Former St. John's coach suing over Pitino hire

[CondorCat]

Ex-St. John’s coach Mike Anderson seeking $45.6M, claims school only fired him to hire Rick Pitino

Mike Anderson claims that on the same day he was fired, St. John's had already entered advanced talks to hire Rick Pitino to replace him.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[UKAlum88]

They honestly did the man dirty. Hope he gets every penny he’s suing for!

 

[theycallmefrancis]

I'm sure it had nothing to do with him being 68-56 over his years at St John's

 

[Lempface]

Guy was the worst at Arkansas, he can kick rocks.

 

[Wildcats1st]

He wants a cal sized buyout for doing a cal sized job.

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

He wants a cal sized buyout for doing a cal sized job.

Unless he had a barney sized AD when he negotiated his last contract, he'll probably be SOL

 

[Pygmy Sasquatch]

Wah. Pound sound.

 

[Kybluedude]

Didn’t Denny Crum do the same?

 

[electricat2]

he is a deciple of nolan richardson. both are pos

 

[STL_Cat]

Yeah I don’t care for Mike Anderson, whatever

 

[Zissou87]

Didn’t Denny Crum do the same?

That's what I thought as soon as I saw the article.

 

[Magilla Gorillla]

He wants a cal sized buyout for doing a cal sized job.

All they had to do was pay him the buyout that they owed him. Now they’re gonna end up paying that at a minimum.

 

[bluefaithful]

Angry at the world! They wanted Pitino. You had a chance. Get over it.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Shocked

 

[PhattyJ4UK]

Didn’t he get in an ongoing argument with the school ?

 

[bthaunert]

He will get the buyout at minimum. He’s owed that based on his contract. Coaches have the upper hand with contracts these days.

 

[jameslee32]

Ex-St. John’s coach Mike Anderson seeking $45.6M, claims school only fired him to hire Rick Pitino

Mike Anderson claims that on the same day he was fired, St. John's had already entered advanced talks to hire Rick Pitino to replace him.

sports.yahoo.com

And?

 

[hamidousvertical]

Deep in the archives...

The fuuuu<%???

Good try I guess????

 

[christophero]

I went to St. John's. Win some games if you want to keep your job.

 

[cats2010]

Buyout of 11.4 so he sues for 45.2, sounds about right.

 

[true blue1]

🤦‍♂️

 

[CrimsonCats]

I’ll be honest, I thought he was being absurd when I just glanced at the headline, but after reading the whole thing, he may have a valid complaint. For those of you like me who didn’t initially read the details, St. John’s is trying to fire him for cause over alleged academic problems within the program, which would leave them off the hook for his buyout. Anderson alleges that these supposed problems were only brought up after he refused to take less of a buyout than his contract entitled him to. We’ll see what comes out in court if they don’t settle, but his claims aren’t that unbelievable. They were rumored to be in on Pitino for weeks if not months before actually hiring him, and it had nothing to do with a brewing academic scandal.

I do think he’s overreaching by asking for another $32.4 million in addition to his original buyout number though. That’s a pretty crazy number.

 

[Jmeeks54thebest]

Buyout of 11.4 so he sues for 45.2, sounds about right.

If they had just paid the man what they agreed to in the contract then he wouldn’t be suing.

 

[BigTyrone]

If they had just paid the man what they agreed to in the contract then he wouldn’t be suing.

Yeah. I’m not a fan of Anderson, but it sounds like they screwed him over here.

 

[Ocornett]

What?

 

[Padsfs07]

What did they think would happen when they hired a Nolan Richardson disciple? For cause firing is shady in this case though.

 

[Blueaz]

I'm sure it had nothing to do with him being 68-56 over his years at St John's

Did you the read article? The alleged firing reason was grades…

 

[Blueaz]

I’ll be honest, I thought he was being absurd when I just glanced at the headline, but after reading the whole thing, he may have a valid complaint. For those of you like me who didn’t initially read the details, St. John’s is trying to fire him for cause over alleged academic problems within the program, which would leave them off the hook for his buyout. Anderson alleges that these supposed problems were only brought up after he refused to take less of a buyout than his contract entitled him to. We’ll see what comes out in court if they don’t settle, but his claims aren’t that unbelievable. They were rumored to be in on Pitino for weeks if not months before actually hiring him, and it had nothing to do with a brewing academic scandal.

I do think he’s overreaching by asking for another $32.4 million in addition to his original buyout number though. That’s a pretty crazy number.

Punitive damages

 

[Blueaz]

Buyout of 11.4 so he sues for 45.2, sounds about right.

They will settle and also gotta pay atty.

 

[TucsonCat]

Not knowing what they're talking about won't stop stupid people from flapping their gums.

 

[Smashcat]

 

[sosoblue]

Good I hope he wins and give SJ the finger. Here again another University coming up with complete BS to get rid of him and then try to screw him out of the dollars that's owed to him. It's too much money to dismiss and not do anything.

 

[bbncal02]

I’ll be honest, I thought he was being absurd when I just glanced at the headline, but after reading the whole thing, he may have a valid complaint. For those of you like me who didn’t initially read the details, St. John’s is trying to fire him for cause over alleged academic problems within the program, which would leave them off the hook for his buyout. Anderson alleges that these supposed problems were only brought up after he refused to take less of a buyout than his contract entitled him to. We’ll see what comes out in court if they don’t settle, but his claims aren’t that unbelievable. They were rumored to be in on Pitino for weeks if not months before actually hiring him, and it had nothing to do with a brewing academic scandal.

I do think he’s overreaching by asking for another $32.4 million in addition to his original buyout number though. That’s a pretty crazy number.

Why does every university and corporation have to be completely void of accountability these days? You fire him for cause (academic problems) you better be able to prove it. I’m not a Mike Anderson fan but he might have a case here.

 

[RipThru]

F that guy. Hope he gets nothing.

 

[JonathanW]

He has a reasonable claim at the 11.4 buyout. But not at the full 45 contract.

 

[ManitouDan]

Pay the loud mouth his buyout , then take the gloves off and state he sucked ass and couldn't win . Total weak ass move but schools shouldn't write outrageous contracts .

 

[tomrain]

Sounds kinda shady, but Anderson was always a crybaby, encouraged dirty play, and was one of my least favorite coaches ever in the SEC.

 

[hamidousvertical]

💩

 

[hamidousvertical]

That's a helluva self portrait...finished with your children's book yet Baller?

Damn, if I’m Baller I guess the only insult I can think of that’s any worse is to call you Herroes manic photoshop account.

I would have added some hair if it was a self portrait… maybe made it a little taller…but I’m not a photoshop genius.

Good one tho!

I give it 2 💩💩 ‘s

 

[hamidousvertical]

Fixed it for you...

Damn, that’s just hilarious.

I mean. Wow.

So freaking good.

I literally have no words other than HI 👏🏻 LA 👏🏻 RI 👏🏻 OUS

Genius