Originally Posted by Flyer68
Let me get this straight. A "writer has called for the president's job" because the president tried to save the school $10 million. Maybe I am mistaken but I thought that the President of a university is the head of the entire university where education, not basketball, is supposed to come first.
So they should fire the president because of this? Ollie has losing seasons and three top recruits transfer (shouldn't this have raised a red flag) and the president should lose his \ her job?
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Flyer.....there is way more to the story than Ollie's firing....information that is not of interest to Priders.
A very brief summary....Connecticut has been and is in a serious financial crisis for a few years....everything has been cut except for wildly excess public union compensation....UConn feels the pain but has been in the cross-hairs for years for extravagances and poor financial management....including excesses by the president. Her statements and handling of the Ollie matter are just a "last straw" type of thing. Otherwise the UConn president wouldn't even be in the discussion re a coach's dismissal.
In spite of UConn's awful financial management, including athletics, the school ranks in the top 20 among public universities. Great school....very poor financials which reflects on the president, of course,....big financial problems for athletic department largely because of football. FBS football is a financial black hole even for many Power 5 schools. Dayton can be thankful.
Bottom line: A $10 million buy-out for a coach is a calamity for UConn. And it appears the school may be stooping pretty low to avoid paying it. Sad. But they may have underestimated the power of the union!