Connecting The Dots - OU Assistant To Financial Advisor To Tiny Gallon
by ccmachine on May 20, 2010 12:48 AM CDT
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PrintIn his latest mock draft, ESPN's Chad Ford has Willie Warren and Tiny Gallon going in the final two picks of the first round of the year's NBA Draft but the NCAA may be having the Sooners back on probation. The Oklahoma athletic program comes off probation from football and basketball violations this Sunday but the latest break in the latest basketball scandal may have the Sooners landing back on the NCAA hot seat.
A review of former Oklahoma men's basketball assistant coach Oronde Taliaferro's phone records showed that the coach had exchanged 41 phone calls and 25 text messages with financial advisor Jeffrey Hausinger. I think that this officially removes coincidence option when it comes to Tiny receiving $3,000 from Hausinger. When you consider the fact that the peak of their correspondence was August of last year, the same month as the Gallon payoff, it looks down right bad for the program.
Jeff Capel has done an outstanding job of recruiting after getting a late start due to the notices of Warren, Gallon and Tommy Mason-Griffin leaving. However, a year after his peak as the master of the Sooner hard court sideline Capel's team literally fell apart and quit in him. Now instead of being the guy to land Blake Griffin, his legacy could be defined as the guy who allowed one of the greatest scandals in OU basketball history to fall on his watch.
An investigation is still ongoing but this latest news can't be helpful to Oklahoma's cause. If the NCAA levies more sanctions against the program what, if anything, do you think should happen to Jeff Capel?
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Man my heart goes out to you guys
OU is firmly entrenched as my most hated Big XII team but as a fan of basketball your offseason keeps giving me shivers. Here’s to hoping its mostly smoke, less fire and Capel stays.
by 2.1 seconds left on May 20, 2010 9:35 AM CDT reply actions
Saw this one coming a mile away
OU suddenly becomes a hot bed for recruiting McDonald’s All-Americans. Why? Cause of Capel’s sparkling personality?
Remember the SMU death penalty? I know the NCAA will never do that again, but a major violation like this, while already on probation, and it would be an option on the table.
Joe Castiglione, messed up on this hire. Capel should be fired.
I agree.
Castiglione is a WONDERFUL AD, one of the greatest in the country. But sometimes his greatest failing is that he’s too good a guy, and too willing to stick by his hires. This is usually OK, but given the recent past of OU’s basketball program, he needs to temporarily dump this policy. We can’t have two coaches in a row have this sort of thing happen under their watch. Stoops has managed to escape serious punishment from the NCAA because he acts quickly to kill whatever crap starts around him. Joe C. needs to do the same thing here.
by ousooner919 on May 21, 2010 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions
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if talifero was blatantly breaking rules, why would he use a cell phone paid for by OU which could be traced, and not a throw-away phone that can’t? surely he’s not that stupid.
Team FIRST, Effort SECOND, Talent THIRD, Selfish NEVER
Why would Tiger Woods give out his personal cell phone number to random girls he’s banging on the side, surely he’s not that stupid.
by Displaced Longhorn on May 21, 2010 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions
impressive retort
what a wordsmith – obviously oronde, tiger and yourself have spent too much time in the cesspool you call a state – “surely he’s not that stupid” is something in the water and you need to contact the epa to get it removed.
Team FIRST, Effort SECOND, Talent THIRD, Selfish NEVER
lol, you’re so butt hurt over nothing…
i’m merely saying people do stupid things, why do you expect anything more of them? are you more surprised that you were cheating? or that you were cheating stupidly?
by Displaced Longhorn on May 24, 2010 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions
while I am in no way condoning or defending anyone…. really $3000 is all it took to get a McDonald’s All American? & why is there ties from the douche bag advisor to Oklahoma, maybe I missed something, but why Oklahoma? $hit, if they really need $$$ what is 3grand?? Even if this is another issue with the NCAA, really his $3000 + Bomar’s $3000 doesnt amount to one months rent that was paid for U$C players…..
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