At the morning press conference explaining the firing of head football coach Butch Davis a week before practice begins, Dick Baddour has asked Chancellor Holden Thorp to start a search for a successor.
The words Baddour used are "as soon as possible" serving out his contract, but will assume duties other than Athletic Director when a successor is named. Baddour wants to have the new AD start a seamless transition for the recruiting process with a new head football coach...
Interviews are this afternoon for the interim head football coach, but sources are telling OSG Sports that the Offensive Coordinator has the inside track for the sake of the athletes on the roster...
Here's coverage from our friends at WRAL-TV and wralsportsfan.com
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
DEVELOPING: UNC Gets NCAA Notice- And It Ain't Good...
And you know that's never good news...
Here's the Notice of Allegations from the folks at the NCAA...
Basically, it says that UNC, through their relationship with former assistant coach John Blake providing false and misleading information to the NCAA enforcement staff and to the institution and for failure to cooperate with the investigation, steered athletes to agent Gary Wichard, and Blake got paid for things he didn't report to UNC that he got paid on.
Tutor Jennifer Wiley refused to provide information to the NCAA enforcement staff and to UNC and provided extra benefits by paying travel and parking expenses and tutored athletes.
There are also allegations of academic fraud against unnamed student-athletes and Wiley, allegations that student-athletes received preferential treatment and accepted impermissible benefits, allegations against a former student-athlete for unethical conduct, and... the ever popular...
"Failure to monitor" Chris Hawkins, the social media activity of the football team in 2010; and possible extra benefits to a student-athlete triggered by agent legislation connected to Hawkins...
That's a lot...
Quoting Chancellor Holden Thorp:
"I deeply regret that Carolina is in this position. We made mistakes, and we have to face that. When the investigation started a year ago, we pledged to cooperate fully with the NCAA, to go where the facts took us, and to face the issues head on. Our level of cooperation is evident in the allegations, some of which arise from facts that we self-reported to the NCAA. We will emerge with a stronger athletics program, and we will restore confidence in Carolina football."
Quoting AD Dick Baddour:
"We are disappointed to be in this position because it goes against everything we believe in, but we are thankful to get to the next step in the process. These are the issues that we have been dealing with since last summer. We will gather the information the NCAA has requested and prepare to address the notice with the NCAA in the fall. We have a strong staff that will help get us through this and put us in a position where we will be a better athletic department as a result. Our fans have been through a lot this past year, and we appreciate their continued patience and support as we work through these next steps with the NCAA."
And quoting head coach Butch Davis:
"I feel terrible that these allegations occurred under my watch. I especially regret that the university has had to endure this scrutiny because of the football program. The responsibility for correcting any problems that put us in this position is mine, and I take that responsibility very seriously.
"I want to thank our fans for the tremendous support we have received. Their loyalty and support has been especially appreciated by our student-athletes. The opportunity I have to serve the University of North Carolina is one that I cherish, and I will continue to focus on improving every aspect of our football program."
UNC has 90 days to provide a response to the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The gets to appear before the committee in Indianapolis on October 28th...
So, who's fired in all of this before we're done...???
Davis...??? Baddour...??? Both...??? None of the above...???
The HQ thinks Davis lasts one more season before he's blown up as a "See...??? See...???" move by the school. Baddour may last. He probably shouldn't...
Here's the early Breaker from our friends at WRAL-TV
((HT: WRALSportsFan.com))
WRAL's wall-to-wall coverage is hyah...
It's a must read...
and all of this leads to deep doodoo...
Here's the Notice of Allegations from the folks at the NCAA...
Basically, it says that UNC, through their relationship with former assistant coach John Blake providing false and misleading information to the NCAA enforcement staff and to the institution and for failure to cooperate with the investigation, steered athletes to agent Gary Wichard, and Blake got paid for things he didn't report to UNC that he got paid on.
Tutor Jennifer Wiley refused to provide information to the NCAA enforcement staff and to UNC and provided extra benefits by paying travel and parking expenses and tutored athletes.
There are also allegations of academic fraud against unnamed student-athletes and Wiley, allegations that student-athletes received preferential treatment and accepted impermissible benefits, allegations against a former student-athlete for unethical conduct, and... the ever popular...
"Failure to monitor" Chris Hawkins, the social media activity of the football team in 2010; and possible extra benefits to a student-athlete triggered by agent legislation connected to Hawkins...
That's a lot...
Quoting Chancellor Holden Thorp:
"I deeply regret that Carolina is in this position. We made mistakes, and we have to face that. When the investigation started a year ago, we pledged to cooperate fully with the NCAA, to go where the facts took us, and to face the issues head on. Our level of cooperation is evident in the allegations, some of which arise from facts that we self-reported to the NCAA. We will emerge with a stronger athletics program, and we will restore confidence in Carolina football."
Quoting AD Dick Baddour:
"We are disappointed to be in this position because it goes against everything we believe in, but we are thankful to get to the next step in the process. These are the issues that we have been dealing with since last summer. We will gather the information the NCAA has requested and prepare to address the notice with the NCAA in the fall. We have a strong staff that will help get us through this and put us in a position where we will be a better athletic department as a result. Our fans have been through a lot this past year, and we appreciate their continued patience and support as we work through these next steps with the NCAA."
And quoting head coach Butch Davis:
"I feel terrible that these allegations occurred under my watch. I especially regret that the university has had to endure this scrutiny because of the football program. The responsibility for correcting any problems that put us in this position is mine, and I take that responsibility very seriously.
"I want to thank our fans for the tremendous support we have received. Their loyalty and support has been especially appreciated by our student-athletes. The opportunity I have to serve the University of North Carolina is one that I cherish, and I will continue to focus on improving every aspect of our football program."
UNC has 90 days to provide a response to the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The gets to appear before the committee in Indianapolis on October 28th...
So, who's fired in all of this before we're done...???
Davis...??? Baddour...??? Both...??? None of the above...???
The HQ thinks Davis lasts one more season before he's blown up as a "See...??? See...???" move by the school. Baddour may last. He probably shouldn't...
Here's the early Breaker from our friends at WRAL-TV
((HT: WRALSportsFan.com))
WRAL's wall-to-wall coverage is hyah...
It's a must read...
and all of this leads to deep doodoo...
Friday, June 17, 2011
Blake, UNC Players Talked In 2009
((HT: WRALSportsfan.com, Raleigh News and Observer/Giglio))
Surprising no one, really, the release of the University of North Carolina phone records revealed that former assistant coach John Blake was in contact with suspended players Marvin Austin and Cam Thomas during the trip to a California training facility in 2009.
The same cell phone records also indicate:
1) That contact was made among Blake, Butch Davis, and agent Gary Wichard and,
2) Blake contacted Wichard and Austin during the first NCAA visit of the investigation...
From Giglio... How-evah...
Austin said in a March 2011 interview that no one at UNC knew about the trip to California. The trip came under scrutiny during the NCAA investigation into whether players received preferential treatment, benefits or services.
"They had no reason to know," Austin said of the trip at UNC's pro day before the NFL draft on March 31. "I didn't think I had to call the university and say, 'Well, I'm going to California to go train.'"
Oops...
WRAL-TV's Erin Hartness has the first words out of the Triangle...
Surprising no one, really, the release of the University of North Carolina phone records revealed that former assistant coach John Blake was in contact with suspended players Marvin Austin and Cam Thomas during the trip to a California training facility in 2009.
The same cell phone records also indicate:
1) That contact was made among Blake, Butch Davis, and agent Gary Wichard and,
2) Blake contacted Wichard and Austin during the first NCAA visit of the investigation...
From Giglio... How-evah...
Austin said in a March 2011 interview that no one at UNC knew about the trip to California. The trip came under scrutiny during the NCAA investigation into whether players received preferential treatment, benefits or services.
"They had no reason to know," Austin said of the trip at UNC's pro day before the NFL draft on March 31. "I didn't think I had to call the university and say, 'Well, I'm going to California to go train.'"
Oops...
WRAL-TV's Erin Hartness has the first words out of the Triangle...
Thursday, June 16, 2011
UNC Prelim Numbers Reveal $13K In Unpaid Tickets
((HT: Raleigh News and Observer/Perez, Blythe))
The University of North Carolina has released their preliminary findings in the investigation in and around their football program, and the early numbers show $13,000 in unpaid parking tickets...
Robbi Pickeral has the numbers breakdown for the N&O...
The inundation of paperwork requested by a lot of media outlets came on the same day that the state Court of Appeals denied UNC's request to delay the release of those records. This may give us all an idea where the NCAA is heading in their investigation at present...
The News and Observer requested information on:
Charles Brown, Kendric Burney, Bruce Carter, Ryan Houston, Dwight Jones, Donte Paige-Moss, Robert Quinn, Kevin Reddick, Greg Little, Johnny White, Deunta Williams.
But, in return, UNC did not release the names of players listed on the citations, and did not release the citations either. The school maintains there is only one copy of the ticket.
More when we know more... and there should be more...
The University of North Carolina has released their preliminary findings in the investigation in and around their football program, and the early numbers show $13,000 in unpaid parking tickets...
Robbi Pickeral has the numbers breakdown for the N&O...
The inundation of paperwork requested by a lot of media outlets came on the same day that the state Court of Appeals denied UNC's request to delay the release of those records. This may give us all an idea where the NCAA is heading in their investigation at present...
The News and Observer requested information on:
Charles Brown, Kendric Burney, Bruce Carter, Ryan Houston, Dwight Jones, Donte Paige-Moss, Robert Quinn, Kevin Reddick, Greg Little, Johnny White, Deunta Williams.
But, in return, UNC did not release the names of players listed on the citations, and did not release the citations either. The school maintains there is only one copy of the ticket.
More when we know more... and there should be more...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
DEVELOPING: Agent Finances Subpoenad In UNC Case
Investigators have issued a search warrant for the financial records of suspended NFL agent Gary Wichard. They're checking on the idea that the laws governing agents in the state of North Carolina have been broken and/or circumvented when Wichard was allegedly wooing North Carolina players Marvin Austin and Kentwon Balmer.
The search warrant is for Bank of America documents concerning Wichard's Pro Tect Management LLC since January of 2009. The idea is that PTM reimbursed Austin and Balmer's high school coach who paid for plane tickets to the west coast.
A copy of the search warrant is hyah
The North Carolina Secretary of State's office started their investigation after the NCAA began looking into possible agent-related benefits in North Carolina's football
program.
Secretary of State spokesman George Jeter said the search warrant was "definitely a step forward in the investigation."
The statement from the Secretary of State's office also believes, in the warrant, there is "probable cause to believe that PTM and Wichard furnished items of value to Austin."
The NFL Players Association suspended Wichard in December for nine months for his role in the UNC probe.
Here's a story from October where WRAL-TV's Jason Jennings caught up with Tarheel teammates after the initial suspensions...
The search warrant is for Bank of America documents concerning Wichard's Pro Tect Management LLC since January of 2009. The idea is that PTM reimbursed Austin and Balmer's high school coach who paid for plane tickets to the west coast.
A copy of the search warrant is hyah
The North Carolina Secretary of State's office started their investigation after the NCAA began looking into possible agent-related benefits in North Carolina's football
program.
Secretary of State spokesman George Jeter said the search warrant was "definitely a step forward in the investigation."
The statement from the Secretary of State's office also believes, in the warrant, there is "probable cause to believe that PTM and Wichard furnished items of value to Austin."
The NFL Players Association suspended Wichard in December for nine months for his role in the UNC probe.
Here's a story from October where WRAL-TV's Jason Jennings caught up with Tarheel teammates after the initial suspensions...
Monday, October 11, 2010
DEVELOPING: North Carolina makes players under investigation go away...for good...
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Here is a statement released by UNC Athletic Director Dick Baddour:
Oct. 11, 2010 Statement from Dick Baddour, UNC Director of Athletics on today's events:
“It’s a sad day when three young men are no longer able to represent their school based on actions they have taken and decisions they have made contrary to NCAA rules. Unfortunately, they made serious mistakes in judgment in accepting extra benefits and then not being truthful with our staff and NCAA representatives. Now they must forfeit the privilege of playing again for the Tar Heels. Although they are responsible for their actions, they are part of our university and our program and we will support them as they move into the next phases of their lives. I know they love to play the game, but I hope they will learn from their mistakes and lead productive and responsible careers.
As an institution, we must learn from these mistakes and work with the NCAA and others who love the game of football to repair the environment in which they occurred. College football is a wonderful game, but we need to closely examine and address the agent-related problems. The University of North Carolina pledges to do all it can to do that.
I hate that these issues have hurt the University of North Carolina and our fans. We have so much to be proud of as a University. We will learn from this and we will become a better program as a result.”
According the NCAA: Little accepted diamond earrings, travel and other benefits, Quinn took 2 black diamond watches, earrings and more travel. Austin's benefit's were not specified.
Read more about this from WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham RIGHT HERE
This...well....there really isn't anything good that can be said about this. Between this and the John Blake investigation, UNC is in a world of trouble; the only question is--how much?
Already, there have been whispers that Head Coach Butch Davis won't survive this either. He may survive the season, it would be somewhat counterproductive to do anything now, but we wouldn't be surprised if the Tar Heels are looking for a new coach...someone who will have to rebuild a program that is in deep trouble.
Baddour and Coach Davis addressed the media on Monday. (Thanks WRAL-TV)
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