With a lot of "he said / he said" floating around, but nothing concrete, it's impossible to know what to believe. But I still can't understand how CJB has been a head coach at two universities for multiple years and until this crapshow hit there has been nothing negative said about him like is being said now. And the players who are complaining are all from one class...who never got a chance to experience a "normal" recruiting and bonding time together. Time spent isolated will usually foster a strengthening of negative thought. There has to be a lot more to this story that hopefully we will be told soon. I thought CJB was a good hire. It's been a tough first two years for him. The battle of wills with Jarron and the death of his father last year. The Covid-19 catastrophe this year. Not an ideal situation - one that definitely has no blueprint to follow. For those who are saying CJB seemed to have a "rage" on the sidelines, can you not remember Mick's outbursts? There is not a coach that hasn't been that way.
I'm not absolving CJB of all sins. Certainly it sounds as though things could have been handled better. But I'm still seeing a a group of immature 18 year olds (and maybe some parents too) who just didn't understand that this was no longer AAU ball.
As I read on another board, have to remember that Prez Pinto was at UofL during the Pitino/Jurich proceedings. Cunningham is a Pinto hire. There has to be a bond there that is giving the benefit of the doubt to Cunningham I would suppose.
Like many, I pray this doesn't negatively affect football / Coach Fickell.
I'm not absolving CJB of all sins. Certainly it sounds as though things could have been handled better. But I'm still seeing a a group of immature 18 year olds (and maybe some parents too) who just didn't understand that this was no longer AAU ball.
As I read on another board, have to remember that Prez Pinto was at UofL during the Pitino/Jurich proceedings. Cunningham is a Pinto hire. There has to be a bond there that is giving the benefit of the doubt to Cunningham I would suppose.
Like many, I pray this doesn't negatively affect football / Coach Fickell.
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