[Vision2020] Price situation at U. Alabama

[Mushroom]

>From the Tuskaloosa News webpage:


                                BREAKING NEWS: PRICE FIRED 
                               University of Alabama
President Robert
                               E. Witt announced today he
was
                               terminating University of
Alabama head
                               football coach Mike Price's
employment
                               with the University.
                               "His mistake has severely
hurt our
                               university and will continue
to hurt our
                               university for years to
come," Witt said
                               in preface to the
announcement.
                               Witt said University of
Alabama athletic
                               director Mal Moore would
begin the
                               search process for a new
coach
                               Saturday afternoon. Witt said
he was
                               confident an interim coach
would not
                               have to be named, instead
naming a
                               permanent head coach soon.
                               He also added that Moore's
position "is
                               not in any jeopardy,"
silencing critics                                of the
athletic director.
                               The Athletic Committee of the
                               University of Alabama Board
of
                               Trustees met at 11 a.m. and
heard a
                               few public comments before
retreating
                               to executive session. That
session
                               ended with a short statement
                               announcing a 2:15 press
conference
                               with Witt to make the Mike
Price
                               decision public. 
                               


No comment from me here -- just the report from the
university's hometown newspaper.

Don Coombs