It will be interesting to say the least. AB is now under a microscope, or at least should be. Some very hard questions are being asked around her overall performance, not just the Jeter situation.
Credit Lena Taylor (with whom I rarely agree, but sports knows no political affiliations) for pushing the issues of accountability and performance with Mone, per her interview with Bill Michaels. (link: http://media.billmichaelssports.com/...na-taylor.htm? ) She has broadened her criticisms from the original diversity issue to the larger issue of the performance and oversight of AB, her behavior in general, and her performance in a position of authority and responsibility.
Mone needs to be put into a box on this. Pressure needs to be applied on him, not just AB. Hard question need to be asked. It is long past time that the AD report directly to the Chancellor, and be accountable to him/her for results. If she has not/does not produce, she needs to be replaced with someone who can and will.
I still find it interesting that she is NOT the chair of the committee making perhaps the most important hire of her tenure. Is she no longer trusted inside the University? Are they making sure that the new coach is not personally indebted to her in preparation for an eventual change at the AD level? Or are they insulating her (again) from responsibility if this hire goes wrong, giving them the out of "she didn't actually make that hire, so you cannot blame her for it" while retaining her?We shall see.....
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My guess - because this whole process has been a sham. For Braun, she probably wanted TJ since day 1, but when Lena Taylor tweeted criticism of Braun and stated Braun had talked to him TJ already, they had to get this search committee together to have a full search and get other names out there so it appears a good hiring process was followed, when in fact it was probably all a smokeshow and was going to be him all along no matter what happened along the way.Originally Posted by uwm97
Current Twitter Poll:
Do you care if the next coach strictly abides by the NCAA rules in recruiting and running the program?
Yes: 58%
No: 42%
69 votes so far. Poll runs for another 9 hours.
I can't vote Jimmy, I don't do twitter.
March Madness starts in November
In the meantime, I wonder where Mone Mouse and the Journal Sentinel are these days.
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HAS THE WHOLE WORLD GONE CRAZY?! AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A **** ABOUT THE RULES?! MARK IT ZERO!
Seriously, I love the screen name. That's priceless.
I think Twitter accounts are fairly telling. Let's take Amanda Braun's account for instance.
- She follows four coaches, three of them in the last few months: Bruce Weber (UWM alum at K-State), Tom Billeter (Augie), and TJ Otzelberger. TJ is the only one that follows her back.
- She followed the Wichita State's President as well as their Vice President of Student Affairs, both happened back-to-back around December. The VP of Student Affairs (VPSA) used to be the AD, but following the previous VP's firing took on double-duties early last year. He gave up his AD duties when the student government protested not having a full-time VPSA. That move happened in...you guessed it...December.
Oh well - anyone with a basic proficiency in Google can find several examples of how she's railroaded this department. Looks like Wichita State won't be calling, AB!
Jimmy, I voted "no", but not because I want to cheat like crazy. I voted "no" because the NCAA is corrupt itself, and it's "rules" are many times arbitrary, capricious and self-serving. Are their core things we should never do? Absolutely...is there a grey area that is technically cheating if/when the NCAA decides it cares, yes? Should we be more aggressive in that grey area? Yes....thus my vote.
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Formerly known as Nighthawk
The Dark Hawk arose in a time of great turmoil to fight for truth, justice and the Panther way.
I just wanted to show the current results, since it shows BBF isn't alone in his beliefs.
Well, it's only 58% in how your poll is asked. Different in what BBF said.
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