Season Updates

[TheRealMick]

Have ZERO problem with no MOMS allowed. I practiced this myself. He might have insecure wife who knows. Can’t see them doing investigations just for parent participation.

 

[waterhead]

Uc is never getting into a p5. Ship has sailed... probably shouldn’t even bring that up.

That ship was apparently going to get hot again as contracts come up in 2023. Football will be by far the biggest factor but BB will help.

 

[Bcatfollower]

That ship was apparently going to get hot again as contracts come up in 2023. Football will be by far the biggest factor but BB will help.

No market value adds. Probably be better off independent and sign a deal with Netflix

 

[cincyguy13]

I don't even know what the complaint is. A parent can be involved in their kid's life without being involved with the program. No parent should ever feel entitled to be involved in the program.

It’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard. If a guy sucks at coaching, fine. I don’t think we should be tearing down the guys character over not letting the parents be part of the program during a pandemic. This whole thing is getting dumber and dumber by the day. And so are the reasons the players are unhappy

 

[sedziobs]

No market value adds. Probably be better off independent and sign a deal with Netflix

Gambling is the future of sports revenue. Fox Sports rebranding as Bally's, will probably become a joint broadcasting/betting platform. NFL Hall of Fame building a casino on site. The legalization of sports betting is going to change everything.

 

[Lefty]

These 14 players have left since brannen took the job,

Lol this is a pretty good team!!

Logan Johnson
Trevor Moore
Rashawn Fredricks
Laquill Hardnett
Mamoudou Diarra
Eliel Nsoseme
Prince Toyambi
Nysier Brooks
Jay Sorolla
Rapolas Ivanauskas
Zach Harvey
Mike Saunders
Tari Eason
Gabe Madsen
Mason Madsen

All due respect, why is this a pretty good team ?
Other than LoJo and Nysier, and Harvey & the
Fresh, I don’t see much .

 

[TheLivingLegend]

The more I think about this the more John becomes favorable to me.

If there was any sort of cause he would take a buyout for his sake he's not a dummy.

This screams more and more like Cunningham just hates the guy and wants him out.

If Cunningham is truly railroading the program just to make it impossible for John to win he should be fired immediately.

 

[sedziobs]

Lobot says Cunningham wants Brannen gone. Not exactly a revelation at this point. Apparently Justin Williams article says they're looking at CARA violations (max 20hr / week team activities).

 

[TheLivingLegend]

Lobot says Cunningham wants Brannen gone. Not exactly a revelation at this point. Apparently Justin Williams article says they're looking at CARA violations (max 20hr / week team activities).

John is no dummy. If he broke a rule like that you would think he would know and take a buyout.

At this point. Cunningham needs to grow. He's setting john up to fail so he can be gone

 

[Bcatfollower]

John is no dummy. If he broke a rule like that you would think he would know and take a buyout.

At this point. Cunningham needs to grow. He's setting john up to fail so he can be gone

At what point does the prez step in?

 

[skyblade]

From Justin Williams article (probably worth the $1/month for 6 months).

"But any narrative that the issues with Brannen were limited to a clique of underclassmen or the result of a lone ringleader is disingenuous, according to other sources, and extended to additional players and staff."

Sounds like Brannen created a toxic culture. Cunningham trying to clean that up by firing Brannen with cause. They probably got him on CARA violations, something pretty minor but it's enough to fire with cause.

Brannen probably doesn't want to leave because he wanted to be the coach of UC for his entire life and two because he knows (as do all the fans) that CARA violations is just an excuse for "cause".

 

[TheLivingLegend]

At what point does the prez step in?

I truly think that needs to happen. Cunningham truly should be investigated for his handling of this. It's been putrid on all levels.

And for the record... Im not even sold john is the answer. But this is ridiculous.

 

[sedziobs]

The more I think about this the more John becomes favorable to me.

If there was any sort of cause he would take a buyout for his sake he's not a dummy.

This screams more and more like Cunningham just hates the guy and wants him out.

If Cunningham is truly railroading the program just to make it impossible for John to win he should be fired immediately.

The picture seems to change on a daily basis, but this is where I'm at now too. Whatever reasons he has for wanting Brannen out, Cunningham better get it done with a new coach lined up next week. Even if he does that, firing a coach with a drawn out, secretive process and reaching for a flimsy cause technicality is not a good look for a program. It's all so underhanded.

 

[skyblade]

I'm fine with this. Cunningham and the administration spent time investigating the claims of the players regarding culture. Apparently it involved multiple staff as well and possibly some players still on the team. At some point, Cunningham and the admins (and quite possibly even the University president) decided they wanted him gone.

But, creating a toxic culture while bad for the team and the university is not a fireable offense and they didn't have the money to fire Brannen. So they went digging. They found CARA violations, a technicality - a rule that many coaches violate - but it is a technicality that gives cause.

If it wasn't for the toxic culture Brannen created, they wouldn't have looked for the CARA violations. If it wasn't for the violations, they wouldn't have found cause and would have been forced to keep Brannen around a couple more years (and they would have issued a statement of support).

But now they have toxic culture as why they want to fire him and CARA violations as cause. The independent fact finder is dotting the I's and crossing the T's. They know cause will be found, but they have to go through the formal process.

Brannen is gone. Good riddance. In two years he burned the program down and made over half his players and some of his staff hate him. He's a great X's and O's guy, but in coaching relationships matter more and he was a failure at relationship building and maintenance.

Let's get a coach who knows his X's and O's, but who also knows off court relationships matter as much as on court coaching.

 

[TheLivingLegend]

^^^ If true... Brannen would have easily taken a buyout.

And burned the program down? He won the conference last yr lol.

 

[Bcatfollower]

I'm fine with this. Cunningham and the administration spent time investigating the claims of the players regarding culture. Apparently it involved multiple staff as well and possibly some players still on the team. At some point, Cunningham and the admins (and quite possibly even the University president) decided they wanted him gone.

But, creating a toxic culture while bad for the team and the university is not a fireable offense and they didn't have the money to fire Brannen. So they went digging. They found CARA violations, a technicality - a rule that many coaches violate - but it is a technicality that gives cause.

If it wasn't for the toxic culture Brannen created, they wouldn't have looked for the CARA violations. If it wasn't for the violations, they wouldn't have found cause and would have been forced to keep Brannen around a couple more years (and they would have issued a statement of support).

But now they have toxic culture as why they want to fire him and CARA violations as cause. The independent fact finder is dotting the I's and crossing the T's. They know cause will be found, but they have to go through the formal process.

Brannen is gone. Good riddance. In two years he burned the program down and made over half his players and some of his staff hate him. He's a great X's and O's guy, but in coaching relationships matter more and he was a failure at relationship building and maintenance.

Let's get a coach who knows his X's and O's, but who also knows off court relationships matter as much as on court coaching.

You exaggerate so much. Lol

 

[justinhub2003]

Let’s just all get behind whoever the new coach is.

Bearcats against the world.

But screw John brannen and his Chris Mack loving ass

 

[TheRealMick]

I imagine covid protocols kept the players mom from helping with dinners etc..,

His players at NKU had COVID?

 

[TheRealMick]

Sneaking extra practice hours and don’t let loud mouth moms around team. Sounds like a winner to me. More to story

 

[TheRealMick]

No way I’ll fire him for this. Players at UC get some type extra benefits, if they dropped dime on Brannen for this, Me as a coach would’ve walked away from them on bench also