The media knew about the nude free throw shooting and no one reported it till The Maven started talking it up we redman.com. Writers know alot more than they write but hold back for various reasons. I dont write this to imply you are wrong, just to say the media knows alot they dont tell us.
Seton I think you need to go back to South Orange though perhaps your general quote
The media knew about the nude free throw shooting and no one reported it till The Maven started talking it up on redman.com. Writers know alot more than they write but hold back for various reasons. I dont write this to imply you are wrong, just to say the media knows alot they dont tell us.
Seton I think you need to go back to South orange though your general quote on the media may be correct. First as for Waters dismissal the posts here including my own cover it well. However unless it had continued the naked free throw shooting incident was under BANNON
As for BANNONS firing I sincerely believe I was the ONLY one or one of the few who who may have known what went down- by sheer luck as I was out of work-and I sincerely believe the firing was DIRECTLY related to horrendous press the RU program ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NCAA tourney based on great play by RU transfers Sankes and Brown?(who led the nation in scoring at LIU? That year).
What went down is as follows to the best of my memory. First the season was over and there seemed to be no noise out of Piscataway on a Bannon firing. Yes there had been the naked free throw contest whenever, celebrity bartender incident and whatever else (Seton perhaps insert the press quote here). Now I may not have been in touch say with top court club donors I had served with such as Pat Morris or the Lawrence's (s
Shiela had also been a prof of mine in the MBA program). However a former professor neighbor who had ties from the top of the RAA down-and was on campus most days-hadnt heard a thing.
IN ESSENCE IT WAS BAD PUBLICITY FROM THE NCAA TELECAST DUE TO JOHN FEINSTEINS BOOK ON THE PATRIOT LEAGUE (out near the end if that season) that quickly prompted AD Mulcahy? to fire Bannon.
Anyways I think first was the Wednesday? Court Club meeting that week. At the meeting Bannon was a no show. Yes it could have been because his fate had been determined. However is was just as or even MORE likely Bannon wanted to avoid a grilling from the FEINSTEIN book (that had come out some days before) THAT DISCUSSED Josh Sankes'transfer to Holy Cr oss after the naked free throw incident-and how bad he was messed up in the head. The book discussed FOR 8 pages Sankes poor treatment by Bannon and the RU sports administration. The book discussed how Sankes wound up hurt and in the hospital but nobody came to visit or check up on him. The book also noted Sankes was so damaged and nervous due to all that he puked during his first practice at Holy Cross.
Now looking back-if Bannon, staff and the RU sports administration? Was trying to avoid bad publicity they made another classic choice to rep the team at the Court Club meeting-Todd Billet (I believe). I say this as Todd (or whomever repoed the team) was discussed in Feinsteins book as having a nice little track habit and the book noted how he and Sankes used to hit the ponies (Monmouth I believe) quite often (skipping class?).
It seemed as if Bannon et Al had gambled that nobody had read the book yet. However all it took was one person and bless me father for I have sinned it was me -though perhaps I had (I forget) heard of the 8 pages of content ( I don't remember reading the book-esoecially that fast). Anyways when the floor was opened up to questions I immediately raised my hand. Eventually Court Club VP? Elliott Sachs made his way over to me with the mic. I asked Elliott ( on top of rules hops as much as anyone) if he had read the book and he indicated he had-and asked "you're not gonna ask about that incident are you? I replied "yes I am!". When I did-Billet hesitated-and rebuffed my question saying he hadn't read about himself and Sankes.
Anyways the prior may or may not have gotten the "ball rolling". However Bannon (and Rutgers') luck immediately worsened the next day at noon-the start of the NCAA tourney. First up was HOLY CROSS vs Kentucky. Starting at Center for Holy Cross "is" transfer Josh Sankes!!! And for 75 percent of the game Sankes holds his own vs the Kentucky center and I believe Holy Cross only loses by 6-8. Long before the end of the game the CBS announcers rave and rave about Sankes and then start discussing the FEINSTEIN book-note the 8 pages of Rutgers misgivings-and proceed to make Rutgers look like Rahway State prison after a breakout!
To make matters worse either the next game or a game (potential upset) of notes is LIU. Well LIU has the nation's leading scorer-Charles Brown?-a transfer from Rutgers. Brown has a good game, some of the Sankes stuff was rehashed again and Rutgers looked really bad again. Coincidentally Bannon was let go within the next 24-48 hours- with many (obviously those who worked) surprised.
This "incident" and Schianos house sale (the KEY realtor blew off a scheduled appointment with me-then lied to me that he was sick-to close with Schianos) were the 2 times I believe I have first had the Rutgers "scoop".
