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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Dienerfor3 on March 25, 2014, 10:49:04 AM

Title: Masiello to USF
Post by: Dienerfor3 on March 25, 2014, 10:49:04 AM
Guessing it's not a hoax
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on March 26, 2014, 03:33:18 AM
Guessing it's not a hoax

uh oh


http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10675182/south-florida-bulls-kill-coaching-deal-steve-masiello
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: Jay Bee on March 26, 2014, 04:03:57 AM
Good reason not to leak crap or announce things that haven't occurred. Was USF at daily here? Maybe not. May have signed a term sheet with SM, subject to background checks. If that's the case & leak came from outside of USF, place no blame on them.

Media gets things wrong everyday. Horribly wrong.

It'll be interesting how the terms shake out in a few months when Buzz actually signs a contract with VT. Almost always such a rush to announce the hire or "extension."

USF though.. no announcement. Smart. Don't blame them unless they put the info out there.



Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: Hards Alumni on March 26, 2014, 07:52:49 AM
uh oh


http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10675182/south-florida-bulls-kill-coaching-deal-steve-masiello


Never graduated from Kentucky.  Lied on his resume.

Why are people this stupid?
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: tower912 on March 26, 2014, 07:59:16 AM
After the week we have had around here, can you imagine if MU had hired him and that came out?!?!   That would have been an epic few days of posting. 
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: MUMonster03 on March 26, 2014, 08:01:25 AM
As long as we avoid something stupid like this.
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: nyg on March 26, 2014, 08:01:47 AM
Never graduated from Kentucky.  Lied on his resume.

Why are people this stupid?

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10675532/south-florida-bulls-kill-coaching-deal-steve-masiello-lying-resume

Title: At least we don't have this....
Post by: MU86NC on March 26, 2014, 08:19:10 AM
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24501061/usf-kills-deal-with-masiello-after-issue-arrises-in-background-check
Title: Re: At least we don't have this....
Post by: breadtree on March 26, 2014, 08:20:59 AM
I've been having fun all morning thinking of Masiello walking into his office this morning.  "Hey, guys. Um, yeah..."
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: ChicosBailBonds on March 26, 2014, 08:27:24 AM
He also had the issue with the Kentucky Derby tickets a few years ago for about $70K, though I can't imagine USF wasn't aware of that one because it was in the news.

Title: Re: At least we don't have this....
Post by: jsglow on March 26, 2014, 08:29:38 AM
That little thing about a degree . . .
Title: Re: At least we don't have this....
Post by: melissasmooth on March 26, 2014, 08:31:25 AM
I thought you could get a Kentucky degree through mail order. Wonder where he went wrong
Title: Re: At least we don't have this....
Post by: Marquette Fan in WI on March 26, 2014, 08:32:10 AM
This guy worked for Pitino...shocker
Title: Re: At least we don't have this....
Post by: lurch91 on March 26, 2014, 08:32:20 AM
Didn't USF hire George O'Leary, who got fired as the Head Coach of Notre Dame's Football team for the same reason?
Title: Re: At least we don't have this....
Post by: PBRme on March 26, 2014, 08:33:24 AM
I thought you could get a Kentucky degree through mail order. Wonder where he went wrong

Maybe he did not have Calipari's address
Title: Re: At least we don't have this....
Post by: Scooter22 on March 26, 2014, 08:36:05 AM
I thought you could get a Kentucky degree through mail order. Wonder where he went wrong

Like Kentucky basketball, just 3 (credits) short...
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: ATWizJr on March 26, 2014, 08:49:17 AM
Pays to be careful.
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: MU Fan in Connecticut on March 26, 2014, 08:50:09 AM
This happened at Yale 3 years ago.  The head football coach got fired after coaching like 2 seasons when it was revealled he lied on his resume to get the job 2 years prior.
Title: Re: At least we don't have this....
Post by: Pakuni on March 26, 2014, 09:11:24 AM
Didn't USF hire George O'Leary, who got fired as the Head Coach of Notre Dame's Football team for the same reason?

That's UCF. And Leary has been very good for them.
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: Real Chilly Podcast on March 26, 2014, 09:13:33 AM
if you don't need a degree to be Governor of Wisconsin, you certainly shouldn't need one to coach USF's basketball team
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: cj111 on March 26, 2014, 09:43:09 AM
if you don't need a degree to be Governor of Wisconsin, you certainly shouldn't need one to coach USF's basketball team
Does anyone know whether a degree is required to be a D-1 coach, or is it up to the discretion of the university?  Does this complicate his job at Manhattan?
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on March 26, 2014, 09:43:52 AM
Does anyone know whether a degree is required to be a D-1 coach, or is it up to the discretion of the university?  Does this complicate his job at Manhattan?

Discretion of the University I believe.
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: MUMountin on March 26, 2014, 09:56:10 AM
Does anyone know whether a degree is required to be a D-1 coach, or is it up to the discretion of the university?  Does this complicate his job at Manhattan?

The issue may be less about what the requirement is (although, if they have that requirement, that certainly would still be an issue) and more about the fact that he falsified his resume.  I'm sure that Manhattan is going back to look at the resume he submitted to them to get the job.  If you lie on your resume, what else are you willing to lie about?
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: Spotcheck Billy on March 26, 2014, 09:56:48 AM
So Manhattan never did due diligence or they just didn't care?
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: Avenue Commons on March 26, 2014, 09:57:49 AM
Good for USF. Academic integrity should be first at any institution of higher learning.
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: melissasmooth on March 26, 2014, 09:59:12 AM
Hey, wait, did anyone ever check out Brent's resume?
Title: OT re Masiello
Post by: GooooMarquette on March 26, 2014, 04:09:15 PM
Manhattan "puts him on leave"?  http://espn.go.com/new-york/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10678756/manhattan-places-coach-steve-masiello-leave-degree-status-reviewed

I thought he resigned to take the USF offer?  So he gets the offer rescinded by USF and he's suddenly just "on leave" from Manhattan?

Title: Re: OT re Masiello
Post by: NickelDimer on March 26, 2014, 04:10:41 PM
Manhattan "puts him on leave"?  http://espn.go.com/new-york/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10678756/manhattan-places-coach-steve-masiello-leave-degree-status-reviewed

I thought he resigned to take the USF offer?  So he gets the offer rescinded by USF and he's suddenly just "on leave" from Manhattan?


What type of PR would it bring to accept him back with open arms?  Seems like it would be a bad move a multiple levels.  They first have to cleanup their lack of a background check mess!

edit: I see what you meant now.  Yes, crazy they'd even consider keeping him around
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: MU B2002 on March 26, 2014, 06:26:51 PM
Hey, wait, did anyone ever check out Brent's resume?


We finally did on 3/21/14.  Hence the quick departure.
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: wadesworld on March 26, 2014, 11:52:33 PM
Apparently USF didn't respect the process.
Title: Re: Masiello to USF
Post by: Eldon on March 27, 2014, 06:10:31 AM
Hey, wait, did anyone ever check out Brent's resume?

He's ok, I just checked.  From his C.V.

The Clown State University (Ft. Worth, TX)
Brent "Buzz-O" Williams
Bachelor of Pantomime, magna cum lah-dee-dah-dee, 1996
Double-major in ventriloquism and silliness studies
Minor in juggling
Senior thesis: "Essay on the Post-Modern Interpretation of Clowning Theory of Baroque Iberia"

Actually, they have his senior thesis on display at that little museum in the basement of the Grand Avenue Mall.  Not many people know this, but while he was here they would commemorate it every year on his birthday.

I gotta tell ya, if this doesn't prove hindsight is 20/20, I don't know what does.  I mean, how did we not see it?  The juggling of multiple offers, talking out of both sides of his mouth, his "eccentric" behavior, etc.

He is a clown.  And he clowned us.