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Some Clarification from the Courant

Tenspro2002 said:
The implication being that the other schools didn't do anything shady in actually signing them? That for the first time in the history of college athletics, a kid picks a clean, inferior program over a dirty, superior program?
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What difference does it make what other schools did? My only concern is UConn and I could care less what penalties other schools receive.
 
intlzncster said:
It absolutely changes the calculus. Potential sanctions/brand hits/defections etc leaves a scorched earth to deal with.
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The brand hits caused by terrible performance/transfer exodus/erosion of on-person fan support over the past 4 years didn’t seem to move the needle with people. I don’t know if this is different.
 
HawkHusky said:
How did we cheat with recruits if none of them committed to UCONN? That means there was no money/perks exchanged and it's just a matter of he said/she said (recruit/UCONN).
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There are stories out there of athletes taking improper benefits from a school & going elsewhere...alluded to in the ESPN 30 on 30 story about SMU football.......
 
intlzncster said:
Again, not a UCONN/NCAA joke, but do you honestly think Emmert and Co are not going to pull out all the stops to do something?

I guarantee this has been on Emmert's plate since Shabazz spit in his eye.
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Trust me I know NCAA never cared for us. It just doesn’t make sense why they pulled this now. Why did they wait so long
 
Stairmaster said:
The brand hits caused by terrible performance/transfer exodus/erosion of on-person fan support over the past 4 years didn’t seem to move the needle with people. I don’t know if this is different.
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It's not remotely the same man. I mean, most confident coaches think they can resurrect a struggling program. But way less people are motivated to join a sanctioned school. You are already taking a risk resuscitating a program, but to then hand cuff yourself with sanctions to start? Not good.

I'm not saying no one will come, but it definitely could scare away some very good candidates.
 
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Block C said:
Trust me I know NCAA never cared for us. It just doesn’t make sense why they pulled this now. Why did they wait so long
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Well, that had to at least have something no? They could have got info from disgruntled people, or from doing investigations into other schools. Who knows?
 
Tenspro2002 said:
The implication being that the other schools didn't do anything shady in actually signing them? That for the first time in the history of college athletics, a kid picks a clean, inferior program over a dirty, superior program?
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Although I agree with you, from an NCAA-investigation standpoint it is difficult to imply something without facts.

The story looks better when, “UConn, feeling regelated to P5 outsider, tried to cheat with recruits to get them to sign.” In comparison to having all schools cheat and pay recruits for signatures.
 
intlzncster said:
Well, that had to at least have something no? They could have got info from disgruntled people, or from doing investigations into other schools. Who knows?
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Who knows but at least this is minor compared to MSU. If we need to fire Ollie it’s okay at this point. This probably isn’t the first time he pulled this stunt. Now he got caught and he doesn’t know what to do. I want to be a fly on the wall with AD DB today to see what is happening.
 
Hmmmm what recruits were we hard after that ended up at Adidas schools?

What recruit were we soooo confident we were getting but ended up not getting?

Who else could use immunity to save themselves???

The answer is there if there is a immunity deal going on.
 
Captbluefin said:
Hmmmm what recruits were we hard after that ended up at Adidas schools?

What recruit were we soooo confident we were getting but ended up not getting?

Who else could use immunity to save themselves???

The answer is there if there is a immunity deal going on.
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This is a good way to look at it to be completely honest. The NCAA will protect the places that bring them money.
 
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Block C said:
Who knows but at least this is minor compared to MSU. If we need to fire Ollie it’s okay at this point. This probably isn’t the first time he pulled this stunt. Now he got caught and he doesn’t know what to do. I want to be a fly on the wall with AD DB today to see what is happening.
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Discussion have probably been going on for some time now. Some of the reports are that UConn was notified of potential violations several months ago. This only broke loose publicly over the last 2 days...
 
Captbluefin said:
Hmmmm what recruits were we hard after that ended up at Adidas schools?

What recruit were we soooo confident we were getting but ended up not getting?

Who else could use immunity to save themselves???

The answer is there if there is a immunity deal going on.
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What is a immunity deal? I don’t fully understand it.
 
Jaybird65 said:
Discussion have probably been going on for some time now. Some of the reports are that UConn was notified of potential violations several months ago. This only broke loose publicly over the last 2 days...
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Wow this is crazy been following this all day to see what happens.
 
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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Diallo: “UConn spent 100,000 dollars worth of scholarships on Mamadou to try to recruit me.
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This is funny, but Mamadou was ranked higher by ESPN than any big man recruit of the Ollie era besides Durham. Being in with Hamidou was a perk, but it wasn’t the only reason we recruited him.
 
Jaybird65 said:
Just way too bad that it broke loose on a night when we had such a nice win for this team.....it was actually a fun game to watch last night....
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I agree with you I think this was planned, because after a awesome win. Wilson not granted to play and then the allegations all in one Day is crazy.
 
Jaybird65 said:
There are stories out there of athletes taking improper benefits from a school & going elsewhere...alluded to in the ESPN 30 on 30 story about SMU football..
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This has always happened though. Not anything new.
 
Jaybird65 said:
Discussion have probably been going on for some time now. Some of the reports are that UConn was notified of potential violations several months ago. This only broke loose publicly over the last 2 days...
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Why would Herbst claim in the media a few months ago that UConn is squeaky clean if this were true? Only if the AD refused to say anything to her. Highly doubtful.
 
upstater said:
Why would Herbst claim in the media a few months ago that UConn is squeaky clean if this were true? Only if the AD refused to say anything to her. Highly doubtful.
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I heard in the past Herbst has her issues with telling white lies.
 
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JMick said:
It will be hard to make a good hire if guilty and the sanctions are bad enough. we will have to find a nobody with potential
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upstater said:
Do you think good coaches will want to come to a school with sanctions? Louisville has a ton more money. They're going to hire Padgett soon.
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Still better than another year of Ollie
 
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upstater said:
Why would Herbst claim in the media a few months ago that UConn is squeaky clean if this were true? Only if the AD refused to say anything to her. Highly doubtful.
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You would have to ask her that....just indicating that some of the stories in media sources indicate that this has been brewing for more than just a couple of days. If the NCAA has already completed over 100 hours of interviews as was indicated, it just didn't break loose yesterday....
 
Jaybird65 said:
Discussion have probably been going on for some time now. Some of the reports are that UConn was notified of potential violations several months ago. This only broke loose publicly over the last 2 days...
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Source?
 
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