I feel like Fedora is a gambler playing with house money. The assertions that football won't be touched by the NCAA are ludicrous; no one can know that and I feel like it is a huge bluff on his part. As I mentioned in another thread, UNC as a whole has a massive problem with their accrediting body. If (when, hopefully) UNC gets hit with penalties, comments like those he made to the flipped recruit are going to absolutely blow up. The impression will be reaffirmed that UNC is willing to do or say anything just to get/keep athletes.
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The downside is his reputation, and eventually recruits will stop buying his statements and schools will see that. If he's dishonest, it will catch up with him.
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The Notice of Allegations is so long apparently few have bothered to read them.
There are 252 items listed in allegation 1, regarding the fake classes and grades. There are numerous references to football players and dozens of correspondence involving Cynthia Reynolds, the football contact in the academic support program for athletes, spanning several years.
So Fedora tells recruit, 'football isn't mentioned in the charges'. Which is true. He probably just forgets to mention there are numerous examples of football players taking fake classes and getting fake grades to stay eligible.
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I think UNC is going to be the team hanging around 4th place in the Coastal. There's going to be 3 or 4 teams jockeying for the top spot in the division for most of the season, and UNC is going to eventually come out on the bottom, but won't mathematically be eliminated until November.
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I think if they lose a couple early, they'll pull a Boeheim and declare themselves ineligible for a bowl this year, reduce a couple of schollies, forfeit a bunch of wins from 5-10 years ago, and try to minimize the damage. Football was up to its eyeballs in the fake classes/grades.
Women's basketball and football will be the sacrificial lambs to try to minimize the harm to their men's basketball legacy.
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UNC seems to always have a decent team in the pre-season rankings and always seem to underwhelm as well. I can totally see them losing games they probably shouldn't and knocking them out of the ACCCG contention fairly early. I don't know their slate in the atlantic this year but I see them dropping one or two games that no one expects them to.
I do expect us to beat them (as usual) however it has seemed that we always dominate them for a while and then let them creep back into the game to keep it just interesting enough. We'll see how the year pans out but we do have them at home in November. Even though Raleigh isn't too far from Blacksburg it's not in the mountains. Blacksburg is a lot colder than Raleigh. Off the cuff I think this one is another in our scheme against them of we take a lead but don't close them out. It will be close enough to keep it a game the whole time but maybe a late field goal puts it out of reach late in the fourth (and all this without seeing either team play yet, ha). Of course I hope I'm wrong and we're starting our back-ups mid-third qtr due to prolific offense and a dominate defense.
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Oh I think it'll be a situation where they lose early, probably to GT, but the way the rest of the Coastal shakes out, we can't officially say they are out based on records. Largely because they don't play us until the penultimate week, so that tiebreaker won't exist until late.
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There is something about Fedora that tunes me out. I don't hate or dislike most of the ACC coaches, but Fedora irks me a bit. Maybe its that stupid vizor.
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Regarding recruiting ,Fedora is a fast talking , snake oil salesman that will tell recruits anything they want to hear. UNC should extend his contract and increase his pay, as he fits in so well with the dishonest and obfuscating culture there. Maybe this type of behavior will be punished , but have seen too many of this type of coach just move on to a better job.
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If you believe what he is saying it's because you want to believe it. It's because you purposefully want to ignore the obvious facts . It's because you want to go there regardless. Anyone who's being objective could see that they're going to get hit.
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Davis did the same thing and pulled a couple of recruits away from us if I remember correctly. It's unreal. You at least have to be honest and tell the kid that you have no idea what's going to happen. It could be very minor it could be crushing. Of course you could play for a team that wins 1 game every year and still make it to the NFL so if that's the kids goal then I guess post-season games don't really matter except that they give you more playing time.
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I feel like Fedora is a gambler playing with house money. The assertions that football won't be touched by the NCAA are ludicrous; no one can know that and I feel like it is a huge bluff on his part. As I mentioned in another thread, UNC as a whole has a massive problem with their accrediting body. If (when, hopefully) UNC gets hit with penalties, comments like those he made to the flipped recruit are going to absolutely blow up. The impression will be reaffirmed that UNC is willing to do or say anything just to get/keep athletes.
But where is the downside for him? He can't be punished for what he says or promises, if things get bad enough he leaves for another job.
The downside is his reputation, and eventually recruits will stop buying his statements and schools will see that. If he's dishonest, it will catch up with him.
That's all down the road though, schools and donors worry about the here and now.
The Notice of Allegations is so long apparently few have bothered to read them.
There are 252 items listed in allegation 1, regarding the fake classes and grades. There are numerous references to football players and dozens of correspondence involving Cynthia Reynolds, the football contact in the academic support program for athletes, spanning several years.
So Fedora tells recruit, 'football isn't mentioned in the charges'. Which is true. He probably just forgets to mention there are numerous examples of football players taking fake classes and getting fake grades to stay eligible.
I think UNC is going to be the team hanging around 4th place in the Coastal. There's going to be 3 or 4 teams jockeying for the top spot in the division for most of the season, and UNC is going to eventually come out on the bottom, but won't mathematically be eliminated until November.
My opinion...
I think if they lose a couple early, they'll pull a Boeheim and declare themselves ineligible for a bowl this year, reduce a couple of schollies, forfeit a bunch of wins from 5-10 years ago, and try to minimize the damage. Football was up to its eyeballs in the fake classes/grades.
Women's basketball and football will be the sacrificial lambs to try to minimize the harm to their men's basketball legacy.
UNC seems to always have a decent team in the pre-season rankings and always seem to underwhelm as well. I can totally see them losing games they probably shouldn't and knocking them out of the ACCCG contention fairly early. I don't know their slate in the atlantic this year but I see them dropping one or two games that no one expects them to.
I do expect us to beat them (as usual) however it has seemed that we always dominate them for a while and then let them creep back into the game to keep it just interesting enough. We'll see how the year pans out but we do have them at home in November. Even though Raleigh isn't too far from Blacksburg it's not in the mountains. Blacksburg is a lot colder than Raleigh. Off the cuff I think this one is another in our scheme against them of we take a lead but don't close them out. It will be close enough to keep it a game the whole time but maybe a late field goal puts it out of reach late in the fourth (and all this without seeing either team play yet, ha). Of course I hope I'm wrong and we're starting our back-ups mid-third qtr due to prolific offense and a dominate defense.
Oh I think it'll be a situation where they lose early, probably to GT, but the way the rest of the Coastal shakes out, we can't officially say they are out based on records. Largely because they don't play us until the penultimate week, so that tiebreaker won't exist until late.
There is something about Fedora that tunes me out. I don't hate or dislike most of the ACC coaches, but Fedora irks me a bit. Maybe its that stupid vizor.
It is the visor, and the fact that he gels his hair... and THEN puts on the visor.
Regarding recruiting ,Fedora is a fast talking , snake oil salesman that will tell recruits anything they want to hear. UNC should extend his contract and increase his pay, as he fits in so well with the dishonest and obfuscating culture there. Maybe this type of behavior will be punished , but have seen too many of this type of coach just move on to a better job.
If you believe what he is saying it's because you want to believe it. It's because you purposefully want to ignore the obvious facts . It's because you want to go there regardless. Anyone who's being objective could see that they're going to get hit.
Davis did the same thing and pulled a couple of recruits away from us if I remember correctly. It's unreal. You at least have to be honest and tell the kid that you have no idea what's going to happen. It could be very minor it could be crushing. Of course you could play for a team that wins 1 game every year and still make it to the NFL so if that's the kids goal then I guess post-season games don't really matter except that they give you more playing time.