(04-04-2021 07:37 AM)chatcat Wrote:  Can you imagine the stigma that will be attached to this program if UC can't find money to fire Brannen? No decent player will come here as long as he is coach. The administration has put the program between a rock and a hard place.

(04-04-2021 07:37 AM)chatcat Wrote:  Can you imagine the stigma that will be attached to this program if UC can't find money to fire Brannen? No decent player will come here as long as he is coach. The administration has put the program between a rock and a hard place.

(04-04-2021 08:03 AM)Coopdaddy67 Wrote:  

(04-04-2021 07:37 AM)chatcat Wrote:  Can you imagine the stigma that will be attached to this program if UC can't find money to fire Brannen? No decent player will come here as long as he is coach. The administration has put the program between a rock and a hard place.

He's been effectively gone since this thread began. There's no coming back.

It comes down to whether or not Cincinnati has cause to fire him. Frankly, the fact that he hasn't been fired yet tells me that they don't have much.

The last thing Cincinnati needs is for this to get even uglier. Pay the buyout and move on.

They're trying to damage Brannen right now publicly (fair or not, who knows) and something tells me they're going to hit back. Tom Mars clearly loves battles like these and he has a pretty damn good success rate.

(04-04-2021 08:47 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  JB’s attorney has a couple jobs:

1. To advocate for his client.
2. To put a little scratch in JB’s pocket.
3. To keep this incident from damaging his reputation, so that he will be able to be hired in the future.

Negotiated settlement will be announced soon.

(04-04-2021 09:18 AM)mptnstr@44 Wrote:  

(04-04-2021 08:47 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  JB’s attorney has a couple jobs:

1. To advocate for his client.
2. To put a little scratch in JB’s pocket.
3. To keep this incident from damaging his reputation, so that he will be able to be hired in the future.

Negotiated settlement will be announced soon.

Might even be today so it gets buried in the news cycle with few noticing as people are enjoying a holiday. More likely tomorrow. The announcements of the past few days are just setting up for the actual parting ways announcement.

(04-04-2021 09:28 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  They need to hurry up and get this done so we can get Pitino in here and recruiting.

(04-04-2021 10:20 AM)Bearcat 1985 Wrote:  People need to have patience and let this play out. Didn't OSU rush to fire the guy before Matta for cheating. Told him to resign and, when he refused, then fired him on the spot. Ended up paying a multi-million dollar wrongful termination lawsuit despite clearly having "cause."

Pinto and UC are being deliberate and professional and dotting all the I's. When the time is right, they'll act, and UC will move forward.

(04-04-2021 10:30 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  The Athletic article that came out yesterday has some pretty damning quotes from a player who had previously declined to comment. Sounds like Brannen is more of an a-hole than the average coach, and has no clue how to read his team. I've taken a cautious, wait-and-see approach to this whole process, and up until recently, thought giving Brannen one more season to right the ship made the most sense given the circumstances he has coached under and the financial ramifications of firing him after year 2. However, I now believe Cunningham is absolutely justified in his actions, as any good AD would be very concerned by the allegations that are coming out. I'm looking forward to moving with a new head coach, and I think we're in good hands having a lawyer/compliance guru like Cunningham leading this process.

(04-04-2021 08:47 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  JB’s attorney has a couple jobs:

1. To advocate for his client.
2. To put a little scratch in JB’s pocket.
3. To keep this incident from damaging his reputation, so that he will be able to be hired in the future.

(04-03-2021 10:53 PM)bearcat54 Wrote:  

(04-03-2021 09:23 PM)UCBearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  

(04-03-2021 09:11 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  

(04-03-2021 08:50 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

Mars Law Firm

Woah! Cunningham, and by extension UC, is going to get taken to the woodshed is my guess.

Not really. Brannen is going to get fired. UC will have a new coach. All wins for this program long term. I just can’t see why people defend this coach. This isn’t Huggins who won a lot and basically built the modern image of the program but had personal issues and some knucklehead players that led to his undoing. This is a coach that has underachieved in two years, is at odds with his players and boss, and is doing his best right now to destroy the program.

I understood the Huggins loyalist who felt he got screwed over. I understand the Cronin loyalist who believe Mick saved the program and deserves everything he ever wanted. I don’t get the Brannen defenders. He sucked here. He is easily replaced and will quickly become a footnote in the history of the program along the lines of Andy Kennedy.

you probably were one of those fans that wanted Cronin fired and then was mad that Brannen got hired. Well, Cronin made the Final Four which shows his coaching was very good. You will never accept any coach of not getting UC to the final four. It's tougher for any coach to recruit teams like that at UC today. Learn to accept having good seasons and getting to NCAA tourneys or it will eat you up.
Hopefully, when this mess is over, Brannen is still coaching at UC and Cunningham gets tossed out on the street. Sounds alot like the RINOS that wanted President Trump removed when he knew how to run a nation and create jobs.

(04-03-2021 10:57 PM)bearcat54 Wrote:  

(04-03-2021 10:31 PM)Former Lurker Wrote:  

(04-03-2021 09:58 PM)stpnum4 Wrote:  The whole narrative about Brannen running kids into the ground during practice seems plausible. New coach in a high pressure job has one of the youngest teams in the country coming into the season. Covid eliminates offseason/pre-season workouts/conditioning. Team shows up to practice not looking so crisp and coach tries to make it up all year until the players rebel and demand shorter practices.

The problem for UC is why did Cunningham wait until April 3 to suspend Brannen if it was known that the players' wellbeing was jeopardized by Brannen? If these practice incidents occured weeks/months ago, and the allegations are legitimate, why wasn't an investigated conducted then? These questions are why I think UC is going to be paying Brannen to go away.

One news report said that the university reprimanded Brannen during the season. If true, and if Brannen brought himself into compliance with the AD's demand(s), you are probably correct.

IF Removing a head coach because he yells at players to motivate them is now the norm, then I don't care who uc has running the program because it will no longer be a competitive team anymore.

(04-04-2021 10:45 AM)Lurkercat Wrote:  

(04-04-2021 10:30 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  The Athletic article that came out yesterday has some pretty damning quotes from a player who had previously declined to comment. Sounds like Brannen is more of an a-hole than the average coach, and has no clue how to read his team. I've taken a cautious, wait-and-see approach to this whole process, and up until recently, thought giving Brannen one more season to right the ship made the most sense given the circumstances he has coached under and the financial ramifications of firing him after year 2. However, I now believe Cunningham is absolutely justified in his actions, as any good AD would be very concerned by the allegations that are coming out. I'm looking forward to moving with a new head coach, and I think we're in good hands having a lawyer/compliance guru like Cunningham leading this process.

I'm completely with you. I keep reading posts on here and 247 saying the AD is an idiot and is incompetent. Maybe that's true, but it sounds like he has players walking into his office complaining about the coach and possible violations. Idk how he was supposed to get around that without investigating

(04-04-2021 10:45 AM)Lurkercat Wrote:  

(04-04-2021 10:30 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  The Athletic article that came out yesterday has some pretty damning quotes from a player who had previously declined to comment. Sounds like Brannen is more of an a-hole than the average coach, and has no clue how to read his team. I've taken a cautious, wait-and-see approach to this whole process, and up until recently, thought giving Brannen one more season to right the ship made the most sense given the circumstances he has coached under and the financial ramifications of firing him after year 2. However, I now believe Cunningham is absolutely justified in his actions, as any good AD would be very concerned by the allegations that are coming out. I'm looking forward to moving with a new head coach, and I think we're in good hands having a lawyer/compliance guru like Cunningham leading this process.

I'm completely with you. I keep reading posts on here and 247 saying the AD is an idiot and is incompetent. Maybe that's true, but it sounds like he has players walking into his office complaining about the coach and possible violations. Idk how he was supposed to get around that without investigating

(04-04-2021 07:37 AM)chatcat Wrote:  Can you imagine the stigma that will be attached to this program if UC can't find money to fire Brannen? No decent player will come here as long as he is coach. The administration has put the program between a rock and a hard place.