LOL, SUCK IT GA TECH !
Didn't they pile on Sylvia Hatchell and force her out as 'penance' for all their misgiving? That evil Coach Hatchell! She should be punished severely for what she did to the men's basketball program!
Why do schools put up with the NCAA? The big $$ schools get a pass while medium to small programs get hammered and suffer financially. When is enough enough?
It's all about the money. The NCAA and the rank and file schools know that the big schools bring in the mega revenue that pays the NCAA salaries and gives the guaranteed payouts to the rest of the NCAA. That's why Cleveland State gets punished and UNC and Kentucky do not. Kansas basketball will be an interesting test of that theory because it seems like the evidence against them is overwhelming. Maybe Self steps down and falls on his sword for Kansas and the NCAA says the change in the coaches is a sufficient penalty for them.
Is that going to produce an extra bye for someone in the first day of the tourney?The post-season ban includes the ACC tourney as well.
And I forgot that GT also paid the $2.5 M buyout to get Geoff Collins from Temple to replace Johnson.
Would love for Bill Self to coach WF, but he is heading to the NBA.
That's actually a pretty meaningful penalty when you get into the details. Wonder how they can justify keeping Pastner around? Also wonder who else would take that job w/ the recruiting handcuffs.
In a lot of ways, Manning has a ton more incentive to run recruiting by the book than any other coach in the country.
He knows he's here only because of Wellman's multi-year gift of a contract and the only way he can screw himself out of millions if not 10+ million is a recruiting or personal conduct violation. That's it. He can buy Jeffrey Epstein's island from his estate if he can do those two things. Basically, all he has to do is wake up, blow his a whistle a few times, and go back to bed.
It's all about the money. The NCAA and the rank and file schools know that the big schools bring in the mega revenue that pays the NCAA salaries and gives the guaranteed payouts to the rest of the NCAA. That's why Cleveland State gets punished and UNC and Kentucky do not. Kansas basketball will be an interesting test of that theory because it seems like the evidence against them is overwhelming. Maybe Self steps down and falls on his sword for Kansas and the NCAA says the change in the coaches is a sufficient penalty for them.
Here's the most ironic thing for this GT alum. I was strongly against hiring Pastner 3 years ago - I wrote letters to board members about it.
But i'd be strongly against firing him right now.