Neuheisel was within an inch of being given a 2 Year Show Cause Order by the NCAA and had violations at multiple schools. Kind of funny he's coming to Art's defense, almost like Gotti showing support for El Chapo.
Rick is an engaging charismatic guy, like all natural salesmen but just about anything you read in depth regarding the man is bad news. I've read nothing positive about his behavior at Colorado or Washington. Some of this will sound real familiar of you follow Briles.
"In 2008, The Seattle Times ran a series of articles which accused Neuheisel and athletic director Barbara Hedges of overlooking numerous discipline problems—including outright criminal behavior—during the 2000 season.[6] During that year, UW safety Curtis Williams was allowed to play despite being issued an outstanding arrest warrant for assaulting his wife, Michelle.[6] Linebacker Jeremiah Pharms was under investigation for robbing and shooting a drug dealer after police found his fingerprints at the scene, but was not charged until the season was over.[6] Jerramy Stevens, the Huskies star tight end, was under investigation of raping a UW freshman on sorority row.[6] When Stevens later crashed his truck into a retirement home, Neuheisel suspended him for half a game."
"In February 2003, Neuheisel secretly interviewed for the San Francisco 49ers coaching job without telling anyone at UW about it. The 49ers' general manager at the time, Terry Donahue, had been Neuheisel's head coach as a player and assistant coach at UCLA. A day after his interview, he issued a statement through UW's athletic department saying he wasn't interested in the job. However, a few days later, a Seattle newspaper reporter wrote that he'd eavesdropped on a private conversation of Neuheisel discussing the 49ers job on his cell phone while the two were waiting for a flight at San Francisco International Airport. When Hedges found out about it, she and school president Lee Huntsman warned him that further lies would not be tolerated.[7]"
Chip Brown@ChipBrownHD
