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Chiuk said...
Dude - you clearly don't understand how the law works.
Lets say UK hires Petrino. Lets say he hires a "staffer" outside the rules of state hiring requirements...like he did at Arky. Let's say someone sues UK for not properly posting the job.....
UK's potential penalty in theory could be worse since they were put on notice of Petrino's past discretions, yet still hired him.
Lets be clear...this scenario is highly unlikely. But it does present a theoretical "legal risk" to UK.
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jasonukfan said...
JDH
Again, I don't see much risk. It's not like he's going to make the mistake of hiring his girlfriend again. I'd bet that he never felt comfortable with the situation he put himself in with her to begin with. Love can make a person do stupid things. When I talk about risk of hiring a coach, I'm concerned with NCAA probation and things of that sort.
By the way, I think he was ultimately fired at Arkansas because they just didn't think they needed him to win. Then they found out the hard way just how wrong they were. I would argue that Pitino was in a worse situation at Louisville, but they weren't forced to fire him because of it. It was certainly more embarrassing to the University. I mean, legal statements about a sexual encounter with explicit and graphic details, a blackmail of the head coach by another Athletic Department employee, and an FBI investigation and show trial. Good lord! Petrino's relationship with his girlfriend was part of his private life, in my opinion and as far as I'm concerned. Did he get her hired in the Arkansas offices, yes, but I've seen and heard about that happening many times before, even in the corporate world. I think Arkansas' AD only fired him because he didn't want to take any heat himself. He was spineless and he panicked. All he had to do was stonewall the media and let Petrino take all of the heat himself. If he did that they probably wouldn't be looking for a coach right now, and possibly could be in the hunt for a national championship. I've never seen a better example of just how good a head coach must be than how disoriented Arkansas has been without Petrino. I think that example, more than any other, has shown just how good he is at leading a football team. I'd love to see what he can do with the Kentucky program.
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JDHLaw11 said...
Footballcat65 is Steakcat on CatsIllustrated. He started this same thread on two different forums, even using the same claims that he has "lawyers" that work for him.
I'm calling BS on his claims, about Petrino and about these "lawyers" that work for him. I'm curious what sort of business SteakFootballCat65 has that employs lawyers. Want to share some info on that, Steak?
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Chiuk said...
Maybe UK has vetted the situation, and have hammered out contract details to assist in preventing the same situation from happening at UK (proactive, mitigation, on UKs part), and therefore UK feels comfortable that there is no real legal risk.
Again, Im obviously speculating here and we are assuming this info is legit, but if there were ever a potential legal risk in hiring BP, UK could protect itself.
Further, I HIGHLY doubt BP would be stupid enough to make the same mistakes twice....if the guy has any conscience he'd be counting his blessings wherever he may land as a HC.
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Chiuk said...
Maybe UK has vetted the situation, and have hammered out contract details to assist in preventing the same situation from happening at UK (proactive, mitigation, on UKs part), and therefore UK feels comfortable that there is no real legal risk.
Again, Im obviously speculating here and we are assuming this info is legit, but if there were ever a potential legal risk in hiring BP, UK could protect itself.
Further, I HIGHLY doubt BP would be stupid enough to make the same mistakes twice....if the guy has any conscience he'd be counting his blessings wherever he may land as a HC.
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JDHLaw11 said...
There's a difference between hiring lawyers to represent you and having lawyers that work for you. So maybe I just need clarification?
What his business is, do the lawyers work for him or do they simply represent the company, and how having lawyers that represent your company imparts their legal knowledge on matters outside the scope of their representation to the business owner. That would suffice, I guess.
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dvillepro1 said...
There is no truth to his post. My daughter works for the UK compliance office and she just left my house for thanks giving. BP is not and has not been contacted by UK not ever.
He will not be at UK unless his new team in the next few yrs plays UK at UK.
He is to much of a risk even for UK. Mitch is not going to put his rep on the line for that idiot.
Move on people... And my source is for real.
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sleepydog said...
Thanks for confirming what I have said, per my friends, that BP has not and will not be hired as KYs next football coach. Now I know that a lot of people claim to have sources about this matter but you are stating something that is coming from someone who would know the situation and my 2 buddies have intimate knowledge of the situation and they have never lied to me about anything they have confided in me, so IM going with what your daughter and my buddies have said about the matter and I feel relieved.
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