Scummiest Coaches

[tornado]

Larry Eustachy in the news again...with a little behavior that will be familiar ...
Larry went ballistic....
Firing repeated "F-bombs" ....

well, Larry Eustachy in the news again...

Language, player abuse, "outrageous behavior"....
"One high-ranking university official recommended Eustachy's contract be terminated"

but then...we kinda knew all this stuff has been going on for years - funny they didn't look into it at Southern Miss..
But as long as Eustachy keeps winning, they will continue to throw the big bucks his way.

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/csu/mens-basketball/2017/02/15/colorado-state-basketball-larry-eustachy-investigation/97949522/

http://www.9news.com/news/local/next/the-coloradoan-reporter-who-exposed-csu-investigation-into-eustachy/409387996

Even the media admits that...
"Eustachy shows winning still the only thing that matters"

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2017/02/16/college-basketball-colorado-state-larry-eustachy/98017330/

"Nothing surprising about Larry Eustachy getting in trouble again"

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/basketball-mens/2017/02/15/peterson-larry-eustachy-colorado-state-report-randy-peterson/97959912/

[tornado]

well, Larry Eustachy in the news again...

Language, player abuse, "outrageous behavior"....
"One high-ranking university official recommended Eustachy's contract be terminated"

but then...we kinda knew all this stuff has been going on for years - funny they didn't look into it at Southern Miss..
But as long as Eustachy keeps winning, they will continue to throw the big bucks his way.

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/csu/mens-basketball/2017/02/15/colorado-state-basketball-larry-eustachy-investigation/97949522/

http://www.9news.com/news/local/next/the-coloradoan-reporter-who-exposed-csu-investigation-into-eustachy/409387996

Even the media admits that...
"Eustachy shows winning still the only thing that matters"

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2017/02/16/college-basketball-colorado-state-larry-eustachy/98017330/

"Nothing surprising about Larry Eustachy getting in trouble again"
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/sto...rson/97959912/

deja vu all over again....
again- for about the umpteenth time, Larry Eustachy is in trouble for his behavior...
cursing tirades, throwing things and abuse of his own players and staff.
Will they ever fire this nut-case? Why do people keep throwing money at him & hiring him....will it continue until he kills someone?

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/csu/mens-basketball/2018/01/31/csu-basketball-coach-larry-eustachy-facing-new-conduct-investigation/1083645001/

[Da Coach]

Head Coach Larry Eustachy was just placed on "administrative leave" by Colorado State-

https://hoopdirt.com/breaking-colorado-state-head-coach-larry-eustachy-placed-administrative-leave/

Sounds like an euphemism for "we don't want this guy coaching here any more, so we have to try to find a way to get rid of him".

[Chico]

Using that logic, then Altman's a scumbag for taking kids to Oregon that had committed to Creighton and McDermott likewise for stealing that Doug What's-his-name from UNI!
The list of other coaches who have taken players with them to their new jobs is long and illustrious...and include Bruce Pearl, Tom Crean, Bob Huggins, and Kelvin Sampson..so I guess we've got the right title for this topic..

The coaches didn??™t take the players, the players followed the coaches who recruited them in the first place.

[tornado]

that was my point- the kids can choose

[Chico]

that was my point- the kids can choose

That was my point also. The kids chose to follow the guy who recruited them.

[tornado]

Head Coach Larry Eustachy was just placed on "administrative leave" by Colorado State-

https://hoopdirt.com/breaking-colorado-state-head-coach-larry-eustachy-placed-administrative-leave/

Sounds like an euphemism for "we don't want this guy coaching here any more, so we have to try to find a way to get rid of him".

interesting story....just as we have seen so many times...

Larry Eustachy several years ago (2013 !) was warned, disciplined and placed on a ZERO TOLERANCE protocol for his seriously abusive behavior...

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/06/colorado-state-ad-warned-larry-eustachy-culture-of-fear/

and yet time and time again - he violated it and was given more warnings and more "probationary" slaps on the wrist - all the while being allowed to continue being just as abusive as ever...
even tho his behavior CLEARLY VIOLATED "violate terms of Eustachy’s employment."

".. the coach verbally abused players and staff members, threw chairs and
unopened soda cans, punted basketballs and punched whiteboards. Eustachy
was told then by former athletic director Jack Graham that any further
violation would result in the termination of his contract with cause."


WHAT THE HEY??? What good is a ZERO TOLERANCE policy if they do NOT stand up and enforce it and constantly give the guy 100% TOLERANCE instead and tolerate his abusive behavior.
The id-iot need to be canned right now but the school is still hesitating because it will cost them $, he has a winning record, and they fear the inevitable lawsuits!! In other words - Eustachy has them by the ba**s and they are giving in to him and his horrible behavior endlessly.

[Da Coach]

Colorado State to fire basketball coach Larry Eustachy

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/08/larry-eustachy-to-be-fired-colorado-state/

His salary is $985,000 per year, and runs through the 2020-21 season. But it seems Colorado State will try to fire him "for cause" claiming he has violated the "zero tolerance policy he previously received regarding his abusive behavior toward players and staff", which would save the school more than $3 million over the remaining 3 years of the contract. Expect a lawsuit (or threat of a lawsuit) and an eventual settlement.

[Da Coach]

After the removal of Larry Eustachy, now the Colorado State players are boycotting practice under their new interim head coach Steve Barnes.

https://twitter.com/JustinTMichael/status/961732674648907776

It is not entirely clear why they were boycotting practice under the new interim head coach. But here is a twist... the interim coach, Steve Barnes, who has worked as an assistant under Larry Eustachy for 22 years of his coaching career, and who was the associate head coach at Colorado State is being described "by an anonymous former Rams athletic department staff member as Eustachy’s “right-hand guy” who “was even worse than Larry (Eustachy)” at most times."
Barnes and Eustachy have been described as extremely similar in terms of their personality and that the duo “coach basically the same”.
Some of the descriptions coming out in this case are really shocking, how terrible Eustachy and Barnes treated people around them as well as the player abuse, and got away with it for many years "out of fear and intimidation".

https://www.mwcconnection.com/2018/2/8/16987612/colorado-state-interim-coach-steve-barnes-allegedly-integral-figure-in-larry-eustachy-investigation

[tornado]

Barnes' association with Eustachy goes back to Iowa State and even to Utah State over 20 years ago - but even further back than that..they're practically joined at the hip...
they were high school teammates so they've been associated most of their entire lives.

After Eustachy was fired from Iowa State, Barnes was suspended, then later fired after he made threats against the administrators of Iowa State in response to his perceived mistreatment of Larry. He was cited as saying to players & their families "we need to go after the people that got us." - meaning then Athletic Director "Bruce Van De Velde and probably others at the university". LINK

[Da Coach]

After the removal of Larry Eustachy, now the Colorado State players are boycotting practice under their new interim head coach Steve Barnes.

https://twitter.com/JustinTMichael/status/961732674648907776

It is not entirely clear why they were boycotting practice under the new interim head coach. But here is a twist... the interim coach, Steve Barnes, who has worked as an assistant under Larry Eustachy for 22 years of his coaching career, and who was the associate head coach at Colorado State is being described "by an anonymous former Rams athletic department staff member as Eustachy’s “right-hand guy” who “was even worse than Larry (Eustachy)” at most times."
Barnes and Eustachy have been described as extremely similar in terms of their personality and that the duo “coach basically the same”.
Some of the descriptions coming out in this case are really shocking, how terrible Eustachy and Barnes treated people around them as well as the player abuse, and got away with it for many years "out of fear and intimidation".
https://www.mwcconnection.com/2018/2...-investigation

Things are getting crazier by the day at Colorado State. Eustachy's top assistant Steve Barnes was named the Interim Head Coach while Eustachy is on administrative leave awaiting a decision on his future. But, Barnes also has been accused of player abuse. So after a backlash following Barnes' promotion, the Colorado State University Athletic Department today placed Barnes on "paid administrative leave", too.
They have now named young 2nd-year assistant Jase Herl as the new interim head coach. They play a home game against San Jose State today.

[Chico]

Poor babies. Did they get yelled at? Pull their scholarships. They knew who the coach was when they went there.

[tornado]

...now named young 2nd-year assistant Jase Herl as the new interim head coach...

Interesting irony....
Herl has only been in DI a little over a year...coming from the assistant coaching staff at the juco level...
but when he was hired, Larry Eustachy prophetically said this of Jase Herl...
"I am really excited about Jase joining our staff ...
He wants to be a head coach and he has been getting after it in his career"
...now a year and a half later he is a head coach and he has Larry Eustachy's job!