re: How dumb will LSU admin look if Dawkins takes a deal and this never goes to trial?

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LSU isn't worried about a trial...the can of NCAA worms is already open by what has come out. We are going to be investigated....period.

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Going to be investigated? I think we already are

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takes a deal and this never goes to trial

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This could very well happen.

If not mistaken, Dawkins already made a plea in an earlier, similar trial. If he saw that the Feds had the goods on him then, there is a good chance he will see the same in this trial.

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It's not possible for them to look more dumb than they already do. They have reached peak dumb.

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Oh I have faith that they will eclipse their past stupidity.

They will use the "abundance of caution" defense.

Makes me sick. Here we are at the precipice of what could be a historic run for LSU basketball, and the likely storyline will be "what could have been if the Tigers had their coach on the floor". It blows my mind that 25 schools have been implicated but we are the only ones targeted by the media, and our own administration.

“Dawkins, in particular, has repeatedly vowed he will never accept a plea deal from prosecutors.”

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ESPN

The information in just this article alone shows just how poorly LSU has handled this situation. Aside from Louisville, who obviously had far more questionable activities going on, nothing has happened to these programs or coaches.

If anybody in LSU’s admin had 2 brain cells to run together, they would’ve handled this situation more like the Texas AD did.

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Shortly after Bowen Sr. returned to the stand about 20 minutes later, it wasn't long before he'd accused a handful of colleges, including Arizona, Creighton, Oklahoma State and Texas, of offering him tens of thousands of dollars in cash and other improper benefits for his son to play basketball at those schools.

“Schools would give me money for a top player, like my son, to go to school," Bowen Sr. said.

He said Christian Dawkins, one of the three defendants in the criminal trial for felony wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, relayed the alleged offers from assistant coaches to him. Dawkins and Bowen grew up together in Saginaw, Michigan, and they've had a long friendship.

Adidas executive James Gatto and former Adidas consultant Merl Code are also defendants in the case and, along with Dawkins, are accused of conspiring to influence players to sign with Adidas-sponsored schools Kansas, Louisville, Miami and NC State. Each of the three men has pleaded not guilty.

According to Bowen Sr., Dawkins told him that Arizona assistant coach Joe Pasternack offered $50,000; Oklahoma State assistant coach Lamont Evans offered $150,000 cash, $8,000 for a car and additional money to buy a house; Texas assistant coach Mike Morrell offered to "help me with housing"; and Creighton assistant coach Preston Murphy offered $100,000 and a "good job, a lucrative job."

Pasternack is now the head coach at UC Santa Barbara; Evans is one of three former assistant coaches who are charged in a separate federal case and is accused of accepting bribes from Dawkins and others to influence players to sign with certain agents and financial advisers; Morrell is now the head coach at UNC-Asheville; Murphy, a Saginaw native, is still employed at Creighton.

Both Texas and Creighton released statements Friday that said internal reviews showed no evidence to support what Bowen said in court.

“Our compliance office conducted a review and did not find any information that substantiates the recent testimony at the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York,'' Texas AD Chris Del Conte said in a statement that did mention any names. "We will monitor the information from the court proceedings and continue to cooperate fully should there be any requests from the NCAA."

Creighton said it took the allegations very seriously" but is "confident that Coach Greg McDermott and members of his staff uphold the highest standards of integrity in recruiting."

UCSB athletics spokesman Bill Mahoney said school officials "were not aware" of statements made in court regarding Pasternack prior to Thursday and that they have not been contacted by federal investigators involved in the trial.

Arizona officials have yet to respond to messages left by ESPN. Oklahoma State said it would not comment until the inquiry is complete.

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takes a deal and this never goes to trial

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This could very well happen.

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Maybe, it is possible.

That assumes the DOJ wants a deal. They just might want a full trial for the purposes of future/other cases.

Dawkins has already been found guilty in one trial for fraud involving Kansas, NC State, and Louisville. You would think he's already sought a plea deal for this and the 3rd trial, and been turned down.

This is what I have predicted since day one. This never goes to trial. I say that not with knowledge of the accused decision-logic, but understanding LSU’s karma.