FAU & Kiffin sued by coach

GTWT · March 22, 2017

"Former Alabama wideout Antonio Carter is suing Lane Kiffin, Florida Atlantic and the state of Florida for fraud,"

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2699434?iid=ob_article_organicsidebar_expansion

outoftown · March 22, 2017

And so it starts. Kiffin doing Kiffin things.

James · March 22, 2017

#Kiffining

GreenMachine · March 23, 2017

As much as people dislike Kiffin, he didn't do anything wrong. I have extended an offer to a candidate before, HR did a background check, and he was not able to be hired because of past credit issues. HR can't do the background check until an offer has been extended.

greenminer · March 23, 2017

20 minutes ago, GreenMachine said:

As much as people dislike Kiffin, he didn't do anything wrong. I have extended an offer to a candidate before, HR did a background check, and he was not able to be hired because of past credit issues. HR can't do the background check until an offer has been extended.

What about FAU/FL? Why would the lawyer represent the plaintiff unless he had a legit case?

GreenMachine · March 23, 2017

2 hours ago, greenminer said:

What about FAU/FL? Why would the lawyer represent the plaintiff unless he had a legit case?

They get paid whether they win or not. No real incentive not to take every case.

greenminer · March 23, 2017

@GreenMachine I guess lawyers don't really keep track of win-loss records. The sports mind in me says why would you walk into something that you know you can't win?

GreenMachine · March 23, 2017

2 minutes ago, greenminer said:

@GreenMachine I guess lawyers don't really keep track of win-loss records. The sports mind in me says why would you walk into something that you know you can't win?

I don't know if they do or not. I guess I was kind of thinking about ambulance chasers. I might have just been blowing smoke out of my arse.

outoftown · March 23, 2017

I don't honestly think the case has all that much merrit in court. But FAU and Kiffin will be very unwilling to go to court and talk about it, as the tactic may be mostly legal, but it will still be a bad look toward potential recruits etc. So I assume they are chasing money via a deal, thinking that FAU and Kiffin will settle out of court in order not to have a media spectacle.

That is not to say that Kiffin didn't use the guy in a Kiffin doing Kiffin things way.

Edited March 23, 2017 by outoftown

97and03 · March 23, 2017

8 hours ago, GreenMachine said:

As much as people dislike Kiffin, he didn't do anything wrong. I have extended an offer to a candidate before, HR did a background check, and he was not able to be hired because of past credit issues. HR can't do the background check until an offer has been extended.

Right. I have been hired by universities before. But I was never told to move and started working before everything was ok's by HR.

GTWT · March 23, 2017

11 hours ago, GreenMachine said:

As much as people dislike Kiffin, he didn't do anything wrong. I have extended an offer to a candidate before, HR did a background check, and he was not able to be hired because of past credit issues. HR can't do the background check until an offer has been extended.

Coaching is a small, transparent profession. I suspect Kiffin knew about Carter's past problems before offering him the position.

MeanGreenTeeth · March 23, 2017

13 hours ago, greenminer said:

What about FAU/FL? Why would the lawyer represent the plaintiff unless he had a legit case?

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GMG24 · March 23, 2017

17 hours ago, GTWT said:

"Former Alabama wideout Antonio Carter is suing Lane Kiffin, Florida Atlantic and the state of Florida for fraud,"

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2699434?iid=ob_article_organicsidebar_expansion

This shouldn't take long to crumble.

GTWT · March 23, 2017

Sometimes you simply don't have any good guys. I suspect that's the case here.

Stix · March 23, 2017

36 minutes ago, GTWT said:

Sometimes you simply don't have any good guys. I suspect that's the case here.

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SilverEagle · March 24, 2017

On 3/22/2017 at 7:22 PM, GreenMachine said:

As much as people dislike Kiffin, he didn't do anything wrong. I have extended an offer to a candidate before, HR did a background check, and he was not able to be hired because of past credit issues. HR can't do the background check until an offer has been extended.

That doesn't make any sense. I used to assess/screen applicants for the state. The background check was always done as part of the application process. The offer/approval came after the background check was complete.......with no issues. And the applicant always knew that.

VideoEagle · March 24, 2017

6 hours ago, SilverEagle said:

The background check was always done as part of the application process. The offer/approval came after the background check was complete.......with no issues. And the applicant always knew that.

The order of things has changed slightly, at least in part because of the cost of through background check. Some organizations wait until a hiring manager says "this is the one" before they will do the full background check. If the candidate doesn't pass then the hiring manager is required to reopen to job search. It's less expensive for HR department to keep reopening the process.

Still, telling an applicant to relocate and actually start working only to be later rejected is pretty rare. George O'Leary started and then it came out he'd lied on his resume. But I don't think that was caught in a background check - if anything Notre Dame didn't do a background check!

GreenMachine · March 24, 2017

14 hours ago, SilverEagle said:

That doesn't make any sense. I used to assess/screen applicants for the state. The background check was always done as part of the application process. The offer/approval came after the background check was complete.......with no issues. And the applicant always knew that.

Not in the mortgage industry.