McDermott to Creighton

[Marc Wigim]

Re: McDermott to Creighton

Tough sh!t then. He signed a national letter of intent (you know, that pesky binding contract thing), choosing not to play for his father but for Jacobson.

F*** Doug and f*** Greg

SHENANIGANS.

A letter of intent is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of in the first place. If anything, COACHES should have to sign one of those ridiculous things instead. If I change my mind and no longer want to attend a certain school in the fall, the fact that I play basketball or football should be IRRELEVANT. The LOI is a rule so old men can't outmaneuver other old men. Kids and their college careers have NOTHING to do with it.

That being said, Greg McDermott is beginning to annoy the hell out of me.

[TH1974]

Re: McDermott to Creighton

SHENANIGANS.

A letter of intent is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of in the first place. If anything, COACHES should have to sign one of those ridiculous things instead. If I change my mind and no longer want to attend a certain school in the fall, the fact that I play basketball or football should be IRRELEVANT. The LOI is a rule so old men can't outmaneuver other old men. Kids and their college careers have NOTHING to do with it.

That being said, Greg McDermott is beginning to annoy the hell out of me.

Ah geez.

Schools are giving kids scholarships in exchange for their playing ball. No need for a contract?

[UNIpanther99]

Re: McDermott to Creighton

Let us resolve here and now, that no Blujay fan will pay face value for tickets in Cedar Falls next year. I hope the school offers for purchase extra Creighton tickets to UNI season ticket holders.

[06panther10]

Re: McDermott to Creighton

Let us resolve here and now, that no Blujay fan will pay face value for tickets in Cedar Falls next year. I hope the school offers for purchase extra Creighton tickets to UNI season ticket holders.

We will have to ask Greg if that will be ok with him first.

[07PantherAlum]

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We will have to ask Greg if that will be ok with him first.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

[CincyPanther88]

Re: McDermott to Creighton

Let us resolve here and now, that no Blujay fan will pay face value for tickets in Cedar Falls next year. I hope the school offers for purchase extra Creighton tickets to UNI season ticket holders.

Gotta make sure the game isn't scheduled on a church night. Or when there's a high school game scheduled. Or Iowa or Iowa State aren't playing at that time. And the game is early but not too early. And the tickets are cheap/free.

[UNIpanther99]

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Gotta make sure the game isn't scheduled on a church night. Or when there's a high school game scheduled. Or Iowa or Iowa State aren't playing at that time. And the game is early but not too early. And the tickets are cheap/free.

It really doesn't matter because I'm sure the ticket office will mess it up anyway. (I kid!)

[Panther Alum 83]

Re: McDermott to Creighton

The McLeod crowd could do a version of the USU winning team chant.
"Is that not the classy coach?" "YES THAT IS THE CLASSY COACH!"
"Is that not the selfish coach?" "YES THAT IS THE SELFISH COACH!"
CLASSY COACH
SELFISH COACH
CLASSY COACH
SELFISH COACH
etc etc.

[UNI83]

Re: McDermott to Creighton

The crowd could do a version of the USU winning team chant.
"Is that not the classy coach?" "YES THAT IS THE CLASSY COACH!"
"Is that not the selfish coach?" "YES THAT IS THE SELFISH COACH!"
CLASSY COACH
SELFISH COACH
CLASSY COACH
SELFISH COACH
etc etc.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Middy33]

Re: McDermott to Creighton

[QUOTE=Marc Wigim;228169]

SHENANIGANS.

A letter of intent is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of in the first place. If anything, COACHES should have to sign one of those ridiculous things instead. If I change my mind and no longer want to attend a certain school in the fall, the fact that I play basketball or football should be IRRELEVANT. The LOI is a rule so old men can't outmaneuver other old men. Kids and their college careers have NOTHING to do with it.

QUOTE]

Nailed that on the head!

[GonzoCat]

Re: McDermott to Creighton

I wasn't saying that Jake had much of a choice. I was only replying to Gonzo's post that said McDermott hadn't done anything to get Doug released from his letter.

He hadn't done anything to get him released, see technically it is Doug that has to do something anyway, not his next coach. All he did was talk to one of his friends about the situation. He then proceeded to publicly announce that he was taking one of our recruits with him to his new job.

There is a lot to this that both the MVC and the NCAA should not be happy with. We already know the MVC isn't interested in enforcing their rules. I suppose if UNI doesn't care the NCAA doesn't either.

[UNIpanther99]

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We essentially served as an "escape" job for Eldon Miller. Do you think he would have come to UNI if we had been in the same conference as Western Michigan (his first D-1 job)?

Something tells me he would have looked for an opportunity that would be a better fit.

[TH1974]

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He hadn't done anything to get him released, see technically it is Doug that has to do something anyway, not his next coach. All he did was talk to one of his friends about the situation. He then proceeded to publicly announce that he was taking one of our recruits with him to his new job.

There is a lot to this that both the MVC and the NCAA should not be happy with. We already know the MVC isn't interested in enforcing their rules. I suppose if UNI doesn't care the NCAA doesn't either.

The MVC did enforce its rules. If UNI didn't want to let him out of the LOI, he'd have to sit. Dannen okayed it, so it's over.

[GonzoCat]

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Well you're just wrong. Letting him out of his LOI and not enforcing the two year in conference transfer rule are two separate issues. We have and most likely always would let any athlete out of their commit/scholarship. The MVC has a rule against in conference transfers because this sort of situation cannot be dealt with by the member institutions. Dannen okayed his release, we don't know what he has done with respect to the transfer rule, but I'm sure he isn't going to press the issue. He shouldn't have to, that is the MVC's job, but in this case Elgin has pussed out on his responsibility and put it back on UNI, who is in an obviously tough situation.

[UNIpanther99]

Re: McDermott to Creighton

Well you're just wrong. Letting him out of his LOI and not enforcing the two year in conference transfer rule are two separate issues. We have and most likely always would let any athlete out of their commit/scholarship. The MVC has a rule against in conference transfers because this sort of situation cannot be dealt with by the member institutions. Dannen okayed his release, we don't know what he has done with respect to the transfer rule, but I'm sure he isn't going to press the issue. He shouldn't have to, that is the MVC's job, but in this case Elgin has pussed out on his responsibility and put it back on UNI, who is in an obviously tough situation.

Dannen was on OPR and said Doug has a complete release. It was all or nothing, couldn't do anything in between.