- I don’t believe that’s true. Sorry, we’ve seen enough from Hootie.
- Even if it was true, it would be very weird for the school to be the ones posting it. He should’ve sent it to a media member.
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there’s literally no reason for Hootie to lie maybe ask the AD oh wait she doesn’t speak to the media
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“They must not want to post it” is a revealing thing to say. Why would that possibility even occur to BOC — and why would he say that to media — if there isn’t some bad blood between him and UVA?
Sounds like he’s officially taking the high road, but the disgruntlement is peeking through.
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O’Connor left UVA. Full stop.
The University is under no obligation to disseminate his farewell message to the fans. Not publishing his farewell might be petty, but so is giving a lame “They must not want to post it. I don’t do social media,” shrug of a quote to Jerry Ratcliffe.
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He could have posted the fair well message himself
#Muscara2UVA
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as pitching coach right not head coach?
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It’s also pretty obvious that he’s upset about something.
It would be incredibly easy for BOC to release a thank you to fans himself and he’s chosen not to. We shouldn’t be doing his work for him after he leaves unexpectedly. He seems like a huge prima donna which is shocking. Not sure where that came from
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dude he doesn’t have social media he left one with the athletic department she could of released it with her statement blame uva
A) They should have posted his letter. He’s not just another coach, he’s an all time great national championship winner. You’re trying to hire a new coach, maintain all appearances of treating the last one as respectfully as possible.
B) If he really wanted it posted, he should have asked…hey you’re going to post this right? And if not, email it to every beat writer. Didn’t seem very important to him, imo.
C) This is why you just post the letter. If they had, it’s not a story. Very few people would have read it, and none of them would remember what he wrote.
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(Warning: petty) like did he write it with crayon? Just find the file and resend it!
Sorry, but MFers who make millions and can’t freaking operate MS Word are one of my personal pet peeves.
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Or find it in your outbox. No wonder the guy only one natty. We coulda had a friggin dynasty if someone from IT taught this guy basic Microsoft skills.
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Sorry for the triple reply, but this is an extremely stupid story and needs the dreaded triple stupid reply
(And yes, I suspect they turned off his email sometime shortly after he sent his “farewell email”. I’m dumb, but not as dumb as I play on the internets)
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Also, he was literally talking to Jerry about his letter. Just tell Jerry whatever you wanted to say to Virginia fans.
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No, no. Focus on the important thing - the process around the crayon-written letter.
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UVA social accounts posted things thanking him, the lead story in UVA Today one day was an article about him leaving and statements from Carla and Ryan thanking him, but then we were supposedly too petty to post whatever message he had? I’m not sure that passes the sniff test, but who knows.
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How in the world do College Baseball Coaches make so much money at public institutions?
Makes no sense
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Well when you get a [some number]-year head start with revenues increasing and player compensation costs staying anchored to room and board (and training expenses, blah blah), that money’s gotta go somewhere, right?
How is college baseball revenue increasing?
I just dont know so not being snarky or whatever
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What if the letter mentioned why he made the decision and referenced the changes affecting college athletics in a manner that made the ACC look like a weaker conference? He’s already quoted by Greg Madia saying one of the reasons was competition related. No way in hell UVa should feel an obligation to post it then.
I think Oak knew exactly what he was doing by sharing the letter with UVA, but that’s just my opinion.
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