re: Will Wade to meet LSU sometime tomorrow (Wednesday) Updated Thursday, 4/11

Reading all of these comments and terrible analogies gives me a headache. This has been said multiple times before, but always seems to get lost. So I guess it needs to be said again:

Wade has been subpoenaed to testify in a federal criminal trial as a witness. Alleva and King asked to speak with him about things that he would likely testify to at the trial, and later want to include representatives from the NCAA. Wade’s attorney, LIKE ANY ATTORNEY WORTH THEIR SALT, advised him not to talk about ANY of this to ANYONE, until the trial is over. If he does, he subjects everyone he speaks with to being wrapped up into this trial as an attempt to attack Wade’s credibility by seeing if his story is consistent. That is why Wade asked to let this play out first and asked to speak after the conclusion of the trial. Alleva and King should have understood and respected that request. It is completely reasonable. They should have backed their coach and told the NCAA that they are currently looking into this and hope to have a conclusion by the beginning of May when the trial is over. Instead, they, specifically Alleva, have handled this the worst imaginable way.

My only guess is all of that was in an effort to avoid being slapped with the “lack of institution control” penalty. Im sure that penalty would most likely void Alleva’s contract and he’d lose out on a chunk of money, and probably get King on the hot seat too. So they panic and do everything they can to avoid it.

So stop comparing it to just blowing off a meeting with your boss, or an employee getting caught embezzling money. Wade is not under criminal investigation. Wade did not break any laws. Wade has no obligation to sit down with the NCAA right now.

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You want to put your neck out further than it already is for a guy that would sell you as a sex slave if he thought it would help better his position somehow?

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Yes.

Your response shows clearly that you're blinded by your hatred for Alleva, and can't look at the situation objectively.

Suppose wade cheated.

Suppose wade wants to coach college basketball in the future.

Would it best to throw your boss and the whole program under the bus, or better to protect your boss and the program in hopes that another school might eventually want to hire you?

Who would hire a coach that would bring their whole program down? I want a guy who's willing to take the fall if he gets caught - a 'company man'.

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See ole miss and SMU and read how their punishment was increased because they lied.

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See every single other NCAA basketball coach who has lied about cheating.

If they all do it, and everyone denies it, aren't they ALL lying?

Are cheaters really known for being honest people?

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Your response shows clearly that you're blinded by your hatred for Alleva, and can't look at the situation objectively.

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No it doesn't. It shows that I have seen how Alleva operates which is to throw anyone under the bus to save his own arse. Knowing this, I am not gonna meet Joe at the bus stop and make it easier for him.

He fricked those Duke kids based on the story of a god damn hooker. There is zero reason that any coach should trust him to have their best interests at heart in any situation let alone one that could also get him fired.

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Would it best to throw your boss and the whole program under the bus, or better to protect your boss and the program in hopes that another school might eventually want to hire you?

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The only people putting the program in immediate danger are Alleva and Alexander. They created this whole mess by demanding meetings under circumstances that no one would agree to and then suspending the coach.

Is anyone talking about the Arizona coach that was on tape offering $100k for a player? No cuz his AD didn't go rogue trying to make sure his own arse was covered.

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my statement would be the absolute same, "I am in compliance. I can't comment further."

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So in other words, you're gonna show up with Joe Alleva, F King Alexander, their attorney, and NCAA Reps. And proceed to waste everybody's time by making a statement to them that Wade almost assuredly already said to them. So you're going to piss everybody off, in addition to everything else. Great plan there, bud.

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anything you say can and will be used against you.

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Try a hypothetical where this is used against me:

"I am in full compliance with NCAA rules. I cannot comment further due to the on-going investigation."

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"I am in full compliance with NCAA rules. I cannot comment further due to the on-going investigation."

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You keep harping on this. The message is fine. What is not fine is public knowledge of this meeting.

Do you understand why? FYI it’s been explained in this thread several times.

See, the problem with you and this other yo yo from Atlanta is that y'all are both applying terrible analogies, assumptions, making up terms of a contract in your head, and terrible strategy of handling a complex situation. And after all of that, the integral is to hang Will Wade out to dry. Judge, jury, and executioner.

And mind you, this is our (LSU) coach we're talking about. But y'all sure are quick to throw him under the bus. Especially a guy who made us relevant again after a miserable decade with basketball.

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What if the bosses canceled the meeting right before you were about to show up?

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It's happened to me before. I wait for the meeting to be rescheduled, and then I show up.

Do you none of you attend meetings regularly with management, administrative or executive staff? They call me, I go. No excuses. If I have something else scheduled for that time, I reschedule it.