re: Comparing Nolan's and Mike's records

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No Dale was right actually. When I said "took off" I was refering to right before the wins started to pile up. That's my fault for not putting that in a way eveyone would understand.

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Your wording was fine for those of us who can read.

He was trying to make it sound like Nolan "took time off" from his job, which is a myth, he was trying to do his job with his hands tied behind his back thanks to Bama's accusations that led to the NCAA removing Pate and Sunday from the team as well as banning Arkansas from recruiting JUCOS.

When that was just being settled Ford/Nutt's pay for play scheme in Dallas was revealed during a divorce hearing and an assistant broke NCAA rules in the track program allowing the NCAA to slap a lack of institutional control on the program and strip scholarships from the basketball team and again sanction recruiting.

The guilty HC's were given a pass, Nolan was not.

His recruiting was actually picking back up in a big way before his dismissal.

The only similarity Nolan and Mike share is neither were given any slack by the fanbase for limiting circumstances beyond their control, Nolan with the University's problems with the NCAA and Mike for the program he inherited that was on the fast track to a post season ban and reduction in scholarships.