Coach proud of players accused of newspaper theft

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http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-coach-newspaperflap&prov=ap&type=lgns


A college football coach in Texas is backing players accused of removing every copy of a student newspaper from racks around campus because of a front-page article about teammates being arrested on drug charges, according to a police report.

The incident happened at Division II Texas A&M-Commerce. The coach is Guy Morriss, who also coached at Kentucky and Baylor and played 15 seasons in the NFL with the Patriots and Eagles.

“I’m proud of my players for doing that,” Morriss said, according to an incident report. “This was the best team building exercise we have ever done.”

No one has been arrested over the removal of 2,000 copies of The East Texan on Feb. 25. Editor James Bright estimated the loss at about $1,100.

Campus police are investigating, school spokesman Randy Jolly said. Morriss has been disciplined, but Jolly declined to discuss details.

Also disciplined are the “football players involved in the East Texan thefts,” school officials said in a statement. Athletic director Carlton Cooper apologized, saying players made “an error in judgment.”

“A&M-Commerce does not stand back idly when crimes like these are committed,” said Dr. Dan Jones, the school’s president.

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Bright, a senior journalism major, said Morriss’ reaction is “appalling.”

“He is condoning criminal activity,” Bright said. “And to me, that is unacceptable.”
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Texas again and again

[MineralMan]

1. Thugs. Fire the coach and expel the students who did this.

Very simple.

[marshall]

7. The coach will not be fired

The university president has already released three different versions of a statement trying to explain that the coach was joking and being sarcastic.

[TlalocW]

2. A frat did that at my college in Kansas

When a negative article about one of their guys or their frat came out. One guy who was caught claimed he needed the material for a paper-mache project.

TlalocW

[LiberalFighter]

3. Newspaper needs to do an article about the coach. Front page

[Javaman]

4. In texas football trumps everything.

moron football players think that by removing the newspapers that erases their problems.

[arbusto_baboso]

5. "I'm proud of my First Amendment-breaking players. They'll all be proud Republicans someday."

What a sack of rotten, runny pigshit that man is.

[anonymous171]

6. MUST...CONTAIN...NERD..RAGE...

:grr: fucking jocks...

[Garbo 2004]

8. So is the coach taking responsibility for the incident? Was it a "team building exercise"

he assigned them?