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Tommy Elrod
As if this has much anything to do with his time at Wake. Wellman let the "character issues" rumor take root as further justification of the firing of Dino when there was some minor backlash as to firing a guy who got to the postseason (nevermind that he was thoroughly outcoached in the postseason) AND hiring a guy in his place that made the fanbase shrug at best. There were rumors of him banging coeds that were not squelched and perhaps originated with the AD (I have no idea if they were true or not and don't care). There was nothing about extorting Wellman once he was fired, which is what happened here, though some of you are acting in a "I told you so" way, as if there was ever a hint of criminality around the program with him at the helm. He then went on to be an ESPN contributor for twice as long as he was HC at Wake. Maybe he latched on to some Connecticut gumbahs while he was up there or something and learned the art of extortion. Who knows. I think this sucks for Dino. I'm also frankly kind of fed up with the federal investigation into how college hoops does business and linking criminality to what is an unsavory but generally accepted practice around recruiting. The feds need to fuck off already, and had they fucked off, Dino's firing would've been just a footnote and not a reason to manipulate something he said into making him a cooperating witness. I'm not saying he's a victim, but he's not much of a criminal either. Fuck off, feds. Find something better to do.
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