Chris Beard

[kell7517]

I read he was a possibility at Ole Miss, him or Will
Wade.

 

[omghulkhands]

Why would he not be employable?

All he does is allegedly beat women.

Seems like a totally fine mentor and role model for youth and face of your program.

Actually, now that I say that out loud, sounds like he will fit in fine at Auburn or Liberty

 

[VolsSportsFan]

As said, he'll get hired but a desperate P5 school or a mid-major. I wouldn't want him anywhere near Tennessee and I'd lose some respect if we did bring him in.

I understand the idea of changing/forgiveness/rehibilitation but to me that takes times and less than a year ain't it for what he was wrapped up in. And I'm not really buying he is innocent, I think he was just not charged. Not the same thing.

 

[volfeeva]

So Chris Beard is accused of abuse but not charged and loses his job.
Juwan Howard throws punches on TV in front of millions of fans and keeps his job ?

 

[bleedingTNorange]

So Chris Beard is accused of abuse but not charged and loses his job.
Juwan Howard throws punches on TV in front of millions of fans and keeps his job ?

Amazing that choking out a woman is more serious than slapping a grown man, right?

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

If Nate Oats leaves Bama, Bama would hire Beard....

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

So Chris Beard is accused of abuse but not charged and loses his job.
Juwan Howard throws punches on TV in front of millions of fans and keeps his job ?

Beard wasn't charged because the woman involved did not want to file charges and lose the 7 figure gravy train....let's not pretend Beard is innocent here.

 

[volfeeva]

Amazing that choking out a woman is more serious than slapping a grown man, right?

What's worse than choking a woman ? Being accused of choking a woman. None of us were there so you have no idea what actually went on.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

What's worse than choking a woman ? Being accused of choking a woman. None of us were there so you have no idea what actually went on.

Texas ain't firing him if it was false. The police ain't arresting him amd charging him with a felony without the documented choke marks on her neck...

The lady may have instigated the argument/struck him first but there was sufficient photographic evidence of choking. That's why Texas fired him....

 

[bleedingTNorange]

What's worse than choking a woman ? Being accused of choking a woman. None of us were there so you have no idea what actually went on.

Well she said he choked her, witness said he di and police say the markings on her suggested he choked her as well. But sure, he’s innocent.

 

[SGMVols]

If Texas doesn’t hire him, Terry will get a HC job elsewhere. He isn’t going to be an assistant anymore. He’s proven himself. Someone is going to give him a shot.

Could always try to sweeten the deal by promising him “head coach in waiting” status after Barnes retires.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

What's worse than choking a woman ? Being accused of choking a woman. None of us were there so you have no idea what actually went on.

Police report says otherwise.

You think she choked herself and gave herself wounds?

Get real.

 

[volfeeva]

Police report says otherwise.

You think she choked herself and gave herself wounds?

Get real.

He wasn't charged was the bottom line. Texas ---the state---could have pushed charges if they thought they could get a conviction. If she's not willing to testify or press charges, then how bad was it ?

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

He wasn't charged was the bottom line. Texas ---the state---could have pushed charges if they thought they could get a conviction. If she's not willing to testify or press charges, then how bad was it ?

You are ignorant as f***....

 

[VolNExile]

He wasn't charged was the bottom line. Texas ---the state---could have pushed charges if they thought they could get a conviction. If she's not willing to testify or press charges, then how bad was it ?

You have no idea of the dynamics of domestic abuse (or possibly putting up with a lot of abuse for money/ status), it appears.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

If he was wronged, he would have filed a lawsuit to get the $30 million owed by Texas...

Sounds like someone doesn't want to go through discovery/testify under oath...

 

[NighthawkVol]

Our staff just beat the Texas staff, but sure let’s trade coaches.

Suggesting that Tennessee needs a good offensive minded assistant coach and that if Texas has one, it might be a good addition to the staff is not a position that’s refuted by arguing that Tennessee beat them in a game in Knoxville so “trading coaches” (something that was never suggested) is a stupid idea.

What a bizarre response. The very definition of non-sequitur.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

He wasn't charged was the bottom line. Texas ---the state---could have pushed charges if they thought they could get a conviction. If she's not willing to testify or press charges, then how bad was it ?

Good lord, just stop talking.

 

[terrypedigo]

He will go to a small school and in 2 or 3 years, you know the rest of the story.

 

[SGMVols]

If he was wronged, he would have filed a lawsuit to get the $30 million owed by Texas...

Sounds like someone doesn't want to go through discovery/testify under oath...

Very doubtful a lawsuit would’ve gone anywhere. Sovereign immunity laws pretty much close the door to suing a state entity in most cases.

State schools could probably get away legally with firing a coach for only W-L reasons and not paying the buyout. But no coach worth his salt would ever take the job if that happened, so that’s why they pay the money unless it’s a for cause firing

 

[SGMVols]

He wasn't charged was the bottom line. Texas ---the state---could have pushed charges if they thought they could get a conviction. If she's not willing to testify or press charges, then how bad was it ?

It was bad enough for Texas to fire their dream hire, apparently.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Very doubtful a lawsuit would’ve gone anywhere. Sovereign immunity laws pretty much close the door to suing a state entity in most cases.

State schools could probably get away legally with firing a coach for only W-L reasons and not paying the buyout. But no coach worth his salt would ever take the job if that happened, so that’s why they pay the money unless it’s a for cause firing

He has an employment contract with the University of Texas and the contract spells out his legal rights or remedies, including lawsuits or arbitration, in the term of a dispute...

Edit -Texas does have stricter Sovereign immunity laws than the rest of the U.S. Still due process and the US Constitution must be followed as well as terms of contract. In this situation, Texas's laws will hurt him...

 

[volfeeva]

You have no idea of the dynamics of domestic abuse (or possibly putting up with a lot of abuse for money/ status), it appears.

My point was not to defend Beard or to dismiss the seriousness of domestic abuse. My point was to show some coaches like Howard get a pass for bad behavior and others get fired.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

My point was not to defend Beard or to dismiss the seriousness of domestic abuse. My point was to show some coaches like Howard get a pass for bad behavior and others get fired.

Howard was fined $40,000 and suspended for the remainder of the 2021-22 regular season.

 

[VolNExile]

My point was not to defend Beard or to dismiss the seriousness of domestic abuse. My point was to show some coaches like Howard get a pass for bad behavior and others get fired.

I was speaking to your “must not have been so bad since she wouldn’t press charges or testify.” If you were trying to make a point about differential treatment, that wasn’t what came through.