Liam

So for those of you who don’t know yet, Arizona’s Head Basketball coach Sean Miller has gotten himself into some serious shit with not only the NCAA, but also the FBI… Below is ESPN’s initial report.

“FBI wiretaps intercepted telephone conversations between Arizona coach Sean Miller and Christian Dawkins, a key figure in the FBI’s investigation into college basketball corruption, in which Miller discussed paying $100,000 to ensure star freshman Deandre Ayton signed with the Wildcats, sources familiar with the government’s evidence told ESPN.” – ESPN

I’m a big fan of the saying, “It’s not cheating if you don’t get caught,” and I feel that logic is more than applicable to the world of sports, especially when it comes to the NCAA and recruiting the top athletes in the nation. Let’s face it, this isn’t the first time something sketchy like this has gone down, and it certainly won’t be the last… But holy shit, these guys suck at covering their tracks. I mean if guys like Sean Miller and Rick Pitino are going to pretend to be mobsters, they really need to step their crime game up.

In Miller’s case, it is clear that he was making rookie mistakes left and right….According to ESPN, the FBI was able to intercept nearly 3,000 hours of  phone exchanges between Miller and sports agent Christian Dawkins.

Come on! Anybody who has watched a couple seasons of HBO’s ‘The Wire’ knows that personal phones and illegal activities don’t mesh well. If Stringer Bell taught me anything, it’s that cellphones are rarely to be trusted…Face to face communication is key.

At the very least Dawkins and Miller could have at least looked into some disposable burner phones…. That’s shady business 101. It’s just lazy on their part, I mean with the kind of money they were willing to dish out to Deandre Ayton, I’m sure they could have bought an endless supply of burners from my man Bubbles.

On the Italian side of the criminal world, I also think that Sean Miller could learn a lot from binge watching The Sopranos. To my understanding, it was Christian Dawkins’ phone that had been tapped by the FBI, not Miller’s. If Miller was as good a criminal as Tony Soprano, he would have had Dawkins whacked long before any of this could have been traced back to him. Just straight up poor mobster etiquette on all accounts. Honestly, I can’t even begin to fathom what Tony Soprano would say to these jabronis about their subpar criminal antics…Actually wait I just might: