Bear Down Wildcats

Hello Mr. Heeke,

I know you've probably received a ton of correspondence over the past few days, and that I'm just one voice in the wilderness of Arizona alumni and fans, but I was moved to write to you because I firmly believe that our university cannot part ways with a coach of the caliber of Sean Miller based on a very sloppy report that has had zero follow-up and no substantiation.

As I'm sure you've seen, the timing of when this alleged recording was made is suspect at best, and in no way reflects a logical timeline. Also, the report by Mark Schlabach only indicates he spoke to sources familiar with the investigation. It's obvious he's never heard any tapes nor seen any transcripts. He seems to have simply taken the word of a source that this tape exists and that it says what he wrote it says.

There has been absolutely no follow up to that article, no indication from the documents cited in the Yahoo article that this might exist or that Sean Miller or Deandre Ayton are involved, and no proof from Mark Schlabach that he wrote the piece based on anything other than hearsay from a party with a vested interest in muddying the waters in order to sully the good name of our coach and program. In fact, Mark Schlabach has disappeared from social media and refuses to defend his article by even providing some context as far as how many people he spoke to or his confidence in them as sources.

I encourage you and those involved in these decisions to take a good long look at what is missing from that article. If you do, I think you'll come to the same conclusion that hundreds if not thousands of Cat fans have come to, which is that firing Sean Miller based on the flimsiest of evidence is a move that is antithetical to fairness and the ideals our university stands for.

I certainly don't envy you, as you've been placed in tough situation after tough situation. But so far you've impressed all of us with how you handled the issues in the football program and how you went about cleaning them up. Please continue to justify the faith we've placed in you to lead our university's athletics and give Sean Miller the benefit of the doubt. Based on what we know so far, that's the only decision that is fair and makes any sense. Thank you for listening.

Bear Down!

azgreg wrote:Nice piece Chi. Unfortunately he'll probably never read it.

PHXCATS wrote:

azgreg wrote:Nice piece Chi. Unfortunately he'll probably never read it.

I can guarantee you he does read it, just dont know if he will before the ABOR meeting. Someone on his team may though.

azgreg wrote:

PHXCATS wrote:

azgreg wrote:Nice piece Chi. Unfortunately he'll probably never read it.

I can guarantee you he does read it, just dont know if he will before the ABOR meeting. Someone on his team may though.

My thought is his email inbox has to be something like this right now.

azgreg wrote:

PHXCATS wrote:

azgreg wrote:Nice piece Chi. Unfortunately he'll probably never read it.

I can guarantee you he does read it, just dont know if he will before the ABOR meeting. Someone on his team may though.

My thought is his email inbox has to be something like this right now.

prh wrote:I think for now, make sure the subject line is clear that you support Miller. They probably can't get to the emails very quickly but someone would notice that.

azgreg wrote:So, "Fuck ESPN" is a bad idea?

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

azgreg wrote:So, "Fuck ESPN" is a bad idea?

Sub in fudge.

azgreg wrote:

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

azgreg wrote:So, "Fuck ESPN" is a bad idea?

Sub in fudge.

azgreg wrote:

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

azgreg wrote:So, "Fuck ESPN" is a bad idea?

Sub in fudge.

Fuck fudge? That doesn't make any sense.

azgreg wrote:

Spaceman Spiff wrote:

azgreg wrote:So, "Fuck ESPN" is a bad idea?

Sub in fudge.

Fuck fudge? That doesn't make any sense.