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.

 

[Mike80]

Wait a second…. It’s Athens since when is drinking wrong in Athens?

 

[Jagdaddy]

Wait a second…. It’s Athens since when is drinking wrong in Athens?

I assume the cannabis folks are trying to eliminate the competition.

 

[heisman]

 

[buxfan4life]

"claiming that Smith never engaged in extra marital affairs, and that OU doesn’t have a policy preventing employees from dating students."

So, the Shaggy defense.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

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.

You mean some people don't?

 

[Buckerooni]

So he's basically saying he dated a student, which isn't against policy (I think he is right about that - she wasn't HIS student), but he wasn't having an affair. So, he and the wife were already separated? Or he and the student didn't have sex? Leave it alone and move on, Coach.

The alcohol stuff is just there to bolster the rest. OU won't tolerate drinking by their higher level administration/coaches? No comment.

Ohio U should send UM a fruit basket. This story makes them look great in comparison.

 

[SEREbuckeye]

So he's basically saying he dated a student, which isn't against policy (I think he is right about that - she wasn't HIS student), but he wasn't having an affair. So, he and the wife were already separated? Or he and the student didn't have sex? Leave it alone and move on, Coach.

The alcohol stuff is just there to bolster the rest. OU won't tolerate drinking by their higher level administration/coaches? No comment.

Ohio U should send UM a fruit basket. This story makes them look great in comparison.

It was reported that he and his wife were finalizing their divorce at the time of initial suspension…. Speculation but probably because of the affair, and I’m sure there was more leading up to all of this.

 

[Jaxbuck]

Sounds like they didn’t have much on him, overreached and had to go with the booze in the office.

I bet this gets settled.

 

[colobuck79]

How would you do beer-thirty without alcohol in your office. I’m thinking that is a constitutional right.

 

[Jaxbuck]

How would you do beer-thirty without alcohol in your office. I’m thinking that is a constitutional right.

The “If this job didn’t fucking suck so bad, I wouldn’t need to drink at work now would I?” Defense is called for here.