Pitino Fired?

[One Trick Pony]

I bet Karen Sypher has a tremendous amount of empathy while she enjoys the halfway house she's currently residing in

[SoCal_Pony]

We did good not taking our top recruit who went to China supposedly due to a money deal so maybe we have been good little boys.

Amen to that.

I may get burned by this naive opinion, but if we were dirty we wouldn't have lost a three star recruit to tech.

Well Tech was a finalist for a McD's All-American a couple of years ago...until he chose SMU

[SoCal_Pony]

Underarmour deserves whatever they get. Hope they get slammed.

And I have no idea how anyone could have sympathy for Petino.

I heard this a lot back in the day, 'And I have no idea how anyone could have sympathy for SMU football'

[gostangs]

Underarmour deserves whatever they get. Hope they get slammed.

And I have no idea how anyone could have sympathy for Petino.

I heard this a lot back in the day, 'And I have no idea how anyone could have sympathy for SMU football'

and they were correct - we didn't deserve any sympathy ....

[SoCal_Pony]

hmm, surprised hearing that from you.

just curious, how many programs do to you think have athletes who receive illegal payments or schools that break the rules in regards to admission / grades?

that DP has been a 30+ curse on this university。

[mrydel]

I think the real curse was the dessert. That extra piece of Pye.

[Statler]

From the yahoo article:

Then there is ΓÇ£University 6ΓÇ¥ which is described in a way that resembles the University of Louisville and only the University of Louisville, linking it to a $100,000 payout for one recruit and a potential $150,000 payout for another, all while on probation for a scandal involving using prostitutes to lure other recruits. ΓÇ£University 6ΓÇ¥ doesn’t appear to be in any legal trouble, yet, but the NCAA is another story.

If the above doesn't scream death penalty, but we know:

[No Quarter]

The real question and the only one that matters to me is:

Will this increase our chances of making it to the Final Four?

^^^
THIS!

I was going to ask if the Cardinals would be censured for having a payroll or for lack of institutional control but after thinking it over believe it likely there is a previously unknown NCAA rule instituted in time to let hem walk like UNC.

Or maybe the guys in Indianapolis will just wash their hands because the Feds are on the job.

S/O

[sadderbudweiser]

The real question and the only one that matters to me is:

Will this increase our chances of making it to the Final Four?

As long as we are clean I see it helping us.

Short term: good players will be looking for solid programs with the ability to get you a pro look.

Longer term it will level the playing field.

There is a long way to go with this thing. This is day two of a few years.

[sadderbudweiser]

The real question and the only one that matters to me is:

Will this increase our chances of making it to the Final Four?

^^^
THIS!

I was going to ask if the Cardinals would be censured for having a payroll or for lack of institutional control but after thinking it over believe it likely there is a previously unknown NCAA rule instituted in time to let hem walk like UNC.

Or maybe the guys in Indianapolis will just wash their hands because the Feds are on the job.

S/O

Maybe, just maybe a little light goes on at NCAA HQ and they throw the frighin book at dadgum Roy.

[SoCal_Pony]

I think the real curse was the dessert. That extra piece of Pye.

A penalty so severe the NCAA is loathe to use it again, yet gostangs thinks we are not worthy of any sympathy.....ok

[mrydel]

I am pretty sure that if a major P5 program got the DP and handled their situation properly, they could recover within 5 years.

[SoCal_Pony]

From the yahoo article:

Then there is ΓÇ£University 6ΓÇ¥ which is described in a way that resembles the University of Louisville and only the University of Louisville, linking it to a $100,000 payout for one recruit and a potential $150,000 payout for another, all while on probation for a scandal involving using prostitutes to lure other recruits. ΓÇ£University 6ΓÇ¥ doesn’t appear to be in any legal trouble, yet, but the NCAA is another story.

If the above doesn't scream death penalty, but we know:

Once again, Feds will ask these players...'we see you didn't report these $100k & $150k payments as income, you never made it to the NBA and now you are flat broke, wanna talk?'

[SoCal_Pony]

I am pretty sure that if a major P5 program got the DP and handled their situation properly, they could recover within 5 years.

Key wording is 'existing major P5 program'. For a school to be handed the DP during a consolidation, maybe not.

And I agree with you 100% concerning how SMU handled it.

[gostangs]

I think the real curse was the dessert. That extra piece of Pye.

A penalty so severe the NCAA is loathe to use it again, yet gostangs thinks we are not worthy of any sympathy.....ok

We were guilty. Red handed guilty. The other dirty programs deserved more harsh penalties - for sure, but we did it, knew about it, and decided to keep doing it. Wish it didn't happen, wish we didn't make it worse, but no - we don't deserve sympathy.

Pitino knew about the ho's, and I bet he knew about this also. Don't waste any time giving this sleeze any sympathy.