Comments on: ND has gone too far!! http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2007/01/23/nd-has-gone-too-far/ Bloggin' Big East basketball since way back (2006). Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:37:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Coach O http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2007/01/23/nd-has-gone-too-far/#comment-285 Coach O Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:54:35 +0000 http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2007/01/23/nd-has-gone-too-far/#comment-285 Dan'l B I agree with you that these problems shouldn't be dismissed. And I really hope that you are right about the future of the UConn players. I also agree with Donald that these are not the same situations because the UConn one happened on campus and the Notre Dame one did not. I would have suspended McAlarney for the season if I were the coach. Basketball was not my issue or point here. Dismissal from the University over something that happened in another jurisdiction is what I was referring to. This will hurt ND hoops this year no doubt. It showed in Brey's comments (he is sworn to not discuss the situation by the administration) about a dagger in the heart as well as the sluggish beginning last night vs. SJU. Can they recover? Who knows. What I do know is that if they can't play on the road they are doomed to finishes like last night which was frighteningly similar to last season. Dan’l B

I agree with you that these problems shouldn’t be dismissed. And I really hope that you are right about the future of the UConn players. I also agree with Donald that these are not the same situations because the UConn one happened on campus and the Notre Dame one did not.

I would have suspended McAlarney for the season if I were the coach. Basketball was not my issue or point here. Dismissal from the University over something that happened in another jurisdiction is what I was referring to.

This will hurt ND hoops this year no doubt. It showed in Brey’s comments (he is sworn to not discuss the situation by the administration) about a dagger in the heart as well as the sluggish beginning last night vs. SJU. Can they recover? Who knows. What I do know is that if they can’t play on the road they are doomed to finishes like last night which was frighteningly similar to last season.

]]> By: Dan'l B http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2007/01/23/nd-has-gone-too-far/#comment-284 Dan'l B Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:24:06 +0000 http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2007/01/23/nd-has-gone-too-far/#comment-284 It's incredibly shortsighted to respond to these types of problems by kicking them to the curb. I'm sure that many people see a glaring double standard in the way that UConn handled Williams and Price recently, but I prefer to hold out the hope that those guys have become better people by being rehabilitated rather than discarded. On the court, McAlarney was a huge contributor. ND had started so well, but the season will almost assuredly be a disappointment by the end. Redemption after last year's incredible close-game record was in hand. It’s incredibly shortsighted to respond to these types of problems by kicking them to the curb. I’m sure that many people see a glaring double standard in the way that UConn handled Williams and Price recently, but I prefer to hold out the hope that those guys have become better people by being rehabilitated rather than discarded.

On the court, McAlarney was a huge contributor. ND had started so well, but the season will almost assuredly be a disappointment by the end. Redemption after last year’s incredible close-game record was in hand.

]]> By: Coach O http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2007/01/23/nd-has-gone-too-far/#comment-279 Coach O Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:58:25 +0000 http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2007/01/23/nd-has-gone-too-far/#comment-279 Donald As a lifelong fan of ND as well as others...... I just think that if I was a high school senior and was being courted by the Irish as well as others, I would think twice or three times before committing to a school that cuts loose someone who needs help rather than to support him. We all have done things that would have gotten us thrown out of Notre Dame at one point in our lives. I wish the team and Coach Brey well for the rest of the season and they will need it. They have a tough road ahead of them beginning with tonight at St. John's...... I see them as an 8 or 9 seed at MSG in March, where they could have done much better if ResLife would have stayed out of it and let the coach deal with his player. I feel Brey would have suspended KMac for the season anyway, just don't feel that the administration had any right to do this. As far as UConn, I think we all realize that there is a much different set of rules. Even different for starters and bench players. Donald

As a lifelong fan of ND as well as others…… I just think that if I was a high school senior and was being courted by the Irish as well as others, I would think twice or three times before committing to a school that cuts loose someone who needs help rather than to support him.

We all have done things that would have gotten us thrown out of Notre Dame at one point in our lives. I wish the team and Coach Brey well for the rest of the season and they will need it. They have a tough road ahead of them beginning with tonight at St. John’s……

I see them as an 8 or 9 seed at MSG in March, where they could have done much better if ResLife would have stayed out of it and let the coach deal with his player. I feel Brey would have suspended KMac for the season anyway, just don’t feel that the administration had any right to do this.

As far as UConn, I think we all realize that there is a much different set of rules. Even different for starters and bench players.

]]> By: donald http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2007/01/23/nd-has-gone-too-far/#comment-278 donald Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:26:28 +0000 http://www.bigeasthoops.com/2007/01/23/nd-has-gone-too-far/#comment-278 Amen. I couldn't agree more. The contrast to the UCONN fiasco last year is pretty astounding: theft on campus suspends you for either half a season  the full season at UCONN while marijuana possession off campus gets you expelled at Notre Dame. Amen. I couldn’t agree more.

The contrast to the UCONN fiasco last year is pretty astounding: theft on campus suspends you for either half a season  the full season at UCONN while marijuana possession off campus gets you expelled at Notre Dame.

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