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by Russ Smith
Sun Oct 22, 2017 8:32 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

TucsonClip wrote:
Russ Smith wrote:I literally have no idea what your point is?
Welcome to our world when you post. Pretty fucking annoying, isnt it?
no my posts make sense, have a point, and are written in English.
by Russ Smith
Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:02 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Russ needs to give it up. He's posting the same crap on at least 3 other forums. We don't need your 'wisdom' Russ. Now that is hilarious coming from someone who's clearly reading both Bruinzone, a free board, and BRO a pay board. He also could have easily assumed two were UCLA boards, plus the ASFN...
by Russ Smith
Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:33 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

rgdeuce wrote:Season is here and people wanna talk hoops. Get lost Russ.

Silly me I assumed a thread called Bribery Scandal-FBI probe-Book Richardson involved might be about the FBI scandal and not the season. Mea culpa.
by Russ Smith
Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:31 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Russ needs to give it up. He's posting the same crap on at least 3 other forums. We don't need your 'wisdom' Russ. Now that is hilarious coming from someone who's clearly reading both Bruinzone, a free board, and BRO a pay board. There's 2 ways to take what Book said, either it's I've been steering...
by Russ Smith
Fri Oct 20, 2017 4:43 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Russ needs to give it up. He's posting the same crap on at least 3 other forums. We don't need your 'wisdom' Russ. Now that is hilarious coming from someone who's clearly reading both Bruinzone, a free board, and BRO a pay board. There's 2 ways to take what Book said, either it's I've been steering...
by Russ Smith
Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:10 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

KVOA has an update, there is some good news and also bad news. The good news, Miller might not of known: According to some of the defendant's own testimony though, Miller and other head coaches may not have been involved. Sports agent Christian Dawkins is quoted as saying "the head coach ain't will...
by Russ Smith
Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:37 am
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: North Carolina
Replies: 79
Views: 10742

Re: North Carolina

Here's a serious take. The glaring flaw in NCAA logic is that fake classes may be open to all, but they only benefit athletes trying to retain eligibility by any means necessary. A student attempting to develop an actual academic skill set has no use for a sham class that does nothing to educate. T...
by Russ Smith
Fri Oct 13, 2017 11:37 am
Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
Topic: North Carolina
Replies: 79
Views: 10742

Re: North Carolina

Here's a serious take. The glaring flaw in NCAA logic is that fake classes may be open to all, but they only benefit athletes trying to retain eligibility by any means necessary. A student attempting to develop an actual academic skill set has no use for a sham class that does nothing to educate. T...
by Russ Smith
Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:52 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

It may be about to get real for Kansas. http://www.kansan.com/sports/fbi-says-it-cannot-release-documents-regarding-ku-involvement-with/article_af64a0ec-aeee-11e7-8c18-0b11a775fd20.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share" target="_blank It turns out that lots of newspapers...
by Russ Smith
Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:11 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

It may be about to get real for Kansas. http://www.kansan.com/sports/fbi-says-it-cannot-release-documents-regarding-ku-involvement-with/article_af64a0ec-aeee-11e7-8c18-0b11a775fd20.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share" target="_blank It turns out that lots of newspapers...
by Russ Smith
Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:15 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/osusportsextra/new-york-grand-jury-looking-for-ncaa-violations-by-osu/article_0c3ad8aa-5f2a-5840-8acf-7a2364b94f2e.html This article says a Grand Jury has asked OSU to hand over documents pertaining to NCAA violations...in an FBI probe...in other words the FBI ...
by Russ Smith
Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:10 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

It may be about to get real for Kansas. http://www.kansan.com/sports/fbi-says-it-cannot-release-documents-regarding-ku-involvement-with/article_af64a0ec-aeee-11e7-8c18-0b11a775fd20.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share" target="_blank It turns out that lots of newspapers...
by Russ Smith
Mon Oct 09, 2017 4:43 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Geez, left out Mark Arneson, of Palo Verde High and the UofA! Bad fans! Mike Dawson joined the Cardinals in 1976. Can remember when he had a sports bar in Tucson. LB right? Being a Cards fan then was tough, the offense was amazing, as good as any offense in the league. But the defense was terrible ...
by Russ Smith
Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:26 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Wow, Russ sure talks a lot about UofA basketball over at the Arizona Sports Fans Network. Here is an interesting post he wrote yesterday. http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/forum/threads/miller-once-again-does-it-again.184180/page-69#post-3574518" target="_blank Yesterday at 7:40 PM #1030 Russ Smith ...
by Russ Smith
Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:32 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Wow, Russ sure talks a lot about UofA basketball over at the Arizona Sports Fans Network. Here is an interesting post he wrote yesterday. http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/forum/threads/miller-once-again-does-it-again.184180/page-69#post-3574518" target="_blank Yesterday at 7:40 PM #1030 Russ Smith ...
by Russ Smith
Wed Oct 04, 2017 3:51 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Maybe Pasternak told Miller that they were approached in Vegas. So miller knows that Book might be trying to steer players to these financial guys. But miller didn't know that the FBI was watching. Just a theory And then Miller used that information, gleaned in Feb of 2017, and used it to intention...
by Russ Smith
Tue Oct 03, 2017 6:57 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

https://twitter.com/AZATHLETICS/status/915344462351446016 So he didn't know for nearly a year when the FBI tipped him off? Are you retarded? Anything before the complaint was filed, a week ago, was not a formal allegation, it's still an investigation. It's getting to that time when you stop being a...
by Russ Smith
Tue Oct 03, 2017 5:20 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Main Event wrote:

So he didn't know for nearly a year when the FBI tipped him off?
by Russ Smith
Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:52 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

I think it has to be proven the player was aware of the payments. As of now it only says his mom so unless that changes quin should be eligible. It actually specifically says that Book had been "taking care of "QUinerly already but then the mom asked for money too.So they clearly believe he got pai...
by Russ Smith
Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:14 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Fallout already coming...uggghhh.... http://www.zagsblog.com/2017/10/03/simi-shittu-cancels-arizona-visit-vanderbilt-first/" target="_blank Simi Shittu cancels Az visit... So be it. Expect these type of things for awhile. Hopefully these guys that Arizona has been involved with do not sign their LO...
by Russ Smith
Tue Oct 03, 2017 8:53 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

I don't get what point Russ Smith is trying to make. The link from the SC board discusses the validity of the criminal charges in comparison to statute. Even if Book is acquitted in the criminal case, he's gone from Arizona basketball. Whether he's found guilty of what he's charged with won't chang...
by Russ Smith
Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:47 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

I don't get what point Russ Smith is trying to make. The link from the SC board discusses the validity of the criminal charges in comparison to statute. Even if Book is acquitted in the criminal case, he's gone from Arizona basketball. Whether he's found guilty of what he's charged with won't chang...
by Russ Smith
Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:44 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

I don't get what point Russ Smith is trying to make. The link from the SC board discusses the validity of the criminal charges in comparison to statute. Even if Book is acquitted in the criminal case, he's gone from Arizona basketball. Whether he's found guilty of what he's charged with won't chang...
by Russ Smith
Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:10 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

I don't get what point Russ Smith is trying to make. The link from the SC board discusses the validity of the criminal charges in comparison to statute. Even if Book is acquitted in the criminal case, he's gone from Arizona basketball. Whether he's found guilty of what he's charged with won't chang...
by Russ Smith
Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:26 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Hey Russ . . . no one asked you. That's his calling card. "Hey guys, let me drop some wisdom for you, even though you don't want or need it. I know you all think you are miserable, but let me make it worse with my know-it-all-ness in a minimum of 1,000 words." hey if you guys all want to grasp at t...
by Russ Smith
Sun Oct 01, 2017 5:11 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Hey Russ . . . no one asked you. That's his calling card. "Hey guys, let me drop some wisdom for you, even though you don't want or need it. I know you all think you are miserable, but let me make it worse with my know-it-all-ness in a minimum of 1,000 words." hey if you guys all want to grasp at t...
by Russ Smith
Sun Oct 01, 2017 3:44 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Oh, I see how it works. I also see that the FBI typically doesn't arrest people without proof. They've only released bits of information to the media and not their entire case - publicly. So maybe cash never passed hands so their arrest for accusations which require it have been passed are for naug...
by Russ Smith
Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:46 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

The FBI doesn't tip anyone off, especially in a sting, unless they are part of the sting operation. So either Miller knew and intentionally let Book be setup, or this was a big surprise PS - Book's phone/texts were tapped, so all digital communication to CSM will be swept up. Promising that nothing...
by Russ Smith
Fri Sep 29, 2017 4:01 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

If anyone has ever wondered -- and I'm sure many have -- why UCLA receives my most fervent scorn, it's because Russ Smith is strongly representative of their fan base. They're practically jubilant this week. Eager to bury our guy and then loot the stores of recruits left behind. It's sickening. And...
by Russ Smith
Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:39 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Russ smith and hank should get a room and share their hot takes over a jar of Nutella. And now the board has gone from defending Miller to defending Romar. The same people that over the years on the Scout board and on PGU took great delight in calling him dirty over Venoy Overton and Tony Wroten. O...
by Russ Smith
Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:26 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

First, who the F sent Russ Smith a link here? perma-ban ASAP. Second, here is the exact quote, since you like to post with less than 100% accuracy when citing quotes from the article: Sood told an FBI witness on March 14 that "the (Arizona) coaches are interested in definitely working with us." "As...
by Russ Smith
Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:07 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Russ smith and hank should get a room and share their hot takes over a jar of Nutella. And now the board has gone from defending Miller to defending Romar. The same people that over the years on the Scout board and on PGU took great delight in calling him dirty over Venoy Overton and Tony Wroten. O...
by Russ Smith
Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:49 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

First, who the F sent Russ Smith a link here? perma-ban ASAP. Second, here is the exact quote, since you like to post with less than 100% accuracy when citing quotes from the article: Sood told an FBI witness on March 14 that "the (Arizona) coaches are interested in definitely working with us." "As...
by Russ Smith
Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:32 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

He didn't because UCSB hired him a few weeks later and since UCSB doesn't have any players anybody would want to steer to an agent or adviser, he was no longer of interest. what a reach look at you assuming what another person is doing or decisions they made based off your own opinion hey, ill be t...
by Russ Smith
Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:27 am
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Pasternak strikes me as a guy not likely to get involved for the same reasons you or I wouldn't, Russ. It could be the last thing Pasternak did before leaving Arizona for UCSB is tell Sean Miller to watch out...Book may already have gone off the deep end. As for what was said, the best way to get a...
by Russ Smith
Thu Sep 28, 2017 6:50 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Pasternak seems like he's too smart to do this type of payments. He'd simply give money instead of taking bribe money for pushing kids to sports agents/financial advisors. If he did it of course, He didn't because UCSB hired him a few weeks later and since UCSB doesn't have any players anybody woul...
by Russ Smith
Thu Sep 28, 2017 6:43 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Pasternak strikes me as a guy not likely to get involved for the same reasons you or I wouldn't, Russ. It could be the last thing Pasternak did before leaving Arizona for UCSB is tell Sean Miller to watch out...Book may already have gone off the deep end. As for what was said, the best way to get a...
by Russ Smith
Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:38 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

https://www.scribd.com/document/359970190/359961365-u-s-v-Lamont-Evans-Et-Al-Complaint-0#fullscreen&from_embed Go to page 37. It's a PDF and I can't cut and paste from it but it very clearly states Sood was going to meet with TWO coaches from School 4(arizona). If you read the whole thing the under...
by Russ Smith
Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:33 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Someone else said it clearly states they didn't get paid, what it says is Sood told them both coaches were "interested in definitely working with us but want to wait until after the tournament before engaging with Sood and CW1. So yeah they absolutely have Sood on tape saying both Book and Pasterna...
by Russ Smith
Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:29 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

https://www.scribd.com/document/359970190/359961365-u-s-v-Lamont-Evans-Et-Al-Complaint-0#fullscreen&from_embed Go to page 37. It's a PDF and I can't cut and paste from it but it very clearly states Sood was going to meet with TWO coaches from School 4(arizona). If you read the whole thing the under...
by Russ Smith
Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:26 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

https://www.scribd.com/document/359970190/359961365-u-s-v-Lamont-Evans-Et-Al-Complaint-0#fullscreen&from_embed Go to page 37. It's a PDF and I can't cut and paste from it but it very clearly states Sood was going to meet with TWO coaches from School 4(arizona). If you read the whole thing the under...
by Russ Smith
Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:10 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Someone else said it clearly states they didn't get paid, what it says is Sood told them both coaches were "interested in definitely working with us but want to wait until after the tournament before engaging with Sood and CW1. So yeah they absolutely have Sood on tape saying both Book and Pasterna...
by Russ Smith
Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:55 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

https://www.scribd.com/document/359970190/359961365-u-s-v-Lamont-Evans-Et-Al-Complaint-0#fullscreen&from_embed" target="_blank Go to page 37. It's a PDF and I can't cut and paste from it but it very clearly states Sood was going to meet with TWO coaches from School 4(arizona). If you read the whole ...
by Russ Smith
Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:13 pm
Forum: Arizona Basketball
Topic: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved
Replies: 7707
Views: 622658

Re: Bribery Scandal - FBI Probe - Book Richardson Involved

Not a gloating post as I fully expect UCLA will get some flack from this too. Few points, the Book is a rogue coach thing, I haven't seen anybody mention it in this thread yet but was Pasternak rogue too? If you read the stuff on page 36 or 37 they openly discuss a meeting with TWO arizona assistant...