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The next round of the storm is about to begin.  Plancher had sickle cell traits according to the medical examiner.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-bk-ereck-plancher-autopsy-results-071708,0,4061214.story

Will the Plancher family sue UCF for the death?  Will O'Leary sue the Sentinel for defamation?  Will all of this be settled outside of court?  Tune in for more.

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Time For UCF Football and Coach George O'Leary To Admit Their Mistakes Regarding Player's Death..

Pretty damning article about O'Leary and Tribble's handling of the whole situation.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-whitley1808jul18,0,2778976.column

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Time For UCF Football and Coach George O'Leary To Admit Their Mistakes Regarding Player's Death..

Pretty damning article about O'Leary and Tribble's handling of the whole situation.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-whitley1808jul18,0,2778976.column

Ouch ..... The bull rider takes off the gloves.

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Time For UCF Football and Coach George O'Leary To Admit Their Mistakes Regarding Player's Death..

Pretty damning article about O'Leary and Tribble's handling of the whole situation.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-whitley1808jul18,0,2778976.column

I thinnk the OS is trying to pass the buck.  Their "investigation" was botched horribly.

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whoa...

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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3493985

ESPN reporter seems to think UCF should have done more about the issue -  maybe O'Liar will stop talking to ESPN as well.  I really hope this issue gets resolved with dignity and class though.  No one thinks UCF wanted to harm their players and every rational person understands safety is the top concern of every athletic department.  If this was a simple mistake by UCF Athletics then they should come out and be honest about it, remedy the situation, let it be a learning experience for all those involved and for other schools.  Please, for the sake of Ereck Plancher don't let O'Liar make this a circus by telling more half truths and complete fabrications.

I know we joke around a lot about UCF on this board, but most of us have a healthy respect for UCF and its athletic department.  However, when incidents like this happen and you guys tolerate your coach making misleading statements and outright lies it is to me, unconscionable.  Do any of you UCF fans honestly believe GOL didn't curse in that huddle?

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UCF refused to comment to ESPN too.  Are they also 'lying'?  Or is UCF just not talking to anybody who isn't  going to toe the company line?  Shady...

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Schools are in a bind over sickle cell trait.. if you treat the kid different you are open to lawsuits.. such as the living darling pushed against fsu.. you treat them the same and something happens you get lawsuits.  There was nothing wrong with the workouts done.. should the coaches recognized the problems he was having and known of the trait.. probably.. the whole lying to the press thing is just plain stupid.  the last part of the days work lasted 10 1/2 minutes.. oleary said it was 10.  there was breaks between each session.. how long?? I don't know.  these workouts go on at every major college in the country on a regular basis.. and deaths do and will continue to happen.. It happened at FSU, it happened at UF, it happened at USF and It happened at UCF.. as well as 5 other schools.  

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Whether he cursed or not is not the issue.  According to reports, the medical staff knew and advised him of his condition.  He made the conscious decision to keep playing knowing the risks.  It might have been some negligence on the medical staff's part, but GOL treated him like any other player on the team.

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Whether he cursed or not is not the issue.

I "almost" agree with you.  If GOL said, as his team claims, that he cursed the kid out because he practiced like crap I would have absolutly no problem.  The kid had a bad practice, GOL didn't know he was having major medical problems, and coaches have yelled and cursed at players since coaching began.  The problem is that I want my head coach to have integrity.  When he makes a statement I want to believe it for a fact.  GOL cursed at Plancher, then in hindsight thought "man that could be spun pretty bad" and said he just called him out in the huddle.  It isn't the cursing that would bother me if I was a UCF booster, it is my coach not being forthright and honest.

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