Riaan Nini UMike Bohn wangena ekamelweni lengxoxo yakhe yomsebenzi nomongameli weNyuvesi yaseCincinnati ngo-2014, wabona ubuso obujwayelekile.
UCincinnati uqashe u-Chuck Neinas, umeluleki ka-Bohn kanye nomeluleki ovelele wezokusubatha ekolishi, ukuze aqondise ekusesheni komqondisi wayo olandelayo wezokusubatha. UNeinas phambilini uke wasiza ngokusesha eSan Diego State naseColorado lokho wabeka uBohn njengomqondisi wezemidlalo.
“Ngangikhona ngenkathi kuxoxwa naye,” kusho uNeinas etshela i-Los Angeles Times ngo-2019.
UCincinnati wanikeza uBohn umsebenzi, futhi wawamukela. Eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva, wabeka impumelelo eCincinnati esikhundleni esihlonishwa kakhulu USC.
UBohn ushiye phansi i-USC ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule, ngolunye usuku ngemuva kokuthi i-Times ibuze yena kanye ne-USC imibuzo mayelana nokugxekwa kwangaphakathi kwabaphathi bakhe bomnyango kanye nokuziphatha njengomqondisi wezemidlalo weTrojans. Lezi zindaba zamangala uNeinas, owakhonza njengesandla esiqondisayo nomsekeli oqinile kuBohn kulo lonke umsebenzi wakhe.
“Hhayi-ke, bengingathi, inombolo yokuqala, yinkunzi-, kodwa-ke anginanhloso,” kusho uNeinas engxoxweni abe nayo neThe Times ngoLwesine ekuseni.
“Yena waletha uLincoln Riley, okwakuyisihogo esisodwa, futhi yashintsha uhlelo lwebhola, yadala isithakazelo esikhulu ku-Throjan athletics. Bese kuba nethuba lokuphinda kathathu imali abayitholayo ukuya kwi-Big Ten Conference, ebeka isikhungo esimweni esiqinile sezezimali, futhi uvotelwe ngontanga yakhe njengomqondisi wezemidlalo wonyaka. Ubungasho ukuthi lo mfana useqoqweni, akunjalo?”
UMike Bohn wesulile njengomqondisi wezemidlalo we-USC ngesonto eledlule.
(David Zalubowski / Associated Press)
Ukukhathazeka okuvezwe ngo-Bohn kuhlanganisa ukuphawula okungafanele okwenza abasebenzi bangakhululeki kanye nokungabi khona kuka-Bohn emihlanganweni ebalulekile kanye nemicimbi yezemidlalo yase-USC.
“Okokuqala, wathola induku njengefa [at USC],” kusho uNeinas. “Akazange alithole ngempela ithuba loku … ngicabanga ukuthi ulande abantu abambalwa baseCincinnati, ngakho wathola ifa labasebenzi. Akazange ayikhethe induku yakhe. Futhi uMike uwuhlobo lomuntu ophumayo kakhulu lomqondisi. Akayena umfana wasehhovisi ovaliwe. Ulaphaya uzama ukwenza i-PR ye-Trojan athletics, ezama ukukhulisa imali. Akuyena umuntu ohlala ehhovisi. Akuyona i-MO yakhe leyo. Ngokuqonda kwami uphumelele kulokho. Ubebonakala ephumelela kubantu ababejabule kakhulu ngokunikela e-USC futhi. ”
I-Times itholakele ukuthi ukukhathazeka kwethulwe phambili ngoBohn eCincinnati. Abesifazane abahlanu abasebenze noBohn phakathi neminyaka emihlanu eCincinnati batshele iThe Times ukuthi udale indawo yokusebenza enobutha, ekhathazekile futhi enobuthi kubantu besifazane.
“Angikukholwa lokho,” kusho uNeinas. “Ungakhuluma nanoma ubani osebhizinisini lokusubatha ekolishi, futhi uzokutshela ukuthi uMike Bohn ungomunye wabantu abanobungane kakhulu ebhizinisini. … Unozwela olukhulu ngaye, okwenza izinsolo eziphathelene nokuphatha kwakhe abesifazane zisole ngokombono wami.”
Kuwo wonke umkhakha, bambalwa abaye baba nomthelela omkhulu ekutheni abaqeqeshi bebhola kanye nabaqondisi bezemidlalo bathola ikhefu elikhulu kunoNeinas, owayengukhomishana we-Big Eight Conference ngeminyaka yawo-1970 amandla akhe akhula kuphela njengomphathi oholayo we-College Football Assn. ngawo-1980 nawo-1990.
UNeinas kanye neCFA kuthiwa bakhuthaza iNyuvesi yase-Oklahoma kanye neNyuvesi yaseGeorgia ukuthi imangalele i-NCAA ngokulawula kwenhlangano amalungelo ezindaba ezikole, okuyicala eliyingqophamlando elaphumela esinqumweni seNkantolo Ephakeme ka-1984 esanikeza izingqungquthela nezikole amandla bathengise imidlalo yabo kumanethiwekhi we-TV futhi bazuze izinzuzo. Izigxivizo zeminwe zikaNeinas zigcwele ukuvela kwezemidlalo zasekolishi zibe yibhizinisi elikhulu.
Ngo-1997, uNeinas washiya i-CFA futhi ngokushesha waqala ukweluleka iminyango yezemidlalo ngokuqeqeshwa kokuqeqesha ibhola kanye nokuqashwa komqondisi wezemidlalo. Ukusesha kwakhe ngo-1999 e-Oklahoma kwenza isikole saduma uBob Stoops, owahola i-Sooners emqhudelwaneni kazwelonke ngesizini yakhe yesibili nje.
Abaqashi abathathu bakaBohn ngaphambi kwe-USC – iCincinnati, Colorado neSan Diego State – bathembele eselulekweni sikaNeinas sokwenza ukusesha okuholele ekuqasheni kukaBohn.
UMike Bohn, kwesokudla, uxhawula uChuck Neinas kulandela ukwesula kwakhe njengomqondisi wezokusubatha waseColorado ngo-2013.
(UHelen H. Richardson / Denver Post nge-Getty Images)
Kulabo abazi ukuthi uNeinas wayeyingxenye yenqubo yokusesha kaCincinnati futhi u-Bohn wayeyikhandidethi, u-Bohn ukuthola umsebenzi kwakuwumkhuba nje.
“Ngesikhathi u-Chuck esingathe ukusesha futhi u-Bohn ebambe iqhaza, kwase kuphelile,” kusho owayengumqondisi wezokusubatha ekolishi ocele ukungadalulwa ngoba ukuxoxa ngokuseshwa kungase kuphazamise amathuba emisebenzi esikhathi esizayo. “Wayengubaba.”
“U-Chuck Neinas unamandla ngokwedlulele,” kusho u-B. David Ridpath, uprofesa webhizinisi lezemidlalo e-Ohio University futhi oyilungu le-Drake Group, umqaphi wemboni yezokusubatha ekolishi. “[He] unomfutho omningi emibuthanweni yebhola lasekolishi futhi uma u-Chuck Neinas enxenxa othile noma edonsela othile, lowo muntu angase aphakamise umlenze.”
UNeinas wahleka ethi uBohn uthole imisebenzi ngenxa yobudlelwano babo. Uveze ukuthi ubengazibandakanyi nosesho lwe-USC. I-Turnkey Search – hhayi uNeinas, oneminyaka engama-91 ubudala – uqondise ukusesha okuholele ekutheni i-USC iqashe uBohn ngoNovemba 2019.
“Uthole umsebenzi wakwaCincinnati,” kusho uNeinas ngoLwesine. “Ngaphansi kwewashi lakhe lapho, baphinde balungisa indawo ye-basketball, baqasha u-Luke Fickell [as football coach]wathatha uCincinnati waya naye [College Football Playoff]. Akukubi lokho.”
UNeinas noBohn baqala ukuwela izindlela ngo-1992, lapho uBohn engumqondisi wezemidlalo e-Air Force Academy. U-Neinas wayebheke ukwandisa abasebenzi bakhe ku-CFA ukuze afake umuntu ozophatha ukukhushulwa kanye nokuxhaswa, futhi uJohn Clune, umqondisi wezokusubatha we-Air Force, waletha igama likaBohn kuNeinas. Nge-CFA esekelwe e-Boulder, Colo., kanye no-Bohn ongowokuzalwa e-Boulder, ukubhanqa kuzwakala kungokwemvelo kuzo zombili izinhlangothi.
Ngo-2003, iSan Diego Union-Tribune yabika ukuthi uNeinas usebenze njengesithenjwa esibalulekile sikaBohn ngenkathi iSan Diego State iqasha uBohn kude neNyuvesi yase-Idaho, isikhundla sakhe sokuqala somqondisi wezemidlalo.
Ngo-April 19, 2004, i-Union-Tribune yabika ukuthi u-Bohn wathumela incwadi kumongameli we-San Diego State u-Stephen Weber ecela ukuhlolwa okubanzi komnyango futhi watusa i-Neinas Sports Services.
“Kubalulekile,” kubhala uBohn, “ukuba nomuntu wesithathu ozimele abukeze zonke izici zoMnyango Wezokusubatha. … UMnu. Neinas uyisikhulu sangaphambili engasisebenza eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye edlule. Isitayela sakhe esiqotho, esinekhala eliqinile nesokugqoza ngeke siphazamiseke emizamweni yethu yangaphambilini.”
Isifunda saseSan Diego sakhokha i-Neinas cishe u-$11,000 ngombiko onamakhasi ayi-11 “onezikhala ezimbili futhi kwesinye isikhathi eziphindwe kathathu futhi ohlanganisa okuncane ngendlela yokugxeka noma iziphakamiso zokuphatha ezibambekayo,” ngokusho kwe-Union-Tribune.
“Kuyinhlonipho kuMike Bohn ukuthi usibonile isidingo sokuthatha isinyathelo futhi athuthukise umqondo weQEMBU,” kubhala uNeinas. “Nginethemba elikhulu lokuthi uMike Bohn nabanye abasebenzi bakhe bazothuthukisa izinhlelo zokumaketha nokuqongelela imali eziphusile.”
Ezinyangeni ezimbili ngemva kokuba iSifundazwe SaseSan Diego senze ukuhlaziya kukaNeinas obala, iColorado yaqasha uNeinas ukuthi ahole ekufuneni umqondisi wezemidlalo. Owinile uzobekwa icala lokuhlanza umnyango obhekene nezinsolo zokungaziphathi kahle ngokocansi kubadlali bebhola.
Ukhomishana wesikhashana we-Big 12 Conference u-Chuck Neinas ukhuluma ngesikhathi sengqungquthela yezindaba ememezela ukungena kwe-West Virginia engqungqutheleni ngoNovemba 2011.
(UDavid Smith / Associated Press)
Ngokusho kwe-Union-Tribune, uNeinas ucelwe yiColorado ukuthi anikeze abantu abathathu abazongenela ukhetho ekomitini lokukhetha. Kodwa lapho bebuzwa ngolwazi mayelana nabo bonke abaphumelele, izikhulu zaseColorado zathi igama likaBohn kuphela eladluliselwa nguNeinas kushansela wesikhashana uPhil DiStefano.
I-Colorado ikhokhele uNeinas u-$39,000 ukuze iqhube ukusesha kwayo.
I-San Diego State yaqasha uNeinas ukuthi athole ozongena esikhundleni sika-Bohn futhi yamkhokhela ngaphezu kuka-$30,000.
Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaBohn, iColorado yaqasha uNeinas ukuthi abonisane ngokuqokwa kwabaqeqeshi ababili bebhola: uDan Hawkins ngo-2005 noJon Embree ngo-2010. UHawkins udlule ku-21-39 kumasizini amahlanu ngaphambi kokuthi uBohn amxoshe ngesikhathi u-Embree egijima ku-4-21 kumasizini amabili ngaphambi kukaBohn. akahambe.
NgoMeyi 2013, ngemuva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili eseColorado, uBohn wahola ingqungquthela yezindaba ethinta inhliziyo lapho avikela khona irekhodi lakhe futhi wagcizelela ukuthi waphoqeleka ukuthi asule.
“Ngifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uyazi,” u-Bohn wabhala ku-imeyili kubasebenzi baseColorado abatholwe yi-Boulder Daily Camera, “njengoba isivumelwano sami sokuhlukaniswa esisemthethweni sisho, ukuthi angizange ngihlanganyele kunoma yikuphi okungafaneleki, ukwephulwa kwemithetho ye-NCAA, ukwephulwa kwenqubomgomo yenyuvesi nanoma yikuphi. ukuziphatha okubi, ukungathembeki, noma olunye uhlobo lokuziphatha okubi.”
NgoLwesine ekuseni, ngesikhathi ebuzwa yiphephandaba iThe Times mayelana nokuhamba kukaBohn eColorado, uNeinas wahleka wathi, “Ubethandwa kakhulu kunomongameli.”
UBohn utshele iThe Times ngonyaka ka-2019 ukuthi wavala amehlo ukuphuma kwakhe eColorado futhi wasebenza noNeinas njengoba ebheka izinyathelo zakhe ezilandelayo.
Kwadlula izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili ngaphambi kokuthi uCincinnati athinte uNeinas ukuze ameluleke ngokuseshwa kwakhe. UCincinnati waqasha uBohn njengomqondisi wezokusubatha ngoFebhuwari 2014.
U-Bohn waya e-USC kwathi ngoJuni 30, 2022, cishe eminyakeni emithathu ngemuva kokuthi amaTrojan amqasha, i-USC kanye ne-UCLA banyakazisa indawo yezemidlalo yasekolishi ngokumemezela ukuthi bayayishiya i-Pac-12 ye-Big Ten.
Ngalolo suku, uNeinas watshela iThe Times ukuthi kwakufanele adlale igalofu noBohn ngakusasa. Esikhundleni salokho, uNeinas uthe uBohn wamshayela ucingo ekuseni emtshela ukuthi omongameli beBig Ten bagunyaze umnyakazo omkhulu we-USC.
UNeinas wagcwala ukuziqhenya ngalokho uBohn ayekufezile e-USC.
“Ngokokuqala ngqa eminyakeni edlule, i-USC inomqondisi wezemidlalo othembekile kuNkulunkulu kunokuba abe umdlali webhola,” uNeinas etshela iThe Times ngo-2022. “Ngicabanga ukuthi ufakazele ukufaneleka kwakhe.”
NgoLwesine, uNeinas waphinda kabili kulokho.
“Khumbula nje,” kusho uNeinas, “Ngafunda ngisemncane, umona uyinto embi kakhulu. Ucabanga ukuthi abanye abantu banomona ngoMike? [Of] usekufezile?”
