Post by fatmenace on Mar 2, 2010 23:16:41 GMT -6
He's not gonna let Morriss have the limelight, is he?
blog.al.com/solomon/2010/03/former_baylor_kentucky_coach_t.html
Sometimes you simply can't make these stories up. Former Baylor and Kentucky football coach Guy Morriss, now the coach at Texas A&M-Commerce, is proud of his team for stealing student newspapers.
The reason for the theft: The student paper published a story titled "Football Players Arrested in Drug Bust." "I am proud of my players for doing that," Morris is quoted as telling the police. "This was the best team building exercise we have ever done."
Morris told police he does not agree with the newspapers being removed as an act of theft because they are free. The student paper says it's free for the first issue and costs 25 cents for each additional copy. According to the police report, the school's athletic director chimed in by saying the football team couldn't have stolen the papers without outside help because, "I don't think they are smart enough to do this on their own."
I had to do a double-take to make sure this isn't an early April Fool's joke. If it's an elaborate hoax, it's even fooled Poynter Online, which reports on journalism issues. Then I found the actual police report online, which makes for some interesting reading.
Guy Morriss, a losing coach at Baylor and Kentucky, just talked his way out of a job at Texas A&M-Commerce. Wow.
blog.al.com/solomon/2010/03/former_baylor_kentucky_coach_t.html
Sometimes you simply can't make these stories up. Former Baylor and Kentucky football coach Guy Morriss, now the coach at Texas A&M-Commerce, is proud of his team for stealing student newspapers.
The reason for the theft: The student paper published a story titled "Football Players Arrested in Drug Bust." "I am proud of my players for doing that," Morris is quoted as telling the police. "This was the best team building exercise we have ever done."
Morris told police he does not agree with the newspapers being removed as an act of theft because they are free. The student paper says it's free for the first issue and costs 25 cents for each additional copy. According to the police report, the school's athletic director chimed in by saying the football team couldn't have stolen the papers without outside help because, "I don't think they are smart enough to do this on their own."
I had to do a double-take to make sure this isn't an early April Fool's joke. If it's an elaborate hoax, it's even fooled Poynter Online, which reports on journalism issues. Then I found the actual police report online, which makes for some interesting reading.
Guy Morriss, a losing coach at Baylor and Kentucky, just talked his way out of a job at Texas A&M-Commerce. Wow.
