badger
4/10/2015, 09:45 AM
If you can't beat them on the field... make them look bad in court.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/osusportsextra/texas-coaches-joe-wickline-shawn-watson-swear-in-testimony-they/article_50ad9b81-050a-55c9-afab-f8c994e967a8.html
Cliff's Notes: Former OSU coach goes to UT under the assumption that it's a promotion to calling offensive plays, not a lateral move to do the same thing at another school. Former OSU coach is not calling plays. $600,000 breach of contract lawsuit!
Highlights:
when asked who called most of the plays in a 31-7 bowl game thrashing by Arkansas, when Texas managed just 59 total yards, Strong said, “I don’t know.”
the lawsuit has kicked up a rare legal fight between league rivals capable of peeling back several layers of insight into closed door strategy meetings at big-time programs.
the paltry 43 plays against Arkansas? For the record, Texas ran 18 times against Arkansas for 2 yards.
“I don’t want to remember that game, we were so bad,” Strong said.
Strong said Wickline makes the call to settle a dispute, but quickly backtracked to say “it would be a conversation.” Early in the interview, Oklahoma State’s lawyer noted that Strong’s five core values for his team included honesty.
Oklahoma State lawyers question whether Wickline regularly wore a headset until after the lawsuit was filed last October.
Anyways, it's a fun offseason read. I suspect that money is not the issue here (but it's not like OSU's rolling in it... they have to beg T Boone for their allowance), but to either expose UT football secrets or make them look bad.
Either way... :pop:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/osusportsextra/texas-coaches-joe-wickline-shawn-watson-swear-in-testimony-they/article_50ad9b81-050a-55c9-afab-f8c994e967a8.html
Cliff's Notes: Former OSU coach goes to UT under the assumption that it's a promotion to calling offensive plays, not a lateral move to do the same thing at another school. Former OSU coach is not calling plays. $600,000 breach of contract lawsuit!
Highlights:
when asked who called most of the plays in a 31-7 bowl game thrashing by Arkansas, when Texas managed just 59 total yards, Strong said, “I don’t know.”
the lawsuit has kicked up a rare legal fight between league rivals capable of peeling back several layers of insight into closed door strategy meetings at big-time programs.
the paltry 43 plays against Arkansas? For the record, Texas ran 18 times against Arkansas for 2 yards.
“I don’t want to remember that game, we were so bad,” Strong said.
Strong said Wickline makes the call to settle a dispute, but quickly backtracked to say “it would be a conversation.” Early in the interview, Oklahoma State’s lawyer noted that Strong’s five core values for his team included honesty.
Oklahoma State lawyers question whether Wickline regularly wore a headset until after the lawsuit was filed last October.
Anyways, it's a fun offseason read. I suspect that money is not the issue here (but it's not like OSU's rolling in it... they have to beg T Boone for their allowance), but to either expose UT football secrets or make them look bad.
Either way... :pop: