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April 6, 2010

Fred Hill Is An Idiot

Filed under: General Stupidity — Chas @ 12:09 pm

Somewhat related to Pitt since the baseball team was playing at Rutgers. The Rutgers men’s basketball coach and son of the baseball coach there lost it.

In front of several reporters and hundreds of fans, Hill made a scene on the diamond after the Rutgers baseball team beat ranked Pitt 9-8 in a wild finish Thursday.

In the bottom of the ninth, with Rutgers trailing 8-7, runners on second and third and two outs, Mike Lang’s grounder to short was fielded cleanly, but the throw to first was off the mark, allowing the tying and winning runs to score. Pitt coach Joe Jordano protested the call at first base, prompting a huddle by the umpires.

During the huddle, Hill (whose father is RU’s longtime baseball coach) was out onto the diamond in front of the Rutgers dugout and launched into a profanity-laced tirade in the direction of Jordano and the Pittsburgh coaches.

The next day, Pittsburgh AD Steve Pederson called Rutgers’ Tim Pernetti to complain about Hill’s conduct.

Now the Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti is “actively investigating” it.

“”We are actively investigating the incident involving the head men’s basketball coach that took place at our baseball game last Thursday on campus,” Pernetti said in a statement released to MyCentralJersey.com Tuesday. “”The reports and eyewitness accounts are very concerning.”

The only reason why Hill even made it to this point as still employed is because Rutgers is so broke they can’t afford to buy him out. This might just do it.





They probably don’t have to buy him out now, his contract probably has a behavioral clause that lets them can him for cause

Comment by David Goldstein 04.06.10 @ 12:23 pm

Take a chance on Mike Rice? Prob won’t cost too much, has NY connections…

Comment by jason 04.06.10 @ 1:06 pm

Breaking hews … DePaul hires Purnell from Clemson!

Comment by wbb 04.06.10 @ 1:46 pm

Early 2010-2011 top 7 from Luke Winn on SI: Duke, MSU, Butler, Kansas St., Purdue, Nova, Pitt.

link to tourney.si.com

Comment by CB 04.06.10 @ 3:08 pm

Yinz are not going to believe it, but my daughter and I were actually at that baseball game….through the 4th inning at least.

Why you ask? A beautiful day and the field is a mere 5 miles away.

The high point was meeting up with Danny Lopez’s parents. Nice folks. I learned from them that the team has had incredibly high turnover.

Low point: Rachel and I yelling “Let’s Go Pitt” at some players and receiving worse than blank stares from them in return.

Last I heard they were ranked 24th.

Comment by steve 04.06.10 @ 3:17 pm

Is anyone else pissed off about the lack of football coverage from the pittsburgh print media? I didn’t expect to have the play by play detail since Gorman was taken off the Pitt beat but I never thought we’d only be getting a puff piece or two a week from both papers combined. It makes me wonder if DW wanted things quiet this spring as far as media being allowed in on practices.

Comment by Dan35 04.06.10 @ 3:25 pm

Whoops- didn’t read next headline before posting- DOH!

Comment by Dan35 04.06.10 @ 3:26 pm

Purnell is going to be a toughout at DePaul.

Comment by alcofan 04.06.10 @ 4:30 pm

Breaking news????? I heard about this last night after the NC game.

Comment by Toledo Window Box 04.06.10 @ 4:47 pm

Mike Rice…”Bobby MO” just turned down the Tulane Job

Comment by Dan 72 04.06.10 @ 4:50 pm

I don’t think your last sentence is correct. They can afford to buy him out. What they can’t afford is the resulting media shitstorm.

Comment by Jon 04.06.10 @ 7:01 pm

Wow, Purnell to DePaul is big surprise to me. Never thought they would be able to land someone with his track record. Well done, DePaul.

Comment by maguro 04.07.10 @ 9:40 am

NJ papers are reporting Wednesday that Rosario will likely transfer, a St. Benedict’s kid wants out of his commitment and Hill’s actions are “very concerning” to the AD. They also mention that his contract has a behavioral clause which, if violated, he would not have to be bought out if fired.

Comment by steve 04.07.10 @ 11:22 am

Rosario is a St. Anthony’s kid.

Comment by PITTapotamus 04.07.10 @ 12:49 pm

oh sorry misread…you are saying a current St. Ben’s commit…thought u meant Rosario is St. Anthony’s. My apologies.

Comment by PITTapotamus 04.07.10 @ 12:49 pm

End game:

link to sbnation.com

New psychological profile discovered: Fear of Inferiority

Comment by steve 04.08.10 @ 6:57 am

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