Art Briles reportedly fired

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It's hilarious to me that Baylor is considering this, and even more hilarious that BUBear seems to think it's a good idea.

Never change, Baylor
 
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Contingent of Baylor Bears donors trying to bring back coach Art Briles

A movement to bring back Art Briles as the Baylor football coach in 2017 has gained momentum among a few key donors, according to multiple reports, though how successful those efforts might be remains uncertain.

USA Today reported Monday that what it called a "small minority" of Baylor donors have pushed to have Briles serve a one-year suspension then return to coaching. The newspaper reported it was "unlikely" to happen.

Horns Digest, a publication for Texas football fans, reported Monday that the Baylor board of regents would vote Monday night on whether to bring Briles back, citing a source. Waco television station KWTX, citing sources, also wrote that a vote was scheduled for Monday, reporting that a preliminary vote on the matter was "very close."

Bears players have been informed of the plan to try to bring Briles back, according to KCEN-TV, citing a source.

Baylor did not return a phone call from ESPN seeking clarification on whether a meeting has been scheduled or will take place.

Bob Simpson, a co-owner of the Texas Rangers and Baylor donor whose name is on the Simpson Athletics and Academic Center on the Waco campus, told the Dallas Morning News: "We don't know yet. We'd like to see that."

Simpson reportedly is close to Briles.

Briles was suspended "with an intent to terminate" as coach of the Bears on May 26, in the wake of a report detailing a pattern of sexual assaults at the school, some involving football players. School president Ken Starr lost his title and athletic director Ian McCaw resigned several days later as a result of the report.

Outside the Lines attempted to reach more than 30 members of Baylor's board of regents Monday morning. Four regents refused to comment about the situation, and the others didn't return phone calls or emails.

Simpson, former Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr. and Texas attorney Walter Umphrey also didn't respond to requests for comments about Briles' future with the school.
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From USA Today:
Baylor scandal: Despite calls to bring Art Briles back in 2017, action unlikely

While a small minority of Baylor donors have been pushing behind the scenes to bring back Art Briles as football coach in 2017 — effectively giving him a one-year suspension — it is unlikely to result in any action, USA TODAY Sports has learned.

A person with knowledge of the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the discussions, said there is indeed a faction of voices within the school’s Board of Regents still supporting Briles and urging the school to bring him back. But those voices, the person said, were few in number at this point and considered to be on the margins.

WFAA TV in Dallas cited an unnamed large Baylor donor as saying that boosters are not calling for Briles to be reinstated, but for him to have the chance to offer a defense to the Board of Regents. The notion that donors would cease contributions to the university, the donor told the TV station, is "a load of crap."

Briles was suspended “with intent to terminate” on May 26 for his role in the sexual assault scandal that also cost school president Ken Starr and athletics director Ian McCaw their jobs. Two others who work in football operations were also let go.

In a statement released the following week, Briles said he had not been made aware of the contents in the report compiled by the Pepper Hamilton law firm, which assessed how Baylor handled sexual assault complaints. Though Baylor has not made the findings public, a 13-page summary was harshly critical of the culture around the football program.

Baylor hired former Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe as its interim coach for 2016.

The mere notion of bringing back Briles, whose coaching skills took Baylor from the bottom of the Big 12 to perennial national title contender, will undoubtedly be met with significant pushback. Even more victims have come forward publicly since his firing claiming they were assaulted by Baylor football players and that their complaints were not acted upon by the administration or the football program.
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They will never get that train back on the rails. I can't even fathom why they would release this information. Trying to tie down a few recruits who were on the fence? That would be my guess. There is no way Baylor is this stupid. Briles and ALL OF HIS ASSISTANTS should be toast. The fact that they (the assistants) are still on the staff is rather concerning and makes me think the higher ups at Baylor literally have no idea what they are doing.

Play with fire and you'll get burned!
 
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For a state that champions "Remember the Alamo" the folks in Waco need to dust off the cobwebs and repeat "Remember Dave Bliss". That school really looks bad even trying to consider this move. A full cleaning of house is the only reasonable solution.

They can get rid of Scott Drew while they are at it.
 
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bamawriter said:
It that's their position, then Baylor better be ready to release the full report. If they bring Briles back but keep the report under wraps, then I will be consuming all of the popcorn in the world while watching that school burn to the ground.
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Baylor as university is in an unwinnable position. Don't release the report and they can't fire Briles (would cost them 40 mil-Briles had a blank check).
Release the report thats not even written yet and Baylors skeletons in the closet are revealed. The preliminary (oral) report was apparently insanely bad.
 
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Silentsniper1516 said:
Baylor as university is in an unwinnable position. Don't release the report and they can't fire Briles (would cost them 40 mil-Briles had a blank check).
Release the report thats not even written yet and Baylors skeletons in the closet are revealed. The preliminary (oral) report was apparently insanely bad.
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I agree in part. I think they settle with Briles. It would be less about buying him out than buying his silence. Fire him for cause and don't pay him and he can say whatever he wants. It won't matter if they don't release the report, since Briles isn't restrained.
 
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bamawriter said:
I asked this when the story first broke:
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Does anyone have any insight as to why Briles is "suspended pending termination"? Why would that be necessary?
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Something smelled foul when it came to that terminology. Even then, I think I knew that pack of twisted f***s would try to bring him back.
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I hate it when I have to give you a like! :banghead2:
 
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Gale Galloway, 86, ex-BU regent chair & fball player on bringing back Art Briles: "No one respects womanhood more than Art."
via @wacotrib

Good Lord
 
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Did the board of regents at Baylor vote on Briles last night? ESPN was reporting they might....
 
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volfanngatorland said:
Gale Galloway, 86, ex-BU regent chair & fball player on bringing back Art Briles: "No one respects womanhood more than Art."
via @wacotrib

Good Lord
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Seeing stuff like this is what pissed me off so much when the media was trying to act like our situation and Baylor's were comparable.
 
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bamawriter said:
I agree in part. I think they settle with Briles. It would be less about buying him out than buying his silence. Fire him for cause and don't pay him and he can say whatever he wants. It won't matter if they don't release the report, since Briles isn't restrained.
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Maybe that's why they haven't shown him the report?
 
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suing the school. that should win him some friends.

and what?
Former head coach Art Briles, in an emergency motion filed Thursday, is accusing Baylor University of unfairly blaming him and the football program for the school's overall "institutional failure" in addressing sexual assault. The motion, part of the Title IX civil rights lawsuit filed in March by a sexual assault victim
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he is adding it to the lawsuit he is part of the cause for? can anybody explain this for it to make sense?
 
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