Steve Masiello

[DC]

Even Darren Rovell is getting in on this. Outside the Lines next?

 

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POLL: Should a college coach who lied about his academic career lose his job? #YES #NO

Edited March 26, 2014 by DC

[MMW]

 

And who knows what the hold up is for him getting that degree. Maybe he completed all his course work. Schools do some silly things to not confer those pieces of paper.

 

Maybe he just didn't complete his classes.  Maybe he didn't go to class.  Just a spiffball, but I'm sure it's very far out of the realm of possibility. 

 

 

 

If he just owes money for parking tickets I would agree.  If he is a couple of classes short then he blew it big time.

[Flowers4Heisman]

Who needs TV, movies, books... USF Athletics is the greatest drama there is.

 

Oh, my heart.

 

I'm a battered Bull.

Edited March 26, 2014 by Beta4East1989

[SANJAY]

He lied on his resume so he gets the contract pulled. I get that. So on to the next one.

However I don't think a college degree is necessary to coach basketball.

[DC]

 

 

 

Yeah, but Betty Castor did not have a PhD, and she became president of USF.  A lot of hay was made about her lack of a PhD, but she was a very effective president at USF.

 

Rules are made to be bent, especially something as pathetic as no degree.  He has the work experience that makes up for the lack of degree.  Besides, his job title was BB coach, not professor or teaching assistant.

Did she lie and say she had a PhD?

 

I never said she lied about that, but you have to be old enough to know what was going on back then.  There were university elders (old fart professors) who did not like that she did not have a PhD, and they complained that it was a defacto standard for a university president to have a PhD.  They also did not like that they had a PhD, but their boss did not.

 

IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU?

 

 

 

You are not getting that in one case the person lied and in the other it was a defacto requirement and a open discussion took place where she was awarded the position.

 

In the former case there is an integrity issue that cannot be overlooked by a university.  It would be like hiring an embessler as a bank teller. 

 

If university hires someone who lies about getting a degree what does it say about their ultimate product?

 

If this were professional athletics then it wouldn't be a big deal. University coaches are educators, and you can't hire an educator who lied about his academic credentials. What if this came out after we hired him, let's say a year from now? That would have been really bad.

Edited March 26, 2014 by DC

[Brad]

@McMurphyESPN: Manhattan’s Steve Masiello had USF job offer pulled because he never graduated from Kentucky, as indicated on resume, sources told @ESPN

He lied. That's the problem.

He should be a reporter, like McMurphy.

[MMW]

He lied on his resume so he gets the contract pulled. I get that. So on to the next one.

However I don't think a college degree is necessary to coach basketball.

 

+1

[Brad]

I love how Brett McMurphy always gets the scoop!

He shares Collin's snitch on the inside of USF Athletics

[Flowers4Heisman]

Say, do you need a degree to coach HS sports? I always thought you had to be a teacher to do that. But I guess Chucky doesn't have one. Is that up to each school or something?

[usfgrad84]

So, which is the worse offense?  Lying about a degree or lying about a BBQ?