Re: Whaley arrested

[richard l. kandell]

To be honest I don't care, now or ever, what Xavier fans, or fans of any
other school for that matter, think or say about any program at UC.  What I
am concerned about, especially at this particular moment in time, is what
other athletic directors and university presidents think about UC.  I have
no idea whether the ACC Commissioner is going to get the 7 votes he needs to
add members, but if he does I don't want UC left out in the cold when the
musical chairs start/end because we have the wrong "image" with the people
who are going to make the decisions on who sits where.

Dave Wetzel has an article in which he opines that in the event the BE is
raided, UConn is the primary school with, or causing, a dilemma as to where
to go or stay, because of the situation involving the status of its men's
basketball program versus its football program.  But what troubles me is
that he correctly points out if only 1 school is added to the ACC (Miami)
and the BE goes looking for a single replacement, that is likely to be UofL.
How many of us want to see UC remain in the current C-USA, but without UofL?
Despite our record in men's basketball, UofL with Pitino is as, or more,
attractive then we are, if for no more reason then the size of their arena
and their fan base.  The same is true of football.  And their athletic
budget, for whatever reason(s), is by far the largest in C-USA.  I'm not
sure there is much we can do about that situation, but Wetzel also opines
that if there is more than 1 team added it may well be schools like USF or
ECU as opposed to UC.  Now I don't agree with him on that score, but,

With all of the above, the last thing we need is the reinforcement of any
negative images that UC's athletic programs may have with the AD's and
Presidents of the BE schools.  I'm as willing as the next guy to give
someone a second chance - but despite the obvious need to not convict
someone before all the evidence is in, and the negative impact it would have
on next year's basketball season, I'm not sure how long I'd wait before
yanking the scholarship offer to Whaley.

Richard K.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shinkle, Randy" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 1:12 PM
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Whaley arrested


You're right.  I read the article wrong and thought that the brawl occurred
on the Garden City campus, when in fact it occurred on the Barton County
campus and involved members of Garden City's track team.  Based on my
misreading, I lumped the police into the "Garden City side" because I found
the timing strange.

It's still odd that the arrest was just now made when the local Great Bend,
KS paper said it its original coverage that any arrests would occur within a
few days.

Randy '78


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal Henderson [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 12:38 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Whaley arrested
>
>
> Actually, it appears that it is the police who have made this
> determination.
>
> Hal ('68)
>
> > Now, 3 months later, folks on the Garden City side have
> determined that
> Whaley was an active participant.