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- Morrison, CO
I bet he would completely rock an orange blazer.
Before and after shot for you:
I bet he would completely rock an orange blazer.
This is now how I believe the whole thing started. Lavar is puppet mastering all of it. :congrats:Rush the Court
@rushthecourt
This is going to end with Big Baller Brand being the only clean sneaker company.
This is now how I believe the whole thing started. Lavar is puppet mastering all of it. :congrats:
Wow, I gave way too much credit to the board, thought you guys would get it. I was pointing out the possible danger of a conclusion the average, uninformed sports fan could draw. In making said point I adopted that view point in my post-the possible view of the uninformed!! It was tongue in cheek. I consider this board to be the opposite of the average, uninformed fan, so I did not think I needed to be more obvious. I was wrong.
Well, that's the concern.
An interesting byproduct of this investigation might be the ramifications seen on the AAU scene.
Maybe somebody important in the FBI is a CBB fan of a minor program and they're just tired of getting walked all over by blue bloods. So they're using clout at the FBI to actually do what the NCAA should have been doing all along.
This is my new headcanon.
Read the whole thing. I see nothing, perhaps you have the flu.
I was wrong.
From the article.
"According to court documents, Evans is also charged with wire fraud conspiracy for participating in a scheme to facilitate and conceal bribe payments to prospective and current student-athletes and/or their families. Those athletes would have been ineligible to compete because of the payments."
I find this worrisome.
An interesting byproduct of this investigation might be the ramifications seen on the AAU scene.
I'm just thanking our lucky stars that Jawun Evans' OV got sidetracked to Indy. Thanks to Mother Nature!
Guys, look at the bright side:
The talking heads at ESPN are already saying Will Wade or Brad Stevens or even the mighty Bruce Weber will end up at Louisville, so if Brad goes, maybe we can finally get Shaka or Kevin Sumlin, maybe even Billy Donovan?
Guys, look at the bright side:
The talking heads at ESPN are already saying Will Wade or Brad Stevens or even the mighty Bruce Weber will end up at Louisville, so if Brad goes, maybe we can finally get Shaka or Kevin Sumlin, maybe even Billy Donovan?
I'm sorry, someone from ESPN said Bruce Weber will end up at Louisville???
I'm sorry, someone from ESPN said Bruce Weber will end up at Louisville???
Ha! Let's be honest here, though. Missing on Kevin Sumlin was a blessing in disguise. The man can recruit, but he's a terrible coach. My graduate degree is from Texas A&M and I follow the football program, and holy cow can he not coach.
they didn't indict jawun evans. if he had committed to us, his name probably wouldn't have come up at all in this.
Personally, my read on this situation is the following:
- This will overall be a really good thing for NCAA basketball when all the dust finally settles. Recruiting is a filthy business, and it's not good for the kids or the fans. It does benefit some coaches and schools and the shoe companies, but they generally aren't the people who need the help here. I think it would be great if it all gets cleaned up.
- Brad Underwood is obviously connected to Evans and hired him, but it stands to reason that none of these agents or shoe companies would go out of their way to involved multiple people at a program, nor would Evans want to let Underwood (or any other head coach) in on the scheme. The larger the circle gets, the more likely it is that somebody talks. In that sense, I think Underwood probably didn't know about it (or at worst, didn't know the details and turned a blind eye). To me, that means he is most likely safe from the criminal investigation.
- The NCAA rules do say that head coaches can be held accountable for their assistants, even if they weren't directly involved in an infraction. In my mind, that means that Underwood is not safe from any future NCAA investigations.
- By the time this is all said and done, there will probably be so many people caught up in it that I kind of think it is doubtful that the NCAA will hang the head coaches out to dry unless they were directly involved. Otherwise there may not be many coaches left. In that sense, I think Underwood is probably fairly safe from any major sanctions, assuming he actually is clean here.
- Even if Underwood is sanctioned, I think the University of Illinois is pretty safe. None of this allegedly occurred while here (Groce never landed any of the big fish, after all, and Underwood hasn't really landed anyone yet, other than Smith). Worst case scenario seems to be having to let Underwood go, and this whole thing is just a speed bump on the way to rebuilding.
- I love watching Pitino take the fall.
Okay, back to work.
I'm sorry, someone from ESPN said Bruce Weber will end up at Louisville???