SI.com Article : Phil Martilli is a , St Joe's AD is spineless, and the NCAA is a joke

[alexd]

i wish we could criticize people for stealing laptops. oh well.

Why? We all know the facts. No UCONN player ever stole a laptop.

 

[seanmc94]

Why? We all know the facts. No UCONN player ever stole a laptop.

this is why the NCAA needs to go.

 

[ctchamps]

You are in the closet, aren't you?

The way I see it, Martelli is in a no-win situation here. The kid had disciplinary problems including stealing laptops and not showing up for practices and such. He also told them he was coming back, dragged his feet on the paperwork and then announced he wasn't coming back after the recruiting period had ended. It looks like he strung them along to get his summer classes in so he could get his degree. But even if he didn't, he definitely screwed their recruiting. This kid has manipulative primadonna written all over him and you guys are killing Martelli?!?! If we had a player at UConn who had his track record and did this, you would all be in full support of Calhoun had he done the same thing to the kid. Martelli isn't an idiot. He might be a vindictive hothead. But if he gives the kid what he wants, he comes out looking weak to the remaining players. If he does what he did, he looks like a foolish vindicitive jerk. The real villian here is the whiny kid who needs to learn that he is not entitled. He is 22 for chissakes...grow up and be a man of your word!

According to this article he was cleared of involvement with the laptops but was required to sit out four games while he was investigated. It was another St. Joseph player who was disciplined.

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/26283066/33967871

Pat Swilling Jr. was dismissed from the team in the laptop incident and Jackson said O'Brien sat out four games during an investigation.

"Todd was investigated for having knowledge of it," Jackson said. "He sat out four games during the investigation, but was 100 percent cleared and reinstated."
Could you link information about his disciplinary problems.

 

[Waquoit]

Could you link information about his disciplinary problems.

Yeah, since he's all about "making an argument based on facts and reason or anything crazy like that" and stuff.

 

[TRest]

You are in the closet, aren't you?

Umm, what?