OT: Arizona Basketball Openly Dares the NCAA to Act
First, it was coach Sean Miller defiantly saying that he did nothing wrong this morning. Now, we have this:
Dr. Robert C. Robbins: “Dave Heeke and I have decided that Sean Miller will remain the University of Arizona men’s basketball coach.”
— Matthew Tonis (@Tonis_The_Tiger) March 1, 2018
Arizona had a chance to distance itself from Miller's alleged activity arranging the payment for Ayton. It has chosen to decline that opportunity; they are now fully invested in Sean Miller and the existing basketball regime. The message is, essentially, an assertion that the NCAA will not do anything to them.
And they might be right. We'll see. Maybe this is where the pretense drops and people no longer even bother pretending that they're trying to follow the rules.
Miller get a Raise
To be wearing orange jump suits instead.
SI reported earlier that the FBI may not have actually had wiretaps on Miller.
Who knows which sources are correct. Gotta wait and see until more information comes out from the bureau itself.
Right now it's just anonymous sources from SI and ESPN headbutting each other.
is more ethical than Izzo?
Wait for information (maybe even facts) before jumping to a conclusion?!? That's crazy talk!!
ESPN has already altered their report twice already since it came out.
The more I read into this the more it sounds like they literally got the player, school, and coach incorrect in this.
why would miller sit out the game the night the news broke? if it was fabricated wouldn't he call BS immediately and strongly deny it...like rafael palmeiro?
Or maybe they reinstated him and are hoping he gets bounced before the Elite 8 so they can be like - "Second Round? Unnacceptable. You're fired" and save $5 million bucks on firing him for cause.
I'm being sarastic?
"If you're going to cheat, at least have something to vacate."
I very much like this sentance of yours. I will likely be using it in my own conversations from now on. I'll be sure to cite you as well!
Yep. I'm also stealing that, but I'm not giving credit to the Fugitive.
Fucking Nichols! Because of him, I lost a boatload on Devlin McGregor stock. I still think Provasic would've worked too had they only done more testing.
I personally think all of us need such a clause, but then getting fired for cause as a mod would only mean getting busted to "user with no editing / banning capability", and as I don't get paid to be here regardless, the clause would only be so advantageous to me.
Worth noting that there are questions about the ESPN report, as linked earlier.
Also worth noting: Explosive reports almost invariably have "sourced" rebuttals, and sometimes those "sources" are mouthpieces for people accused in the original report. Particularly since the inception of the last cycle of news that coincided with a relatively recent political event not worth discussing here.
We'll see what happens.
if the ncaa let psu off the hook for enabling the rape of little boys for decades, and hasn’t raised a finger against msu for all its thuggish bullshit, what are the odds they take a stand here?
Defense, all bets are off - and the smart money does just what Arizona, MSU and others are doing.
Double bird to the NCAA Marcus Hall style.
I think Mark Schlabach should've stuck to peddling all things SEC.
A source tells @SInow that the FBI wiretap did NOT intercept a phone call where Sean Miller discussed making a payment to DeAndre Ayton. This and other details in a new @SInow legal analysis: https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2018/03/01/arizona-sean-miller-deandre-ayton-espn-report …
weren't there actual quotes reported? it wasn't just a accusation.
Just that he told Dawkins to talk to one of the other coaches about payment.
I think it's interesting that Schlabach hasn't tweeted since February 25th and he was regularly tweeting beforehand.
Honestly, I hope this stuff is proven to be true because it would be pretty hard for folks to take the MSU OTL report seriously. ESPN's credibility would be in the toilet.
ESPN responded today and said their original account was correct. The dates were confusing to all, but it looks like their information is enough for them to go back and state the original date is correct. To double retract a story means they are pretty comfortable with the report.
The FBI has Miller on wiretap trying to arrange it and make it happen...How much more stronger can it get?
what they have exactly is being disputed now but we know one thing for sure. The FBI has had the guys phone wiretapped for a year now, he is going down for something. I tend to think of myself as a law abiding person but if I learned the FBI had wiretapped me for a case for over a year I would be sweating like a whore in church.
After the NCAA doubled down on cowardice in light of the ESPN report, 'Zona doesn't have anything to lose. NCAA set a bad precedent by letting Duke, MSU, et al, off the hook; so IF it decides to take action against the Wildcats program, they're going to get sued, and rightly so.
Personally, I'm going to be rooting for the Wildcats in this one, because the NCAA deserves to get taken to the woodshed at this point.
Arizona is responding exactly as they should.
Arizona is probably waiting for him to end up in prison so they can say he quit and not have to pay his double buyout for firing with cause
I would like to see an exonerated Sean Miller kick Jay Bilas' ass.
They could do it as a PPV and donate the money to a scholarship fund.
I can guarantee you one thing. Sean Miller would generate mucho sweat kicking Jay Bilas' ass.
Just a friendly word of advice; don't let them overdo the stretching. DAMHIKT
Dammit, beaten by scant minutes by SF Wolverine. Kudos to you, good sir. First up best dressed.
I spent entirely too much time yesterday figuring out who those ladies are in your avatar. Shouldn't have done that at work.