Bill Johnson - Thanks for the memories, and for the honesty

[Skrapheap]

Can we have shirts made up in case we go to a game or two while this Admin is still in place?

"I support the players and coaches. Not the Admin."

You think Gruber would sponsor that shirt?

it would take only one call to find out

[jhart05]

The former voice of UW-Milwaukee men's basketball Bill Johnson explains his decision to retire from that role.

[jhart05]

https://youtu.be/e-M4WXov2lM

[BBF]

The press release from the Athletic Department is a shameful ad hominem attack on Bill. They can't dispute what he says so they tear down his character.

I'm beginning to believe there are no depths to which these people won't go to get what they want.

I am almost at the point of hoping that EVERY player on the roster leaves. It might take that to wake up the University administration.

A few weeks ago I remarked on the eunuch board that our program had become the laughingstock of college basketball and some objected. My God -- look where we are NOW. I'm sure the architects of this shameful purge of decent people have had it as their plan that the news cycle would move on and they'd simply get away with it all. They hadn't counted on their own callous ineptitude. They keep making it worse and it will NEVER get better. It's in their nature.

[parkerj]

A few weeks ago I remarked on the eunuch board that our program had become the laughingstock of college basketball and some objected. My God -- look where we are NOW.

Still not there (thanks, Runnin' Rebels!)

[GVD]

Still not there (thanks, Runnin' Rebels!)

If you want to feel a little better about our program right now, go check out what's going on with the Loyola women's team.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...415-story.html

[parkerj]

I saw that!!! Crazy stuff going on in WBB right now

UNLV might be in a worse spot with it being their most high-profile sport that's dealing with the chaos and because it sounds like they'll have Academic Progress Rate issues as well as only having 3 guys on the team.

[jhart05]

Where is the press release?

[dylanrocks]

Here's what they could have said:

"Bill is a legendary broadcaster who has been on hand for nearly all of the program's greatest accomplishments. We thank him for his 17 glorious seasons behind the mic and wish him well in all his future endeavors."

But pettiness, insecurity and a personal agenda again intervened.

[Skrapheap]

Here's what they could have said:

"Bill is a legendary broadcaster who has been on hand for nearly all of the program's greatest accomplishments. We thank him for his 17 glorious seasons behind the mic and wish him well in all his future endeavors."

But pettiness, insecurity and a personal agenda again intervened.

After Bill expressed himself as honestly and as forcefully as he did, there's no way the Department was going to say anything so nice. Amanda Braun being as petty as she is, what we got was about what i expected.