Mike Thomas out as athletic director at Illinois.
The Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow trial stated yesterday.
My mother was complaining last night that the authorities were being awfully close-mouthed about the shooting of Judge Kocurek. I figured they were playing things close to the vest because the investigation was ongoing.
Well. Well well well. Well.
…the Lions fired everyone.
Okay, technically, they just fired Tom Lewand (team president) and Martin Mayhew (general manager).
Ford said she informed Lions coach Jim Caldwell there would be no changes to the coaching staff.
But:
We give up. As a matter of fact, we surrender.
Okay. That was a cheap trick. Sorry. This week’s TMQ after the jump…
Steve Spurrier is “retiring” “immediately” as head coach of South Carolina. This may not technically be a “firing”, but his team was 2-4 so far this year, 0-4 in the SEC, and “have lost eight of their past nine SEC games dating to the past season.”
Steve Sarkisian’s indefinite suspension has turned into a firing. Again, this is one of those I’m not getting a lot of pleasure out of: I hope he gets the help he needs.
(Hattip on both of these to Lawrence.)
Our first firing of the NFL season:
He was 24-28 over those 52 games.
Also, the Washington Nationals have fired their manager, Matt Williams, and their entire coaching staff.
(Loser update tomorrow: have to wait on Detroit.)
The St. Louis Cardinals fired director of scouting Chris Correa yesterday.
Why do I bring this up? Granted, it is sportsfirings.com, but I don’t cover every minor executive firing.
But this is special. Correa is apparently the team’s first sacrifice in the great hacking scandal.
St. Louis attorney Jim Martin, a former federal prosecutor who is conducting the Cardinals’ internal investigation, declined to say if Correa’s dismissal was linked to the FBI case.
However, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Correa acknowledged breaking into the database to determine whether the Astros had stolen proprietary data from the Cardinals.
If he actually did admit “breaking into the database”, I think being fired is probably the least of his problems…
Mike Redmond out as manager of the Miami Marlins.
155-207 in “just over” two seasons, 16-22 so far this season.
Not official yet, but various sources are reporting that Rick Barnes is going to be shown the door.
If there’s an official announcement today, I’ll update; otherwise, I’ll do a new post tomorrow.
Edited to add: Official. Statesman. Statesman II. ESPN.
Some interesting things about this:
Well. Well well well. Well. Yes, I am happy about Ohio State winning; as my regular readers know, I have ties to the Ohio area.
Since I don’t have cable, I mostly followed the game on FARK until I dozed off after halftime (yesterday was a rough day at work). From what I can tell, it might be a good idea for Ohio State to spend some time in the off season working on HOLDING ON TO THE DAMN BALL!
I don’t have a lot to say about the John Fox “firing” right now, except that I think it will be interesting to see how things play out after the Superb Owl. I may have more to say once this week’s TMQ goes up.
Obit watch: Roy Tarpley, former center for the Dallas Mavericks. As my regular readers know, I’m not a basketball fan, but the Tarpley story is sad and worth noting:
He was suspended by the NBA after five games in the 1989-90 season after being arrested for driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. In 1991, he drew another suspension after a second DWI arrest and, a few months later, had a third violation and was banned from the league for violating the NBA’s drug-use policies.
He returned to the Mavericks briefly in 1994 but then was permanently barred in December 1995 for violating terms of his aftercare program.
We hope everyone had a good Christmas – or, if you do not celebrate Christmas, a good version of whatever seasonal observance you do celebrate.
In this week’s TMQ, the purge.
No, not that one (though we commend to your attention the “The Purge” episode of “Phil and Lisa Ruin the Movies”), but the annual NFL coaching purge, or as we call it, “Bloody Monday”. After the jump…
The hapless Jacksonville Jaguars have fired offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch.
In other news, am I allowed to laugh maniacally at the idea of Gary Kubiak coaching the Jets?
This is your official NFL firings thread, which will be updated through the day as more people get the axe.
Jim Harbaugh was well reported yesterday (I was out and about). Technically, they’re making noises like it wasn’t a firing, but I still count it as one.
Rex Ryan and John Idzik (the general manager) are confirmed out at the Jets. No great shock.
Mike Smith is out at Atlanta: the press conference is at 11 AM Eastern, but ESPN has the press release.
Marc Trestman and Phil Emery (the general manager) are both out in Chicago, according to “sources”.