Ohio Bobcats (official thread)

[Thump]

Oh shit, storing alcohol in your office is wrong?

Right?!?

 

[Buckerooni]

Interesting.

I'm copying and pasting a couple of parts of this article here (I think some will encounter a paywall):

"It is unclear what connection, if any, Smith’s Nov. 25 reprimand had on him being placed on leave and later fired for cause. Ohio University did not immediately respond to an additional request for comment on the matter. Elliott had no further comment."

And

"We vigorously dispute Ohio University’s grounds for the termination for cause of Coach Brian Smith,” Smith’s attorney, Rex Elliott, said in a statement Wednesday. “He is shocked and dismayed by this turn of events, and we plan to fight this wrongful termination to protect his good name. Coach Smith is an ethical man who has done an exemplary job for the University. He wants nothing but the best for the players, coaches, and the entire Bobcat community.”

What is going on here? He's lawyered up? He's going to court for wrongful termination? Curiouser and curiouser.

If they fired him, officially, for having alcohol in his desk (that he used infrequently and discreetly, as he described) that's within their rights, I suppose. Technically. But it's definitely a cover story.

 

[Zurp]

Oh shit, storing alcohol in your office is wrong?

That's one of those things that has changed. Watch TV shows or movies set in the 60's. Or even Scrooged with Bill Murray from the late 80's. He had a bar in his office.
Probably a big difference from the head boss nerd and any of his underlings.

 

[Woody1968]

Oh shit, storing alcohol in your office is wrong?

Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?

 

[cincibuck]

Record for That's one of those things that has changed. Watch TV shows or movies set in the 60's. Or even Scrooged with Bill Murray from the late 80's. He had a bar in his office.
Probably a big difference from the head boss nerd and any of his underlings.

Mad Men set the World record for alcoholic product placement.