Maryland assistant Dalonte Hill Arrested on Suspicion of DUI, Won't be on Bench Next Two Games

I think this could hurt recruiting…..

I don’t think it should as it wouldn’t matter to me personally as a parent, he made a mistake (it happens)………………, but I think a lot of parents will look at this very negatively and have second thoughts about Maryland that could cost us in the recruiting game.

I don’t really know all the details or what Turge should do in this case. He has a lot of important connections which you don’t want to burn by firing him….I guess we’ll see how this plays out

If you are making $350K, maybe spring for a cab you idiot. I know I should wait to see what the deal really is, but with his past history, I don’t see much reason to. This is shameful.

After the first arrest, Dalonte commented he is embarrassed to take the attention of the team.

http://cjonline.com/stories/020108/cat_242572691.shtml

He got his first after K-State beat #2 Kansas, what was he celebrating this time, his inability or lack of recruiting success so far, maybe celebrating Locks ability to land some players.

I will hold my true opinion until the report comes out and he is found guilty of DUI. If so, kiss the Harrisons bye bye, if we keep him or kiss the DC HS coaches connections bye bye if we can his ass for his own stupidity.

Nice work Dalonte the only think you have landed so far is jail time.

Who doesn’t have a dui? Most of the recruits parents either have a dui, or someone close to them who they trust has a dui.

What’d he blow on the breathalizer anyone know?

A good lawyer gets him off. No DC jury would convict. Use peremptory challenges to get rid of the jurors that are gtown fans.

Right now, it’s all pure speculation.

just received an offer from Maryland this week. If you don’t know who this kids is, he is a five star PG at St. Benedicts in NJ. I hope to God Bino is handling his recruit and Hill is as far away from him as possible. Unless Hill was out with Ennis getting crunk and took the wrap for him. That should get him a commit…finally.

but reading into the words he was arrested for ‘suspicion’. let’s hope it gets thrown out and forgotten.

Sort of saying that in jest, but seriously, Dalonte has not done anything to win me over yet as far as being an asst. coach. Add to the fact that our other local uber-recruiter(Locks) has come in and made an instant splash and impact with fball, Dalonte is under even more pressure to prove he’s worth his contract. I’m not convicting him of this DUI, allow his due process, but trouble just seems to follow some people whereever they go. I’m starting to wonder if Justin Anderson’s parents were right, when they dropped us after Hill was hired.

Fast forward…Worst case scenario, if this costs Hill his job, I’m wondering if Walt Williams would be a good candidate for the position? He’s already around the program doing radio with Holiday & Knoche. I think he’d be an awesome assistant coach if he’s interested. Otherwise, I’d take Ehsan back in a blink, if he would want to return(doubtful).

Let’s wait and see how this thing plays out…not sure if an assistant coach being arrested is as big of a deal to recruits as is a head coach. Not saying its good, but idk how bad of an impact it will make.

Let’s just check in on what he has done for the University of Maryland. Nothing positive so far.

What about negative attention, well now that’s a different story. Not only does he come in to College Park with a bit of baggage, but we decide to let go of Ehsan and up and coming coach. Hill has a history of DUI and suspicious recruiting tatics only to reinforce those issues.

Hill has been tied into the Beasley “pay to play” nightmare from his K-State days, which everyone knew that Hill has some dirt under his fingernails, whether you want to admit it or not. Now he adds to that with a repeat DUI charge.

So in his time at Maryland, he hasn’t landed a single recruit let alone a blue chip. He warrants a top assistant salary of any assistant in the nation and then get’s arrested for a DUI.

We will see how this plays out. KA will need to keep Hill to eliminate any more imbarrassment on his inability to bring in the right coaches, as well as continue the negative attention his athletic department has gotten since he’s been in charge.

Turge will need to set an example and let Hill go. This may kill us in the DC area, but we haven’t landed shit out of DC in forever and Hill hasn’t change that at all. Graham is going elsewhere, Britt, Robinson, Grant, Anderson and all others went elsewhere. Oh yeah what about Wally Judge, couldnt even land him.

hopefuly…he is NG…if not ….Turgeon and Anderson have a dificult decision…..not so much if it were the first time..but ths guy has(again if guilty) a problem…one which needs addressing and rather hard to do while coaching(?) varsity players

he should be able to afford a cab ride.

As I learned in DUI class…..you can either pay $60 for a long taxi ride home or $1500+ as the result of DUI.

In the dirty game of college basketball recruiting, we are worried about a coaches dui? Kids are getting paid by handlers, drug dealers and pimps everyday for playing high level basketball. Moat parents of high profile recruits are not worried about a coaches dui.

When a scandal whether you consider it minor or major springs up, you need a smart, clean non-nonsense guy in charge. I trust him to get the facts from Dalonte and to make decisions that are in the long term best interest of both Dalonte and the program. Two DUI’s is a significant problem. Turge appears to be a family first guy who will do what he can to help Dalonte, but won’t sacrifice the the program to do so.

Leave of absence, sent to rehab, coaching position held open for him when he’s better. This is a chance for Dalonte to get himself together before he does any permanent damage to himself or someone else and a chance for Turgeon to show recruits how he treats members of the program who falter. I’m betting we see consequences and compassion and some recruits will respect that and some will go elsewhere.

It’s like the bball team and football completely flip flopped. We get blown on by FSU and our “top recruiter” gets a DUI.

He hasn’t gained any recruits, and in fact his loss of Justin Anderson makes him minus one……………that kind of money we can do better

asdjfkloiwaer02983j. That is all.

And, keep in mind DUI isn’t restricted to alcohol.

But he had a lot of friends who would look out for him and to my knowledge never got a DUI.
If Hill is guilty , which I believe he’ll get off, a DUI is certainly better than drug trafficing, rape, child molestation or any other felony. A public figure like Hill has a lot more to lose than just our driver’s license. But I don’t think this will amount to much, especially on the recruiting front.

casting Hill off as an alcholic. While I agree it doesn’t look good, the dude isn’t a full-blown alcoholic. You have no idea how much and how often he dirnks. If you want to get specific, I’d say he’s a problem drinker, and you got to nip it in the bud right here. Either way, it needs to be addressed.

This is certainly an issue because he’s putting himself and others in danger. It won’t look good to fans or parents of recruits either.

However, let’s not forget, he’s an assistant coach working for Turge (who has just about the cleanest record out there). Delonte hasn’t even been at maryland for a full year of recruiting and can’t really be labeled a failure until the recruits we DO get don’t meet our expectations. The two who have signed since he signed on (Shaq and Layman) are top 100 recruits and though he may not have played a part in getting them, he hasn’t gotten anyone we don’t want.

Let’s breathe and see what Turgeon says in his interviews, if anything.

I gues one way to “spin” this would be to say that Coach Hill has attained a high level of success in his given profession DESPITE his shortcomings and faults, as long as it’s made incredibly clear what his actions have been/are to be in his rehibilitation.
Americans love the “comeback” kid, and stories of retribution. We only have to look so far as John Lucas to recognize that. Despite his own flaws, Lucas was/is sought out as a mentor to troubled youth, most notably Dennis Rodman.
But, again, an example MUST be made. Don’t know if 2 games of the bench does that. I’d hit him hard in the pocket and demand an awful lot of community service , and not just a PSA, but rather something where his hands would need to “get dirty”.

Maybe Dalonte should be made to accompany the Highway Patrol when they make notification to a next of kin of someone killed by a drunk driver, perhaps even take part in the “clean-up” at the scene.

I’m just going to say it….people in Maryland and DC are terrible drivers. Just awful. Id go out in the median to make a left on a red and people would look at me like I had three heads. Also the Left lane as the fast lane concept hadn’t seemed to catch on down there.

There I’m being honest. And you know what being honest feels good.

Also – it’s called snow. It’s frozen rain. It doesn’t have magical powers. 1 inch of snow and the beltway became like the highway to hell.

Nothing else needs to be said.

a lot of unrest here over something not that uncommon. Maryland has a zero tolerance DUI law meaning you can get a DUI from having a .02- .08 BAC. .02 can be obtained by 1 or 2 beers. We would have a lot more to uproar about if it was a DWI.

The saddest part to this is that no one would care if he had signed a 5 star recruit already, but because he had 2 beers and drove home without first signing a #1 recruiting class, he is suddenly an outcast.

Give the man some time people, this will be forgotten until another coach gets a DUI ahem… 1990.

Wish we still had him. Let’s let this entire situation play out in court before judging.

This is the 3rd significant run in with law enforcement our athletes/coaches have had since KA took over…….just sayin…..

not high number of DUI’s

I agree hill is not in our best graces as it’s appearing that bino and spinelli are out-recruiting him. but seriously 2 dui’s doesn’t mean he’s an alcoholic. HAHA granted it may seem that way but it doesn’t mean that’s the case. possibly a case of bad timing.
the worst part is that he came in with such an incredible rep and we haven’t been aware of the results to this point. same way that edsall isn’t on the ‘favs’ list we have to wait and give him his fair due.
as bad as it may seem now, remember that there are coaches named Strickland and Fine who make their programs look bad as well.
a ‘suspicion of dui’. it’s a PR buzzkill but it’s suspicion.

Damage control on this issue seems relatively simple. Wait until the court case is resolved of course. If the charges are dropped, then it never happened. If he is convicted, you fire him and come out publicly about how the program will not tolerate poor decision-making from it’s leaders, etc etc. This only becomes a problem if Turgeon makes it a problem by trying to make excuses of sweep it under the rug, etc. Tackle it head on and it can become a positive as far a PR is concerned.