Proposed head coach, GM walk over ownership dispute
Nov. 2, 2005
By Matt DaSilva, Lacrosse Magazine Online Staff
Scott Hiller and Jeff Harvey, who in August assumed respective roles as head coach and general manager of the MLL expansion franchise in
Chicago, say they have walked away from negotiations after failing to come to contractual terms with the organization's ownership group.
According to a league release announcing the trade that sent Boston's Kevin Leveille to Chicago for Drew Pfarr and Bill Glading after Tuesday's expansion draft, former MLL player Kevin Finneran has already overtaken both positions, though the organization itself would not confirm.
"On the Chicago end, the trade was made by newly named head coach and general manager Kevin Finneran," the release stated. Finneran could not be reached for comment.
Chris Brennan, a stakeholder in the Chicago Lacrosse Group, LLP, said the organization would make an official announcement regarding Finneran's hiring within a week. He declined further comment on the conditions leading to the departure of Hiller and Harvey.
The MLL announced Aug. 21 its plans to expand to Chicago, Denver and San Francisco in addition to Los Angeles, at which time league commissioner David Gross confirmed to Lacrosse magazine that Harvey was to be Chicago's general manager.
In an article published the same day in the Boston Globe, Hiller said he was leaving Boston - where he led the Cannons to a 10-2 mark a year ago - and that he had signed on to become the head coach in Chicago.
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