The BasketVols Thread

Just found out about everything. What a kick in the gonads.
 
NCAA investigation could mean bad things for Donnie Tyndall at UT - CBSSports.com

There's a way to get done what Donnie Tyndall -- or somebody connected to the Southern Miss program he ran from April 2012 to April 2014 -- is alleged to have gotten done.

It's in violation of NCAA rules, certainly.

But it's smart and difficult for the NCAA to catch.

Need to handle expenses for a player before you can put him on scholarship?

Here's how you do it: You instruct the player to get an apartment near campus, enroll in classes and max-out on student loans. Tell him to get as much student-loan money as he can. Buy a nice TV. Hook an Xbox One up to it. Live life. Enjoy. And don't worry about a thing because those student loans will be "handled" down the road, one way or another.

Five years later, a booster will pay the balance off.

Maybe wait 10, just to play it safe.

"That's absolutely the way you'd do it," one coach told me Thursday.

But, I'm told, that's not the way Donnie Tyndall -- or somebody connected to the Southern Miss program he ran from April 2012 to April 2014 -- is alleged to have done it, point being the first-year Tennessee coach now has some kind of mess on his hands.

"This was way sloppier than that," a source told CBSSports.com.
Click to expand...
 
Last edited:
It's not surprising at all. Because if you're dumb enough to get caught once, you're dumb enough to get caught again. Pearl got busted for the same illegal contact rule he broke at Milwaukee; Tyndall just got caught doing the same basic thing (illegal benefits from boosters) he got in trouble for at Morehead. The reason you hire somebody who's never been in any trouble with the NCAA is not because you expect college BB coaches to be altar boys; the reason you hire someone with a clean record is because it's dumb to hire someone who's a proven idiot.
 
If Tyndall gets connected with this -- and since he's already moved on from Southern Miss, you have to assume everyone in their compliance department is going to be highly motivated to open up their files in hopes of pinnning everything on him -- then he's a second-time offender. For the same thing. You have to think that the hammer would come down on him. And we will have to move on.
 
FWIW, Springbok just posted "Nothing to see here" in the BB forum. That's a relief. Can't wait to see Coach Jon Gruden lead our Vols against Kentucky next weekend.
 
Vercingetorix said:
It's not surprising at all. Because if you're dumb enough to get caught once, you're dumb enough to get caught again. Pearl got busted for the same illegal contact rule he broke at Milwaukee; Tyndall just got caught doing the same basic thing (illegal benefits from boosters) he got in trouble for at Morehead. The reason you hire somebody who's never been in any trouble with the NCAA is not because you expect college BB coaches to be altar boys; the reason you hire someone with a clean record is because it's dumb to hire someone who's a proven idiot.
Click to expand...

Didn't know he had a record, which is why I was curious
 
Allvol said:
Didn't know he had a record, which is why I was curious
Click to expand...

Ah, sorry. I forget the exact details, but Morehead State was put on probation while he was there for illegal benefits provided by boosters. Tyndall "accepted full responsibility," so he was in the loop. Swore that he'd learned his lesson, etc etc etc.
 
Vercingetorix said:
Reading the BB forum makes me stupider BTW. Not recommended.
Click to expand...

Tried keeping up with the game thread the other night. Ended up being a pissing contest with intermittent topical posts. I gave up rather quickly.
 
Vercingetorix said:
Ah, sorry. I forget the exact details, but Morehead State was put on probation while he was there for illegal benefits provided by boosters. Tyndall "accepted full responsibility," so he was in the loop. Swore that he'd learned his lesson, etc etc etc.
Click to expand...

He seems likeable, but if this is true and traces to him I want him gone. I'm tired of this crap.

Name an interim and start looking for a charismatic up-and-comer. Were pretty much starting from scratch as it is.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Members online

No members online now.
Total: 36 (members: 0, guests: 36)

Share this page

Back
Top