UConn Booster wants donation back

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Major Connecticut donor wants $3 million gift back - ESPN

- A major benefactor to the University of Connecticut wants the school to return $3 million in donations and remove his family name from its football complex because he says he was shut out of discussions about the selection of a new football coach.
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Burton, who played college football at Murray State, said although he was not seeking veto power in the hiring, he "earned my voice on this subject" as the program's top donor.
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$3 mil? Tell him to get lost. If there was another "0" at the end of that $3 Mil, sure call him up and ask what he thinks
 
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VolsNSkinsFan said:
$3 mil? Tell him to get lost. If there was another "0" at the end of that $3 Mil, sure call him up and ask what he thinks
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$3M to UCONN football program...

Probably comes close to equalling $30M just about anywhere else...
 
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It's a tax deductable donation. It doesnt come with a veto vote. The guy comes off as a serious ducer
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This obviously is not the first time the AD and the donor have butted heads. Sounds like one or both of them is a serious jerk.

Auriemma forcefully denied Burton's claim there is escalating friction between him, men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun and Hathaway.
"His statement that Jeff has a poor working relationship with the basketball coaches really angers me," Auriemma said. "He [Burton] has no clue what my working or personal relationship is with Jeff nor is it any of his business."
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. . . and when Geno Auriemma intimates that you're a jerk . . .

Hard spot for the AD to be in when his major donor wanted to hire the guy that basically drove the Florida offense into the ground.
 
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West Virginia had a similar situation when Ken Kendrick blew a gasket over the hiring of Bill Stewart. A new AD and a coach in waiting later, the program is still trying to get back on track. It's rarely a good idea to piss off your main money faucet, especially to hire a relic or an idiot.
 
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hatvol96 said:
West Virginia had a similar situation when Ken Kendrick blew a gasket over the hiring of Bill Stewart. A new AD and a coach in waiting later, the program is still trying to get back on track. It's rarely a good idea to piss off your main money faucet, especially to hire a relic or an idiot.
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hatvol96 said:
It's rarely a good idea to piss off your main money faucet, especially to hire a relic or an idiot.
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That's the part that makes no sense. Yes, the donor come off like a 3 year old that didn't get the right flavor ice cream, but coddling donors is like dealing with women . . . you have to pick your battles. As much as I think Addazio would have been a stretch, I don't get going to the mat over a guy like Pasqualoni.
 
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GAVol said:
That's the part that makes no sense. Yes, the donor come off like a 3 year old that didn't get the right flavor ice cream, but coddling donors is like dealing with women . . . you have to pick your battles. As much as I think Addazio would have been a stretch, I don't get going to the mat over a guy like Pasqualoni.
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It's not like Burton didn't have insight into Pasqualoni. His son played for him. If the man who provides the rain for my program says he doesn't think I should hire the guy one of his progeny played for, I'm likely to listen.
 
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In fairness, one has to admit that Pasqualoni more or less plateaued what Dick McPherson did at Syracuse then crashed it. I can see cause for alarm from a booster standpoint.
 
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I fear my previous post, derived from comedic irony, has gone unnoticed. I'll bid you all good day.

You're not worthy of such A class material.
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TXVOL07 said:
I fear my previous post, derived from comedic irony, has gone unnoticed. I'll bid you all good day.

You're not worthy of such A class material.
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Jim Calhoun will smash your mailbox.
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Don't make him call on his roots to smash. Got a handshake and autograph when I was 13. He likely doesn't remember me.
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I was a close friend of Jake Voskuhl back when he played for him. We met through him in Katy Texas.
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It makes being 6'3 less impressive. I couldn't eat as much as those guys are required to though.
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