Williams wanted to settle for 2.5 Million

[Friend Of Tubby]

Keep believing what you want even though there is proof to the contrary as Honyocker said that he has tried to get other jobs and been unsuccessful. You want to throw out the Eddie Sutton example, well first off that was over 20 years ago before the internet age and before any and every person could find detailed info on any and every infraction. Also, Eddie Sutton was a successful and well established head coach who ended up back at his alma mater after the Kentucky debacle. Don't you think an A.D. is going to be more willing to go out on a limb for big time head coach versus an assistant. Add in the fact that the said coach is returning to his alma mater where he was and is highly revered and the program is willing to overlook some things that other programs may not.

Williams found several jobs since the 1976 and 1988 NCAA violations. Why not now?

 

[Minnie Soda]

How about Minnesota just agrees to name its basketball arena after him, and call it even?

 

[gophertime]

Good idea. That made me giggle.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Not true. In an interview, he went through a list of jobs he had applied for. The reason he did not get those jobs had to do with the Minnesota situation. His Gopher basketball history was resurrected by Minnesota/Maturi after it had been buried and gone for a number of years. The ADs and coaches at the hiring schools did not want to get into any kind of contraversy with that stuff coming up again and hurting THEIR program reputation in the press. There is no doubt that the Tubby/Maturi thing hurt Williams big time when it came to getting another job.

He should not have cheated in the first place then. People make their own beds. Sleep in them and stop blaming others for not changing your sheets.