jim leavitt and usf settle

[SilverBull]

Everyone with a clue knew it would settle.  In situtations like this, usually neither party wants to see a courtroom and everyone leaves somewhat unhappy except the hired guns.  So goes the system.  I figured this would cost about $2 million so Jim beat point spread.

Thanks Jim, for what you did for the program coming in and while here.  No thanks to you or the administration for how this was handled on the way out.  I hate that we all Jim had to go through this in this way.  I hope we can now get past this and someday look at this as the unpleasant birth to a brighter future.

[bullwark]

Well said Silver Bull.  Thank You CJL.

[Ruger7mmmag]

Perfect end to this saga really as both can claim victory.  Not a bad severance package.

Have to ask yourself as this basically can be looked at as a buyout.  If the Miller incident didn't happen and USF knew this is what they could've paid to make a change, would they have done it to get Holtz?  I think it was up for discussion and the Miller incident provided them with a chance at a "cheap" way out even though they probably guessed it would come to this anyway and it was worth the cost.

[hightechbull]

If you look at the legal costs and the continuing bad press, it made sense for USF to settle with Leavitt to make him go away. Even if USF knew that they had an ironclad defense against Leavitt, they knew it was going to cost them. This was a civil case, not a criminal case, so a jury might have sympathized with Leavitt and created a firestorm for USF. If they did win against Leavitt in court, then they knew that they would never recoup their legal costs against him because he was not working and has no way to repay their legal costs.

It was not worth fighting to the bitter end because it was a civil case. No one was going to jail over this. It was only going to cost money, so this was probably the cheapest and quickest route to close this case.

Miller's parents hired Cohen to protect him from reprisal. Sure Cohen was posturing, but it worked. That is part of the legal game. Anyone with half a brain would understand why they got a lawyer to protect their son. Miller was one of the unsung heroes in the defeat of UM this year, so he has shown that he is a valuable member of the team.

[Jihme]

thanks for raping our budget, jim!

[smazza]

whoevermade that decision should be FIRED

[smazza]

i dont want to hear usf has "no money"

if they can blow 3 million like this

they have lots of money

[E.T.]

...  Not a bad severance package.

...basically can be looked at as a buyout. ...

Exactly the way I see it.

[BullyPulpit]

If you look at the legal costs and the continuing bad press, it made sense for USF to settle with Leavitt to make him go away.  Even if USF knew that they had an ironclad defense against Leavitt, they knew it was going to cost them.  This was a civil case, not a criminal case, so a jury might have sympathized with Leavitt and created a firestorm for USF.  If they did win against Leavitt in court, then they knew that they would never recoup their legal costs against him because he was not working and has no way to repay their legal costs.

It was not worth fighting to the bitter end because it was a civil case.  No one was going to jail over this.  It was only going to cost money, so this was probably the cheapest and quickest route to close this case.

Miller's parents hired Cohen to protect him from reprisal.  Sure Cohen was posturing, but it worked.  That is part of the legal game.  Anyone with half a brain would understand why they got a lawyer to protect their son.  Miller was one of the unsung heroes in the defeat of UM this year, so he has shown that he is a valuable member of the team.

All I'm going to say is that I have it from good sources that there is more to Cohen's involvement in all of this than meets the eye.

[crambone]

Perfect end to this saga really as both can claim victory.  Not a bad severance package.

Have to ask yourself as this basically can be looked at as a buyout.  If the Miller incident didn't happen and USF knew this is what they could've paid to make a change, would they have done it to get Holtz?  I think it was up for discussion and the Miller incident provided them with a chance at a "cheap" way out even though they probably guessed it would come to this anyway and it was worth the cost.

This.

Good luck, Jim.  Thanks again for everything you did.