Athlete Gets Coach Fired Midseason on Her Way Out to CU

WTF is wrong with these parents. This kid too. What a joke.

You are obviously not very familiar with how coaches contracts are designed. They will pay the man what the contract owes him as he was let go without just cause..... They are not required to give him anything in writing. A simple "we decided to go in a different direction" would satisfy any obligation for comment.

If you have information from members on the team..... Please do share if it contradicts anything that has been presented.

Are we 100% sure that Fehr was fired or forced to resign? Maybe he resigned on his own? He was a tennis coach before he got into distance coaching. He is also getting his doctorate. Maybe he just decided to step down?

http://www.montanakaimin.com/sports/article_d0e0451e-78cc-11e5-bdcd-9f009a2c8c13.html

And you obviously know nothing about labor law. No contract can override that. Upon termination you are required to provide cause.

Suffice to say there is a reason why there hasn't been a strong show of support from the female athletes.

Bsdetector wrote:

And you obviously know nothing about labor law. No contract can override that. Upon termination you are required to provide cause.

Suffice to say there is a reason why there hasn't been a strong show of support from the female athletes.

Once again you say something and nothing at the same time. You hint that there is some sort of egregious violation with the women..... I'm going to call bsdetector there for sure.

I would definitely suspect some jealousy involved in women who were left home, while the head coach accompanied a single athlete to Pre-Nats.....as well as left the entire team home from the Mountain Regional.... You can't possibly tell me that these women would have good things to say about the coach in this case. .... This shouldn't be a reason to misconstrue support for a coach to leave the program.

If you are now saying it was not exclusively Morley, backed by "Boosters" yada yada yada, we are coming to an agreement on the actual facts.

As an "insider," do you know whether or not athletes still at the school were interviewed regarding this matter before the release. if you do not, and you are an insider, perhaps you should check.

Bsdetector wrote:

If you are now saying it was not exclusively Morley, backed by "Boosters" yada yada yada, we are coming to an agreement on the actual facts.

As an "insider," do you know whether or not athletes still at the school were interviewed regarding this matter before the release. if you do not, and you are an insider, perhaps you should check.

The athletes on the team were ABSOLUTELY contacted and interviewed, many of them. This is standard operating procedure and only helped add "support" to the hammer blow that had already done the damage.

If you are saying it was a combination of things that ultimately got him, with the other parts of the combination being; jealous, and poorly talented female athletes that had an axe to grind, then we are certainty in agreement.

Compare your last post with your first one. You inspired three pages almost exclusively disparaging a teenage girl and you just admitted your accusations were basically my namesake.

Basically by starting this thread you have confirmed that the entire team wanted this guy gone. You have done more to harm his future job prospects than him quietly walking away ever would have. Congrats. You're a true friend.

Bsdetector wrote:

Compare your last post with your first one. You inspired three pages almost exclusively disparaging a teenage girl and you just admitted your accusations were basically my namesake.

You admit the OP is right and yet try to trash her/him by doing so.

Bsdetector wrote:

Compare your last post with your first one. You inspired three pages almost exclusively disparaging a teenage girl and you just admitted your accusations were basically my namesake.

Basically by starting this thread you have confirmed that the entire team wanted this guy gone. You have done more to harm his future job prospects than him quietly walking away ever would have. Congrats. You're a true friend.

I think you should re-read my last post. Ok fine, I'll just translate it: admin always need more fodder to the fire to make it seem valid. That "fodder" was inconsequential and in no way shape or form the reason..... It became the scapegoat for the admin to hide behind.

The only reason the dude is gone is because of a massive backlash from the Morley camp.

When you get fired or your contract is not renewed by your boss (head coach) that's one thing....aka standard protocol, when it goes over his head and comes down from the top, well my friend, that's another.

"And if ya don't know, now ya know"

So basically we know little/nothing of the details other than a good runner is transferring to Colorado from Montana. At the same time, a coach with a family to support, is getting let go. It seems like the humane thing to do, at this point, is just delete the thread for the betterment of all wishing everyone the best in their future endeavors.

Charlie wrote:

anoutsider? wrote:

Think about how many times you've heard of a single runner getting a coach fired simply because that runner was dissatisfied and left the program.

Galen Rupp and Martin Smith comes to mind.

Martin Smith moved to be closer to his $900k.

Midfontaine wrote:

Charlie wrote:

Galen Rupp and Martin Smith comes to mind.

Martin Smith moved to be closer to his $900k.

I don't know much about anything but I know that Martin Smith was removed by the orchestrated efforts of Alberto and the Duck Dynasty. When Galen graduated Alberto held him out of school until Smith was gone and Vin Lanana was given the offer he couldn't refuse. As soon as his hiring was announced Galen enrolled.

It was wrong, but this account is right.

Northern Exposure wrote:

Bsdetector wrote:

And you obviously know nothing about labor law. No contract can override that. Upon termination you are required to provide cause.

Suffice to say there is a reason why there hasn't been a strong show of support from the female athletes.

Once again you say something and nothing at the same time. You hint that there is some sort of egregious violation with the women..... I'm going to call bsdetector there for sure.

I would definitely suspect some jealousy involved in women who were left home, while the head coach accompanied a single athlete to Pre-Nats.....as well as left the entire team home from the Mountain Regional.... You can't possibly tell me that these women would have good things to say about the coach in this case. .... This shouldn't be a reason to misconstrue support for a coach to leave the program.

I do know that the program was having financial issues. As a member of the Missoula running community, I received an email from a member on the team saying that they were looking to raise $10,000 to travel to Conference/Regionals. It would be my guess that other team members were left home from some of the other meets due to financial reasons.

Did she get him fired? No, she's a college freshman with no power to fire anyone, anywhere. Lay that on weak, pu$$y administration. That said, the girl seems like a head case. She was quoted by the press (Missoulian, I believe) in late October about what a "genius" her coach was, how happy she was, etc...six weeks later she decides to transfer because things weren't working out with the coach. Despite her hype, Miss Big Time laid an egg on the national stage. It's evident she (and/or Daddy) blame that on something other than her own failure to perform. Good riddance.

Dear Northern Exposure,

Your "friend" will find another job. Tell him to get a part-time in the mean time, that probably pays similarly to the salary of a new XC coach and keep at it. When your "friend" gets another interview, he should be straight-forward and honest about the last situation. Otherwise, take up HS school coaching. The pay is better and no one will fire him due to a bad season. Tell him to move on. Trying to get online vindication isn't going to help the future, it will only make him wallow more in a crap situation. Be done with it.

Sincerely,

Former College Coach Turned HS phenom coach

To anyone saying anything different - Fehr is nothing but a great guy, who was dedicated and committed to his team. This whole situation is disappointing as just 2 months ago, everything was looking up, now the program is crumbling, mostly due to an 18 year old girl who's attitude soured for unknown reasons.

Northern Exposure - I'm not sure your motives but this thread probably needs to be stopped. If you goal is to help Fehr, you are not helping. If your goal is to discredit Morley, then you need let it go, and take the high road as Fehr has (as evident by all his public statements).

I'm sure the current coaches at Montana can coach the team until at such time they can find a permanent replacement for Fehr and I'm sure Fehr, who is very resourceful and multi-talented, can find another job, weather another profession in Missoula or move to coach another program.

In all honesty, I wish everyone the best of luck, specifically Fehr who deserves better than to be removed from a position he loved.

Boosters? wrote:

If you are insinuating that Fehr had an affair with an athlete, you are dead wrong. He is nothing but a great guy and very committed to his wife and family of 2 young kids.

You cannot possibly know any of this.

flying under the influence wrote:

Boosters? wrote:

If you are insinuating that Fehr had an affair with an athlete, you are dead wrong. He is nothing but a great guy and very committed to his wife and family of 2 young kids.

You cannot possibly know any of this.

I know. He didn't.