First off, did he get fired or did his contract not get renewed? Secondly, in our pursuit of equality

Mar 1, 2021
5:01:04pm

Zach Morris True moderate

First off, did he get fired or did his contract not get renewed? Secondly, in our pursuit of equality — doesn’t a HC

have equal opportunity to fire whomever he wants regardless of race so long as it’s not because of race?

Throwing race into every conversation involving a person of color is so very old.

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Justin Holliday posts a letter regarding his tweets

the_byu_flash

3/1/21 4:23pm

So Utah is firing the dude for real? And not actually making a public

LiveCoug

3/1/21 4:24pm

It's very normal for employer/employee to wait until after the employee has found a new job before announcing anything.

OPINIONS

3/1/21 5:00pm

That makes me wonder if his dad hasn't given him the facts...

Tokolosh

3/1/21 4:30pm

They at least ought to explain it. The timing is weird. No football has been

Unibro

3/1/21 4:32pm

They should say something, the optics are weird.

Tokolosh

3/1/21 4:35pm

His son claims that Utah's run heavy scheme is causing WRs to transfer.

WeberCougars

3/1/21 4:33pm

That’s what he does, though

deliciousmocha

3/1/21 5:20pm

...or QB's or Tight ends or

IceBlue

3/1/21 11:19pm

If it was for cause, don't you think his dad would tell his son?

ManicBlue

3/1/21 4:53pm

I hate cancel culture as much as the next guy, but man the optics look bad

P-Boy Squad

3/1/21 4:33pm

I think you're reading too much into social media pettiness.

SinkingQuffa

3/1/21 11:17pm

Meanwhile, at the Utah football offices

kansascougar

3/1/21 4:34pm

No worries on their part. Utah media won't say a word about it.

ManicBlue

3/1/21 4:57pm

Utah is embarrassing the State. Just sad. Maybe they should shut down the

kotacoug

3/1/21 4:37pm

RE: Utah is embarrassing the State. Just sad. Maybe they should shut down the

Toubibe

3/1/21 5:28pm

We clearly aren't getting anywhere close to the full story here, but it's Utah, so I just don't give a crap

Indy Coug

3/1/21 4:40pm

Only reason its relevant is if we can get it to hurt the Yewts recruiting. That

jkccoug

3/2/21 8:54am

Jordan Leslie also weighs in:

Kavorka

3/1/21 4:40pm

So was Jordan Leslie bringing up Black History Month because Utah's athletic

D.T. Survivor

3/1/21 5:28pm

I don’t think he’s trying to say you can’t fire a black person in February.

Kavorka

3/1/21 5:31pm

Considering the Utah football tweet and Jordan Leslie's tweet begin the same

dratax

3/1/21 10:56pm

I hate the race card. Use it sparingly, when supported by evidence.

HenderCoug

3/1/21 6:06pm

I agree, but I can see how it feels like a double standard comparing Holliday’s

Kavorka

3/1/21 6:16pm

Is there any evidence this decisions was race based?

HenderCoug

3/1/21 6:20pm

No, but there’s also little evidence that is publicly known that Holliday

Kavorka

3/1/21 6:30pm

You have no idea if there's a double standard because you have no idea what

kos

3/1/21 7:10pm

I didn’t make any kind of conclusion, I merely stated that Leslie was implying

Kavorka

3/2/21 12:25am

Gotcha. Fair point.

kos

3/2/21 8:40am

No evidence it's performance based either

ManicBlue

3/1/21 8:09pm

He's not pulling the race card as the reason for being fired imo

palangi

3/1/21 7:15pm

it has nothing to do with race, it has to do with he can't fire his buddy Andy

BYU Grounds

3/1/21 7:41pm

He's fired Andy before so why not now?

ManicBlue

3/1/21 8:11pm

it looks pretty bad that he has fired the OC every year or so, had to change it

BYU Grounds

3/1/21 10:16pm

Ouch!

BYU Grounds

3/1/21 6:59pm

Ha! Love the obligatory "IT'S THE MORMONS' FAULT!" reply.

Ham

3/1/21 4:45pm

And to add to his post...

Sock Gnome

3/1/21 4:51pm

I'd like him to expound on exactly what "Mormon rules" he thinks he has to follow by being a Utah resident and how they

SingleStrapBackpack

3/1/21 4:53pm

liquor laws? I dunno

CrashMcLarson

3/1/21 5:19pm

So we can drink as long as it’s 3.2 beer or bought at the state store?

TheHop

3/1/21 6:40pm

Nah they got rid of the 3.2 law. So really it's just no alcohol on Sundays, and

CougarTailDevourer

3/2/21 7:47am

Isn’t that pretty much how some southern states are? Also I thought most or all of the weird bar/restaurant stuff was

SingleStrapBackpack

3/2/21 8:01am

I can only vaguely guess at whatever point he's trying to make

tony

3/2/21 7:13pm

First off, did he get fired or did his contract not get renewed? Secondly, in our pursuit of equality — doesn’t a HC

Zach Morris

3/1/21 5:01pm

there go your chances at running for president

Garn

3/1/21 6:00pm

Guy Holliday posts on Twitter that his son doesn't speak for him

krindorr

3/1/21 5:29pm

That will help his cause in pressuring Utah to pay him $$ as he walks out the

kansascougar

3/1/21 5:31pm

Class

SingleStrapBackpack

3/1/21 8:46pm

Tweet taken down again. If he had a whole day + to think about reposting it why

BYUHawk

3/1/21 10:04pm

He could probably get that explanation from....his Dad?

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