Richard busted for exceeding travel expenses

[nccardfan]

it is not getting any easier for Richard these days as the outgoing AD released the fact that Richard overspent his contract budget by nearly twice his allotment for private jet travel. The university wants him to reimburse the overspending for air travel as well as car rentals and hotel bills. Coupled with the fact they went 8-23 is not helping his cause.

 

[CardsFirst]

Sadly he'll be gone after this season with a new AD on board. He should have never taken that job.

 

[shamcard]

it is not getting any easier for Richard these days as the outgoing AD released the fact that Richard overspent his contract budget by nearly twice his allotment for private jet travel. The university wants him to reimburse the overspending for air travel as well as car rentals and hotel bills. Coupled with the fact they went 8-23 is not helping his cause.

That he went 8-23 is why this financial issue is being released to the public. He probably has a buyout that would be expensive if he were terminated, and the new AD wants leverage.

 

[EasyCard]

That he went 8-23 is why this financial issue is being released to the public. He probably has a buyout that would be expensive if he were terminated, and the new AD wants leverage.

Over spending travel budget is not a cause for the school to break these types of employee contracts. Minnesota will pay a buyout. There is no reason for a school, who is expecting to release an employee, to make public grievances it has with a contracted employee. Not only is the school making it harder for that employee to find a similar contract somewhere else, therefore relieving the buyout, but more seriously it is opening the school up to labor law violations. An employer can not make public any job information that can potentially damage the ex-employees future job.

 

[cuzimacardfan]

I thought I heard or read that it was approved by that AD. If that's true it's not really being busted. Maybe poor judgement but if his record was different it would be a non-issue.

 

[earsky]

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Nor does the trash..

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

It's hard to win at basketball in a hockey town.

I assume he'll be released unless they have a miraculous turn around next year.

At that point he can take a step back and either join a good staff as an assistant or take a job opening at a lower level and try to boost his resume back.

 

[Knucklehank1]

Over spending travel budget is not a cause for the school to break these types of employee contracts. Minnesota will pay a buyout. There is no reason for a school, who is expecting to release an employee, to make public grievances it has with a contracted employee. Not only is the school making it harder for that employee to find a similar contract somewhere else, therefore relieving the buyout, but more seriously it is opening the school up to labor law violations. An employer can not make public any job information that can potentially damage the ex-employees future job.

An internal audit was done and then the Minn Star Tribune obtained the audit report via Freedom of Information Act. There is no employer liability there. Now these things become a bigger deal when said employee is not excelling at his job and the vultures start circling.

 

[Rollem Cards]

Sadly he'll be gone after this season with a new AD on board. He should have never taken that job.

When has Minn ever been a player in BB? Or FB for that matter?

When Richard took that job it was the equivalent of (name the asst coach) taking the uk FB job.

He was doomed from jump.​

 

[CardsFirst]

When has Minn ever been a player in BB? Or FB for that matter?

When Richard took that job it was the equivalent of (name the asst coach) taking the uk FB job.

He was doomed from jump.​

Absolutely correct. He should have known the outcome. They promised Tubby the moon and did nothing that they promised. What made him think that he could pull it off when Tubby couldn't.

 

[nccardfan]

Because at the time it was a step up from Florida International and it got him into a major conference. Plus Tubby underachieved his last couple of years and did not leave the cupboard bare. It was a win-win situation when he took it, not so much now..

 

[Rollem Cards]

uk FB is "supposedly" a step up for a coordinator too, and how does that work out for them?

To go up and fail can be worse than not going up. It's on your resume forever.

I just think some of these young coaches look at things the same way these kids do when they contemplate jumping to the league.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

In retrospect the best path is more than likely asst/low major/mid major/high major in that order.

There are exceptions to those steps, of course. If a coach is going to bypass one of the steps listed above, the situation needs to be ideal and/or the coach would really need some NBA experience of some kind (Andy Enfield).

But more than likely, if a step is skipped, the high major job taken may not be the best opportunity.

If you look @ some of the top young coaches today, Shaka Smart, Greg Marshall (maybe not that young), Tony Bennett, Archie Miller, Andy Enfield - they are each in ideal situations IMO to apply their style to a winning level.

Minnesota is difficult job because of weather, elite opponents, and difficulty to recruit. It just didn't feel ideal from the jump for a young coach trying to break in who had not accomplished a lot as a HC.

I think Pitino JR will benefit from taking a step back to a mid-major in the NE region where he can rebuild his rep.

The MN job is for a relic not a young gun.

 

[nccardfan]

I think if someone like Bo Ryan can be successful at a Wisconsin, I don't see why you can't be successful at Minnesota.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

Bo was a relic, he appealed to a certain hard-nosed type of ball player and his recruiting was underrated- they loaded up on a # of 4 star and had a few 5 star types. They also ran a system that was in place for years.

All that said he also luck boxed into Frank the Tank to truly break through.

I'm sure if Pitino Jr lucked into arguably a top player in the country he'd get some results too.

Pitino Jr's best known for being Jr right now.

 

[EasyCard]

I think if someone like Bo Ryan can be successful at a Wisconsin, I don't see why you can't be successful at Minnesota.

Bo Ryan did coach at Minnesota, in the form of tubby smith

 

[nccardfan]

Little known fact, Minnesota has won 2 National championships. Of course, they were before 1920... They have won 8 Big 10 championships but only four were recent.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

Only time in the modern era the Minn program had sustained success they ended up having a major academic scandal.