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Post by IONA86 on Oct 1, 2023 20:00:31 GMT -5
Right now we do not know all of the particulars. Where are you seeing that players complained in the locker room? I would find it very hard to believe he was openly abusive to players and that it did not come to bite him on the recruiting trail if such abuse was well known. He has also seemed to maintain close relationships with many of the Iona players long after the left campus. If you have info that we may not be privy to, let her rip as I am always open to hearing additional info that might change my mind. But yes, I believe in praying for a sinner. I think they need prayer more than a righteous man would. I also pray that the truth is fully discovered as I would not want to see a guilty man walk free, nor an innocent man be found guilty. If he is truly guilty then he would need to fix those things to find salvation but there are innocents that are impacted by this beyond just the accuser (victim)... as he has kids and a wife. I also never said to pray that he slides on this, I said "Say some prayers for him and the family and that a solution is reached that is best for all parties." That also includes his accuser. Also, Jared was not my pick for taking over Iona. Not because he was abusive, because I had serious doubts about his ability to manage a game. That is why I have brought up Tobin for every MAAC opening or any opening in the metro area since 2018. I also say prayers for all of the Iona community and specifically our board members. I am sure a few of you have sinned over the years as none of us is perfect. I didn't say he was abusive. I thought it was reported there were problems in his locker rooms, peter kiss as an example and nothing was done. You stated "Pray for him even if he was abusive?" So that is what I addressed. If Jared was abusive or had a complete lack of institutional control over his squad or if he looked the other way with various things.... he deserves to be fired. With that said I doubt it was something that just started and if he had a history of such crap, they have to ask why the extended his contract? In the end it will all come out. I am sure you see my point though about saying prayers for all involved? I take no joy in seeing people fail. With that said, I am stoked that we have Tobin.
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Post by epatrick on Oct 1, 2023 22:14:57 GMT -5
So am I!
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Post by IONA86 on Oct 2, 2023 9:37:25 GMT -5
Last evening Jared retweeted the link announcing his 2022 contract extension through 2026-2027 and then took it down a short time later. This is getting pretty nutty.
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Post by IONA86 on Oct 4, 2023 8:13:42 GMT -5
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Post by sharkey on Oct 4, 2023 8:19:40 GMT -5
No idea what type of investigation Grasso is facing, but hope both Jared and his family are OK, and will be no matter the outcome. This from one of the people that first "broke" the story, after I asked him if Grasso is in deep.."he is, don't believe he will survive this". Supposedly he was up early on Twitter doing what was described as "manic tweeting", but deleted all of them except this one. x.com/Coach_Grasso11/status/1709505522414612630?s=20
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Post by sharkey on Oct 4, 2023 8:20:42 GMT -5
Ha, didn't see your post.
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Post by hawaii bill on Oct 4, 2023 15:43:03 GMT -5
Maybe he hasn't been frequenting Federal Hill in Providence? That's a big no-no for an Italian guy in Rhode Island.
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Post by dalydoseofhoops on Oct 7, 2023 12:30:32 GMT -5
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Post by sharkey on Oct 7, 2023 12:37:13 GMT -5
Woah, this incident and arrest was 2 days AFTER he was placed on the leave of absence?? Geez, lots of pretty bad allegations on what Grasso is being investigated on. Obviously Grasso is going thru lots of stuff. Hopefully he's able to get his life in order, forget coaching
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Post by dalydoseofhoops on Oct 7, 2023 12:53:05 GMT -5
Woah, this incident and arrest was 2 days AFTER he was placed on the leave of absence?? Geez, lots of pretty bad allegations on what Grasso is being investigated on. Obviously Grasso is going thru lots of stuff. Hopefully he's able to get his life in order, forget coaching Yeah. That’s why I’m not saying anything publicly. Just like the Masiello situations in the past, I don’t want to put anything out there that could get misconstrued and make my guy look bad unintentionally. Hoping Jared, Andrea and the kids all find a way out of this.
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Post by broguy99 on Oct 7, 2023 15:04:57 GMT -5
Woah, this incident and arrest was 2 days AFTER he was placed on the leave of absence?? Geez, lots of pretty bad allegations on what Grasso is being investigated on. Obviously Grasso is going thru lots of stuff. Hopefully he's able to get his life in order, forget coaching Yeah. That’s why I’m not saying anything publicly. Just like the Masiello situations in the past, I don’t want to put anything out there that could get misconstrued and make my guy look bad unintentionally. Hoping Jared, Andrea and the kids all find a way out of this. Hopefully Coach Cluess can go give him a visit. I know they're very close. We owe a lot of our success to Jared, wish him well.
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Post by sharkey on Oct 8, 2023 23:24:24 GMT -5
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Post by sharkey on Oct 19, 2023 11:19:24 GMT -5
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Post by gaelsiona on Oct 19, 2023 12:06:02 GMT -5
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Post by gregcrow on Oct 19, 2023 12:07:49 GMT -5
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