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Rick Neuheisel named new UCLA head coach

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Just heard May say that with Neweasel, UCLA will be on probation in three years, hate to say it but the moron may finally break his 0fer for being right:biggrin: Pretty pathetic that it took them this long just to settle for typhoid Rick.
 
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OCBucksFan;1042210; said:
Please be wrong, I would love to see UCLA wind up with an enormous black eye and permanent damage to the reputation of the program.
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I think they've already managed to do that all by themselves. Didn't Bob Toledo recruit anyone and everyone and consistently had a Cooperesque and Mack Brown type records year in and year out and they canned him.
 
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Here is UCLA AD Dan Guerrero's quotes from when he fired Bob Toledo, who was HC during the handicap placard and Deshaun Foster scandals:

``It's all about having the right environment,'' said Guerrero at an afternoon press conference that was packed with media, football players and athletic department employees. ``I didn't want to create a situation where the first transgression where one of our kids may have, the first bad call that a coach may have, would dredge up some really negative things in this program.
``I felt a change in leadership was necessary.''
 
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Dispatch

College football notebook
Neuheisel returns to UCLA as coach

Sunday, December 30, 2007 3:29 AM



ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rick Neuheisel, a quarterback who was the MVP in UCLA's 1984 Rose Bowl victory and later served as a Bruins assistant, was hired as his alma mater's 16th coach.

His five-year contract is for $1.25 million annually, plus incentives.
Neuheisel, 46, succeeds Karl Dorrell, who was fired Dec. 3.
Athletic director Dan Guerrero said Neuheisel's experience and success were significant.
"In the end, it was all about 66 collegiate wins, a percentage that places him among the top active coaches in the country, and an opportunity for Rick to start anew with a clean slate at his alma mater," Guerrero said.

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Dodd mentions the number 51 in his blog.

sportsline.blog

During his lengthy, public and convoluted search, maybe Guerrero concluded that in a game filled with rogues and cheaters, he couldn't find anyone cleaner. Neuheisel certainly wasn't Guerrero's first choice but was clearly the people's choice.

In other words, it was a numbers game: .688 trumped 51. That first number is Neuheisel's career winning percentage. The second is the number of secondary violations the NCAA charged against him.

Five years ago, he was radioactive. But times passes and, fortunately for Neuheisel, the profession hasn't distinguished itself lately, which makes him practically look like an archbishop these days. After the NCAA Tournament betting pool scandal, he put his head down (while suing the NCAA and U-Dub), started at the lowest level of the profession (high school assistant) and remade himself.

Success, scandal, rebirth, redemption. That's not a hiring, that's the American Dream. No, even better, a screenplay.

Someone wave those paparazzi over to Westwood.
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Wasn't the worst thing they could find against Neuheisel was that he participated in a March Madness office pool? My memory's kind of fuzzy on that one, if there was more to it than just that, I could easily be wrong. What else did he do?
 
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HailToMichigan;1042928; said:
Wasn't the worst thing they could find against Neuheisel was that he participated in a March Madness office pool? My memory's kind of fuzzy on that one, if there was more to it than just that, I could easily be wrong. What else did he do?
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He used to stand in a prospect's front yard and call the prospect on a cell phone. He'd then tell the prospect to look out a window or come to the front porch. He'd claim that was only a telephone call and not an in-person contact.

He got Colorado put on probation because he and his staff committed over 50 recruiting violations.

NCAA report said:
On or about January 21, 1997, the former head coach, after previously making his one permissible in-person, off-campus contact in the home of prospect 2, contacted the young man by cellular telephone while outside the young man’s home. The former head coach instructed the young man to appear at the front door of the young man’s home, and when the young man did so, the former head coach had a telephone conversation with the young man while he was within eyesight of prospect 2, approximately 15 yards from the young man.
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Slick Rick said:
I do not think that a telephone call to a prospect constituted a "contact" under NCAA legislation. It is important to note that it was dark out at the time, so I do not think (prospect 2) could see me.
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methomps;1042970; said:
He used to stand in a prospect's front yard and call the prospect on a cell phone. He'd then tell the prospect to look out a window or come to the front porch. He'd claim that was only a telephone call and not an in-person contact.

He got Colorado put on probation because he and his staff committed over 50 recruiting violations.
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Seems reasonable.:biggrin:
He was young then...he's matured since then, I'm sure. :lol:
 
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Oh well, Neuheisel strikes out on his #1 recruit (cue Deety).

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The University of Washington has hired UCLA defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker as its new defensive coordinator, Sporting News has learned.
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New UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel wanted to keep Walker. Not only does losing him to Washington hurt UCLA's defense, it also will be a blow to the Bruins' recruiting efforts. Walker was one of the school's best recruiters, and there could be fallout with regard to UCLA's strong 2008 class.
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