Vitello suspended

[Gravey]

Well this sucks! Doesn't say what he did but apparently a NCAA violation.

https://247sports.com/college/tenne...ny-Vitello-suspended-Dayton-series-205262661/

 

[volboy]

Speculation is possible recruitment of Ahuna
UT already self reported a violation last summer. Hopefully it isn't anything stupid.

 

[PalsPal]

Interesting .

There must've been contact before it's allowed when someone is entering the portal.

 

[RobDooley]

they referred to it as "Tampering".

 

[wayne]

Apparently Tony V took a private jet to see Ahuna during the dead period.
Van Horn(Arky) turned him in.

 

[scn]

But it is OK to bring a murder weapon to a team member............

 

[RobDooley]

Apparently Tony V took a private jet to see Ahuna during the dead period.
Van Horn(Arky) turned him in.

thanks for sharing

 

[wayne]

So, the issue seems to be that Tony V made the trip to visit Ahuna on Sunday, May 22nd. Ahuna entered the portal on Monday the 23rd. It has nothing to do with a "dead period," but rather the fact that you cannot make contact with an athlete from another school who is not in the transfer portal. In this case, it goes from Impermissible Contact to Tampering, and if NIL was also pitched prior, it could rise to a Level 1 Tampering violation (which could cost him his job) versus a Level 2 violation (which wouldn't).
I think the Tampering would be very hard to prove. There would almost have to be a paper trail.

 

[JBell]

But it is OK to bring a murder weapon to a team member............

Hey……. TWRA…….

 

[7mm08]

But it is OK to bring a murder weapon to a team member............

PAROLE TIDE!!

 

[PalsPal]

Obviously, a violation occurred, and hopefully a very minor one.

But, if the other SEC coaches are turning him in for that and then said coach is outed, they will be crucified when they play in Knoxville.

I had also read that Corbin might have been in on it, which is plausible. You know he hates the shiny, new young guy honing in on his state.

 

[wayne]

Obviously, a violation occurred, and hopefully a very minor one.

But, if the other SEC coaches are turning him in for that and then said coach is outed, they will be crucified when they play in Knoxville.

I had also read that Corbin might have been in on it, which is plausible. You know he hates the shiny, new young guy honing in on his state.

My second post was from a guy who claims his info source was Corbin's wife.

 

[Trey13]

Heard he will be suspended for the entire season but will not lose his job. My friend son is a pitcher on the team. Just relaying what he is saying

 

[PalsPal]

Heard he will be suspended for the entire season but will not lose his job. My friend son is a pitcher on the team. Just relaying what he is saying

This was in response to that same conjecture on another site. Who knows what's true!

Everybody take a deep breath. This isn't a major issue. TV will be back next week, and Ahuna will be eligible.

And word I have been hearing is that it was a collusive effort between Corbin, Van Horn, and Johnson, along with Fitzgerald, who is the new Kansas coach and was Johnson's lead assistant and recruiting coordinator at LSU last year.

 

[prstide]

But it is OK to bring a murder weapon to a team member............

This is an inaccurate take and only what the media driven narrative has been trying to make people believe. You were in law enforcement; do you honestly believe if what you inferred were true that Brandon Miller wouldn't be in jail with Miles and Davis? There is tons of video evidence, including dash cam from his own vehicle, phone records, and other witness testimonies to corroborate Millers account given to Tuscaloosa PD investigators while being interrogated.
You're better than that sir.

 

[Trey13]

This was in response to that same conjecture on another site. Who knows what's true!

Everybody take a deep breath. This isn't a major issue. TV will be back next week, and Ahuna will be eligible.

And word I have been hearing is that it was a collusive effort between Corbin, Van Horn, and Johnson, along with Fitzgerald, who is the new Kansas coach and was Johnson's lead assistant and recruiting coordinator at LSU last year.

Probably correct. I was just passing along what I heard. I told him I find it hard to believe even suspending him for the year. Maybe two series but that's it.

 

[Trey13]

This is an inaccurate take and only what the media driven narrative has been trying to make people believe. You were in law enforcement; do you honestly believe if what you inferred were true that Brandon Miller wouldn't be in jail with Miles and Davis? There is tons of video evidence, including dash cam from his own vehicle, phone records, and other witness testimonies to corroborate Millers account given to Tuscaloosa PD investigators while being interrogated.
You're better than that sir.

Imagine that

 

[scn]

This is an inaccurate take and only what the media driven narrative has been trying to make people believe. You were in law enforcement; do you honestly believe if what you inferred were true that Brandon Miller wouldn't be in jail with Miles and Davis? There is tons of video evidence, including dash cam from his own vehicle, phone records, and other witness testimonies to corroborate Millers account given to Tuscaloosa PD investigators while being interrogated.
You're better than that sir.

I ABSOLUTELY believe that if the same scenario had taken place and Miller was not a starting star on the Bama basketball team that he would have been charged!

Bama has ALWAYS had the Tuscaloosa PD in their hip pocket. It goes all the way back to the Bear Bryant days. They once had a starting fullback shoot at someone with a 16 ga after a minor traffic accident and nothing was done. He didn't even miss any games as the Bear said he hadn't violated any team rules.

I would about guarantee that if Miller was playing for Barnes that he would no longer be on the team.

I hope you thought the little patting down routine that they did on Miller today was cute.

Fortunately, the whole country is getting to see what Bama is all about.

 

[THEdonkey0515]

I ABSOLUTELY believe that if the same scenario had taken place and Miller was not a starting star on the Bama basketball team that he would have been charged!

Bama has ALWAYS had the Tuscaloosa PD in their hip pocket. It goes all the way back to the Bear Bryant days. They once had a starting fullback shoot at someone with a 16 ga after a minor traffic accident and nothing was done. He didn't even miss any games as the Bear said he hadn't violated any team rules.

I would about guarantee that if Miller was playing for Barnes that he would no longer be on the team.

I hope you thought the little patting down routine that they did on Miller today was cute.

Fortunately, the whole country is getting to see what Bama is all about.

Agree,

Meanwhile miller's pre game routine consists of him getting pat down by a teammate! like checking for a weapon when coming out of tunnel.

his coach of course set on stage spewing a bunch of excuses for him afterwards what a joke.

 

[wayne]

This is an inaccurate take and only what the media driven narrative has been trying to make people believe. You were in law enforcement; do you honestly believe if what you inferred were true that Brandon Miller wouldn't be in jail with Miles and Davis? There is tons of video evidence, including dash cam from his own vehicle, phone records, and other witness testimonies to corroborate Millers account given to Tuscaloosa PD investigators while being interrogated.
You're better than that sir.

So Miller didn't deliver the gun, at the request of Miles, to the location where it was used by Davis to murder an innocent woman?

 

[prstide]

So Miller didn't deliver the gun, at the request of Miles, to the location where it was used by Davis to murder an innocent woman?

Did he "deliver" the gun?? Sure if you wanted to phrase it like a click bait article.

Miller was already en route to pick up Miles when the text message was sent about "bringing the gun" and unaware that Miles' gun had been left in his back seat, covered with a hat, when Miller dropped him off earlier in the night.

 

[prstide]

I ABSOLUTELY believe that if the same scenario had taken place and Miller was not a starting star on the Bama basketball team that he would have been charged!

Bama has ALWAYS had the Tuscaloosa PD in their hip pocket. It goes all the way back to the Bear Bryant days. They once had a starting fullback shoot at someone with a 16 ga after a minor traffic accident and nothing was done. He didn't even miss any games as the Bear said he hadn't violated any team rules.

I would about guarantee that if Miller was playing for Barnes that he would no longer be on the team.

I hope you thought the little patting down routine that they did on Miller today was cute.

Fortunately, the whole country is getting to see what Bama is all about.

Your pearl clutching is laughable. You're as bad as the media for painting someone as guilty, until proven innocent, without knowing the facts.
I'm glad Miller is still playing because he should be. I hope even more so that UT plays Alabama in the SEC Tournament.

Maybe Miller can shoot UT out of the gym. Like that pun?

 

[scn]

Your pearl clutching is laughable. You're as bad as the media for painting someone as guilty, until proven innocent, without knowing the facts.
I'm glad Miller is still playing because he should be. I hope even more so that UT plays Alabama in the SEC Tournament.

Maybe Miller can shoot UT out of the gym. Like that pun?

There is no question that he took somebody a weapon that resulted in a young mother being murdered. He has admitted to that.

It doesn't take being guilty of a crime to have your playing status suspended. We have seen it fairly frequently at UT when our guys have done dumbazz things. But, there is no school in the country with the win at all cost mentality like Alabama. They have a well-deserved reputation of being the dirtiest school in college sports.

Supposedly, the DA prosecuting the case is a Bama undergrad and got their law degree from Bama. I'm sure that isn't coloring the decisions any............

 

[prstide]

There is no question that he took somebody a weapon that resulted in a young mother being murdered. He has admitted to that.

It doesn't take being guilty of a crime to have your playing status suspended. We have seen it fairly frequently at UT when our guys have done dumbazz things. But, there is no school in the country with the win at all cost mentality like Alabama. They have a well-deserved reputation of being the dirtiest school in college sports.

Supposedly, the DA prosecuting the case is a Bama undergrad and got their law degree from Bama. I'm sure that isn't coloring the decisions any............

UT is the gold standard for handling student athletes that get in trouble. That Orange koolaid must be refreshing.
What you're suggesting is the same cancel culture mindset that is ruining this country. Get a grip.

 

[DaveTN]

I think the Tampering would be very hard to prove. There would almost have to be a paper trail.

Or they simply interviewed them both and ask what they did.

 

[scn]

UT is the gold standard for handling student athletes that get in trouble. That Orange koolaid must be refreshing.
What you're suggesting is the same cancel culture mindset that is ruining this country. Get a grip.

Compared to the job Bama is currently doing in their debacle, the way UT has handled their issues would be the gold standard.

It is time to take a step away from being a Bammer and get a grip on just how badly they have handled this mess.

 

[prstide]

Compared to the job Bama is currently doing in their debacle, the way UT has handled their issues would be the gold standard.

It is time to take a step away from being a Bammer and get a grip on just how badly they have handled this mess.

From a PR standpoint it could've been handled better by getting out in front of it in the public sphere. Here's the thing—none of what's been released is new info. All involved parties, coaches, the University and admin have known about everything for over a month. It's only new news to the public and the media machine.
The media are the only folks causing problems because they're misleadingly reporting to try and cause outrage. Fake news still hasn't changed.

 

[scn]

Except it isn't fake news.

What Miller did is well documented. Whether is rises to a level of a crime is something that should be decided at the legal levels by unbiased professionals (not a UA law school grad).

Nonetheless, the vast majority of schools would have realized the terrible optics of continuing to play him in light of the info that has come out. Instead, you have Bama giving the middle finger to the family of the victim and the rest of college sports by doing their cute little pat down routine while Miller leads them to another win.

Win at all costs has always been the Bama way.

 

[volboy]

From a PR standpoint it could've been handled better by getting out in front of it in the public sphere. Here's the thing—none of what's been released is new info. All involved parties, coaches, the University and admin have known about everything for over a month. It's only new news to the public and the media machine.
The media are the only folks causing problems because they're misleadingly reporting to try and cause outrage. Fake news still hasn't changed.

You just keep those far reaching ideas to make the school look like they should be on a pedestal. The following is copied from al.com (since you think print media is where the info should come from). This was on Wednesday 2/22. If they knew for over a month, why did Byrne lie this past wednesday?

Wednesday? From al.com:
Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne said Wednesday the school learned new details this week about star basketball player Brandon Miller's contact with Darius Miles the night of the Jan. 15 killing of Jamea Harris.

Specifically, Byrne told ESPN's College Gameday podcast that the school did not know about Miles' text message request to Miller asking the freshman forward to bring Miles' gun to the scene.

"That information was new to me," Byrne said Wednesday. "I had not been told that before."

The text message was revealed as part of law enforcement testimony at a 9 a.m. Tuesday hearing in Tuscaloosa's county jail to decide bond for Miles and Michael Davis, who were both charged with capital murder. That hearing had been initially scheduled for Feb. 7 before being postponed.

Reporters were present for the Tuesday hearing from several local news outlets, but recording devices, phones, laptops and cameras were not allowed. During the second hour of the two-and-a-half hour hearing, a reporter from the Tuscaloosa Thread left the room to publish a story revealing initial details about Miller's vehicle being at the scene.

Other details, including the text messages, had not yet been reported from the courtroom when coach Nate Oats arrived in the Coleman Coliseum press room shortly after noon Tuesday for his regular-scheduled 11:30 a.m. news conference previewing Wednesday's game at South Carolina.

During the news conference, Oats was asked a question that noted the court discussion about Miller's vehicle and inquired about Oats' comfort level given Miller's proximity to the shooting.

"We knew about that," Oats responded. "Can't control everything everybody does outside of practice. Nobody knew that was going to happen. College kids are out, Brandon hasn't been in any type of trouble nor is he in any type of trouble in this case. Wrong spot at the wrong time."

 

[wayne]

UT is the gold standard for handling student athletes that get in trouble. That Orange koolaid must be refreshing.
What you're suggesting is the same cancel culture mindset that is ruining this country. Get a grip.

Give a case for where UT mishandled an athlete getting into trouble?