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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 10, 2023 12:56:11 GMT -5
The thought of Huggins in these meetings, events, etc.
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Post by longsuffering on May 10, 2023 13:00:56 GMT -5
I wouldn't be shocked if Huggins makes additional derogatory statements. Like a Lucky Strike cigarette, he has no filter. I bet the SID staff will work hard to keep him in the "BN Witness Protection Program."
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Post by hchoops on May 10, 2023 13:29:47 GMT -5
I cannot wait to see who those 3 non conference opponents will be.
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Post by longsuffering on May 10, 2023 14:54:28 GMT -5
Maybe one will be wearing purple.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 10, 2023 20:43:51 GMT -5
Heard from one observer that WVU won’t whack him because he has some great transfers coming in
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 10, 2023 21:53:57 GMT -5
I'm a big believer in forgiveness and second chances...but this is a joke.
WVU basically used this as an excuse to save $$ and to have the ability to get rid of him sans buyout if he has a bad year as far as W-L.
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Post by dadominate on May 11, 2023 5:38:43 GMT -5
confirmed what most of us suspected. this is being positioned only as an "anti-gay" slur with no mention of the fact that it was also anti-Catholic/Christian. |
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Post by HC13 on May 11, 2023 6:15:01 GMT -5
Even the reporting seems biased as virtually no mention or criticism of it being anti-Catholic
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Post by WorcesterGray on May 11, 2023 6:58:59 GMT -5
It's West Virginia.
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Post by sader1970 on May 11, 2023 7:15:33 GMT -5
😂 yeah, even the college my cousin graduated from USED to be called Wheeling JESUIT University. Not anymore!😂
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Post by hchoops on May 11, 2023 7:59:01 GMT -5
Well, The Athletic at least had this
“ Huggins twice used an anti-gay slur when referring to Xavier fans, describing them as “f—, Catholic f—,” also denigrating Xavier’s Jesuit religious affiliation in the process.”
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Post by Sons of Vaval on May 11, 2023 8:06:37 GMT -5
Will there be protests outside of WVU Coliseum next season?
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Post by hchoops on May 11, 2023 8:18:26 GMT -5
Will there be protests outside of WVU Coliseum next season? Well, Pres Gee, he of countless jobs, tried to buy off the opposition, at least the LGBTQ part, ( who knows if there will be any pro Catholic opponents ?) with the Huggins fine, but I believe there will be some, even if small., |
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Post by WCHC Sports on May 11, 2023 8:18:46 GMT -5
Will there be protests outside of WVU Coliseum next season? No, because the "wrong" groups were slandered. Remember, the justice is on behalf of a perceived, aggrieved bunch. It's all about standing up for the marginalized, but only the popular marginalized!
I'll see myself out now...
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Post by mm67 on May 11, 2023 8:46:49 GMT -5
Anti Gay. Anti Catholic. I wonder how his comments played in West Virginia & other places? I suspect many would dismiss his comments as no big deal, merely humorous . It's easy to adopt this stance if it's not your ox being gored or if you harbor some of these biases deep w/in your heart. Today, some might complain that the critics of Huggins are surrendering to the woke crowd, a descendant of the PC folks.
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Post by sader1970 on May 11, 2023 10:05:40 GMT -5
Gee is at WVU now? Lost track of him. He was at THE Ohio State University when we were living in Ohio. Then, he left for Brown just before we moved to RI. My wife then worked awhile at Brown and met him during his short tenure before he departed before his contract was over as a precedent-setter for the transfer portal. It seemed everywhere he went, his emphasis has been on athletics over academics. I was shocked when he went back to OSU, thought they had had enough of him as the Buckeye faithful were just appalled that he would leave the greatest university in the country for some rinky dink tiny university in some tiny state. I knew he left OSU a second time but didn't remember where he went. The man must have moved more times than anyone in our armed forces.
Assume he's still wearing his trademark bow ties.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 11, 2023 14:09:25 GMT -5
Just read the Wikipedia piece on Gee. He was president of WVU once before 1981 to1985. He left TOSU in 2013 after making anti-Catholic remarks, allegedly in jest, about the University of Notre Dame per wiki. Sounds like he and Huggins make a pretty solid team, maybe the Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig of higher education bigotry.
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Post by sader1970 on May 11, 2023 15:22:03 GMT -5
So, twice at WV and twice at OSU. He's like a bad penny that keeps coming back. Guess what? Brown will never take him back. You don't short-change an Ivy League contract but they likely realized they were better off without him.
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Post by longsuffering on May 11, 2023 22:02:23 GMT -5
Huggins was just discussed on CNN. One possible reason he wasn't fired is because surveys have shown Americans are tiring of cancel culture. Make one mistake and be blown off the face of the earth is less appealing.
It was also pointed out that coaches who get fired after an incident of bad behavior have consistently had poorer won/loss records than those who don't get fired.
One season while Coach at Cincinatti Huggins had a zero graduation rate while he recently had a 100% rate in Morgantown, so he has been shown to be able to grow and improve. He has stepped in it with other comments in the past, however.
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Post by hchoops on May 11, 2023 22:06:39 GMT -5
As well as a DWI at Cincinnati
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Post by bfoley82 on May 12, 2023 1:45:39 GMT -5
Huggins was just discussed on CNN. One possible reason he wasn't fired is because surveys have shown Americans are tiring of cancel culture. Make one mistake and be blown off the face of the earth is less appealing. It was also pointed out that coaches who get fired after an incident of bad behavior have consistently had poorer won/loss records than those who don't get fired. One season while Coach at Cincinatti Huggins had a zero graduation rate while he recently had a 100% rate in Morgantown, so he has been shown to be able to grow and improve. He has stepped in it with other comments in the past, however. Show your work... Cancel culture isn't a real thing, it is the general public holding celebrities and individuals accountable for their own actions. Even before "cancel culture" was even a word an actor like Mel Gibson was shunned from Hollywood for making Anti-Jew comments in 2006 and more racist comments also came out. He basically didn't work for a decade. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 12, 2023 9:05:59 GMT -5
“Cancel culture isn’t a real thing”  |
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Post by timholycross on May 12, 2023 10:12:10 GMT -5
It's not a word, it's a phrase! Spoken by someone who's had his balls busted here several times for using "less than" rather than "fewer".
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Post by rf1 on Jun 17, 2023 8:38:31 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Jun 17, 2023 9:11:20 GMT -5
WVU cannot let him continue to coach.
But wait a year or two, some school will pick him up, claiming forgiveness.
See Pitino, Rick, Iona, St. John’s.
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