OT: Kevin Ollie

culallen · Jun 27, 2018

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-connecticut-kevin-ollie-20180625-story.html

Curious about the board's thoughts on Kevin Ollie's firing. A few people on here wanted us to dig and find a reason to fire Kliff with cause so we could lower his buyout. I don't know if those people were being facetious or not. But it looks like that's exactly what UConn did to avoid paying his buyout.

I'm of the thought that if you want him out that you need to honor the contract and pay the guy rather than railroad him.

The violations cited by Athletic Director David Benedict in firing Ollie and outlined in more than 1,300 pages of documents released last week include: Ollie shooting baskets with a recruit during an unofficial visit to the school last September; Ollie arranging a video call between a potential recruit and Ray Allen, the former NBA great who is now considered a school booster by the NCAA and Ollie arranging improper training sessions with a friend who is a personal trainer both on campus and during out of state trips that amounted to improper gifts.

LondonRedRaider · Jun 27, 2018