2015 College Football Thread

[GhostMachine]

Oh, I do feel sorry for him. But I don't think he has a case due to showing up to work drunk off his ass and making excuses for it, and the alcoholism definitely affected his work. 

It could also set a dangerous precedent if he wins.

 

[DMN in the House]

4 hours ago, HailtotheTortureRack said:

That's a very, very fine line to walk. 

Sark IS taking responsibility for his actions, if not, he'd not been on his way to rehab when he got the email.  I am certainly not making excuses for the man ... I've just been VERY close to alcoholism and well ... it absolutely is a disease in every fashion of the definition and likely more so than some things that pop to mind when you think of disease.  Prescription drugs/OTC's have warning labels, yes ... but when you're afflicted with an addiction disease that's irrelevant.  His statement of that is merely pointing to how serious his disease had gotten. 

There's a huge difference in showing up to work drunk off your ass, and having the disease of alcoholism ... it's not like USC (and everyone else) didn't know there was an issue with this.  They hired him knowing of his issue and terminated him based on it rather than allowing him to try and overcome the disease ... which you can't do.  It isn't because he's a college football coach.  It's because he has a disease.

You can't fire someone for being an alcoholic. You can, however, fire someone for showing up to work drunk, alcoholic or not. It's not a Get Out of Jail Free pass to be a jackass.

I feel bad for the guy, I've enough personal experiences with addiction to have an intimate knowledge of it, but I don't think he has a leg to stand on.

[HailtotheYo]

Well the details, as they come out, will tell just what happened and just how much about it is true on both sides.

 

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

I'm guessing Sarkisian's contract will have very specific language that specifies what is "for cause." USC is a private school, so the details of his contract will only come out in discovery filings.

The way he was fired it came off very cold to me. Pat Haden was a great commentator, but it seems like he's been a bit of a disaster as AD at USC.

[HailtotheYo]

The details, and CA law will be why this simply isn't a "he was drunk" .... because even if he was and even if he lied about it/tried to cover it, because of CA law and how it treats alcoholism there's a whole hell of a lot of legal to wade through.

[Mr. X]

I really need to find a 1B, because Illinois football is essentially in purgatory at this point.

[Lineker]

So who's getting the Heisman? 

[gunnar hendershow]

Who cares, they didn't even invite Keenan Reynolds.

Also. 14 in a roooooooooooooow!!!

[Lineker]

Yeah I caught the very end of that game. What was the deal with Army not knowing who to put in at QB for the very last few plays?

[james_ewing88]

Alabama's Derrick Henry won it. McCaffrey should have won it. One hell of a season. I want to yell "SEC BIAS", but other people will do that, instead. I knew Watson had no chance in hell of winning it. Once again, this is 2009 all over, again, with an over-rated Alabama running back beating a Stanford running back who should have won the award. Anyways, since this is out of the way, four more months until the draft.

[HailtotheYo]

Bowl Pick'em ... ID: 20798  PW: EWB

[Maxx]

On 12/14/2015 at 10:16, HailtotheTortureRack said:

Bowl Pick'em ... ID: 20798  PW: EWB

That on Yahoo?  Getting invalid ID error

[HailtotheYo]

it's espn ... yeah that's have been worth mentioning

 

[Meacon Keaton]

The bowl season talk has been lacking.

TCU came back from a 31-0 deficit to win 47-41 tonight. Largest comeback in bowl history. And they did it Boykin-less.

[gunnar hendershow]

The playoff games being on New Year's Eve completely threw off my entire schedule. I just haven't caught much of anything. I don't have cable so that isn't helping.

[HailtotheYo]

It's been pretty putrid this year .... blowouts in showcase bowls hasn't helped either (well, except for the we need 8 talk).

Shit bowl season for "my teams" too.  However, FUCK YEAH COACH HERMAN !!!!!!!!

[Mr. X]

I think I'm going to root for Alabama, though it isn't like I dislike Clemson at all. Hopefully it isn't a blowout because that would just make this years playoffs pretty awful.

[Meacon Keaton]

I can't think of any reason anyone would be pulling for Alabama unless they are from Alabama. Tonight, I'm all about that Dabo.

 

Go Clemson! Prove all the ESPN blowhards that suck off Saban wrong and kick some ass. 

[Maxx]

So fucking stupid that this shit is on ESPN.

[Mr. X]

Deshaun Watson is pretty damn good.