Posted by dstyle on December 17, 09 at 12:35:08:
In Reply to: All the people defending Murphy should hibernate. posted by NewportDevil on December 17, 09 at 10:04:09:
: : Will you STFU up. I hate to say I told you so, but your boy Murphy may not only have killed the baseball program but maybe the entire athletic program.
: : Hopefully the proactive work by Lisa Love will save the school from any further embarrassment wrought by Murphy.
: *****
: He didn't kill the entire program. Not even close but those who didn't know what a lot of us had heard weeks ago regarding this now look really stupid for calling out Lisa Love and the Department for letting Murphy go so fast.
: If you don't know any inside information, it is best to keep quiet to avoid looking like a fool when the facts come out.
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I don't support Murph. But, if LL had said he was forced to resign or she was firing him because of possible ncaa infractions insteasd of saying it had nothing to do with the ncaa, then the guys with no inside information wouldn't have gone nuts. LL had her own report from Ice-Miller and it should have been enough for her to act on.
I sitll support LL, but I don't think she handled the resign or fire issue very well.
She gave Murph enough rope to hang himself apparently, and everyone now hopes she didn't hang the whole athletic department too.