Unless they are Rick Pitino? Your assistants are what caused the problem. So you’re just going to keep doing what you have been doing? U of L shouldn’t have that luxury. We’re under probation. And as I have heard Tyra say, not just basketball but the entire athletic department.
I think what some posters have issues with is trying to lump all of Petrino/Pitino issues on top of Tom simply because he was the AD. Are we going to scrutinize VT equally? I think (not sure it’s fair) but some just want to compare Tom’s revenue generating accomplishments against VT’s. It’s not really fair to compare because the regimes are different and he’s working under different circumstances. Each should be acknowledged for their own accomplishments, meaning VT has a way to go. Over time we will know what kind of AD he is. That’s my opinion.
The real estate issue with Tyra’s daughter should not have happened but it’s apples and oranges IMO. Tyra’s daughter is not on the university payroll with a fat salary like Mark Jurich.
Real fans live in the present and still acknowledge the past. Some fans prefer to wholeheartedly live in the past and scrutinize what is actually a happening currently. It’s pretty sad.
Hell, "I" hate fan card checks...or questioning a regular poster's fandom. We've most all posted here for quite a few years, through the goods times and bad. Some are more positive than others; some are more vocal when they aren't satisfied with the results than others. But we all know the regulars here ARE undoubtedly UofL fans, with just varying degrees of passion and with varying opinions. So maybe we could seek to find common ground, rather than this endless game of one upmanship and "triggering". Sure would make for better reading and more enjoyable posting. Just one man's opinion.
That's a pretty sweeping generalization. Please feel free to provide some examples to enlighten us.
Again, you keep preaching nepotism. It is difficult to apply nepotism to someone that has not displayed it by giving a family member a job in his sphere. If you have direct proof of VT mandating that new hires must use his daughter as their realtor, show it. I will agree with you if you can show, instead of simply pointing and say he did it.
It’s a shame the previous AD didn’t oversee his hires more thoroughly and let them run into multiple scandals and almost tarnish our program and legacy. We can now restore integrity. I guess integrity doesn’t mean much to some of you guys. Bummer.
The real estate debacle is/was one.
So would the real estate snafu have been undone if it hadn't been detected? How many deals were done BEFORE it was detected? (There's your answer...)
Tyra found out about the situation, remedied it, and went public about it in order to be transparent before being asked, that's how.
Funny how that same reasoning didn't hold water with NCAA violations. Why didn't he know about it in the first place?
The coincidences that have occurred with "Vince" are nothing short of amazing.
Well, what was the earlier reaction after just the first round of major NCAA violations turned up (and 37 instances over 5 years, not just one)? It was: Commend the coach, give him a new contract, institute nothing to stop it from happening again. I'll take the real estate remedy any day, especially when it was Tyra that "broke the news". Plus there's no comparison in terms of the significance of just those two situations.
I've never defended U of L for not knowing about NCAA infractions as you're doing for "Vince" not knowing what his own daughter was doing with employees he had just hired. You tell me the difference in negligence in those situations, except that the current guy has claimed he's made big improvements over his predecessors.
That's your opinion, and it doesn't matter if it's shared by your new AD. His opinion doesn't matter because he has a CONFLICT OF INTEREST. If he's as ethical as he claims to be, he should go out of his way to avoid that very type of situation...
Your boy "Vince" was negligent, pure and simple. Say it.
