October 18, 20178 yr Author Only three Trustees spoke during the discussion phase of this vote, the three that voted to retain him. None of the trustees voting for termination have explained their votes at this time.
October 18, 20178 yr Meeting ending, no Trustees will speak to the media. Ugh. I don't see why they need to. They have just cause. Now it would have been nice to hear what they had to say.
October 18, 20178 yr Meeting ending, no Trustees will speak to the media. Ugh. Whether or not it was the right decision to make, after making a decision like that, a thorough statement on the matter is deserved. I'm assuming they will be putting out an official written statement as a group, at the very least.
October 18, 20178 yr Whether or not it was the right decision to make, after making a decision like that, a thorough statement on the matter is deserved. I'm assuming they will be putting out an official written statement as a group, at the very least. What do you want them to say? Things are a mess, we fired the guy in charge. Next Question?
October 18, 20178 yr Author I don't see why they need to. They have just cause. Now it would have been nice to hear what they had to say. Not only do they not need to, if I was university legal counsel, I'd have advised against saying anything at all. I'm curious to know what they're throwing around as "cause". Like Pitino's contract, Jurich's is pretty specific about what constitutes cause.
October 18, 20178 yr What do you want them to say? Things are a mess, we fired the guy in charge. Next Question? Come on now. Are you really not informed enough to realize all the questions arising from this? Jurich was the man in charge of one of the largest college athletic departments in the country for two decades. For the last 15 years, the university has been the biggest real estate developer in Louisville by a country mile. They have hundreds of millions of dollars in their athletic department, and they just booted the man in charge. Where do they go from there? The basketball program is still negotiating their way through the prostitution scandal, and now they are smack in the middle of one of the biggest NCAA scandals in history, if not THE biggest. They just canned the basketball coach and have an interim coach, so there's the question of what will happen on their coaching staff. What about the YUM Center deal? What happens if the YUM Center hunts for a NBA expansion team as their tenant instead of UofL? What about Petrino? Where does the football program turn if Petrino cuts bait? Do you really not think the University should make at least SOME kind of statement when all of that is in question?
October 18, 20178 yr Not only do they not need to, if I was university legal counsel, I'd have advised against saying anything at all. I'm curious to know what they're throwing around as "cause". Like Pitino's contract, Jurich's is pretty specific about what constitutes cause. According to Terry Meiners, the cause was insubordination.
October 18, 20178 yr Come on now. Are you really not informed enough to realize all the questions arising from this? Jurich was the man in charge of one of the largest college athletic departments in the country for two decades. For the last 15 years, the university has been the biggest real estate developer in Louisville by a country mile. They have hundreds of millions of dollars in their athletic department, and they just booted the man in charge. Where do they go from there? The basketball program is still negotiating their way through the prostitution scandal, and now they are smack in the middle of one of the biggest NCAA scandals in history, if not THE biggest. They just canned the basketball coach and have an interim coach, so there's the question of what will happen on their coaching staff. What about the YUM Center deal? What happens if the YUM Center hunts for a NBA expansion team as their tenant instead of UofL? What about Petrino? Where does the football program turn if Petrino cuts bait? Do you really not think the University should make at least SOME kind of statement when all of that is in question? No statement will relieve any of the issues they are facing. I get it that everyone wants to know everything, but regardless of why they did it...there is still a mess. I'm sure the reason nothing was said was due to expected litigation that is sure to follow.
October 18, 20178 yr No statement will relieve any of the issues they are facing. I get it that everyone wants to know everything, but regardless of why they did it...there is still a mess. I'm sure the reason nothing was said was due to expected litigation that is sure to follow. As a public university and an entity with tax money footing much of their expenses, I think there's at least SOME degree of an obligation to say SOMETHING about what's going on. Why does any CEO address their stockholders? Why do politicians give speeches?
October 19, 20178 yr As a public university and an entity with tax money footing much of their expenses, I think there's at least SOME degree of an obligation to say SOMETHING about what's going on. Why does any CEO address their stockholders? Why do politicians give speeches? I think plenty has been said about what's going on.
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