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Originally Posted by kydmb99
It’s pretty amazing that Will Wade and Sean Miller are still active college basketball coaches
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Originally Posted by kydmb99
Sean Miller’s defense attorney told a judge “Sean Miller is paying players”.
Not sure why you wouldn’t cheat at this point tbh
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While I agree it’s crazy Sean Miller still has a job, I think there are a few simple reasons why. Before I go on, I’ll go on record as saying I believe Sean Miller and Arizona are both guilty as sin, and have been at least going back until when I went there in the late 90’s. I haven’t seen that quote from millers defense lawyer, would be interested to read it. All the quotes I can find are of Cristian Dawkins accusing Miller. So far no tapes of Miller himself, just accusations. Dawkins has basically accused every major program of being dirty and paying people off. Maybe all of it is true, maybe some isn’t. Despite all of the evidence (including both his top assistants being charged by the fbi/ncaa for infractions), Miller issued a very strongly (and carefully) worded denial of all charges. The university has stood by him. They/he is either very confident/hopeful/stupid there are no tapes out there or complete lying sack of shit. Which is not unbelievable to think, but that denial was ballsy if there are indeed tapes out there. That leads me to my first reason I think Sean Miller still has a job...
1) Plausible deniability.
2) Recruiting (and some success.) Top 3 class next year. 10 years of elite recruiting. Other than a few years Arizona has been pretty competitive and had quality players go to the nba. Lots of wins and pac12 success and a couple shorts short of a few Final 4’s. If he wasn’t so dirty I think most fans would still support him.
3) Maybe Arizona is just playing a wait and see game to see what other schools/coaches get caught up and see what other programs do.
Best case: vacate some wins and elite 8’s, lose a few scholarships and practice time. Keep good incoming class and make a little run in March.
Worst case: there are tapes. Of Miller. Book. Pasternack. Everyone fired or in jail. Everyone bails in our recruiting class. Finish last in the pac12. Very bad for a very long time.
I don’t know, take that for what it’s worth from an Arizona fan. I have always been a miller fan so it’s a shame it’s all going down in flames like this. Guilty or not, that’s why Sean Miller still has a job.