>The NCAA had the choice of banning Walsh from coaching.  If they had felt
>his violations of NCAA rules, and his blatant flouting of the spirit of
>those rules, warranted explusion, then they had it in their power to ban
>him.  The left it up to Maine.
>
>In effect, Maine took the NCAA at their word, and said: you imposed these
>penalties on both Walsh and Maine for past actions.  Assumedly, you imposed
>these penalties because you measured them as the appropriate response to
>his conduct.  That means that it wipes the slate clean, and gives us the
>choice of reupping Walsh.  So we do.
 
        Weeeellll, sort of.  Don't forget that Maine imposed their own
sanctions, including suspending Walsh instead of firing him, first.
If they were going to oust him, that was the natural time to do it,
and the decision was made without knowing what the NC$$ would do...
 
                                        John Whelan, Cornell '91
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