A few days ago, Katina Powell and her daughters made the media rounds, and provided loads of documentation and evidence backing up their version of events. This information was also independently verified by Outside the Lines through an independent investigation.
That day, and the days that followed, were a PR nightmare for UL. Nearly every talking head in the industry called for Pitino's resignation. The remainder, acknowledged the severity of the scandal and predicted he wouldn't survive professionally.
Then came news Pitino was not going to the ACC media days, instead students would be sent like lambs to the slaughter. More PR nightmares ensued. That is, until yesterday.
Starting yesterday, it all changed. Local sports personalities suddenly changed their tune, all at the same time. This is no coincidence. But what does it tell us?
It tells me that UL thinks they have a plausible theory they're about to release; and I expect Forde to be the one who breaks it. Remember my predictions when the story first broke? I predicted McGee would fall on the sword, and UL let Forde break the initial story because that would make him more credible later on in case UL needed to float a questionable story.
McGee resigned his position last week, which means he is no longer under the control of UMKC. This was step 1 to having him fall on the sword. I THINK the local sports writers are just batting lead off; and they're about to let Forde come in for the clean up with some theory about inappropriate relationships with Powell and McGee; and hope it gets traction. Or that McGee paid for prostiutes for the guardians without the recruits present. Those are the only angle that makes sense, given the new direction taken by the local personalities. Especially so since at least one story attacked the "in other places" portion of Powell's story.
So in the coming days, keep an eye on Forde; because he'll be the one who breaks it.
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