Schad: Blake’s attorney says Blake would be “devastated” by Chief Davis saying he is “sorry” he “trusted” Blake

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The multi-pronged scandal gets more and more interesting. The comment in the title of this entry from Blake’s attorney could be significant as Butch officially threw Blake under the bus earlier today. Will Blake now sing to the NCAA regarding Butch’s knowledge and/or involvement in any transgressions?

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Joe Schad of ESPN:

John Blake’s attorney’s say Blake would be “devastated” by Butch Davis saying he is “sorry” he “trusted” Blake
11 minutes ago via web

>Attorney said it was Darues that called Blake
31 minutes ago via txt

Attorney said Blake told Dareus agents were a future concern and to his knowledge Dareus hadn’t spoken w Wichard directly
33 minutes ago via txt

Blake mentioned Wichard to Dareus b/c Dareus said he was being besieged by agents
34 minutes ago via txt

John Blake was helping Marcel Dareus through hard times, attorney says
36 minutes ago via txt

John Blake’s attorney states 3 of 6 $ transfers were for private school tuition for Blake’s son, Wichard’s Godson
37 minutes ago via txt

Charles Robinson’s story from last week has proven accurate.

WindyCityScribe

Read from the bottom up.

Lawyers said money from Wichard to Blake were not “payments”. They were “gifts and loans”.
3 minutes ago via web

Blake said breaking aspect of story last week made it hard to access exactly when wire transfer happened.
5 minutes ago via web

lawyers say they were not entirely clear on time frame of wire transfers from wichard to blake until this weekend.
7 minutes ago via web

Those last three transfers appeared to occur in the middle of typical school semesters.
8 minutes ago via web

Lawyers say final three transfers from Wichard to Blake were, according to Wichard, to pay the private school tuition of Blake’s son.
8 minutes ago via web

Laywers said they think Blake’s protect card was open for possibly eight months while he was at UNC, but aren’t sure exact time length.
9 minutes ago via web

Also, lawyers have affirmed that Pro Tect credit card was indeed open while Blake was at UNC. did not know how long it was open.
10 minutes ago via web

Lawyers have affirmed to me that, yes, all six wire transfers did indeed occur during Blake’s tenure at UNC. Said they had to review records
11 minutes ago via web

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39 Responses to Schad: Blake’s attorney says Blake would be “devastated” by Chief Davis saying he is “sorry” he “trusted” Blake

  1. tvp1 10/04/2010 at 3:26 PM #

    USC got hammered based on a coach having knowledge of the Bush shenanigans and not stopping it or self-reporting. The evidence of that was, essentially, one photograph of an assistant coach hanging with Reggie’s bag men and a 3 minute taped phone conversation.

    Based on what’s already been publicly reported, that’s a molehill compared to the mountain of evidence they have on John Blake/Marvin Austin.

    Blake was UNC’s recruiting coordinator and associate head coach. He was also recruiting players for an agent, both by himself and through Austin. He was also getting big money payments from that agent. The most logical conclusion is that a key member of the coaching staff was an active, paid runner for an agent. Game, set, match.

    A loss of institutional control finding, severe penalties, and Butch’s termination are givens. Absolutely no way those things do not happen unless it somehow comes out that the publicly reported information is completely wrong.

    And this is all apparently unrelated to either (1) the Chris Hawkins-based investigation or (2) the widespread academic fraud investigation.

  2. bradleyb123 10/04/2010 at 3:29 PM #

    Lawyers say final three transfers from Wichard to Blake were, according to Wichard, to pay the private school tuition of Blake’s son.

    Then why did they lie about the dates of the transfers?

    Of what a tangled web we weave…

  3. bradleyb123 10/04/2010 at 3:34 PM #

    Playing devil’s advocate for just a minute… for the sake of this post, let’s assume Blake has been telling the truth all along: That he indeed received money from Wichard to help him with his financial difficulties, and/or the money was for Blake’s kid’s private school tuition.

    He had to know that receiving this money from Wichard HAD to look bad. If it was all legit, would he not have told Butch, and/or Carolina officials, so they KNOW about everything? He had to know that would look bad, even if it was on the level.

    So either the money given to Blake was NOT legit, or it was and he was dumb enough to try to keep it a secret. But there’s no reason to hide something legitimate.

    No matter how one analyzes this, there is no good conclusion for Blake, Butch and Carolina.

  4. Daily Update 10/04/2010 at 3:36 PM #

    ^bradleyb123: Good point. Why would’t you go to your boss, let him know and make sure there are no problems?

  5. WV Wolf 10/04/2010 at 3:47 PM #

    John Blake was making $240,000 a year. And we’re supposed to believe he needed a loan to pay his kid’s tuition?

  6. newt 10/04/2010 at 3:48 PM #

    It’s all just a series of unfortunate events!

  7. Prowling Woofie 10/04/2010 at 3:50 PM #

    How many of you couldn’t make a tuition payment with a $240K salary ???

    Get real, Black Santa ! Who in their right mind is going to believe this ?

    Economics 101: If you can’t afford the tuition, you send your son to a less expensive school…

  8. Old MacDonald 10/04/2010 at 3:52 PM #

    This is what happens when you go 200 years thinking you can get away with anything and everything and then something like the internet comes along and changes the paradigm.

  9. redwolf87 10/04/2010 at 4:07 PM #

    Something else comes to mind: some of these transfers, the attorneys say, were “gifts”? Did Blake list these on his tax return as income? Assuming these are substantial portions of money, the Internal Revenue Service may be very interested in this.

  10. choppack1 10/04/2010 at 4:07 PM #

    OK – so, lawyer’s first response – the money and the credit card didn’t happen while Blake UNC.

    Writer: Uh, yes they did – I’ve got facts to show that they did.

    Monday – Uh, you’re right, they did. But they were to cover his son’s private school tuition.

    Sorry – the way credibility usually works is that your statements are proven true – and what’s out there is what would have happened if the writer didn’t dispute the dates????

    We have zero evidence we would have ever heard differently from Blake camp.

    Now, what I’d like to ask Robinson (the reporter here) is what Dareus told him/the NCAA investigators. You see – Blake’s credibility is already gone. He LIED about the date. It is a known fact and his initial reaction was to say, “That’s not true.”

    In addition, you have the comments from Butch today. IMHO, this means that the NCAA has said, “Uh, a) he did get paid at UNC (which we know is true) b) he did have contact w/ the agent (which we know is true) and c) he did recommend the agent (the excuse being, he was hounded by them, that’s why it happened.)

  11. Daily Update 10/04/2010 at 4:12 PM #

    Choppack: In everiy aspect of this story, you can’t believe anything coming from the UNC side. That has been proven over and over and over. I am sure Blake’s attorneys have learned that lesson as well since apparently previous explanations to them about these gifts/loans were inaccurate.

    If I had to guess, then something the attorney’s said today won’t check out either(not because the attorney’s lied, but because they were given bad information).

    Will Blake spill the beans now that he has nothing to lose? Can you imagine how big this will be if Butch knew money was coming from agents? Could there be a scenario where Butch could face jail time?

  12. TAEdisonHokie 10/04/2010 at 4:13 PM #

    Just my opinion, but Blake’s lawyers are doing what all defense attorneys do by providing what they feel to be plausible alternatives to what has been presented as fact. Most plausible alternatives are outright lies, but defense lawyers rely primarily on the concept that people will believe what they want to believe no matter what the facts are actually telling them.

    In the court of public opinion, their job is to, 1) ensure their supporters continue to support their client, 2) possibly gain support among the undecided, and 3) change a few of the minds of those who originally believed their client was guilty. Likewise, in a courtroom their job is to confuse at least one person on the jury to win a mistrial. If they confuse a lot of jurors, they might even win an outright acquittal.

    The problem with the strategy described above is facts are still facts no matter what the defense attorneys tell the media or anyone else. Additionally, the number of reported facts about the UNC football program continue to grow with each passing day, rendering Blake’s attorneys as useless as the Little Dutch Boy attempting to stop the leaks in a crumbling dam.

  13. Pack Mentality 10/04/2010 at 4:47 PM #

    “Lawyers say final three transfers from Wichard to Blake were, according to Wichard, to pay the private school tuition of Blake’s son.”

    I don’t care if he used the money on private school or hookers and blow, a payment is a payment. Please tell me how this absolves him of any guilt.

  14. Daily Update 10/04/2010 at 4:51 PM #

    Pack Mentality: Right. Why does it matter what the money was for? Why even offer explanations if they did nothing wrong? Why not make the payment directly to the private school instead of Blake’s bank account?

    It doesn’t matter what the money was used for.

  15. bradleyb123 10/04/2010 at 4:52 PM #

    The statements made by Blake’s attorney are hilarious. I want to grab the man by his lapel, shake him, and say, “DO YOU EVEN HEAR YOURSELF???”

  16. bradleyb123 10/04/2010 at 4:58 PM #

    Get real, Black Santa ! Who in their right mind is going to believe this?

    Carolina fans?

    Oh wait, you said “in their right mind”. Never mind.

  17. choppack1 10/04/2010 at 4:59 PM #

    “Choppack: In everiy aspect of this story, you can’t believe anything coming from the UNC side. That has been proven over and over and over.”

    You’re darn right.

    The only thing that I can think of is that they are hoping that a large % of the public doesn’t care or still supports them…and guess what, I think they’re right. The N&O still hasn’t called for an independent investigation. In just a few months Dickie V will be saying that “Carolina does things the right way babie, and it’s just a shame that a bad apple can ruin a reputation for doing this right for such a long time.”

  18. bradleyb123 10/04/2010 at 4:59 PM #

    I don’t care if he used the money on private school or hookers and blow, a payment is a payment. Please tell me how this absolves him of any guilt.

    Pack Mentality, I’m glad I wasn’t drinking a tasty beverage when I read that. I would be cleaning my monitor right now if I were. 🙂

    That was good.

    +1

  19. bradleyb123 10/04/2010 at 5:02 PM #

    I think somewhere in this article, or in one of the posts, someone opened a bold tag and neglected to close it. I started my recent posts with a CLOSE BOLD tag (less than sign, forward slash, lowercase “b”, greater than sign) and it turned off the bold that we’re seeing in all the posts.

    Of course as soon as I post this, someone fixes it. 🙂

  20. MatSci94 10/04/2010 at 5:05 PM #

    nevermind, someone else posted/fixed it

  21. tjfoose1 10/04/2010 at 5:10 PM #

    http://i.imgur.com/ezn2L.jpg

  22. MatSci94 10/04/2010 at 5:12 PM #

    I take it that ‘devastated’ is code word for ‘I’ll spill my guts to anyone who’ll listen’?

  23. CannonballJunior 10/04/2010 at 5:12 PM #

    LOL at that Sad Santa picture.

  24. tuckerdorm1983 10/04/2010 at 5:24 PM #

    Double, double toil and trouble;
    Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
    eye of Butch, toe of Blake
    NCAAs got them make no mistake

    Macbeth
    William Shakespeare

  25. 61Packer 10/04/2010 at 5:26 PM #

    This reminds me of the Star Trek episode in which Mr. Spock uttered the famous words, “Everything He Says Is A Lie!”

    Beam ’em up, Scotty, all of ’em!

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