Screw USA Today

[Kaos]

Dan Wolken takes hard shots at Auburn using the hiring of Greene as the springboard.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2018/01/19/new-auburn-athletics-director-allen-greene-faces-most-awkward-situation-college-sports/1050246001/

The most awkward situation in college sports
But beyond all the feel-good rhetoric of his first day on the job, the reality of Greene’s most difficult challenge at Auburn was literally staring him in the face on Friday. Sitting toward the back of the room but squarely head-on with the podium was basketball coach Bruce Pearl, whose team is remarkably headed for the NCAA tournament this season despite being ensnared in the FBI’s investigation into college basketball to such a significant degree that nobody really seems to know what will happen beyond this season....

Instead of losing his job and wasting the season, things have been in a holding pattern, stabilized — at least from all external appearances — by a team that just kept winning and winning.

In one breath Friday, Greene made it a point in his opening comments to say: “We’re going to operate with integrity and compliance, particularly when it’s most inconvenient.” But in another, when asked directly about the tenuous nature of the basketball program, he looked directly a Pearl — who was fired from Tennessee in 2011 and given a three-year show cause penalty for lying to NCAA investigators — and said: “I’m looking forward to the basketball game on Saturday.”

The unspoken reality, however, is that they may never really get the chance to work together.

According to two people familiar with Auburn’s hiring process, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the conversations were supposed to be private, Leath was as transparent as he could be with candidates about the state of the basketball program, which is to say he acknowledged that the new athletics director may have to hire a coach this year.

At this point in the process, the people familiar with the situation said Pearl’s biggest concern isn’t the school’s or the NCAA’s investigation but rather the possibility of answering the FBI’s questions, even though he wasn’t implicated in any wrongdoing. Getting caught in any contradiction could have real consequences beyond losing his job.

Pearl’s complicated history with the NCAA is also a significant factor, as anything less than ful cooperation and transparency with the NCAA after the way he handled the Tennessee investigation would be problematic not just for him, but potentially for Auburn. After the season, all of those issues are bound to collide.
 


So I say win the whole damn thing.  That's the new goal.

[jmar]

Complicated? He threw a cookout for some recruits.
Okay and he lied about it.

[GH2001]

This shit right here. I'm so fuckin sick of...

According to two people familiar with Auburn’s hiring process, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the conversations were supposed to be private

Hiding behind bullshit sources that probably don't even exist so that asshats like this can just write click bait garbage. These things seem to have about a 5% success rate of being true.

[Snaggletiger]

That article said exactly jack squat.  And yes, sources close to someone who wishes to be close to someone who wants to remain anonymous because they may know someone who knows something, is worthless and utter bullshit.

[WiregrassTiger]

That article said exactly jack squat.  And yes, sources close to someone who wishes to be close to someone who wants to remain anonymous because they may know someone who knows something, is worthless and utter bullshit.

When you say utter, it makes me think of cows.

And then, I think about sucking your titties.

I wonder if this is natural? Or, maybe something went wrong in one of the surgeries.

[Buzz Killington]

That article said exactly jack squat.  And yes, sources close to someone who wishes to be close to someone who wants to remain anonymous because they may know someone who knows something, is worthless and utter bullshoot.

Dammit!  So, you're saying Bruce Pearl to Villanova?

[Snaggletiger]

Dammit!  So, you're saying Bruce Pearl to Villanova?

Yep.  I wanted to break it to you gently.  In the meantime, The Fighting Pearls went nuttz on (Fuck) Georgia in the 2nd half after being way down in the first.  A problematic trend.  14 point win over the (Fuck Georgia) Dawgs.  I would have been 100% bummed if we lost to UA and UGA (Fuck Georgia, BTW) on consecutive game nights. But, the reality is we owned that Dog ass.  Did I mention the Georgia, their University, their players and most importantly...their fans...can die in a fire.  Fuck Georgia!!!

[CCTAU]

This shit right here. I'm so fuckin sick of...


Hiding behind bullshit sources that probably don't even exist so that asshats like this can just write click bait garbage. These things seem to have about a 5% success rate of being true.

Its the trend in reporting these days.

[AUChizad]

Hiding behind bullshit sources that probably don't even exist so that asshats like this can just write click bait garbage. These things seem to have about a 5% success rate of being true.

We should all take Dan Wolken's sources super duper seriously.

https://www.seccountry.com/auburn/auburn-football-chip-lindsey-south-alabama-job

On Sunday afternoon, Dan Wolken of USA Today reported an unnamed source told him South Alabama “has interest” in Lindsey for its head coaching vacancy. Lindsey was asked if South Alabama had contacted him about the job Sunday night.

“No,” Lindsey said. “I’m focused kind of on what we’re doing here. Haven’t done anything like that.”

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn, who hired Lindsey from Arizona State in January, said he didn’t expect his top offensive assistant to leave.

[GH2001]

We should all take Dan Wolken's sources super duper seriously.

https://www.seccountry.com/auburn/auburn-football-chip-lindsey-south-alabama-job

But but....sorecez!