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Cookie917 said:
It is a lot but cliff notes:

1. Golden wrote an email saying he wanted severance money, that he has a bunch of additional claims but has decided to take the high road but wants what was promised to him by Blake James and Shalala

2. Golden wanted Nebraska off the schedule, and specifically requested scheduling help and that UM could not handle that schedule due to him being hired on Dec 10, 2010 and the recruiting class had 2 commitments, 0 OV scheduled, and NCAA investigation. He was told he was promised Nebraska and K-State would be off the schedule and that Tony, Blake and Strawley were responsible for finding replacements and someone behind the scenes "killed the deal" and he never knew about it until the schedules came out and he saw Nebraska.

3. In Dec, 2013 after the 9-3 season Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez contacted Blake to talk to Golden about the HC job. Blake told Golden Alvarez called, asked if Golden was interested and Golden said "How can I not be" and rambled about being George Bailey in its a wonderful life and wanted more severance pay to protect his family. Wisconsin offered Golden a 5-year 16 million dollar contract, and Golden told Blake that he would have 85 scholarships, no NCAA investigation, home stadium on campus. Later that same day James walked into Golden with a 1-page revised severance deal. Golden thought this was fair and he knew he was going into his most tumultuous seasons at UM.

4. Alludes that UM is now saying that severance offer was ambiguous. But that Blake went to Shalala office and they called him on speaker to say severance was approved, his family was protected, Shalala was going to ask Nebraska to move its game back or buy them out for 1 million. Says that is the second time he was promised Nebraska would be moved (first was after JoePa was fired from Penn St. in 2011) Says UM sends his wife checks for $0.24 and its cruel and unusual. His wife/fam live in NJ, he lives in Detroit. Basically he turned down a 16 mil. contract from Wisconsin for a 2 mil severance payment.

5. Um HR is sensitive and Golden wants to dig into why. Says never offered an HR Case Manager, not notified about insurance being terminated, not given any notice. Golden made decisions for his family off making 2 mil in 2016 and not $480,000 (I am guessing his coordinator salary) Wasnt until July 2016 that James called his attorney and said they only owe him 2 million which made a 4 million dollar gap.

6. Golden talks about Fair Market Value of other p5 coaches who were fired and says "no one, I mean no one, got screwed like my family and I did. They should pay heavily for this buill****" He worked 25 years to be HC at a place like Miami and was lied to before (ncaa investigation) during (scheduling of Nebraska and Kstate) and after (buyout/severance) and wasted 7 years of his life in his prime.

7. He believed his contract allowed his coordinators (coley and NoD) additional 2 years on their contracts, states UM went behind his back and only offered 1 year without his knowledge. and says it cheated his coordinators out of 1.3 million when they stuck with UM through the NCAA scandal. Golden also called his coordinators "excellent"

8. Claims he should have sued Blake for libel/false misrepresentation when Blake ordered the press to release a false quote attributed to Golden. Alludes it was taken out of context and he didn't have opportunity to clarify which hurt him professionally. Thought after Clemson team would go undefeated, went 5-1 in division, said they had a sophomore/young team and starting out 3/5 of the first games on the road was ridiculous and he decided to stay through 14-15 penalty seasons because with Nebraska off the schedule he believed UM could turn a corner.

9. he did not encourage Ryan Williams to sue UM for gross negligence and career ending injury suffered in 2014. Said the fields at UM were a danger all the way back to 2012. UM tried 3 times 3 consecutive years to fix field but always took cheap option. Said Williams getting hurt also impacted the makeup of the entire team. 4 days after injury field was finally torn up and replaced by turf. Says Herb Waters, Erik Flowers and Devon Johnson also suffered injuries related to the field.

10. UM lied to him and did not disclose they were under investigation and clearly hid that during his pre contract negotiations.

11. Blake told him FAU game in 2015 would be home game to give them 7 home games. Offered to buy them out if they wouldnt move to sunlife, then Golden was blindsided when schedule came out @FAU.

12. Alludes to what his investment portfolio would be like if he got his severance pay in one of the "bullish markets in histroy"

13. Concludes with looking at other angles and using all the above as leverage, "if UM doesnt want to pay severance, the lawsuit will be much more than a severance case" Appears it may have been an email to his attorney??
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The one thing I have against all of this is the Clemson argument. In year 5, if you're getting slammed 58-0, you're not turning the corner.
 
As an attorney, and as someone who wants Blake gone yesterday (or last year), I'm not going to say much, but I will say this:

What a coach puts in an e-mail seeking severance, as opposed to a pleading in a case or argument before a judge, can be night and day. And some of the things included in that e-mail are shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaky (at best), and will not be admissible during the trial.

This, to me, smells of a leak by Golden's camp to soften the ground and try to force Miami to settle before trial. From where I'm sitting, 80+% of the stuff put in that e-mail will never see the light of day when trial commences.
 
Dan E. Dangerously said:
I can't believe I'm on Team Golden
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WHY??

His suit is the best thing that could have happened to Blake James

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Golden going at blake

We've had players sue the school. https://apnews.com/b87111a89898ffe5daa0ce72f169cc73 . and Dennis Erickson as a result of the aforementioned Fortay lawsuit. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jan/06/erickson-sues-employers/?amp-content=amp
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I had completely forgotten that there were 2 commitments when Golden got hired, TBH. Shannon doesn’t get the hate he deserves.
 
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Liberty City El said:
Never in a million years would I thought I would ever be in agreement with AL Folden on anything, but yet here we are...

Anything that helps get Blake James fired is GREAT for the program.

I hate that human sack of laundry more than I hate the Gaytors & if you know how much I hate the Gaytes you know it's real...

Blake James is the worst thing to happen to this program, I never wish evil on anyone, except him.
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AGREED! With all due respect, LCE...... shouldn't we ALSO add the troll in the BOLD.... making this comment for a friend....
 
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rsa coral gables said:
golden sued the U saying that they were paying him the wrong severance amount (which is paid monthly). golden says he is owed $6MM in severance. the U says he is owed $2MM in severance. there seems to be an ambiguity in the contract, which will be resolved by a jury.

golden believes that his agent might have screwed up the language and according to at least one letter I saw, he ain't none to happy with him.

i downloaded the documents, including james', shalala's and folden's depositions. fun reading.
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If his attorney screwed up, then he can sue his attorney. Glad to see incompetence not just with his coaching but with his legal representation.
 
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Katzenboyer said:
As an attorney, and as someone who wants Blake gone yesterday (or last year), I'm not going to say much, but I will say this:

What a coach puts in an e-mail seeking severance, as opposed to a pleading in a case or argument before a judge, can be night and day. And some of the things included in that e-mail are shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaky (at best), and will not be admissible during the trial.

This, to me, smells of a leak by Golden's camp to soften the ground and try to force Miami to settle before trial. From where I'm sitting, 80+% of the stuff put in that e-mail will never see the light of day when trial commences.
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Yes sir, spot on.
 
Jesus Christ. Golden complained because he would be facing a patsy like FAU on the road rather than at home? (Like at least half of the crowd wouldn’t be rooting for Miami anyway.)

IIRC, FAU was winning that game at halftime. Maybe it was tied, although I’m almost 100% positive that Miami wasn’t winning at halftime.
 
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mjackson6 said:
Monthly checks of $0.24...


I’m deceased
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IF I was getting $0.24 I wouldn't have revealed it BEFORE the trial and become a laughing stock ....

I would have waited until it was absolutely necessary

Publically I would just say that I am being severely underpaid
 
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