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Yes. I think what you are saying is you had a brain fart when you commented on his learning ability and proneness to injury.
Kinda like you're just being a jerk with this post.
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I missed the Law and Order episode where they distinguished technical legal precedent from nontechnical legal precedent,and actual precedent from nonactual precedent. I also missed the one where they explained that legal precedent only applies when one of the parties to the present suit was also a party to the precedent setting suit. Specifically, I did not realize that Ken+ couldn't use the outcome of a similar case involving any university and contract breaching coach as precedent. I have got to start watching that show.
Did you stay at Holiday Inn Express last night?
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Terry Pluto weighs in. It appears that Can't State have been using the coaches who left early to finance the salary of their replacement.
There's nothing new about how these deals work. I checked with former Can't State athletic director Laing Kennedy, who negotiated Ford's contract. He said it's the same protection clause that was in the contracts of previous coaches who left before their deals expired.According to Kennedy, when Gary Waters went to Rutgers in 2001, Can't State received about $200,000. When Stan Heath departed after a single season for Arkansas in 2002, it was a $750,000 buyout. For Jim Christian to Texas Christian in 2008, it was about $350,000.
"It was never a problem being paid," said Kennedy. "We usually got the checks in a week or two."
Can't State used much of the buyout money to pay the salaries of their new coaches, according to Kennedy.
It looks like they have a good precedent to argue for getting paid.
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I started a thread on the football forum here.
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Someone asked me yesterday what I thought of the Beacon Journals coverage of UA sports. I think its been much better in the last year or so. Tom Gaffney is a huge improvement over David Lee Morgan for starters. Cast your vote and tell us members of ZN.O why.
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What is the upside for Can't?
$1.2 million dollars. That makes an impact in a MAC Athletic Department budget.
Just to clarify, Can't State is highly, HIGHLY unlikely to see a $1.2 million dollar payout on this. Even if the case eventually does go to court, which in all likelihood it will be settled for a much smaller dollar amount well before it ever sniffs a jury, these types of liquidated damages clauses are just not favored much in the courts. The courts will likely look at that big, $1.2 million dollar figure and say you are essentially trying to put a barrier in front of the guy ever leaving his position. They will likely look at it as a loose form of indentured servitude (we've got a big problem with that in this country) and would be very hesitant to issue a judgment anywhere close to that amount.
It really is puzzling to me why Can't State is continuing to push this. They are unlikely to receive a payout that is going to cover their costs, it is going to have a deterrent effect on future coaching hires, it isn't going to bring Geno Ford back. It just seems like leftover bitterness and animocity is clouding their judgment to the point where they are making a bad decision just to try and screw with Ford and Bradley.
He signed a contract. @ $300k/year. He knew he'd be on the hook for 1.2 million if he departed with 4 years remaining.
300k/yr in Portage County is a ton of money. And now he's at 700k/yr, plus perks. We should all be so burdened with indentured servitude.
Its been my experience that things are put into a contract for a reason. He signed it and if he didn't get adequate legal representation at the time, thats his problem. Maybe he can get Judge Judy or Judge Joe to feel sorry for him and let him off the hook.
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LBJ Apologizes to Cleveland
“I knew deep down in my heart, as much as I loved my teammates back in Cleveland and as much as I loved home, I knew it couldn’t do it by myself against that team,” James said. “The way it panned out with all the friends and family and the fans back home, I apologize for the way it happened. I knew this opportunity was once in a lifetime. To be able to come down here and pair with two guys and this organization — in order for me to move on with my career, that team that we just defeated, we had to go through them.”
The Cavaliers from last year would have destroyed this years tired old Celtics just like the Heat did.
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Can't State is looking to get some payback from Geno.
Can't State University is seeking $1.2 million from former men’s basketball coach Geno Ford, alleging he broke the terms of his contract when he joined Bradley University in March.In a lawsuit filed April 26, Can't State says Ford ended his employment without permission and never paid the damages he owed the university for the four years remaining in his contract, which would have expired in 2015.
Shortly after 9:30 p.m., the school announced Ford as its new head basketball coach, before Ford had alerted the Can't State Athletic Department or his players.Players on the Can't State basketball team were upset they learned about Ford’s departure via a press release on Bradley University’s website, rather than in person from their coach.
“It’s not that he left,” Can't State forward Justin Greene said previously. “I know this is a business. It’s how he left. You couldn’t tell us?”
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Asbury looks like they have a nice program. I'll bet he fits right in, from what I saw on the Asbury University web site.
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It seems the Barley House had a little problem on St Pattys day. They double charged over 1900 customers and haven't exactly set the world on fire trying to correct their mistake.
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I'm sure that those SEC programs are much more accomplished cheaters than OSU, look at the results.
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Yeah, I got something else I requested...sort of.
I don't get any audio on the videos from the Zips network. Any ideas why?
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I think Doug has misinterpreted the playful banter between myself, CK, and DIG. If everybody agreed on everything, this board would be pretty boring. Just because CK thinks he is some kind of Babe Ruth, he can't always hit one out of the park.
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I just don't get this Ohio-Wyoming recruiting pipeline (if you can even call it that). The Buckaroos had a starting point guard from Youngstown during Joby Wright's era -- and that incredibly quick guard who transferred to OU. I've been to Laramie. Spent a week there one day.
I think in Nances case, it has more to do with the fact that Shyatt was at one time the head coach at Clemson, Larry Nance Sr's alma mater.
Larry Donnell Nance (born February 12, 1959 in Anderson, South Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) power forward/center from Clemson University, Nance played thirteen seasons (1981–1994) in the NBA as a member of the Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Cavaliers. -
I don't care who starts, its who finishes the game thats important to me.
Q could be that guy. Nitro has made a few key shots at the end of games too. The future is bright. -
After the coaching staff evaluates how the various players work together, they'll settle on a starting lineup that may include Q or may have him as the sixth man.
Bold prediction.
Mr shades of grey.
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I remember when Larry Shyatt was an assistant at Akron.
http://www.gatorzone.com/basketball/men/bi...mp;staff=shyatt
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Great post GoZips! I'm starting to think that the sixth man might be Q's best chance to make a big impact for the Zips.
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You should have met his old man, Babe.
I had him for health class. We watched movies everyday. 
I had Flossie for class, we watched movies all day.
My Flossie highlight was being awakened by him hitting the floor because he fell out of his chair as he struggled to pass a kidney stone. The best part of this story? During conditioning he wouldn't let his players get water because "water is for the weak". So during this kidney stone passing, Flossie screams out, hurry somebody get me something to drink, I need some water! Antonio Pittman screams out "Hell no Flossie, water's for the weak remember!"
Funny stuff, but he was obviously in a lot of pain, they had to take him out in a stretcher. I think we were watching "Patriot" with Mel Gibson that day,
Tim learned a lot from the Babe.
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I would imagine that we may find out more tonight about who is coming and going.
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Things are escalating, with Flossie being investigated for abusing a player. It looks pretty obvious to me that this is retaliation from the school district.
This kind of action by Flossie is not anything new. He has been guilty of this before and was a big reason he was fired at Barberton.
He really is a mean spirited, grumpy, old man. His quote from the first article "over my dead body" showed that. But yeah, nothing new from him.
You should have met his old man, Babe.
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I had to go downtown this morning so I stopped by the Info and took a look at the scoreboard. All I can say is I hope that Zach is not an engineering major. If he is I have no faith in what's being taught to our engineering students.
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Well done!
Rarely do you get to see one poster so eloquently tell another poster to go "F" himself.
For future reference I speak the truth, there are a lot of masochists who post on the basketball portion of the board on a regular basis. They believe their opinion is final because they attend every game and someone who sees the team only a few times a year can't possibly have a good opinion. A good way to analyze the Zips is to watch what the masochists post, and think the opposite.
Another good way to see how the Zips are playing is to look for how and if Zip Watcher posts about a game. He's a good poster and a smart basketball observer. Sometimes his man crush on KD causes him to overstate how good the team may be, but everyone has their reasons for what they say. If the Zips are stinking up the JAR, you won't hear a word from him. He lives by the rule that if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all. If the Zips are playing well, evidence of the "building process" is evident.
In general....well, just click on my signature.....
You forgot the smilies again....or
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I would imagine that every component of the scoreboard is designed for use outdoors. If your so concerned, perhaps you should contact someone at UA.
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