Step into my office
filed in Rivals on Jul.29, 2003
.. because you are fired! Rick is officially gone from UW and they can get on with hiring a real coach for practices that start Aug 6. Unfortunately I don’t think this will be the last we hear from that whiny bastard Neuheisel. His lawyers say he will keep fighting until the truth comes out.
One question, I know there was a supposed email that circulated saying that it was OK for Rick to gamble on the NCAA tourney in 2003, but even if that was the case, does that excuse him from doing it the year before?
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July 29th, 2003 on 9:08 am
In the end nothing excuses him from doing it any year, email or not. If my lawyer tells me it is OK to kill people and then I get caught doing it, we both go to jail. Sure it sucks when you rely on someone to guide you and they misguide you but rarely does the law care about that. It was still illegal, he still broke the rules and you get punished when you break the rules. And I think the damaged goods lady that told him it was OK needs to get a few raps across the knuckles too.
July 29th, 2003 on 9:08 am
Hey Ricky! Looks like the Seattle Supersonics are looking for an Inside Sales Associate. Maybe you could send them your resume. Gotta start paying back that 1.5 mil sometime.
July 30th, 2003 on 2:48 pm
I just can’t figure out Slick Rick. He has proven to be a winner his first 2 seasons at CU and then again at UW, but then things just start falling apart with his teams. The guy just turns into a cancer for any progam he touches. NCAA sanctions at CU, lies and betting at UW, any team that hires this man is just asking for trouble.
July 31st, 2003 on 7:58 am
I think that the reason he wins in his first few seasons at a team is because he is winning with the previous coaches team. The previous coaches recruits. yes coaching has a say in wining but it also is the talent of the players as well. He just rides the wave of the last coach and when he finailly gets his own say and recruits he sucks. I think he is a poor coach who likes to have too much fun with the players and not enough work ethic for the team. Football is fun and should be but it also requires a lot of hard work and disapline that Rick has yet to show he has.
July 31st, 2003 on 12:37 pm
ESPN has an article regarding the transcript from his initial meeting:
ESPN News
Seems Rick doesn’t believe honesty is the best policy. This is really the reason he was fired. The AD just got tired of him lying and then trying to back-peddle.