Huggins got them on a technicality and will reap more money from wvcc. They should've just fired his ass first time around instead of letting him resign. He's a POS
Huggins may get off lightly, here’s why.
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I was being facetious, of course you shouldn’t drive still. That’s a stupid law if not policed with some nuance, as you stated. Luckily my bar is 100 yards from my place
I don’t think this is a meaningful technicality, to be honest. It’s very clear that he voluntarily resigned, despite that notification being sent from an email address with his wife’s name. It seems absurd on its face for him to now suggest that he didn’t resign.
The choice for WVU is easy now. Agree he didn't resign and immediately fire him for cause. They gave him an easy way out but he wants to do it the hard way.
I don’t think so, they can just keep doing their thing and operating under the reasonable belief and reliance that both parties have been operating under for the past three weeks, until Bob decided to suddenly reverse course with this weird charade: he resigned and retired, effective three weeks ago.
He literally had a different attorney call the university the day before this letter was sent to talk about getting paid out for his unused vacation time! It’s absurd.
I was thinking they may have paid him out something in return for his resignation. If so, they should fire his ass and take it back.
Agreed. Whoppers are horrible and bad for your health, he could run into heart problems in the middle of March Madness.
And if he is fired for cause, they don't owe him any money on his contract, correct? They do have cause in this case.
It is astounding that a guy who was as drunk as he was could drive the miles he did on an interstate, meaning he was driving 60-70 mph or more, and didn't kill himself or anyone else.
Probably because of all the practice he had doing it.
No, you do not have to admit or plead guilt. You should discuss your options with an attorney, but usually the attorney will say to the District Justice that you recognize the charges against you, and you’ll be applying for the ARD program. And I agree with you, the reality is, he was caught and charged, that should give WVU cover if they decide to fire him, which it seems like that is what Huggins is looking for here.
No doubt, back in the day I drove with many seasoned drunk drivers to and from work sites, literally thousands of miles, no problems, eventually I would say the late eighties, or early 90's so many had gotten dui's just running around their small towns on the weekend, mostly stopped for minor violations . So we had to find a daily DD because the wives threatened to throw them out with one more fine.
Maybe he was drunk when he wrote it and doesn't remember. I don't want to besmirch his spotless reputation, but...
Maybe it does but that doesn't mean they HAD to fire him. If Nick Saban gets pulled over for a DUI in a Bama vehicle tomorrow, is he getting fired? No. They would have reason to but he is too important to the program. WVU had a reason to fire Huggins but they didnt have to. In the end, they took a moral stance. They felt he didnt have the type of character it required to lead their program and represent their university. It wasnt a "well, we love you Huggy and wished you could still be our coach but you got a DUI in our vehicle so its out of our hands, you are fired" decision
I think that particular incident forced WVU to come to harsh reality that he has taken his alcoholism to a new level and wasn’t going to be able to function effectively as their coach in this coming season.
If they figured he could, they would have kept him. That incident and charges onto themselves would not have swayed them a bit to keep him, if they thought it was an aberration. He’ll, it really just added to his legend, in some sense they’d have loved it. Their fans loved it. They’re largely alcoholics too!
But I think they determined, this is it, he’s escalated the drinking to a level that he can’t deliver us wins any more. This is ALL they care about. To be fair, it would be the same for almost all other P5 schools that are predominately sports oriented. It is THAT important to a large number of them.
If they figured he could, they would have kept him. That incident and charges onto themselves would not have swayed them a bit to keep him, if they thought it was an aberration. He’ll, it really just added to his legend, in some sense they’d have loved it. Their fans loved it. They’re largely alcoholics too!
But I think they determined, this is it, he’s escalated the drinking to a level that he can’t deliver us wins any more. This is ALL they care about. To be fair, it would be the same for almost all other P5 schools that are predominately sports oriented. It is THAT important to a large number of them.
