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Post by Big D on Aug 27, 2005 7:28:06 GMT -5
After reading all that has been released over the last few months, it looks like Coach B is going to found guilty by the NCAA. The NCAA's initial report cited O'Brien and Biancardi for breaking NCAA rules and when OSU responded earlier this week they basically blamed both coaches. Coach B has a chance to defend himself in December in an NCAA hearing. The NCAA will then rule on the matter in the next few months following the hearing. You have to believe that Coach B is going to be found guilty based on what has been released to date and the fact that OSU is throwing him to the wolves.
Here is the big question: What is WSU going to do when he is found guilty? Based on what has been reported, Coach B is only going to get the equivalent to a slap on the wrist. I have seen speculations that it could be limitations on off campus recruiting or he could personally be placed on probation for 2-4 years. WSU would most likely not lose scholarships and would not be banned from the post season play. You also have to look at when the NCAA is going to release it's final ruling. If the hearing is in December, the ruling won't be until sometime in January or February. Based on our weak schedule this year and how good our team could be this year, WSU could be having one of it's best seasons in the last decade.
What will WSU do under this scenario?
The NCAA finds Coach B guilty.
They give him a slap on the wrist (restrict his off campus recruiting for 2 years)
and WSU is in the running for a HL championship when the ruling is released
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Post by wsu97 on Aug 27, 2005 7:43:06 GMT -5
I think WSU will fire Coach Biancardi if he is found guilty. It won't matter what the sanctions are or how well WSU is doing when the NCAA releases it's findings. WSU won't compromise it's image for a coach. We fired Underhill for much less and he is the reason we went to Division 1.
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Post by bballraider on Aug 27, 2005 15:05:29 GMT -5
I think when Coach Biancardi, finally states his side to the NCAA, they will probably not put any major sanctions on him at all. I agree with Big D on the speculations that it could be limitations on off campus recruiting or he could personally be placed on probation for 2-4 years. Nothing that will cause Coach B to lose his job, or hurt WSU in any major way. I think there are too many people pointing fingers in different directions with little physical proof to implicate Coach B in anything too substantial. But the NCAA does a lot of stupid things, as they do not have to answer to anybody themselves, so you never know. But in the end I think WSU will continue on, just as before all this Salyers stuff came up.
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Post by Wolf on Aug 27, 2005 16:46:04 GMT -5
We fired Underhill for much less and he is the reason we went to Division 1. That is what scares me. It looks like Coach Biancardi is going to be used as the scapegoat and I don't think Cusak has the cajones to stand behind him. I am still hoping that he only gets a slap on the wrist and WSU decides to stand behind him. |
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Post by Big D on Aug 27, 2005 17:16:37 GMT -5
I don't know what WSU will do when all is said and done. I don't have any real faith in Cusack. I think he is going to cover his own butt no matter what. If he can do that and not have to fire Coach B, I think he will. If he is going to take much heat for keeping Coach B, I doubt he will stand by him.
Personally, I would like WSU to release a statement that they have reviewed all the evidence from the investigation and they believe Coach B and plan to stand behind him regardless of what the NCAA decides. I think that would put an end to this matter. The newspapers keep bringing it up because it is a negative story and there has been no resolution to it yet. If WSU says we aren't going to fire Coach B no matter what the NCAA says, I think the story will die down for the most part. Our recruiting would also pick up tremebously by that announcement. I think the hardest part to selling WSU to a recruit right now is the question "is Coach B going to be fired? We also need to replace Coach Greer. No quality assistant coach is going to come anywhere near here if they are worried about there boss being fired in the next few months. Cusack would never do it, but releasing a statement now makes alot of sense.
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Post by wsugrad on Aug 27, 2005 17:22:13 GMT -5
I am sorry but there are to many fans dismissing this thing. This has been going on forever and it looks worse now than when it started.
There is obvioulsly proof somewhere or both the NCAA and the tOSU would not be making the claims they are. Things look bad for him and at this point I believe tOSU. I have been following them a lot longer than I have known PB. If he did these things he needs to go. It looks like he did.
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Post by bballraider on Aug 27, 2005 23:30:32 GMT -5
That's funny because I think there are too many fans that think the sky is falling. That's just my opinion, but I am an optimist until the sky ACTUALLY falls on me. Reality says that the situation lies somewhere in between. That is why I feel Coach B will get some kind of sanction against him, but since WSU did nothing wrong and Coach B was an ASSISTANT at the time, those sanctions will be comparable to a slap on the wrist.
Big D, I like your idea of WSU doing their own investigation and putting out a statement to help settle the uncertainty of the situation. But we know that's not going to happen because of the NCAA's unaccountablity and WSU and Cusak, not wanting to paint themselves into a corner.
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Post by wsu97 on Aug 28, 2005 7:55:10 GMT -5
This was taken from todays dayton daily news.
Cusack said all of his coaches sign an NCAA form stating that they have not broken any NCAA rules or regulations.
"They sign this paper that says they haven't broken any rules," Cusack said. "If you sign it and lied, you're gone. Our reputation and history is not affected by this.
"When the time comes, we'll do the right thing. Am I worried? When the time comes, I'm going to make the right decision in conjunction with our (school) hierarchy."
I don't think it is going to matter how insignificant the sanctions are. If the NCAA finds Biancardi guilty Cusack is going to fire him.
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Post by Big D on Aug 28, 2005 8:06:16 GMT -5
It looks like Cusack came out with a statement and it was pretty much what I expected. He just guaranteed us 5-6 more months of speculation about what is going to happen with the basketball team. His statement really paints WSU into a corner now. Even if Coach B is only found guilty of minor violations and gets a slap on the wrist, Cusack has to fire him because of what he said to the DDN.
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Post by BBall Fan on Aug 28, 2005 19:59:24 GMT -5
The big question: Who will be on the WSU payroll the longest? Coach B or Coach Schilling?
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