Washington State FB troubles

HelenaCat95 · Post by **HelenaCat95** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:15 pm

Wow....Wulff really has a mess over there.
And an interesting comment in the article - if he kicks someone off the team for off-the-field issues, it negatively affects their already horrible APR situation.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/c ... all22.html

grizzh8r · Post by **grizzh8r** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:29 pm

What a schitty situation to walk into - too bad he can't just clean house - the new APR rules made that impossible. The NCAA should really consider a loophole for teams in this exact situation - let them have one get out of jail free card for one season to toss the bad apples.

AlphaGriz1 · Post by **AlphaGriz1** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:36 pm

grizzh8r wrote:What a schitty situation to walk into - too bad he can't just clean house - the new APR rules made that impossible. The NCAA should really consider a loophole for teams in this exact situation - let them have one get out of jail free card for one season to toss the bad apples.

BS.

If the AD, HC and President made this bed they should have to lie in it.

I think Wolff seems to be a stand up guy and he will turn this around but it wasn't his fault they are in the position they are in.

I would be all for a loophole as long as the NCAA made it non-negotiable that they can clean house but the AD, HC and President of the University would all be replaced as well.

grizzh8r · Post by **grizzh8r** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:42 pm

AlphaGriz1 wrote:
grizzh8r wrote:What a schitty situation to walk into - too bad he can't just clean house - the new APR rules made that impossible. The NCAA should really consider a loophole for teams in this exact situation - let them have one get out of jail free card for one season to toss the bad apples.
BS.

If the AD, HC and President made this bed they should have to lie in it.

I think Wolff seems to be a stand up guy and he will turn this around but it wasn't his fault they are in the position they are in.

I would be all for a loophole as long as the NCAA made it non-negotiable that they can clean house but the AD, HC and President of the University would all be replaced as well.

I'd buy that. It just seems unfair to a coach to be doomed to failure right from the beginning...

AlphaGriz1 · Post by **AlphaGriz1** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:55 pm

grizzh8r wrote:
AlphaGriz1 wrote:
grizzh8r wrote:What a schitty situation to walk into - too bad he can't just clean house - the new APR rules made that impossible. The NCAA should really consider a loophole for teams in this exact situation - let them have one get out of jail free card for one season to toss the bad apples.
BS.

If the AD, HC and President made this bed they should have to lie in it.

I think Wolff seems to be a stand up guy and he will turn this around but it wasn't his fault they are in the position they are in.

I would be all for a loophole as long as the NCAA made it non-negotiable that they can clean house but the AD, HC and President of the University would all be replaced as well.
I'd buy that. It just seems unfair to a coach to be doomed to failure right from the beginning...

They know that going in and they still do it for the big payday.

GrizinWashington · Post by **GrizinWashington** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:56 pm

Yep. Don't feel too bad for Wulff. He was fully briefed before taking the gig.

lifeloyalsigmsu · Post by **lifeloyalsigmsu** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:41 pm

GrizinWashington wrote:Yep. Don't feel too bad for Wulff. He was fully briefed before taking the gig.

Well he's showing himself to not be "cleaning house".

A frying pan leads to felony charges

Some coaches get a honeymoon — but not Wulff. The month after he was named coach, one of his best players landed in trouble.

Andy Mattingly, a linebacker coming off an outstanding sophomore season, was in Spokane in late January when a friend called for help. His front teeth had just been punched out in an argument with some soccer players from North Idaho College, he said.

The friend joined up with Mattingly and Trevor Mooney, a WSU tight end. The three went to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where two of the soccer players, a goalie and a midfielder, shared an apartment.

First, they knocked. Then, Mattingly kicked in the door. The midfielder grabbed a steak knife, the goalie a butter knife. Mattingly picked up a frying pan off the stove.

The midfielder jumped out a window. This left the goalie — Cesar Lira, 5 feet 10, armed with a butter knife — to contend with Mattingly, a 6-4 linebacker swinging heavy kitchenware.

Mattingly hit Lira's head so hard the pan's handle broke, court records say. Lira got back up, jumped out a window and called police. He had a 2-inch gash and was "bleeding profusely," a police report says.

When police arrested Mattingly and Mooney, Mooney was so drunk he vomited while being booked. Both players spent a night in jail before bonding out.

Prosecutors charged Mattingly, 20, with aggravated battery and burglary, both felonies. In February, he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors and was sentenced to two years' probation and three days in jail — to be served only if he violated his probation's terms. Mooney received a similar deal on a single misdemeanor charge of unlawful entry.

Ten days after being sentenced in Idaho, Mattingly and Mooney crossed paths with police again, this time in Pullman. An officer reported that while he was standing in a parking lot, a Nissan Pathfinder "swerved and accelerated towards me," prompting him to draw his gun.

Mattingly was the driver, Mooney the front-seat passenger. After the car stopped, another officer saw beer being poured from the passenger side. He found two empty cups at Mooney's feet and an unopened beer can in his pocket. Mooney, 19, was charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol. He pleaded guilty and was fined $200.

Mattingly wasn't charged. But the previous year he'd been convicted of the same alcohol charge and fined $200.

Wulff said last week that he knew of the incident in Idaho, but it was his understanding, from talking to the players, that no charges had been filed. He hasn't read the police reports, Wulff said.

"The kids were punished, believe me, they were punished," he said.

Mattingly has been ordered by the team to do some community-service work on weekends, Wulff said, and Mooney "chose to leave the program."[/b]