only problem wrote:
Having friends isn't the problem.
It's that he used those friendships to tamper with athletes at other schools.
It's why he had multiple phone calls right before and after an athlete entered the transfer portal, marked not to be contacted by others, and committed without talking to anyone else.
It's why he told compliance that those parents had contacted his wife about their kids transferring.
Brosnan got caught. He tried to collude with the parents, resist giving over his phone records, not talk to parents, blame it on Cancer, and more. Because he got caught.
And he was dumb enough to tell other recruits before they'd even signed. And he was dumb enough to do it to one of the most powerful men in college track, Vin.
This isn't an insane violation. But it's a stupid move. And it makes me think that all those allegations against him in high school were almost certainly true as well.
I think you're right on the money. I don't think he's real bright. Combine that with his ego and it was only a matter of time it caught up with him. He's lucky to have made it through the NP days without a fatal mistake like this.