BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - Tony Cole doesn't feel sorry his allegations have led to the suspension of his former head coach, Jim Harrick, and the firing of Harrick's son, who was an assistant.
In an interview with the New Orleans Times Picayune, Cole said, ``I don't feel anything either way about the situations with the Harricks. Jim Harrick Junior was suspended with pay. And Coach Harrick, if he is fired, he'll receive the million dollars or so left on his contract. But look what they did to me.''
It was his first public comment since Georgia suspended Jim Harrick Senior, fired his son, and pulled out of the SEC or NCAA tournaments.
A university investigation is continuing. Cole said he had a life to live, too, adding ``If I had not pursued this, everybody would say, 'Harrick's not going to take any crap. You see what he did to Tony Cole.' But I wasn't going to let him walk over me. It wasn't right. I didn't do anything.''
The Times-Picayune said Cole has been in seclusion in his home town of Baton Rouge since the controversy broke out about a week ago.
Cole said he believed Harrick used him when he needed him, then abandoned him. Cole said, ``All they had to do was let me play my last year. To me, they brought this on themselves. They are the ones who brought me up here, then they didn't give me any support when all of that stuff broke.
"They treated me like I was guilty. Right after the incident happened, (Harrick) wanted me to transfer instead of sticking by me to see what happened.''
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