10 mile long rap sheet? That's a lie and you know it. He has had infractions exactly once. He has had infractions no more times than Bruce Pearl, whom the last time I checked is coaching again in the SEC and doing well. Auburn was not under investigation when they hired Pearl - but they hired him, and were not in any way, shape, or form penalized for it by the NCAA.
Go ahead and try to explain how the NCAA can employ a different standard for a program under investigation than one that is not. That's why they have show cause - it clearly and specifically identifies that there are restrictions for any school considering hiring a coach under that penalty. The NCAA does not have a separate set of conditions for schools under investigation; there isn't such a thing as a show cause for schools being investigated but not for schools that aren't.
I'm still waiting for you or any of the other dishonest Freeze detractors/sunshine pumpers to even attempt to address the point I have made several times, and which no one has dared come within ten feet of because you know it shoots your facile, juvenile, mindless lies all to pieces: if the NCAA even thought about giving us even the tiniest single extra penalty, just one extra scholarship taken away, one less recruiting visit, anything, because we hired a coach who had served his punishment and was completely free and clear of all restrictions, and had been gainfully employed by another NCAA Division I member school for nearly four years with zero infractions, they would open themselves up to a lawsuit. And they wouldn't just open themselves to it - make no mistake, they would be sued, and rightfully so, by Freeze, and he would win.
The whole of our justice system is built around the idea that once someone has served his punishment, he can't be punished again for the same crime. There's even a term for it: double jeopardy.
If Freeze were still under show cause, it would be foolish to consider him - that is inarguable. It's more foolish to suggest that someone who has done his time, and furthermore has been gainfully employed without incident by another NCAA school for nearly four years now, could not have been considered. It's just disingenuous, dishonest, and asinine. More bluntly, it's a lie perpetuated to cover over the unconscionable negligence of the UT boosters for not going after one of the very best coaches in the country, and far and away the best coach we have had a chance at in decades.
