FBI arrests Assistant Basketball Coaches in Corruption Scheme

[AZOrange]

I don't think they were setup by the feds. It was not a sting operation. I just think they were banking on the federal government being completely incompetent. Whoops!!!!

What do you mean not set up? They had undercover informants.

 

[AirForceOrange]

I don't think they were setup by the feds. It was not a sting operation. I just think they were banking on the federal government being completely incompetent. Whoops!!!!

I bet the ACs knew they were breaking NCAA rules, however I bet they didn't know what they were doing was illegal as well...

 

[AZOrange]

What the hell is going on?

Technical notice stuff id guess per his contract

 

[N.Y. Orangeman]

Admin leave=we are going to investigate the hell out of this, pin it on you and, by the way, no way in hell will you get the remaining $55m on your deal

 

[SoBeCuse]

SoBeCuse tarred & feathered but not dead yet!!

Just like with Hopkins. I was scolded by suggesting that that contract was about as set in stone as the state of my back when I get up in the morning. Please. For the record, I hope Jurich is fired and he probably will be soon after this possible 10-day just cause loophole but there are forces beyond the university at play here as well.

 

[Dave85]

What do you mean not set up? They had undercover informants.

I though they had a lot of audio recordings of conversations. I haven't read the details.

 

[WalnutPark]

Adidas hired Jurich's daughter a few months before they got the big shoe contract. What a mess.

University of Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich's daughter is Adidas brand manager

 

[Dave85]

I remember when the Penn State scandal broke I thought wow too bad for them. Then when the Bernie Fine scandal broke I felt as a fan I was being raped. I felt miserable. I imagine many of the Louisville basketball fans having deep pits of bad feelings right now in their stomachs. I want to talk smack but I remember the BF scandal too much so I'm keeping my mouth shut.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

I remember when the Penn State scandal broke I thought wow too bad for them. Then when the Bernie Fine scandal broke I felt as a fan I was being raped. I felt miserable. I imagine many of the Louisville basketball fans having deep pits of bad feelings right now in their stomachs. I want to talk smack but I remember the BF scandal too much so I'm keeping my mouth shut.

Dude. Easily the worst choice of words you could've possibly made.

 

[orange44]

I remember when the Penn State scandal broke I thought wow too bad for them. Then when the Bernie Fine scandal broke I felt as a fan I was being raped. I felt miserable. I imagine many of the Louisville basketball fans having deep pits of bad feelings right now in their stomachs. I want to talk smack but I remember the BF scandal too much so I'm keeping my mouth shut.

So true!!

 

[JarHeadJim]

Pitino’s contract states he can only be fired by the Athletic Department and to be fired with cause he must be notified of the cause and have a chance to respond in 10 days. If this does not happen there is a $40 some million buyout.

Jurich must be notified of cause and he has to be given 30 days to rectify the cause or he gets his buyout which is probably $3 million or so.

The university is facing a $48 million deficit next budget year. The university must dot all their i’s and cross all their t’s. No other choice.

 

[Dave85]

Dude. Easily the worst choice of words you could've possibly made.

I should have said I felt I was violated. Oh crap. I don't know how to say it!

 

[Toga]

Who do they hire? Are we assuming that the entire staff is gonzo. Their BOT is not going to touch any Pitino disciple with a ten foot pole. Does some out of work coach take the job on a temporary basis? There are plenty of guys like Frascilla, Dakich, Lappas. Do you give them a one year contract and look for someone for next season.

Baby Pitino

 

[AirForceOrange]

Baby Pitino

Speaking of...makes you wonder if Minnesota is a little concerned...

 

[Dave85]

Pitino’s contract states he can only be fired by the Athletic Department and to be fired with cause he must be notified of the cause and have a chance to respond in 10 days. If this does not happen there is a $40 some million buyout.

Jurich must be notified of cause and he has to be given 30 days to rectify the cause or he gets his buyout which is probably $3 million or so.

The university is facing a $48 million deficit next budget year. The university must dot all their i’s and cross all their t’s. No other choice.

Adidas will probably cover it.

 

[HOFCeluck]

I remember when the Penn State scandal broke I thought wow too bad for them. Then when the Bernie Fine scandal broke I felt as a fan I was being raped. I felt miserable. I imagine many of the Louisville basketball fans having deep pits of bad feelings right now in their stomachs. I want to talk smack but I remember the BF scandal too much so I'm keeping my mouth shut.

Ooooo

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[721Comstock]

Now that is the definition of cruel and unusual punishment. Worse than the death penalty.

 

[AirForceOrange]

 

[BillSU]

Rick Pitino is out as coach at Louisville.



ESPN and multiple outlets reported that Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich were fired Wednesday.


Both had short meetings with interim President Greg Postel. A news conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET, and neither Pitino nor Jurich would be attending, Postel said.

There is language in Pitino's contract that says if he is to be fired for cause, he gets 10 days' notice and will have a chance to contest the decision.

In Pitino's contract ...

— Joe Fleming (@ByJoeFleming)
Since taking over as the University of Louisville's head basketball coach in 2001, Pitino's tenure has been marked by on-court successes and off-court distractions.

The latest is an FBI investigation that says a coach at a university matching Louisville's description paid a recruit's family to go there.

Pitino, who is the highest paid coach in basketball, makes nearly $7.8 million a year, according to USA TODAY's salary database. He has coached at the collegiate level at Boston University, Providence College, The University of Kentucky and Louisville. He also coached the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics in the NBA.

During his nearly 30-year coaching career, he has won 770 games at the college level, two national championships and made seven Final Fours. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.

Here's a look at some of the highs and lows during his tenure at Louisville:

March 21, 2001: After four seasons as head coach of the Boston Celtics, Pitino returned to college — and the state of Kentucky — following the retirement of U of L head coach Denny Crum.

March 26, 2005: In just his fourth season at Louisville, Pitino's team makes the Final Four after beating West Virginia, 93-85 in overtime. It was Louisville's first Final Four appearance since 1986 and the first of three under Pitino.

April 19, 2009: Pitino releases a statement saying he was the target of an extortion attempt. He later admits to having sex with Karen Sypher, the wife of a University of Louisville equipment manager, and having paid $3,000 for her to have an abortion. Sypher was later convicted of extortion. Pitino apologized.

April 8, 2013: After entering the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed, the Cardinals defeat the University of Michigan to capture the school's third NCAA men's basketball championship.

Oct. 2, 2015: The college basketball world is rocked by a book, "Breaking Cardinal Rules," in which escort Katina Powell alleges U of L staffer Andre McGee paid strippers and prostitutes to dance and have sex with U of L players and recruits in the team dormitory. Pitino said he had no knowledge of any of the events alleged in the book.

June 5, 2017: The NCAA, which opened an investigation into the allegations,suspends Pitino for the first five ACC games of the upcoming season and hits University of Louisville with a "vacation of basketball records in which student-athletes competed while ineligible." The school is appealing that decision.

Sept. 26, 2017: An FBI investigation alleges that a coach from a public research university in Kentucky that matches the description of Louisville paid $100,000 to a basketball recruit's family. The school later acknowledged that the school's men's basketball recruiting was part of the investigation.

Contributing: Justin Sayers of The Courier-Journal in Louisville, part of the USA TODAY Network.

 

[Jasoncuse]

If they still have assistants that aren't fired (probably unlikely), it'd make more sense to stick with their system instead of trying to shoehorn whatever Crean runs.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[MiniCuse]

Hiring Crean would be wasting a talented roster.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Rick walking into work today

 

[Whitey23]

Just now on ESPN, Finebaum said that without Jurich, Petrino would be looking for the door asap.