At 11:30 PM 12/22/96 -0400, Mike Machnik wrote:
 
>Hold on...I'm under the impression that Calipari did not know about what
>was going on with Camby when it happened.  Someone (forget who) said
>recently that if he did know during the season, he would have done
>something about it, Player of the Year or not.  I.e. suspension.
>
>If it comes out that Calipari did know and did nothing, I'll change my
>opinion, but based on what little I know, I don't think it's fair to defend
>Walsh by taking shots at a guy who also probably does not deserve it.  It
>doesn't make the pro-Walsh side look very good.
>
>I'd also say there were 15 million very good reasons for him to leave UMass
>when he did.  If he had stayed simply to "face the heat", he would have
>been a fool.  From every indication, this is Camby's heat to face, not
>Calipari's.
 
I think this is a recent issue (i.e. this week)
 
Sports talk shows have brought this issue back to the forefront again
because Camby has admitted to more stuff (illegal if I recall correctly),
and that either Calipari learned of these and did in fact put the pieces in
motion to the deal that landed him in New Jersey.  Some reports (no idea of
the sources, thus I wouldn't comment on how true they are) said Calipari did
have some knowledge and let it go.
 
I am not all that familar, but David Brody spent all Friday night talking
about this, and if new material had not just come out I couldn't see how it
could command such attention.  Perhaps Mr. Doucette can fill us in?
 
Regardless of the new information, Calipari did bolt not long after Camby
went public.  It does look suspicious.
 
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