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Message: [QUOTE="Ozcuse, post: 542117, member: 766"] This guy has a history of screwing up. [SIZE=13px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000]Frazier was criticized by some for leaving UAB with a $7.5 million deficit. His supporters noted that he had inherited a deficit and did not receive institutional support, while his detractors claimed that he was ineffective in increasing revenue.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-multiple-2'][COLOR=#0b0080][2][/COLOR][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-9'][COLOR=#0b0080][9][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000]On January 8, 2008, Herman Frazier was fired from his position as athletic director at the University of Hawaii following heavy criticism from the fans and media of the State of Hawaii. On March 3, 2007, he was loudly booed by the crowd following the final home game of the University of Hawaii's head basketball coach [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_Wallace'][COLOR=#0b0080]Riley Wallace[/COLOR][/URL].[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-10'][COLOR=#0b0080][10][/COLOR][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-DR-11'][COLOR=#0b0080][11][/COLOR][/URL] Frazier is widely viewed as having forced Wallace to resign by including a "no-extension" clause in his final contract. However, Wallace has accepted responsibility by saying, "The bottom line is Riley Wallace signed the contract."[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-12'][COLOR=#0b0080][12][/COLOR][/URL] [B]Frazier was also criticized by both the media and public for ongoing delays and a perceived lack of integrity in finalizing the full [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Hawaii_Warriors_football_team'][COLOR=#0b0080]2007 Hawaii Warriors football team[/COLOR][/URL] schedule. Frazier admitted that he may have miscalculated in regards to the schedule[/B] but stands by his record at Hawaii citing, in part, his balancing of the athletics budget. He inherited a $2.5 million deficit from his predecessor.[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-DR-11'][COLOR=#0b0080][11][/COLOR][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-13'][COLOR=#0b0080][13][/COLOR][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-14'][COLOR=#0b0080][14][/COLOR][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-15'][COLOR=#0b0080][15][/COLOR][/URL] (Note: It was discovered after Frasier left that the so called "balanced budget" left the athletic department with an even greater debt hovering around $6 million even after the windfall from the Sugar Bowl.) Finally, Frazier also received the brunt of the blame for then UH football coach, [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Jones'][COLOR=#0b0080]June Jones[/COLOR][/URL], leaving the University for [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Methodist_University'][COLOR=#0b0080]Southern Methodist University[/COLOR][/URL].[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-ha_br1-3'][COLOR=#0b0080][3][/COLOR][/URL][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-sb_br1-4'][COLOR=#0b0080][4][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000]On April 6, 2009, [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bolla'][COLOR=#0b0080]Jim Bolla[/COLOR][/URL] -- who Frazier hired in 2004—was fired as the women's basketball coach for Hawaii after former players complained of a "pattern of verbal abuse" from Bolla. Former UH player Pamela Tambini told the [I]Honolulu Advertiser[/I] that players complained for years about their treatment by Bolla to Frazier but Frazier apparently took no actions. The paper quoted Tambini stating: "Everybody knew about it and did nothing about it ... We were going through hell. No student should have had to go through that. It's not fair."[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frazier#cite_note-16'][COLOR=#0b0080][16][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000]Also read this:[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000][url]http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/2008-01-08-hawaii-frazier-fired_N.htm[/url][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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