[eeman]

There is a pretty funny cartoon in Sunday's Seattle PI editorial section. It's from that Uber-liberal David Horsey but it's still worth looking at, assuming you're not sick of this topic.

"The Rotten Apple Cup"

The memo from the UW atheletic department is an interesting development (see Neuheisel says NCAA pool met UW guidelines ) and probably explains the great silence from the UW last Friday and today.

My understanding from looking at some of the Husky football boards is that the NCAA may still rule against Rick and suspend him. However, the shoddy work done by the compliance officer basically gave departmental clearing for Rick to join the betting pool. Therefore, it would be hard to fire him for cause and they may have to buy him out of his contract.

My prediction: He has coached his last Husky game but ends up with a golden parachute rather than being outright fired. They can save outright firing for the compliance officer and maybe Hedges (the AD) as well. Comments?

[eeman]

Also, it will be interesting to see if UW gets sanctioned by the NCAA for that memo.

[Drango]

It would be a bonus to get rid of Hedges too, IMHO.

[shotgun]

I agree. Babs should have been gone along with Coach LameBrain. She wouldn't stick up for the football team and Don James in 1993, but she will sure carry the water for the slick one.

I also agree with Rick-boy being a gonner and think that Gilby will be coach by the end of the month.

[RinaseaofDs]

I think you are probably right. I've never liked Hedges after the way Lambright was treated.

Given blunt tools, a bowl suspension, scholarship reduction, and not the strongest recruiting hand in the world, he never had a losing record, and managed to qualify for bowl games. Hedges just kicked him to the curb.

She can't seem to find the handle on the Hoops program either. No excuse for UW not to be competitive at Hoops given Gonzaga's record of performance over the last four years.

The compliance officer, in a less political world, ought not be fired, having learned an amazingly expensive lesson. Since the UW is going to end up paying in the end anyway, they may as well keep her.

As for Hedges, I've never thought she's done a particularly good job at the UW. Maybe she's good with boosters and donors, but I would have no idea.

There is speculation, and it is purely that, that there is an attraction to Neuheisel on Hedges part. There was also talk that Bender overstayed at the U due in part to Hedges attraction to Bender. I don't think there is a shred of either truth or evidence to support this. I do, however, believe that she isn't an effective manager of either big money aspects of their athletic program.