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Did a guy who was a god at Northwestern go horribly wrong?

Or was he always a guy low on ethics?

Or was it just bad management of the team?

I now think he just lost control of his team and is not a bad person or one low on ethics. :(
 
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Dennis Dodd sympathizes with Barnett not being able to land a job.

sportsline.com

Smoke but no fire: Banished Barnett blackballed

There have been 23 jobs open up since last season. Surprise! Gary Barnett didn't get one of them.

Bigger surprise. Gary Barnett didn't even get an interview for one of them.

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The Case That Won't Go Away

Appeals court is pondering a revival of the Sexual Assault case involving Colorado U football players and an alleged gang rape.

Yahoo

Appeals court considers reviving CU sex assault case
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press Writer
May 7, 2007
DENVER (AP) -- The attorney for a woman who said she was gang raped at a Colorado football recruiting party said Monday a judge should have considered a pattern of other alleged sexual assaults involving players and recruits.
U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn dismissed a lawsuit filed by Lisa Simpson and another woman, twice ruling the women failed to prove the university was deliberately indifferent to any harassment.

During a hearing at the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeal, a panel of federal judges asked lawyers for both sides to detail what they knew about other allegations of assault and harassment, and who had been notified.
The judges didn't say when they would rule.
Simpson watched the hearing from the front row with her mother, Karen Burd, and declined to comment. Burd said her daughter only wants to get her "day in court".
"That's what we're hoping and praying for," Burd said.
Simpson's attorney told the judges that three months before Simpson said she was assaulted in her apartment by players and recruits, a student trainer was raped by a player, and that a coach pressured her to drop criminal charges. Police also investigated the alleged rape of a recruiting ambassador two months before Simpson's alleged rape.

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All of the above alleged crimes happened on Barnett's watch.
 
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Barnett looking to get back into game

I for one think he'd be good for CFB. He really did get the short end of the stick.

You would not belive the anti sports forces in Boulder. They got a foothold and nobody could have survived that. The media made this out to be on his shoulders just like what they were able to do with Mo C & OSU. The new administration felt like they should take the opportunity and clean house not so much Barnett but the remnants of the Neuhiesel fiasco.

IMO the Hawk wan't a bad hire though.

Not everyone can be a JT.
 
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Crashcup;982874; said:
I for one think he'd be good for CFB. He really did get the short end of the stick.

You would not belive the anti sports forces in Boulder. They got a foothold and nobody could have survived that. The media made this out to be on his shoulders just like what they were able to do with Mo C & OSU. The new administration felt like they should take the opportunity and clean house not so much Barnett but the remnants of the Neuhiesel fiasco.

IMO the Hawk wan't a bad hire though.

Not everyone can be a JT.
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Apparently linked to the SMU opening. SMU's AD hired O'Leary at UCF so perhaps he's not above giving Gary Barnett. Considering the circus at Colorado and his declining fortunes on the field however I wonder if he would really be that good of a hire. The positive for him coaching wise is Northwestern probably prepares him for a type school like SMU.
 
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After almost 6 years, Lisa Simpson is getting $2.5 million for what she says happened at the off-campus recruiting party in Boulder.

Looking back at things related to this - Colorado dumped Barnett (for this, his Katie Hnida comments, and getting blasted in 2 straight CCGs), and had AD Dick Tharp and President Betsy Hoffman resign. They've also paid over $3 million in legal fees in addition to this settlement.

usatoday

Colorado to pay $2.85M to settle sexual-assault suit

DENVER (AP) ? The University of Colorado has agreed to pay $2.85 million to settle a lawsuit by two women who claimed they were gang-raped at an off-campus party for football recruits.

The settlement, announced Wednesday, may finally end a painful six-year saga that sparked a football recruiting scandal, prompted broad university reforms and led to a shake-up of the school's top leaders.

Terms of the settlement call for Lisa Simpson to receive $2.5 million, while the other woman, who did not wish be identified publicly, will receive $350,000.
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Terms of the settlement call for Lisa Simpson to receive $2.5 million, while the other woman, who did not wish be identified publicly, will receive $350,000.
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Did Simpson get banged by seven guys and the unnamed woman one? That may seem insensitive, but why did Simpson get over seven times as much as the other victim?
 
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Sounds like we could have "deja vu all over again"....

....this time with Dan Haskins:

Dan Hawkins could resign as Colorado coach?

The University of Colorado Buffaloes must go back to the future with Bill McCartney AND Dave Logan. But, first, Dan Hawkins has to do the right thing this week: announce his resignation, effective at the end of the season. Undeservedly, Hawkins was given a fifth season in Boulder, and it has been proved beyond all reasonable doubt that he cannot recruit satisfactorily; cannot get the best out of the players he does have; cannot make sound judgments in the hiring of assistants (and is too loyal to those even he knows are not qualified, and admits it privately); cannot coach on game day adequately; cannot win on the road and in the conference ? anywhere; cannot interact suitably with alumni, students, parents of players, the coaches in the other sports at CU, the administrators and the media; and cannot continue to represent this state or this school in football. Hawkins will be fired. However, if he agrees to resign ? and take a reduced payoff from the approximate $1.8 due (since he got a lottery-like million bucks for this season) ? Hawkins and his son should be permitted to finish what they started. Then, they can go off and coach together at some small college. If Hawkins has any respect for the university that gave him an opportunity, he will gracefully, and gratefully, end this messy madness.

Entire article:http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_16418190?source=pop_section_sports

Haskins would have to have brain damage to resign and give up any part of the $1.8M. :biggrin:
 
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Today probably seals the deal for Hawkins. Hard to believe how far this program has fallen.
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Yeah....was following the box score every couple minutes to see how Rodney Stewart was doing....Saw 45-17 in the 4th, stopped checking for awhile, came back and Kansas had won 52-45. 35-0 in less than 12 minutes of game time. :lol:
 
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