The full 46 page Notice of Allegations is available at southernmiss.com

Quote:Statement Regarding NCAA Review





July 24, 2015
Dear USM Community:

This week, The University of Southern Mississippi received a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA related to alleged rules violations within our men’s basketball program while under the leadership of a former head coach. While the NCAA process will take several months to complete, we did not want to wait to update you as this investigation is rightfully of great interest to the USM community.

The Notice of Allegations, which has been posted at SouthernMiss.com, includes charges involving serious misconduct by the former head coach and members of his staff. The alleged violations do not involve any current member of the men’s basketball team or coaching staff. Importantly, the notice does not include a charge of a lack of institutional control or failure to monitor the program by the University. Further, the academic misconduct identified in the notice relates to coursework undertaken at other institutions prior to the students’ enrollment at USM.

The University understands the serious nature of the allegations and has worked collaboratively with the NCAA in reviewing this matter since last fall. We will continue to fully cooperate with the NCAA through the remainder of the administrative process, which we do not expect to conclude before Spring 2016.

We are pleased that this phase of the review is complete and look forward to our men’s basketball program continuing to move in a positive direction. Inasmuch as this is an ongoing process, we are not able to provide additional information or comment further at this time. We thank you for your patience and understanding as we look forward to a conclusion to this matter.

Rodney D. Bennett
President

Bill McGillis
Director of Athletics

(07-24-2015 08:41 PM)LR Eagle Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 08:23 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:03 PM)NueDaeEagle Wrote:  It's unfair to judge peoples reaction to Tyndall now that we all know what a two faced liar he is. No one knew than. I thought he was telling us straight up and so did everyone I talked to. As to Green, I never was a fan. That's because USM basketball is supposed to be fun. I am a die hard fan and I never thought I could be bored with a USM win. Green proved me wrong. By his own admission he never practiced offense and it showed. He called having two guards passing the ball back and forth 25 feet from the basket until there were 8 seconds left on the clock "making the other team play defense." BORING. And yes I would put up with it if he could have kept winning, but he couldn't. He won mostly with Turks recruits. Then the fans and recruits stopped coming around. But back to Tyndall, he snowed me and everyone else. I knew of no one who knew him to be a cold faced liar. At least with LE we knew he didn't like USM.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Green won, but people didn't like HOW he won, so nobody liked him. The influential people who agreed with that line of thinking got Giannini's ear, and as previously mentioned, whatever Green could dig out of the sofa cushions in the athletic office, he could keep as his recruiting budget. The Coliseum was also allowed to fall into disrepair. In the face of outright sabotage, Green proved to have a stronger will than expected, though, and kept on trucking through all the b.s. until he finally had to be straight-up fired.

And Eustachy "didn't like USM." Bull. Not that that should ever even be a criteria by which to judge a coach in the first place, actually what he didn't like was suffering the sorts of fools who ran off Green. He was grateful we gave him his career back and just wanted to win. He actually refused a bonus he had coming one year because he didn't think the season he delivered deserved it. That's not the act of a guy just trying to get ahead at the expense of the institution.

The story I heard is LE actually would've stayed for a minimal raise after the NCAA appearance, but Hammond and his merry band of idiots decided to "go another direction," apparently defined as "someone a little more well-versed in entertaining these morons and less competent in not cheating his a** off."

You better be careful, talk like that will upset the Hammond posse. You know he loves USM and was a General right?

I dont think any of that group posts here. Thank goodness.

I am a Hammond water-boy, but I also pull for and support 100% McGillis. I also agree totally with your assessment of the Eustachy situation.
I am a Golden Eagle first. I loved Bower, loved Fedora, refrained from suicide with E12loss, and love Monken.
I thought Tyndall was pure gold, but I wouldn't piss on him now. I always supported Eustachy, and used to talk to James Green on a pretty regular basis, as he was a customer at my pharmacy.

The Lexington Herald Leader weighed in. I did not realize when he was coaching Morehead, he put that program on two year probation. This guy is pathological.

http://www.kentucky.com/2015/07/24/39588...itted.html

(07-24-2015 11:19 PM)Noodles Wrote:  I am a Hammond water-boy

Sir, please tell me in what way, besides "he loves Southern Miss", that Gen. Hammond was qualified to be the athletic director? I would love to hear from a "Hammond water toter" justification for his appointment.

(07-25-2015 06:14 PM)RockTheRock Wrote:  [quote='Noodles' pid='12225157' dateline='1437797970']
I am a Hammond water-boy

Sir, please tell me in what way, besides "he loves Southern Miss", that Gen. Hammond was qualified to be the athletic director? I would love to hear from a "Hammond water toter" justification for his appointment.
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this isn't EP....so you chose another board in an attempt to fk up a decent thread....you must've woke up this a.m. and decided it was "be a biatch on a bbs" day....

well done, you accomplished your goal o' day

ol' boy gave you insight on much more than you chose with your 'filtering'

nuggets ghost is back.....you are as much of a as tyndall....

Here are some more details of the infractions.

Calling Tyndall "slime" is offensive to slime.

Quote:Records show Tyndall stayed in contact with the student-athletes’ former high school coaches via a cell phone maintained in his mother’s name both before and after they were interviewed by the NCAA. The former assistant told the NCAA Tyndall talked with both players’ former high school coaches “using burner phones as well as a cell phone maintained in his mother’s name and told them to stick to the story that they had paid for” their former players’ years of residence.

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story.../30677939/

(07-25-2015 06:52 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(07-25-2015 06:14 PM)RockTheRock Wrote:  [quote='Noodles' pid='12225157' dateline='1437797970']
I am a Hammond water-boy

Sir, please tell me in what way, besides "he loves Southern Miss", that Gen. Hammond was qualified to be the athletic director? I would love to hear from a "Hammond water toter" justification for his appointment.
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this isn't EP....so you chose another board in an attempt to fk up a decent thread....you must've woke up this a.m. and decided it was "be a biatch on a bbs" day....

well done, you accomplished your goal o' day

ol' boy gave you insight on much more than you chose with your 'filtering'

nuggets ghost is back.....you are as much of a as tyndall....

By all means, then, do answer the question of how, specifically, the General was qualified to be a D-1 AD. Remember, "he loves USM" isn't a qualification.

Preach to us from the precepts of Hammondtology.

(07-25-2015 07:53 PM)RockTheRock Wrote:  

(07-25-2015 06:52 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(07-25-2015 06:14 PM)RockTheRock Wrote:  [quote='Noodles' pid='12225157' dateline='1437797970']
I am a Hammond water-boy

Sir, please tell me in what way, besides "he loves Southern Miss", that Gen. Hammond was qualified to be the athletic director? I would love to hear from a "Hammond water toter" justification for his appointment.
[/quote

this isn't EP....so you chose another board in an attempt to fk up a decent thread....you must've woke up this a.m. and decided it was "be a biatch on a bbs" day....

well done, you accomplished your goal o' day

ol' boy gave you insight on much more than you chose with your 'filtering'

nuggets ghost is back.....you are as much of a as tyndall....

By all means, then, do answer the question of how, specifically, the General was qualified to be a D-1 AD. Remember, "he loves USM" isn't a qualification.

Preach to us from the precepts of Hammondtology.

Give it up. We get it that you don't like Hammond. I like him and think he did an amazing job. You don't. He is gone so let it go.

(07-25-2015 08:50 PM)NueDaeEagle Wrote:  Give it up. We get it that you don't like Hammond. I like him and think he did an amazing job. You don't. He is gone so let it go.

His "amazing job" included involvement in the hire of both Ellis Johnson and Donnie Tyndall, two of the most disastrous hires ever at Southern Miss.

Other than the play, how was your night, Mrs. Lincoln?

(07-25-2015 09:16 PM)RockTheRock Wrote:  

(07-25-2015 08:50 PM)NueDaeEagle Wrote:  Give it up. We get it that you don't like Hammond. I like him and think he did an amazing job. You don't. He is gone so let it go.

His "amazing job" included involvement in the hire of both Ellis Johnson and Donnie Tyndall, two of the most disastrous hires ever at Southern Miss.

Other than the play, how was your night, Mrs. Lincoln?

As many times as ive been blasted for the few tidbits ive shared that led me to change my opinion of jh as an ad. Please lets keep at least one forum bs free.

If you believe that latest letter from the NCAA, Tyndall is like the Al Capone of basketball coaches (albeit much easier to bust).

It's amazing he haf time to coach basketball, with all the time and energy he spent cheating. Of course, I suppose you could say the same thing about Rick Majerus and eating, or Bob Huggins and drinking.

(07-24-2015 08:23 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:03 PM)NueDaeEagle Wrote:  It's unfair to judge peoples reaction to Tyndall now that we all know what a two faced liar he is. No one knew than. I thought he was telling us straight up and so did everyone I talked to. As to Green, I never was a fan. That's because USM basketball is supposed to be fun. I am a die hard fan and I never thought I could be bored with a USM win. Green proved me wrong. By his own admission he never practiced offense and it showed. He called having two guards passing the ball back and forth 25 feet from the basket until there were 8 seconds left on the clock "making the other team play defense." BORING. And yes I would put up with it if he could have kept winning, but he couldn't. He won mostly with Turks recruits. Then the fans and recruits stopped coming around. But back to Tyndall, he snowed me and everyone else. I knew of no one who knew him to be a cold faced liar. At least with LE we knew he didn't like USM.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Green won, but people didn't like HOW he won, so nobody liked him. The influential people who agreed with that line of thinking got Giannini's ear, and as previously mentioned, whatever Green could dig out of the sofa cushions in the athletic office, he could keep as his recruiting budget. The Coliseum was also allowed to fall into disrepair. In the face of outright sabotage, Green proved to have a stronger will than expected, though, and kept on trucking through all the b.s. until he finally had to be straight-up fired.

And Eustachy "didn't like USM." Bull. Not that that should ever even be a criteria by which to judge a coach in the first place, actually what he didn't like was suffering the sorts of fools who ran off Green. He was grateful we gave him his career back and just wanted to win. He actually refused a bonus he had coming one year because he didn't think the season he delivered deserved it. That's not the act of a guy just trying to get ahead at the expense of the institution.

The story I heard is LE actually would've stayed for a minimal raise after the NCAA appearance, but Hammond and his merry band of idiots decided to "go another direction," apparently defined as "someone a little more well-versed in entertaining these morons and less competent in not cheating his a** off."

It's worth remembering that Eustachy went to a MWC school. They were at least nominally our peer at the time. Hammond should have made a play to keep him. Instead, he brought in his fellow politician / snake oil salesman, Donnie Tyndall. I mean, how he generated so much enthusiasm for a couple of NIT bids after his predecessor went to the NCAA tourney was just amazing. There's a lesson there for the locals.

(07-24-2015 06:04 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 04:21 PM)Eagleholic Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 04:12 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 10:20 AM)dahbeed Wrote:  someone did start a sleazy fat tub of goo thread on our home board asking if i was interested in buying his crib in knoxville which is apparently up for sale.

click aqui -----> Sleazy fat tub of goo casa

i don't know for fact this was his house but if it was you can see why he was willing to cheat like hell to move up the coaching ladder. (who was his mentor? where did he learn?)

those are the stakes at the big schools. and tennessee is by no means a traditional basketball power. but they are in a big boy conference and get massive football payouts. when you can pay coaches what they can pay folks will line up for the job.l

Tennessee usually ranks in the top 10 nationally in attendance. Unlike most SEC schools, basketball there is a big deal. While they haven't had the on-court success of Florida, with the overall commitment to basketball from both the fans and the school, I think it would be at least tied for 2nd with Florida in the SEC for basketball.

I would put Ark, Mizzou, and Fla in front of TN. But thats just my opine.

They are clearly no. 2 in Tennessee, lol.

For some reason I forgot about Ark and Mizzou. What? Arkansas's been in the SEC since 1997? Who knew? lol

It is a shame that the coach of no. 1 refuses to play them.

As far as FL is concerned, TN is a better job if for no other reasons than fan support and facilities. FL has never gotten the kind of support that their program deserved and the O'Connell Center is not impressive at all.

(07-27-2015 01:05 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 08:23 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:03 PM)NueDaeEagle Wrote:  It's unfair to judge peoples reaction to Tyndall now that we all know what a two faced liar he is. No one knew than. I thought he was telling us straight up and so did everyone I talked to. As to Green, I never was a fan. That's because USM basketball is supposed to be fun. I am a die hard fan and I never thought I could be bored with a USM win. Green proved me wrong. By his own admission he never practiced offense and it showed. He called having two guards passing the ball back and forth 25 feet from the basket until there were 8 seconds left on the clock "making the other team play defense." BORING. And yes I would put up with it if he could have kept winning, but he couldn't. He won mostly with Turks recruits. Then the fans and recruits stopped coming around. But back to Tyndall, he snowed me and everyone else. I knew of no one who knew him to be a cold faced liar. At least with LE we knew he didn't like USM.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. Green won, but people didn't like HOW he won, so nobody liked him. The influential people who agreed with that line of thinking got Giannini's ear, and as previously mentioned, whatever Green could dig out of the sofa cushions in the athletic office, he could keep as his recruiting budget. The Coliseum was also allowed to fall into disrepair. In the face of outright sabotage, Green proved to have a stronger will than expected, though, and kept on trucking through all the b.s. until he finally had to be straight-up fired.

And Eustachy "didn't like USM." Bull. Not that that should ever even be a criteria by which to judge a coach in the first place, actually what he didn't like was suffering the sorts of fools who ran off Green. He was grateful we gave him his career back and just wanted to win. He actually refused a bonus he had coming one year because he didn't think the season he delivered deserved it. That's not the act of a guy just trying to get ahead at the expense of the institution.

The story I heard is LE actually would've stayed for a minimal raise after the NCAA appearance, but Hammond and his merry band of idiots decided to "go another direction," apparently defined as "someone a little more well-versed in entertaining these morons and less competent in not cheating his a** off."

It's worth remembering that Eustachy went to a MWC school. They were at least nominally our peer at the time. Hammond should have made a play to keep him. Instead, he brought in his fellow politician / snake oil salesman, Donnie Tyndall. I mean, how he generated so much enthusiasm for a couple of NIT bids after his predecessor went to the NCAA tourney was just amazing. There's a lesson there for the locals.

Well stated Andre.....well stated.....

I was one that was pissed not keeping LE yet also backed Hammond and DT....I'm easily a homer once decisions are made.

I was wrong.....you were right about GH

Not trying to stir up a debate here. Since you asked, I honestly feel his record in the military proves without doubt his leadership qualities. Was he a typical AD hire? No.
Did USM need a typical hire? I say no. We needed someone that could step in and energize the fanbase, raise funds, and stop the bleeding. He was great at the first two. A select few wouldn't allow the third.
I support McGillis 100%. Can he elevate Southern Miss. Again, I say no, because the group that hamstrung Hammond will call the shots, and the next level is the very last thing they want. They are pawns who want to be bishops, but the game is not structured like that. That's why pulling for Southern Miss feels like perpetual checkmate.

(07-27-2015 06:21 PM)Noodles Wrote:  Not trying to stir up a debate here. Since you asked, I honestly feel his record in the military proves without doubt his leadership qualities. Was he a typical AD hire? No.
Did USM need a typical hire? I say no. We needed someone that could step in and energize the fanbase, raise funds, and stop the bleeding. He was great at the first two. A select few wouldn't allow the third.
I support McGillis 100%. Can he elevate Southern Miss. Again, I say no, because the group that hamstrung Hammond will call the shots, and the next level is the very last thing they want. They are pawns who want to be bishops, but the game is not structured like that. That's why pulling for Southern Miss feels like perpetual checkmate.

Hammond's entire tenure was prefaced on going after the boogeymen. Problem is, the few boogeymen who actually existed had also been bankrolling the athletic department for decades and understandably didn't take kindly to being cast as the bad guys. Trying to roll through boosters identifying and taking out enemies like you're fighting a war is a losing proposition, but as they say, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Are there people who enjoy being and want to protect their status as the big fish in the small pond? Absolutely. The ultimate solution to that, however, is finding bigger fish, not blowing up the pond.

In the end, Hammond took the job raising all manner of hell about a $1.3 million deficit (which actually turned out to be less than $400,000) and blaming it on the horrendous mismanagement and unethical behavior of his predecessor. A year later, all he had to show for all his blustering was a $1 million deficit of his own and a report from the state auditor that found no evidence for his accusations. He sealed his own fate.

(07-27-2015 06:21 PM)Noodles Wrote:  Not trying to stir up a debate here. Since you asked, I honestly feel his record in the military proves without doubt his leadership qualities. Was he a typical AD hire? No.
Did USM need a typical hire? I say no. We needed someone that could step in and energize the fanbase, raise funds, and stop the bleeding. He was great at the first two. A select few wouldn't allow the third.
I support McGillis 100%. Can he elevate Southern Miss. Again, I say no, because the group that hamstrung Hammond will call the shots, and the next level is the very last thing they want. They are pawns who want to be bishops, but the game is not structured like that. That's why pulling for Southern Miss feels like perpetual checkmate.

Those same leadership qualities got the school slapped with a lawsuit from one of his employees due to an alleged hostile work environment.

At the juncture when Hammond got the job we needed someone who could raise money, hire and retain good coaches, and had the knowledge and connections to navigate the college realignment landscape. Hammond had nine of those and failed on all accounts.

Stink, I was on board with Gen. Hammond, at one point, too. And I forgot about Eustachy as soon as Tyndall started winning. That said, Eustachy's ability to get things done the right way, without cheating or even any real competitive advantage at all, just seems that much more impressive in hindsight. He is the man.

heard this morning it's not looking good for southern miss hoops....

the word "hammer" was used....

can't tell you guys how I know....but it's a very crediblea source...

it appears we are getting ready to get our arse reamed..........again....