Comments on: Bishop O’Connell President Announces Resignation

By: Hoopman

Hoopman — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:10:15 +0000

Sorry, student, a 20 year old man playing high school basketball is too old. And when the International Basketball Federation (which has an official copy of his birth certificate dated in 1992) gets involved, all those games are going to be forfeited.

By: Student

Student — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:06:59 +0000

He isn’t too old. Mind your own business. #youdontevengohere

By: Student

Student — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:03:55 +0000

He isn’t too old. Mind your own business #youdontevengohere

By: Hoopman

Hoopman — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:18:22 +0000

Tim, it most certainly was not “completely dropped” for those who feel this is the worst kind of fraud. O’Connell claims that they are confident that he is 18, and the WCAC was fine with that. However, the International Basketball Federation says that they have an official copy of his birth certificate and it indeed has a date of 1992. Furthermore, when asked about the discrepancy, the FIBA representative said that age tampering was very common with African athletes wishing to play high school basketball at an older age. If you look at all the data — and there is plenty of data establishing his birth year as 1992 — it’s hard to argue otherwise. Look at the more recent article:
http://deadspin.com/luc-tselan-tsiene-etou/

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:25:35 +0000

This info about the player being 20 instead of 18 was found by the same organization that presented the whole Manti Te’o controversy. Plus, the school had his student visa that stated he was 18 at the time the article was published; and I highly doubt that a student visa would have incorrect information.
This whole thing was also completely dropped within a week of the accusation.

By: Sadly

Sadly — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:47:45 +0000

Isn’t Murphy like the Pope? Infallible and appointed for life?

By: AL

AL — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:25:53 +0000

Is she going to be the next pope?!

By: J. Class of '11

J. Class of '11 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:08:02 +0000

If you had seen the school’s morale absolutely break apart under her presidency then you wouldn’t have liked her either. Prebble came to O’Connell and looked upon a wonderful group of students as delinquents. She treated us as if we were kindergarteners. She walked into a tight knit family with an air of arrogance and did not show the students, nor faculty such as Mr. Harrison any respect.
She raised fees and prices, and although her work with the stadium was wonderful, she made it absolutely clear through her actions that she was there to raise money and assert authority, rather than to nourish a humble relationship with the student body. She did not lead by example, she led by intimidation and bullying. I had several very personal interactions with her as a senior at O’Connell and I never once felt that she was interested in getting to know me, nor interested in showing me any respect.

Good riddance Prebble.

By: Beth M.

Beth M. — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:51:28 +0000

Mrs. Prebble didn’t have Abby Raphael and the fan club on her board, defending her every move.

By: Strunk and White

Strunk and White — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:47:01 +0000

” without a hint of irony”………but how about a touch of rosemary ??