FBI arrests Assistant Basketball Coaches in Corruption Scheme

[Day2]

One thing I am sick of is this ex-player Tony Bland stuff. He is a San diego state grad. He was at SD St longer than he was at Syracuse. I expect we will be hearing ex Syracuse asst Rick Pitino any time now.

Don't forget Emmert. It all comes back to SU.

 

[AlpharettaCuse]

UL may fire the whole basketball staff. How can you even allow the Assistant Coaches to stay? I would not bet against UL going to ACC and tell them they are cancelling the whole season after they fire the Staff.

Does this Brian Bowen kid even show up to practice Friday?

 

[Knicks411]

Can't speak for the others, but what I thin made him so quick was the problems with the last scandal. That was his last get out of jail free card. If there was a couple of years in between, maybe he had a chance, but right on the heels of the other one, no way.

That and, as far as I know, and I didn't read all of the indictments, were any of them as crystal clear about paying a player to commit?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[oli44]

idk why but i kind of feel bad for Pitino. He is a great coach regardless.

If it was a one time thing I would feel bad for him. This wasn't a one time thing. He dug is grave.

 

[texascpa]

Was it an assistant or was it Pitino? I think it may have been Pitino himself...The Louisville board does too.

It was an assistant that was taped initially, Pitino was referred to by the assistant and had two telephone conversation with the Adidas head of marketing.

 

[Frozen]

 

[AlpharettaCuse]

Tom Crean and Mark Gottfried are available. Is Daryl Gross still open for AD?

 

[retro44]

I'm with you 100%. More schools and coaches will come under the microscope. Sounds like pay for play may be common with shoe companies and major college programs. It's just that Louisville was careless and Book and Bland etc. were trying to get their take. SU coaches probably stay far away from $ details and any bidding wars, but are generally aware that some players are getting $$ from shoe companies or middle men for agents. If the Feds can nail Nike and UA, every major P5 program will be under the microscope.

Sonny Vacarro and how the NCAA gave him a bye in the 1st. round comes to mind...Nike

 

[Frozen]

Tom Crean and Mark Gottfried are available.

Yeah, it could become a situation like at Baylor FB where they brought in Jim Grobe to hold things together in the interim.

 

[CraigForth]

Still prefer Lville in the ACC over UConn.

Why not UCONN, other than it being fun to watch them suffer.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Fly Rodder]

Tom Crean and Mark Gottfried are available. Is Daryl Gross still open for AD?

Dakich thinks IU was involved in shady stuff to get Bryant ... not sure if IU wants to come anywhere near Crean until more of this is settled. It'd be a helluva thing to hire him and have him implicated in something in December.

 

[JarHeadJim]

Tom Crean and Mark Gottfried are available. Is Daryl Gross still open for AD?

Tubby Smith?

 

[GoCuse1979]

Who says Louisville basketball is even allowed to play this season?

 

[Deano]

 

[HOFCeluck]

fun to watch them suffer.

 

[retro44]

Tom Crean and Mark Gottfried are available. Is Daryl Gross still open for AD?

Now that would = the death penalty.

Pure evil...

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

Was wondering who'd be the first to post this legendary gif. My money was on Jarhead.

 

[Hoo's That]

I'll bet the phone lines from Connecticut are down because of the volume of calls.

Trust-fund Yalies calling their brokers to dump their Adidas stock?

 

[AZOrange]

Yeah, they do. This was a easy investigation for them. So easy they must have been shocked at how inept the coaches were. They even said that at the briefing yesterday. I'm not worried.

Not if there is smoke they dont. This isn't going to be about SU. I have no idea why people worry. But this ain't over.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[AZOrange]

Why is Pitino the only head coach losing his job?

Patience.

 

[Jasoncuse]

Do they have any non-players left for that meeting?