Interesting Day Ahead...

[rocket surgeon]

as I posted in the other thread, this is the way Pitino was cut loose.  Miller was effectively fired today.  They are negotiating a severance to prevent a lawsuit,  Expect his firing to be formalized in a few days.

but they just found an email dated 2/23/18 miller sent to himself stating he is so glad they run everything by the book-that should help to ease the pressure-ein'a?

[GGGG]

Miller not travelling back to Arizona with the team.  My guess is that he's no longer the coach.

[4everwarriors]

Sew, he's available four hire, hey?

[GooooMarquette]

Somebody F-ed up big time on his contract.   Miller gets more $ if he is fired for cause than if his is fired without cause.

Dunno if that's true, but if it is, the AD has some explaining to do...or some lawyer committed malpractice.

[GGGG]

Sew, he's available four hire, hey?

Well outside of the inevitable show cause? 

[Tugg Speedman]

Sew, he's available four hire, hey?

So is Pitino

[Newsdreams]

Sew, he's available four hire, hey?

We should wait, probably more will be available, hey?

[Newsdreams]

Dunno if that's true, but if it is, the AD has some explaining to do...or some lawyer committed malpractice.

Maybe it reads if fire for cause and exonerated or something like that? But like I said he is going to spend most if not all on lawyers. Federal cases are highly expensive if you go to trial. If not, he'll enter a guilty plea and that won't be great either.

[4everwarriors]

Buzz takin' down Dook, hey?

[Newsdreams]

Buzz takin' down Dook, hey?

Dook been crapping pants lately, hey?

[brewcity77]

Dook been crapping pants lately, hey?

I mean...if you forget about their 5-game winning streak and defense that went from being ranked in the 70s to top-15 in the past 2 weeks...

[Newsdreams]

I mean...if you forget about their 5-game winning streak and defense that went from being ranked in the 70s to top-15 in the past 2 weeks...

Yeah but this year losing to BC & SJ I just don't think they are as dominant.

[brewcity77]

Yeah but this year losing to BC & SJ I just don't think they are as dominant.

Two weeks ago I would've agreed. Since then they've been playing like the best team in the country. Grayson Allen has suddenly become the player they've been waiting for him to become and Bagley is back and fitting in just fine. They've held 6 straight opponents under 1.00 ppp. Also, while they have 6 losses, 5 are by 5 or fewer points, whereas only 2/24 wins are by that margin (including one OT game). No one in the country is playing better at both ends right now, save maybe Michigan State.

[Newsdreams]

Two weeks ago I would've agreed. Since then they've been playing like the best team in the country. Grayson Allen has suddenly become the player they've been waiting for him to become and Bagley is back and fitting in just fine. They've held 6 straight opponents under 1.00 ppp. Also, while they have 6 losses, 5 are by 5 or fewer points, whereas only 2/24 wins are by that margin (including one OT game). No one in the country is playing better at both ends right now, save maybe Michigan State.

Just feel they are beatable this year. My lately is wrong, switching between two languages does that lol.

[79Warrior]

Buzz takin' down Dook, hey?

Buzz sure can win some big games. Dude getting it done.

[wildbillsb]

...and remember Sandy Cohen?


By GreenBayPhoenix.com

Continuing its hot shooting from beyond the arc and putting in another total team effort, Green Bay scored its most points against a Division I opponent this season, shooting past Detroit Mercy 107-97 at Calihan Hall in its regular season finale. The Phoenix (12-19, 7-11 HL) buried 14 3-pointers, two days after setting the program record with 15 at Oakland, and received three 20-plus point scoring efforts from a trio of players.



Sandy Cohen III is playing the best basketball of any player in the Horizon League at just the right time, scoring 31 points against the Titans (8-23, 4-14 HL) after netting a career-high 36 points against Oakland on Thursday night. Cohen was a sizzling 10-for-14 from the field and finished two rebounds shy of another double-double, and is now averaging 33.5 PPG in Metro Detroit with Motor City Madness looming next week.

[Tugg Speedman]

...and remember Sandy Cohen?


By GreenBayPhoenix.com

Continuing its hot shooting from beyond the arc and putting in another total team effort, Green Bay scored its most points against a Division I opponent this season, shooting past Detroit Mercy 107-97 at Calihan Hall in its regular season finale. The Phoenix (12-19, 7-11 HL) buried 14 3-pointers, two days after setting the program record with 15 at Oakland, and received three 20-plus point scoring efforts from a trio of players.



Sandy Cohen III is playing the best basketball of any player in the Horizon League at just the right time, scoring 31 points against the Titans (8-23, 4-14 HL) after netting a career-high 36 points against Oakland on Thursday night. Cohen was a sizzling 10-for-14 from the field and finished two rebounds shy of another double-double, and is now averaging 33.5 PPG in Metro Detroit with Motor City Madness looming next week.

Happy the chief is finding success as I really liked him.  That said, competition matters ... he is putting up numbers against teams, Oakland and Detroit, that we would not even consider as buy teams.

[GGGG]

Happy the chief is finding success as I really liked him.  That said, competition matters ... he is putting up numbers against teams, Oakland and Detroit, that we would not even consider as buy teams.

Of course we would. Both are better than Chicago State. Especially Oakland.

[wadesworld]

Didn't Steve Taylor transfer to the same conference Sandy did and put up gigantic numbers his senior season?

[GGGG]

Didn't Steve Taylor transfer to the same conference Sandy did and put up gigantic numbers his senior season?

No Steve went to the MAC. Cohen is in Horizon.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Just feel they are beatable this year. My lately is wrong, switching between two languages does that lol.

English and 4never-ese are 2 very unsimilar languages.  A'ina.

[warriorchick]

English and 4never-ese are 2 very unsimilar languages.  A'ina.

Newsie is tri-lingual.

[WarriorDad]

Somebody F-ed up big time on his contract.   Miller gets more $ if he is fired for cause than if his is fired without cause.

They are now saying this is not true about the contract and the timeline that ESPN reported has some holes in it.  Could this be why Miller is still around? 


https://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketball/2018/2/25/17052526/sean-miller-wont-more-money-fired-with-cause-without-salary-contract-fbi-ayton-return-espn-fake

[skianth16]

I was listening to Titus this morning, and they brought up the point that a lot of the evidence so far is from what is essentially an expense report for one of Andy Miller's guys. When a name is on that report, it could mean that they met with the agent and got their free meal and maybe a little more, or it could just mean that a guy had lunch and called one of the player's parents, since that's a "business lunch" he'll expense it.

I hadn't thought about it that way, but it makes a lot of sense. Some of the perceived NCAA violations might not actually have been violations.

[Benny B]

They are now saying this is not true about the contract and the timeline that ESPN reported has some holes in it.  Could this be why Miller is still around? 


https://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketball/2018/2/25/17052526/sean-miller-wont-more-money-fired-with-cause-without-salary-contract-fbi-ayton-return-espn-fake

What I find hilarious about the whole "paid more if fired for cause" concept is that if that were indeed true, UA would simply fire him without cause.