https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35237963/texas-basketball-coach-chris-beard-arrested-assault-charge
Many on this site worshipped Beard like you do Dana Altman and Mick Cronin.
As always in these cases, Beard is now guilty until proven innocent in the court of public opinion.
I guess you just never really know someone until you know someone.
It doesn't look good for him. He was a disciple of Bobby Knight so there's a good chance that he isn't the friendliest guy around...but he has always proven to be a great coach. We'll see if this completely kills his young career!
Quote from: arxpert on December 12, 2022, 12:41:34 PM
Many on this site worshipped Beard like you do Dana Altman and Mick Cronin.
You really need to get some help.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/texas-suspends-coach-chris-beard-after-arrest-on-assault-charge-for-alleged-strangulation-of-family-member/
Quote from: wc on December 12, 2022, 06:33:02 PM
Quote from: arxpert on December 12, 2022, 12:41:34 PM
Many on this site worshipped Beard like you do Dana Altman and Mick Cronin.
You really need to get some help.
Why? Because you and people of your ilk were on your knees begging for Beard to be hired by the Ghouls? Shaking my head.
Do we even know what happened? Sounds like you work for the media.
"The beginning of the End of Chris Beard" That title shows no sense of decency towards any law/justice. I don't care what he did or didn't do. Let it play out.
You still advocate for Sean Miller and he threw his assistant under the bus and essentially allowed him to go to jail. That isn't the same as alleged domestic abuse but both coaches can be "desirable" for the coaching abilities, prior to fully understanding their personal lives.
Quote from: ZonaBBB on December 13, 2022, 06:37:38 AM
Do we even know what happened? Sounds like you work for the media.
The woman attributed a bite mark on her right forearm, a cut to her right eyebrow and temple, a scrape to her left leg and cut to her left thumb to Beard, per the documents. The woman said Beard "choked me, threw me off the bed, bit me, bruises all over my leg, throwing me around, and going nuts," per the affidavit.
Quote from: KansasCityCats on December 13, 2022, 02:03:50 PM
You still advocate for Sean Miller and he threw his assistant under the bus and essentially allowed him to go to jail. That isn't the same as alleged domestic abuse but both coaches can be "desirable" for the coaching abilities, prior to fully understanding their personal lives.
I'll stand behind basketball related decisions over personal life decisions. Not like Beard beat his wife up over recruits. Not like Sean Miller threatened the knees of Book like a Mafia Man if he didn't land Rawle
No, but he didn't speak up when his supposed "best friend" was taken from his home amidst a silly investigation that was the responsibility of our entire staff. Neither have spoken since...and it's disgusting. It also says a lot about his character.
Miller is a total scum bag and his coaching is mediocre at best. Glad he's gone and it would make me really happy to see Xavier fail miserably, under his stewardship.
Quote from: KansasCityCats on December 14, 2022, 08:36:18 AM
No, but he didn't speak up when his supposed "best friend" was taken from his home amidst a silly investigation that was the responsibility of our entire staff. Neither have spoken since...and it's disgusting. It also says a lot about his character.
Miller said many times that he did nothing wrong and the facts stood. Book got caught red handed. No amount of friendship would change those facts. I understand any and all resentment. I don't necessarily believe that friendship and work mix well together. . So in the end - the way I view it is everyone had expectations of personal relationships and some feel let down, but no one should think there is some sort of Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn Blood Brothers scenario here between Miller and Book.
If it were Archie Miller instead of Book perhaps I could possibly see a reason for Sean to over extend and make some comments. Before the false Ayton story came out, no one really had an opinion like this at all about Miller. Then it turns out the actual situation was regarding Book and Rawle. So really it's all just very biased from the jump.
You can't pretend that Miller had no clue about Book's relationships with Rawle and the other prospects in question.
In the coaching industry, friends and work DO mix. Head coaches treat their assistants like family. Book and Sean has that bond and Miller disassociated immediately when he wanted to selfishly salvage his own reputation. Not even visiting your longtime assistant in prison. That's bullshit.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35386303/texas-fires-men-basketball-coach-chris-beard
The end.
Wow. Texas didn't want to take any chances. Next!
This has been news all day, but I thought I would post that I believe this type of stuff is exactly what sets Women back in the quest for being believed when horrible things occur to them in a He Said/She Said capacity. I am standing for my opinion on the matter, not for whatever facts nor lack of that exist publicly. For the few Women who walk back their statements for whatever reason whether they are being paid to do so or whether they lied in the first place or other reasons, there are hundreds of others in lesser status situations that suffer mightily. It does grind my gears and I believe it is completely in-bounds to subject Beard to the court of public opinion.
If Beard doesn't sue Texas for his money then that will be a key indicator that he got away with it and is counting his blessings. We will find out about that over time. If he does sue, that would be consistent with him maintaining his story he did nothing wrong / acted in self defense (lol sure). If I were Beard, which I would never be, I would leave it alone and look to start over potentially in the Pro's as a low level assistant and stay away from College for now.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35667487/da-drops-domestic-violence-case-ex-texas-coach-chris-beard
It sounds like Texas found enough evidence from the authorities to justify firing him. Beard's girlfriend didn't state that she wasn't assaulted but she didn't want to take him through the legal process.
My assumption is that Beard AND his girlfriend hope to sue Texas after the charges are dropped so he can pay her off to just "go away". Pretty sick situation...