No way Manhattan can take him back. He told AD and team he was leaving right after he said "This is where I want to be". There is a high probability that Maisiello will be unemployed next season.
JoeStag, my questions would be: 1. What exactly are those shaky things that Manhattan thought they could live with but USF finds intolerable? and 2.Will Manhattan take Masiello back since they seem to have known what those shaky things were before they originally hired him?
Maybe Manhattan did not think the shakey things were significant, or maybe they did not know about it. But now that they are publicized by USF, then your #2 question if obviously the main question. Or the 3rd question is ...... Did these shakey things occur when Masiello was an assistant under Gonzo at Manhattan, or when we was an assistant at Louisville.
No way Manhattan can take him back. He told AD and team he was leaving right after he said "This is where I want to be". There is a high probability that Maisiello will be unemployed next season.
New Manhattan athletic director Noah LeFevre must be wondering what he did to deserve this dilemma. Verbal commits is showing 9 underclassmen and 4 verbal commits for Manhattan. Does LeFevre keep Masiello (without having to offer a contract extension or pay raise) and probably be listed as a preseason top tier MAAC team again next year or start fresh with a new coach and possibly lose the verbal commits and see underclassmen transfer (similar to what happened to Niagara when they had to replace Mihalich. (My apologies to Joe Mihalich --- I do not in any way intend to mean he is similar in character to Masiello ----only to point out what happens to good MAAC teams when their coach leaves.)
ESPN sources claiming that deal was killed because Masiello never graduated from Kentucky, even though his resume said he did.
Again, I have to wonder why USF didn't check this out BEFORE announcing Masiello was their new coach.
JoeStag, if that in fact is the shaky thing about Masiello -- I'm surprised that talk on the street is centered on the accuracy of one's resume.
USF never announced him as coach -- news was leaked -- and it's standard for reference / background checks to be done after an offer is made and accepted by a job candidate.
There's no way Manhattan can take him back if his stated education is a fraud. Notre Dame fired O'Leary Years back for the same reason. And it'd seem pretty matter if fact one way or the other -- you either have a diploma or you don't. No gray area.
WCBS radio reporting that it was that Masiello "lied" on his resume.
From ESPN:
On the Manhattan and Louisville official websites -- Masiello was an assistant at Louisville from 2005-11 before becoming head coach at Manhattan in 2011 -- it indicated he was a 2000 graduate of Kentucky with a degree in communications.
However, Masiello did not graduate from Kentucky, UK spokeswoman Ashley Caressen told ESPN. Masiello attended UK from the fall of 1996 to the summer of 2000 but never earned his degree, Caressen said.
Caressen said Masiello contacted the UK's registrar office on Tuesday, but she said his conversation with the registrar's office "was confidential.....
ESPN sources claiming that deal was killed because Masiello never graduated from Kentucky, even though his resume said he did.
Again, I have to wonder why USF didn't check this out BEFORE announcing Masiello was their new coach.
JoeStag, if that in fact is the shaky thing about Masiello -- I'm surprised that talk on the street is centered on the accuracy of one's resume.
And you have to wonder how Manhattan didn't uncover this "academic fraud" during it's own Masiello hiring process. Perhaps they didn't have the 60K to hire a consultant to due due diligence for them. Whatever the reason, Manhattan is going to take a hit on this as well. Prediction: Masiello, now damaged goods, will end up back at Louisville as an "Assistant Head Coach" for Pitino.
Some of us here are assuming that Manhattan knew about discrepancies in Massiello's background. I do not believe this to be true. Certainly if the coach did not graduate from a college, this is reason to dismiss him. If USF says "no", then surely Manhattan, which I think is more interested in maintaining a good public image, would also say "no". The question becomes " Is the impropriety so trivial that Manhattan can overlook it and rehire the coach?" I'm thinking that the coach is done in Riverdale.
Mydad --you are correct. USF didn't officially announce the signing but this is from Gary Parrish's story in cbssports.com: As CBSSports.com first reported, Masiello agreed to a five-year deal worth more than $1 million per year to replace Stan Heath early Tuesday. Hours later, that report was confirmed by ESPN.com, and The Tampa Tribune later reported that Masiello actually "signed" the deal.
So, who has the most egg on their face right now ---1.Those that leaked the information. 2. Those who reported the leaked information 3. The USF AD or 4. Masiello
Wow, college basketball (and football) has become a complete cesspool. All the money floating around is naturally going to attract unscrupulous people that will lie, cheat and manipulate their way to the riches. I really don't know how college presidents can look themselves in the mirror and honestly say they are running their institutions and athletic programs with integrity anymore. Good for South Florida for taking decisive action.
Finally, how did Manhattan College miss something as basic as confirming an academic credential during their background check? Someone or some search firm deserves to be fired. An even worse thought, I hope Manhattan did not know about this.
Maybe they didnt care. Dont really need a college degree to be a head coach.
Really??? He lied about a college degree and is a prominent ambassador of an institution of higher learning. We are not talking about a coach of a semi-pro basketball team. Or are we?