Kolek planning to go pro
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Damn, Wiz, I didn't remember that thread, and I even commented within it. So sorry.
Crazy stuff, from The Athletic ... (the last line made me laugh)Filed under “eye-popping”: Hartford basketball coach John Gallagher resigned his post yesterday, just one day before the season began, citing a consistent and dangerous lack of support from the university. The final straw, the coach told The Athletic, was the university declining to send an athletic trainer to a recent road scrimmage, in which a player hurt his knee. This is a team that’s supposed to play as a Division I independent this year. Not great, and now Jeff Saturday isn’t available.
The Coach is already suing the university I believe.Lots of write-up on this in the Hartford Courant and New Haven Register. Basically the UHart President decided he didn't like D1 athletics, and decided to drop to D3. He commissioned an "economic review" of doing this that is universally agreed to be crap study that shows the university will save $13.5mil a year. (Every other independent look at it says $800K to $1mil savings only.) Oh, and they lost like their 5 biggest donors every year as a result to boot.
They’re dropping to d3 and didn’t inform coaches before the decision. Seems like a move to show up the university.
Thanks for providing some context. Makes more sense now.Thanks for providing an opinion that might have some -- or absolutely no -- basis in fact.
They made the decision to drop down after the NCAA tourney game in 2021. Lawsuits to stop it were dismissed in December 2021. There was a year long process before making the formal decision in March 2022. Gallagher could have left well before yesterday.https://www.hartford.edu/about/athletics-transition.aspxhttps://www.hartford.edu/about/athletics-transition.aspx
He is alleging breach of contract due to the lack of a trainer at the road game and the lack of an ability to purchase meals on road trips.
According to his own letter, the trainer incident happened about two weeks ago . . . and he knew in advance there would be no trainer available yet took the team on the trip anyway.I'm not saying he's not justified in quitting, but waiting until the eve of the season opener makes it seem more like a PR stunt. If he were truly concerned about the lack of a trainer at the scrimmage, he should have canceled it out of player safety concerns and quit before the scheduled trip.
If he were truly concerned about the lack of a trainer at the scrimmage, he should have canceled it out of player safety concerns and quit before the scheduled trip.
Interesting times at Coppin State. The DOBO allegedly catfished then blackmailed a player and HC Juan Dixon didn’t take action. https://baltimorebrew.com/2022/11/07/former-player-sues-coppin-state-over-alleged-sexual-assault-and-blackmail-by-coach/A Coppin State University assistant basketball coach catfished a player online into providing intimate photos and texts, then blackmailed him into videotaping a sexual encounter before publicizing the material when the player resisted further demands for sex, a lawsuit filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court alleges.
Bellarmine is the king of Louisville, knocking off the Cards tonight. Not a good start for Kenny Payne. Only BU’s third year in D1.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401485295