paying attention. That's not debatable at this point.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
Is's like a hairy mary but different.
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I thought it was a cross between a hail mary and hate mail: a last second desperation pass to the end zone when the OB is mad at his receiver.

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"You better catch this one you ay-hole."​
 
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gwhuskyfan said:
Still not sold on the sanctions. Was listening to the Gary Parrish podcast and they seemed to hint that UConn uncovering these violations, working with NCAA on them, and firing Ollie and whole staff would lead to some leniency.
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That's what I was trying to say in another thread the other day. This won't hurt any goodwill with recruits, and will only help our goodwill with the NCAA, which is the game that needs to be played.
 
tcf15 said:
But wait his statement lol
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I took it as a warning from the very beginning. "Hey guys, thanks, but you're not going to like me anymore"
 
Yardigan said:
Is anyone really (I mean, REALLY) surprised that KO is all in for all he can get?
Seems this should be no surprise...good will, fan favor, and unwritten rules don't make the mortgage payment...
Not sure how else anyone could have predicted it would play out.

On my earlier $5.5M estimate...thinking now, if anything, it will be higher.
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How can you possibly believe that given how broad the definition of cause is? I predict a settlement in the 2.5 to 3.5 range at most.
 
gwhuskyfan said:
Still not sold on the sanctions. Was listening to the Gary Parrish podcast and they seemed to hint that UConn uncovering these violations, working with NCAA on them, and firing Ollie and whole staff would lead to some leniency.
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That’s a dream - UConn will be treated extra harsh because we are a repeat offender. You think the NCAA President Mark Emmert is going to rubber stamp leniency toward UConn when previously he enforced retroactive rules against us?

KO is trying to destroy the school that some say he loves.

Disclaimer: The above is an opinion and not directly based on any inside information.
 
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Glenn Miller is on tape stating what he heard. UCONN has to release the transcript due to FOI laws. Unless UCONN paid Miller to say that how is that slander? In regards to Ollie's letter there is no way he wrote that. You have all heard him speak during court side interviews and at post game press conferences. It was all an attempt to polish his halo and try and make it look like he is a victim. If KO loves UCONN that much then I will wait to see him sitting court side with JC during games next year.
 
jdb50 said:
If KO loves UCONN that much then I will wait to see him sitting court side with JC during games next year.
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I do not.
 
tcf15 said:
The statement/letter from less than n a week ago:
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Just realized in the letter, no where does KO put coach of UConn in a past tense. He also refers to Hurley as Coach not Head Coach.
 
businesslawyer said:
That's just bull. You can bleed blue for the basketball program you love and still stick up for your rights if you think that as an employee you are being treated wrongly. They are hardly mutually exclusive concepts.
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Perhaps, in a vacuum. That is not whats going on here though.
 
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CL82 said:
I don't know what, if any, settlement offers were made to KO, but if he had the chance to walk away quietly with 7 figures and turned it down, he (or his counsel) made a very serious miscalculation.

As I've noted previously, the amount UConn will pay in settlement, if any, is likely dropping with each feces throwing event by his counsel.
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Early on Chief wondered how much he revealed to his counsel. In part, I think he is in serious denial. I never could quite square what his legal representatives were telling anyone who would listen at the Big East Tournament to certain things I may know about his situation. At the time I was thinking, these guys are going to get blindsided big time.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
@Excalibur When you have time, please consider elaborating regarding his lawyer's misunderstanding of FOIA exemptions. Thanks in advance.
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CL touched on it. They appear to be relying on either the personnel records exemption or the exemption relating to (going off the top of my head) workplace policies. The Miller interview was not cited in the cause for firing, so he would have trouble saying that it meets the definition of a personnel record.

There may be a duty to inform that the record is going to be disclosed but that doesn’t look like the gist of Ollie’s claim.

Not a FOIA expert by any means, but that’s my quick read. I also doubt that even a good plaintiff-side employment lawyer is better versed on this than UConn’s compliance lawyers, who are privacy-obsessed.
 
Who would have thought so many inept people could make such a mess.

I think Ollie should get his money. But I also hope he gives up the way he gave up on coaching.
 
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