Some Ole Miss Fans Are Revolting
by Year2 on Sep 29, 2011 11:29 AM EDT
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PrintWhat is it about Houston Nutt being the football coach that really brings out the crazy among fans? The attacks on Ole Miss athletics director Pete Boone from the lunatic fringe of Rebels fans have gotten so bad, chancellor Dan Jones felt the need to publish an open letter repudiating them:
Many are aware of anonymous, malicious and public attacks on athletics director Pete Boone. The Ole Miss family may not be aware, however, that as a part of this orchestrated campaign, I have received threats, promising that if I do not remove Pete Boone, "It is going to get real ugly," and threatening to expand the attacks to other athletics employees.
Friends, supporters and the media have asked how I will react to this anonymous and vicious pressure. The short answer is that I will not react.
When the chancellor of the school feels the need to publicly state that he will have no public reaction, it tells you something about the volume of vitriol coming from the crazies right now. Jones later invokes the requirements for keeping the university accredited as a reason not to make decisions based on letter-writing campaigns, and he calls for people to stop attacking Boone.
I feel bad for reasonable Rebels fans who, though they may disagree with the direction of the program right now, are not threatening university employees. The sad thing is that I know people like this exist in every big fan base, and if it wasn't Ole Miss going through this right now, someone else would be.
While Jones is attempting to show some strong leadership here, I can't help but feel that this letter will only encourage the idiots. Hopefully I'm wrong about that, but reason isn't their strong suit to begin with.
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I guess you could say they are "Rebeling"
I’ll show myself out.
by ParadigmShift35 on Sep 29, 2011 11:33 AM EDT reply actions
They should just "Bear" with it
I will follow him out
"Some people have a way with words....some people....not have way." - Steve Martin
Oxford is Vaught with controversy right now
I will go ahead an leave now
Guys
There is “Nutting” to worry about. Okay, I’m really done this time.
by ParadigmShift35 on Sep 29, 2011 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions
They'll just have to Manning up and make some tough decisions.
And I’m not leaving.
by David Hooper on Sep 30, 2011 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions
I hope you're wrong too,
But you’re probably not. This fringe element is really hurting everyone else by taking things too far. I don’t know any Ole Miss fans that don’t want Boone gone, but I also don’t know any that are stooping to this brand of absurdity. If anything they’re reinforcing Jones’ decision to keep Boone on just to keep from looking like he caved to the idiots.
"There's no better way to say 'I'm a badass' than the thumbs up. It's so hot right now."
by bowtierebel on Sep 29, 2011 11:51 AM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
"Some Ole Miss Fans Are Revolting "
Yes. Yes, they are.
/;-)
by David Hooper on Sep 29, 2011 12:39 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Threatening the employees?
I am not an Ole Miss fan and could care less about their program. That being said I don’t think publishing newspaper ads calling for Boone to be fired constitutes a threat. Also, the fact that Jones used the word “attack” is questionable as well. Sounds to me like he is trying to turn this into something that it is not. I am not condoning or encouraging the fans acts but it is a sad state of affairs when people can’t express their dislike for someone’s job performance through letters and print media. Boone gets paid very well, my understanding is 400k+ per year. I tend to agree with the fans here, if they don’t think he is doing a good job then they have every right to call for his job. It is a tough job but for 400k a year, suck it up and grow a set. Everyone knew Houston Nutt was a joke to begin with. How he is still coaching division 1 is utterly amazing to me other than the fact that Jimmy Sexton is his agent. All I am saying is, don’t make it out to be 9/11 terrorist threats and fringe lunatics when people are held accountable for their job performance. I walk into work every day knowing that if I don’t perform well at my job I will loose it eventually. A person can only do a shitty job for so long before people start questioning their ability.
I'm not sure he was talking about the newspaper ads
He seemed to be implying that personal letters were being sent to him and the AD as well. I know that kind of stuff happens in other places as well, but it seemed the chancellor was not used to that sort of thing. At least that’s the impression I got.
I'm not sure he was talking so much about the newspaper ads
He seemed to be implying that personal letters were being sent to him and the AD as well. I know that kind of stuff happens in other places as well, but it seemed the chancellor was not used to that sort of thing. At least that’s the impression I got.
Oh yeah...
The SEC has a rich tradition of bricks through windows, arson, and death threats.
When someone claims they are being threatened by any fanbase, I have to assume the worst because every fanbase has people who could be considered dangerous in a very literal way.
I agree, it can get carried away at times
but since none of what you said was mentioned I assumed that he is just getting a lot of pressure from the fan base. I can’t say that I blame them. But to your point, yes, it gets taken to the next level in the SEC. Very quickly.
most everyone in the SEC has been raised from birth hearing the same stories over and over. I have probably read over 100 books dedicated just to SEC football, mostly Alabama football but you can’t talk about Alabama football without talking about every other team in the SEC. Most notably Tennessee and Auburn but several others as well. It will take time but my guess is it will take a generation to truly understand what happens here. Most of us were raised from day one learning about the SEC and all the teams. I know it sounds gimmicky but it truly is a religion here.
All in time
meanwhile, we will gather around while you entertain us with jokes and stories about Texas!
"Some people have a way with words....some people....not have way." - Steve Martin
I meant
the University of Texas. Not Texas the state.
"Some people have a way with words....some people....not have way." - Steve Martin
I'm not actually the guy who is going to cram Texas history down your throat.
But I do bleed deep maroon. That is the lore you will hear.
Well, a great start would be to put up a FanPost with a few of your favorite traditions and stories.
;-)
by David Hooper on Oct 1, 2011 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Peruse enough SEC fan websites and it will all make sense.
It will take time though because we all are already familiar with the background material.
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