Dan Dakich calls out almost the entire top echelon of college coaching
Wonders where the sport's HOF coaches are tonight, why they aren't on TV and radio screaming in anger about cheating; says they are lying low until they see if they are implicated. Includes Izzo in the mix. Scathing:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dan-dakich-show-podcast/id12179…
(It's the very top most recent cast.)
Writer Jeff Goodman, calling in, says many HCs are calling him, worried. Bluntly says the NCAA targets small schools for infractions because big schools bring the org huge revenue.
Was skeptical, but this thing really has legs.
EDIT: Dakich is emphatic that he's not saying that all coaches are dirty. Thought I'd throw that in because that does seem to be the purport of his opening comments (as other callers note). Also says Beilein is very clean.
September 28th, 2017 at 7:50 PM ^
why nobody was talking about the likelihood of this scandal spreading and impacting college football. What about college basketball would make it more likely for these situations to happen than college football? Maybe areas like the links with the AAU teams in college hoops - but those seem to be a minor part of the bigger picture.
I don't know who you white collar attorney friend is - but his views seem pretty logical to me.
September 28th, 2017 at 7:54 PM ^
September 28th, 2017 at 8:02 PM ^
but taking bribes/paying families to get a kid to a particular school, pointing him towards an agent or financial adviser for a kickback, or getting paid to guide him to endorse certain products would seem to be the same.
On top of it - you have a bigger pool of players getting rich from the NFL than from the NBA.
Guess we will find out within the next few months...
September 28th, 2017 at 8:16 PM ^
I was wondering if it might hit sports where there's mass popular participation. How much is it worth to get Callaway's into the hands of a young golf star, or get a tennis player signed up with Babolat or Wilson? I know those aren't big-money college sports but the endorsement money's not small for a successful pro and strange as it may seem we have had some golf recruiting scandals in the past.
September 28th, 2017 at 8:28 PM ^
September 29th, 2017 at 5:16 AM ^
of great note, and little or no spill-off into football.
some trophy convictions but not a wholesale slaughter.
September 28th, 2017 at 11:10 PM ^
It seems to me there are a lot more former college players on the ATP and WTA tours now than I can ever remember before. Or is that my imagination?
And the demographic is a marketer's dream. I can't think of another sport that's anywhere close to it in the media obsession with apparel. We don't get gratuitous close-ups of players shoes during football or basketball games.
September 28th, 2017 at 7:56 PM ^
The big difference is that the apparel companies aren't as involved in the football process since the stars aren't as marketable
September 28th, 2017 at 8:14 PM ^
Even if the payoffs aren't as big. They do sign players like Peppers before they even get drafted.
Another factor in football's favor is that the players have to spend at least three years in school. It is harder to project the top draft picks out of HS and they have to wait longer to recoup their money. Maybe the shady shoe deals mostly start later, but if the companies are willing to cheat, they're willing to cheat at more than just basketball.
September 28th, 2017 at 7:59 PM ^
September 28th, 2017 at 8:20 PM ^
September 28th, 2017 at 8:25 PM ^
Bribery and wire fraud is.
Some of that other stuff might fall under the IRS's purview, though. We might see that down the line sometime. I assume the FBI will be happy to share what they find.
September 29th, 2017 at 4:09 PM ^
you just don't hear much about "blue collar" attorneys, do you?
September 28th, 2017 at 7:47 PM ^
This is planetary huge. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this takes down the NCAA writ large. If there's even one single person inside the Indianopolis offices of the NCAA that knows about any of this, the entire organization is coming down.
And does anyone really think that the NCAA doesn't know what's been going on? Alabama just fired an administrator that used to work the enforcement office. The SEC Commish used to be the director of NCAA enforcement. Yeah, the NCAA has known about this shit for as long as its known about sketchy football recruiting.
September 28th, 2017 at 7:49 PM ^
September 28th, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
You really think that this scandal will take down several hundred universities and colleges?
Something tells me you don't have a clue as to what the NCAA actually is.
September 28th, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
You really think that this scandal will take down several hundred universities and colleges?
Something tells me you don't have a clue as to what the NCAA actually is.
September 28th, 2017 at 8:22 PM ^
The NCAA is a collection of schools purporting to look out for the student athlete. It enacts rules for member institutions to follow, which keeps them from cheating (theoretically). Included in those anti-cheat rules are bylaws that disallow the paying of players, whether directly or indirectly.
If this 'governing' organization of college athletics is involved in the intentional paying of players, either indirectly or through direct involvement, you think it survives?
Something tells me you don't understand the purpose of the NCAA.
September 28th, 2017 at 9:27 PM ^
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September 29th, 2017 at 10:03 AM ^
if the prostitutes were really skanky?
Then it could be a bit worse.
September 28th, 2017 at 8:47 PM ^
There's always going to be a big gap between what the NCAA knows or suspects and what they can prove. That's true with the legal system. too, not just the NCAA.
Not saying that nothing sketchy goes on with them, but you're jumping to a poor conclusion.
September 29th, 2017 at 5:10 AM ^
Im hoping it spills into football as well. I want to see the cheaters there fall. And Finebaum try to explain why St. Nick is being led away in handcuffs.
September 28th, 2017 at 7:36 PM ^
Rick Pitino right now, and your career is over...do you put out feelers for a tell-all book on the new college basketball and sell out, with names of coaches, programs, etc. to the highest bidder?
September 28th, 2017 at 7:45 PM ^
would be the FBI, you know, the guys who have a criminal case against him. Pitino's surprise at the charges - feigned or not - leads me to believe the Feds will use them as leverage, forcing him to rat out others.
September 28th, 2017 at 7:52 PM ^
September 28th, 2017 at 8:20 PM ^
It has been confirmed today that coach 2 in the FBI story was Rick Pitino. Looks nearly impossible to keep the money from his contract if that is the case.
September 29th, 2017 at 8:40 AM ^
How was that proven? I get that Bowen and Louisville have been narrowed down to obviousness, but I don't see where the same thing has been done with Pitino. All I've seen are that "coach-2" was speaking with Gatto the day before Bowen comitted. What am I missing?
September 29th, 2017 at 9:44 AM ^
Seriously, it was obvious that it had to be Pitino.
"Nobody swings a bigger dick than Coach-2 at [Adidas]." "All Coach-2 has to do is pick up the phone and call somebody." "Coach-2 isn't the type to have his own agent set up" so it would fall upon other coaches to steer the athletes.
Who has to keep himself clean from direct contact with the agents? Who swings the biggest dick at Adidas? Some assistant coach?
But for those that couldn't figure this out on their own:
September 28th, 2017 at 8:07 PM ^
September 28th, 2017 at 8:56 PM ^
Revenge because he got caught? He'd make his own reputation much worse, damage the sport he loves, end most of the relationships he has with people in basketball. He'd have to get the details right or he's open to lawsuits. Even if he gets everything right, he'd need evidence to fend them off.
He can't need the money that badly.
If he simply wrote an honest tell all about himself, I might read that. Maybe that would make him feel better.
September 28th, 2017 at 9:27 PM ^
sever any relationships...but this is also the guy who had an affair in a restaurant and leads a program that was using prostitutes and strippers for recruiting purposes.
I guess I imagined a book titled something like "I'm Not Alone" and he delves into what the AAU circuit, recruiting, and college basketball are all like. He might not even name names, just drop hints.
September 29th, 2017 at 12:33 AM ^
How can Pitino write a tell all book when he had no idea any of this was going on.
Just in case s/
September 28th, 2017 at 7:38 PM ^
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September 28th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
September 28th, 2017 at 9:25 PM ^
I'll take care of it.
September 28th, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^
Is there a non I-tunes version?
September 28th, 2017 at 7:48 PM ^
It's on Spotify, and it's glorious.
He's brutal on Izzo, Roy William, Coach K, Jim Boeheim, Bill Self, Calipari, etc. Saying that they'll comment on anything, anytime, but now that the game is under siege they've gone radio silent.
He guarantees that you'll hear "very pompously, very piously" from these guys - but only once they're in the clear. He especially has a hard-on for Izzo.
September 28th, 2017 at 8:21 PM ^
How will they know they're in the clear?
If the FBI has any sense at all...and I think they do...they'll let this drip out slowly. There's not going to be an announcement that "this concludes our investigation"...it won't peter out until they run out of people willing to roll over.
September 28th, 2017 at 9:23 PM ^
September 29th, 2017 at 7:21 AM ^
First, I'm just relaying what Dakich said on his podcast. But I think it means that when word gets out in the basketball community that the FBI is done interviewing and subpoenaing people, programs will have a good sense of whether they're under the microscope.
If none of your recruits, coaches, or recruits' families are getting interviewed, you're in pretty good shape.
September 29th, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^
Unless your phone's being tapped, or that guy that came along with the Adidas rep to your meeting last week turns out to be UC-11.
They've been at this for two years and nobody had an inkling. They're pretty good at keeping their undercovers under cover. But I hope you're right and some coaches think they're clear because they aren't caught up in the first couple of rounds of interviews.
September 28th, 2017 at 7:58 PM ^
He makes a great point about Izzo, Coach K, et al. Why aren't they speaking out against this travesty affecting their sport? And why aren't any reporters sticking microphones in their faces asking the tough questions?
September 28th, 2017 at 10:39 PM ^
According to the feds' allegations, Louisville and Adidas wanted to pay Bowen so much because they were bidding against another apparel company. MSU and Texas, both Nike schools, were high on Bowen's list before his commitment to Louisville. Is not much of a stretch to infer that Nike was bidding for Bowen, possibly through more than one school. This could be trouble for Izzo and MSU.
As for Coach K, I find it hard to believe he keeps getting so many one-and-dones without some help from Nike.
September 28th, 2017 at 8:01 PM ^
the movie, 1994.
What took so long. Everyone knew.
September 28th, 2017 at 9:08 PM ^
September 29th, 2017 at 4:42 PM ^
I had floor seats after winning the season ticket lottery for the Final Four when Webber called time out. Nick Nolte and his agent tried to buy our tickets for the pair of games, and we weren't even selling them. They approached us. He was in town filming Blue Chips nearby at Tulane.