re: For all those who blame Joe Alleva (or King) for the Wade situation....

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Apparently for this board to admit Wade did anything wrong would require at least five people witnessing in person Wade physically place in the hands of a player a bundle

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NO!

Nor should it have involved LSU self-immolating.

What is it about that last part, you don't understand?

Good golly miss molly!

Dude I cant handle your stupidity. Where people, the vast majority of people are frustrated with Alleva is how he has handled situations and his failed leadership results in endless misgiving and mishandling of key situations.

Whether wade cheated or not is not the point. Because if in fact it is ever proven that he did then his time will come.

But the way the situation has been fumbled about is not how things should have been handled.

Now get off this board stop defending the two most embarrassing figures for their lack of leadership and go be a little brown noser with a hidden agenda somewhere else.

212 posts in 10 years...

Lemme guess, you work for the Ponamsky PR firm?

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It’s not whether or not Wade screwed up, it’s that Alleva suspended him with zero due process.

He read a story by a journalist that throws shite at the wall and responded by asking his coach to meet under conditions that no one could ever agree to (no counsel and NCAA present). When Wade didn’t agree to his ridiculous meeting he suspended him.

In conclusion, he suspended wade based on media reports. I hate to break it to you but the media is often wrong.

Instead of letting it play out in the courts and taking action once some actual facts came to light, Alleva tried to put the fire out by throwing gasoline on it.

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Exactly. How some people dont understand that, baffles me.

If it comes out, fine let him go. But suspending him based on some bullshite Yahoo article and asking for that ridiculous meeting is chickenshit. Par for Alleva as his past record shows, but chickenshit.

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but absent an explanation by the coach

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He has given 2 statements. (Which once again should not even be a requisite. At this point it is all in response to a Yahoo article. No one has heard the wiretaps but the FBI and apparently some dude at Yahoo. No LSU official has heard them)

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"Serving as the Head Basketball Coach at LSU has been the honor of my life. I love this university and all it stands for. From day one, I’ve been focused on building a winning program made up of excellent coaches and staff and a team of first-rate student athletes. I cannot comment at this time on various media reports, except to say that they do not begin to tell the full story. I understand the University had to take action before all the facts are in, but I would ask everyone to withhold their judgment until the record is complete. To my players and coaches, I support you 100%, and I will be with you in spirit as the season progresses. Your best response to this is to narrow your focus and make sure the last part of the season is the strongest part!"

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This morning, I advised President Alexander, Athletic Director Joe Alleva and the LSU Board of Supervisors that I would like to resume my duties as Head Basketball Coach. Last week, when the University decided to place me on administrative leave, I accepted the decision without complaint as I knew that they wanted time to reflect on the flurry of media reports. With the benefit of a week to consider the circumstances, I believe University officials should allow me to resume my duties. I understand that in today’s hyper-intense media environment it is extremely difficult for any organization, particularly a public university, to stand firm in the face of rumors, leaks and innuendo. In this case, the simple truth is I have been placed on leave because I exercised my right not to submit to a joint LSU/NCAA interview on the exact same subject matter at issue in an impending federal criminal trial in New York. My legal counsel advised the University that it would be wholly inappropriate for me, or anyone, to submit to an interview under these circumstances. Declining to be interviewed was a difficult decision for me, as I would like to cooperate fully with all parties, particularly LSU. To be clear, however, all I’ve done is follow the prudent advice of counsel to exercise my constitutional rights to due process. Given these facts, I don’t believe it is appropriate for me to be relieved of my duties. We have a great basketball program made up of excellent student athletes and quality coaches. The players who’ve given their all for this institution, the students and alumni who are devoted to LSU, and fans all across Louisiana and beyond deserve to see this team fulfill its destiny. I love LSU and everything it stands for. What I’m asking for is the right to do my job while exercising my constitutional rights. I don’t think that’s too much to ask.

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At least Alleva gave hisself a true name like Buds...he actually joined tigerdroppings to help his case with this flame....wow

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I were Alleva, I would have fired him immediately and started looking for my next HC.

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Why hasn’t he?

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I wonder if these people teach their children the same values.

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I teach mine to make informed decisions based on factual evidence rather than hearsay. Thus reducing, if not eliminating, the possibility of them looking like a fool.

But frick you all the same.

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Alleva and crew have made an apparently simple situation complicated.

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Bingo.

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Apparently for this board to admit Wade did anything wrong would require at least five people witnessing in person Wade physically place in the hands of a player a bundle of what can be clearly identified as U.S. Federal Reserve notes, anything less is just hearsay. I wonder if these people teach their children the same values.

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I'd take any sort of evidence whatsoever of money changing hands, there is none. Or at least some sort of report on what the actual offer was.