Illinois fired Mike Poeta. PSU alum Jeremy Hunter hired.
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A satisfying bit of accomplishment from Hunter's wrestling past:
In the Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic, Hunter defeated a four-time state champion from Iowa.
Poeta used school money to purchase athletic gear from his wife's company ... which obviously was outside of the school's contract with Nike.
IIRC it wasn't a huge amount, such that a fine or suspension without pay was arguably more appropriate. OTOH he's in a leadership position, and with it comes leadership consequences. Either way, it was a stupid thing to do without written permission.
The Nike issue isn’t the point. Using company money to purchase supplies from one’s wife is a huge conflict of interest. That being said, I find it hard to believe that was the only issue in play.
I have read something similar elsewhere. Apparently, since the school money is public funds, technically purchasing from the family business was considered embezzlement under Illinois law and the school treated it as such.
Embezzlement? In Illinois? Now that’s comedy.
Congrats to my English 15 project partner.
he’s a good dude. Quiet.
if I ever would hit the lottery I would help a program led by him
he’s a good dude. Quiet.
if I ever would hit the lottery I would help a program led by him
I still say that Blagojevich was one of the most honest politicians out there. Instead of asking for political favors, jobs for relatives or stock tips, he just asked for cold hard cash in advance rather than deferred book deals, lucrative future speaking engagements, silent contributions to his foundation, etc. like most politicians do.
The exercise of bad judgment always results in worse consequences when you don't have a winning record!
bad for Poeta but great for Jeremy! WE ARE!!
Forever he said that he didn't want to be a head coach but having to do it made him realize he actually likes it. He will do good . Hes likeable and respected .
In other words, it was time to move on and this is as a good a reason as any. Plus, it could be for cause, saving whatever was left on Poeta’s contract.
Pffft who hasn’t.
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Whenever I see this particular construction, I am reminded of a story involving Aardvark Jr.
When he was a toddler, he did a couple years at a Montessori pre-school, which is a very laissez-faire, student-driven educational model. So as he was approaching kindergarten age, we transitioned him to our Catholic parish school, which as you might imagine, decidedly did not involve a laissez-faire student driven model.
So he would come home and at the end of the day, we would ask him, "how was school?" His standard reply was "Bad for me, good for Mrs. Butler."
Some years later - maybe fourth grade or so - the school was not going to let him out for winter recess following some diktat from the diocesan office, because he was wearing short sleeves and refused to wear a jacket to school. He protested to the teachers that he had "the right to bare arms", and they let him out.
He should have taken up art. Slap some paint on a canvas, get some art critic to affix adjectives such as "original", "profound", "provocative" or better to apply some sort of near oxymoronic phrase such "discordant beauty". and then get the buyer to say "it speaks to my being". Sure it looks like something a kindergartener did while hopped up on some artificial dye infused sugar bomb masquerading as cereal, but it's art and there's a willing seller and a willing buyer.
I like your kid. He's got spunk, hope you were able to direct it properly. We're kindred spirits, I think.
When I was in the 5th grade, we found out the public school had installed televisions in classrooms and of course, we wanted OUR TV (there's a takeoff on Dire Straits "Money for Nothing", but I digress).
Anyway, one day the class ringleader (his closest friends were the "ratpack") did something mischievous for our amusement and admiration and in an attempt to diminish his standing, the teachers claimed that they didn't know who did the minor misdeed, and if somebody wouldn't squeal, we'd all have to write 500 word essays. Everybody knows you don't go full squealer.
Fortunately, they didn't specify the topic, so mine was "Why I'm going to a second-rate school". My complaints, "We don't have TV's". I think ironically, I had something in there about "the public school kids had wrestling, we only have basketball" and group punishments were a violation of my rights, which I no doubt called "do process".
My mother received several irate and indignant calls from my teachers reciting their CV's and listened patiently, half frustrated with me, but I suspect somewhat amused at my creativity and their insecurity. One teacher started talking about her Master's in Education and my mom responded something like "yeah, but are you familiar with ten year old boys"? and when another said suggested I was parroting my parent's attitude, Mom responded "you realize we pay for our son to attend". I just sat there stuffing my paws in my mouth watching TV.
To quote the late Chris Farley, "that was awesome".
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Oh yeah, I didn't have to do too much with him, and he's defending his aero-eng PhD on something hypersonics related this spring before starting a gig at a defense consulting organization that I think is actually something of a big deal.
He too wrote a long and hilarious piece decrying the parish school at one point, which we discovered recently when we moved to Lexington. One of the chapters was entitled "Lunch - The Sad Truth".
He also spent one elementary year at an Opus Dei school in MD where his cousins went, which was a bit much generally, and more than a bit much in terms of maintaining normal friendships across the Potomac Ocean. They were totally laissez faire, but intentionally so - when a parent objected to things like snowball fights or headfirst down the slide, the headmaster replied, "How do you expect us to raise men who can make risk reward decisions if they are not exposed to risk as boys?" Best silent auction item -- potato cannon. As his nemesis, Jr. decided on Erik Prince's kid, who he defeated in "bull in the ring" at the school field day to claim victory for his team. The only area where the headmaster begrudgingly admitted that things had perhaps gone too far was when, on one of the "nature walks" they were taking for the science class, the instructor spotted a deer, told the kids to wait, ran back to the room to get his hunting bow, dropped the deer, and proceeded to gut it to give a live anatomy lesson to third graders right then and there.
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A friend of mine's son successfully defended his Phd thesis the other day. I have no idea what the hell it is, even in the title. When he told me that there a public Q&A, I said you should just raise your hand and ask "can this be weaponized"?
Tan Tom going out on a high note as National Dual champion and exiting do to personal reasons? Promised Mendez he would stay till Mendez was done?
disclaimer: I have no factual evidence one way or another just a speculative guess at the "most wont see coming" quip
Wow, my daughter picked up on that Tan Tom was only in the corner for very few matches, none in the finals I believe.
As well as announcing Jason Nolf as their new head coach, thereby ensuring that Iowa will be no higher than 4th (50 points behind 3rd) until the Brands are gone?