re: #tAuburnBasketball Thread

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All of this is irrelevant to my point, and the point Forde was trying to drive home.

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Forde made three points

- Ollie was hammered for only level 2 violations
- NCAA has repeatedly emphasized HC responsibility for actions of program/assistants
- Multiple programs, including AU, have HCs whose assistants put them at risk w likely L1/L2 violations in this scandal


On just the Ollie note, the only official type comments on Bruce's cooperation is Leath publicly blasting him for not cooperation. It is not unreasonable to think the NCAA could take a similar view as the institutions president. Given insider roots, I'd imagine we would be okay as NCAA was open to Bruce's argument. Add to this though Bruce has a history of being a problem in investigations


On the HC responsibility, this is and should be a very real concern. AU is banking on an argument that "Bruce/AU could not be expected to know and took swift, appropriate action when they did"


I agree/like that argument but it has weak points NCAA can counter with

- Your program your responsibility, it is your business to know sooner.
- This was not uncovered internally
- AU AD responsible for not vetting employee hires
- Lack of trust in BP given history



I've said before, I expect a slap in the wrist that"sounds" bad but in reality has no lasting impact. NCAA gets their flesh wound but it won't leave a scar