I've talked with several current and former ADs about why Karl hasn't gotten another chance. Fairly or unfairly (I believe the latter in the case of #1 and #2)) he is saddled with 4 concerns - 1. Reputation as being difficult to work with internally. 2. The Philly prep school scandal 3. Salary demands 4. His lack of willingness to coach at lower levels.

He's been close on a number of jobs but one thing or another has eventually derailed his chances. I know he can coach and recruit but combinations of the four factors above undoubtedly have hurt his chances since GW. At this point, I think he is just happy to coach where he can. He will do a good job at Duquesne and bring in talent there.

Oh man, I still remember the Post's stories. I wrote (politely) to the I think sports editor Emilio Garcia-Ruiz and also Mark Schlabach (who didn't respond), pointing out things like Omar had made the dean's list and other things, and Garcia-Ruiz wrote a really snippy and in my opinion unprofessional email back saying I was a blind homer booster and fan in denial or something like that and called it the worst case of academic fraud he'd every seen. The writer, Emilio Garcia-Ruiz won a Pulitzer years before looking at Univ of Minnesota recruiting violations, maybe he thought he was going to do the same thing. However, a much smaller (athletically) school like GW doesn't have that same level of boosters who want to break the rules, but it seemed like he assumed anyone responding did. It really made me mad, I emailed the Ombudsman about it. And now Garcia Ruiz is the editor in chief of the SF Chronicle.

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