HE was not talking about the basketball program's reputation, he was talking about the university reputation. Ole miss is a garbage school. Athletic scandals hurt alumni giving to the university, by millions of dollars at high standards schools. You may only care about winning basketball and be willing to hire a scum bag that sullies the schools reputation just by walking on campus, but the people paid to protect the universty DO care about how they are perceived by their donors, peers and alumni. And having a winning basketball team is just not that damned important in the grand scheme of their responsibilities, nor should it be.