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Well, this certainly was interesting. I wasn't able to watch, but it really sounds like Golloway didn't do himself any favors. That could just be because I was only following Auburn folks, though. From the tweets it really sounds like Golloway painted himself as clueless on anything that went on with his program other than direct practices and games.
This press conference lasted well over an hour. It rambled through so many topics I could hardly keep track. From some of the tweets I read, it looked like the actual transcript of the press conference is even nuttier than the below assembled collection of tweets. In short: it was nuts.
Now let's begin our tale. Matthew Stevens from The Montgomery Advertiser began it all with the first series of tweets:
Sunny Golloway's legal team has provided the media w/ a copy of his terminated contract w/ Auburn & 2 sworn affidavits. #MGMAuburn
— Matthew Stevens (@matthewcstevens) November 2, 2015
The 2 affidavits are from fmr. Auburn player & student assistant Phillip Jenkins and fmr. Auburn player Trent Mummey. #MGMAuburn
— Matthew Stevens (@matthewcstevens) November 2, 2015
Jenkins' affidavit addresses six different allegations against Golloway that led to his termination with cause from Auburn. #MGMAuburn
— Matthew Stevens (@matthewcstevens) November 2, 2015
6 allegations: 1) weight room incident that Golloway improperly permitted players to work out that weren't medically cleared. #MGMAuburn
— Matthew Stevens (@matthewcstevens) November 2, 2015
Allegation 2 - Golloway permitted players, who were not medically cleared, to pitch in bullpen. #MGMAuburn
— Matthew Stevens (@matthewcstevens) November 2, 2015
Allegation 3 - Golloway improperly arranged/allowed an "all-star" game to take place during a summer baseball camp. #MGMAuburn
— Matthew Stevens (@matthewcstevens) November 2, 2015
Allegation 4 - Golloway failed to timely remove campers from playing field after being informed of lightning in the area. #MGMAuburn
— Matthew Stevens (@matthewcstevens) November 2, 2015
Allegation 5 - Golloway knew about a non-coaching staff volunteer assistant participating in coaching activities. #MGMAuburn
— Matthew Stevens (@matthewcstevens) November 2, 2015
Allegation 6 - Golloway did not keep Auburn's internal investigation about him and his program confidential. #MGMAuburn
— Matthew Stevens (@matthewcstevens) November 2, 2015
Portion of affidavit of former Auburn baseball strength & conditioning coach Phillip Ryan Jenkins pic.twitter.com/2upcOiazsJ
— James Crepea (@JamesCrepea) November 2, 2015
Golloway' lawyer: "I think Auburn's athletic department is rotten, and it needs cleansing"
— Tom Green (@AUBlog) November 2, 2015
Golloway's lawyer uses the term "Minions" and wants to rope in the AU Ticket Lawsuit into the Golloway stuff.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
"How could you not finish your internal investigation but still fire Golloway?" Just by starting an investigation can get you fired, Chief.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Quick take: Golloway's lawyer doesn't seem to understand how internal NCAA-related investigations proceed.
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) November 2, 2015
Often the offending party is fired as a demonstration of internal control by the school facing the investigation. https://t.co/mNgwkp95NU
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) November 2, 2015
Ah, the Latrell Sprewell Defense https://t.co/B2QLLQsmnc
— James Jones (@JamesJones_55) November 2, 2015
Golloway mentions that he wants to speak on behalf of "his young men" (i.e. former players)
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
"All of them have reached out" -- Golloway about his former players.
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) November 2, 2015
"I was shocked," former Auburn baseball coach Sunny Golloway said of dismissal, AD Jay Jacobs said he wouldn't get a dime
— WarEagleExtra (@wareagleextra) November 2, 2015
In Sunny Golloway's telling, Auburn's athletic department is run by Old Man Potter from "It's a Wonderful Life" https://t.co/tHeykTh7mw
— Jerry Hinnen (@JerryHinnen) November 2, 2015
Golloway has collected all the texts/emails from former players supporting him. He will present those if needed.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Golloway is now on a tangent about the number of caps/uniforms that Auburn baseball worn.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Oh no, it's not a tangent. It's Golloway trying to subvert/attack Scott Duvall. Super classy.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Heh. Have to admit this one was pretty funny.
Hey Sunny, I have a list/graphic of the hats/uniforms your players wore if you're interested...
— Clint Richardson® (@Clintau24) November 2, 2015
This is damn near painful to watch. Seriously. This is some bad straw-grasping.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Oh this part? This part is bad on Golloway's part.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
CSG basically admits that a player pitched when he was not medically cleared, it was taped, and CSG wanted the tape erased.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Now Golloway is throwing Dalton Rentz under the bus.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
There's a lot of "this issue was THIS guy's problem/fault and not mine" from Golloway.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Golloway is showing, by bad example, how much a coach needs to keep up with from a compliance perspective. Part of the job.
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) November 2, 2015
"Oh, there was a violation with a pitcher? Well, Tom handles the pitchers. Not me. Not my problem."
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
"There was an issue with a camp? That's on Hunter Vick and Scott Duvall. Not my problem" - Sunny Golloway, basically.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
"I don't run our camps" - Golloway Yet he gets a cut from them.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Sunny Golloway claims someone won an informal bet claiming he'd be fired earlier in week he was terminated. "Baffled" person would know this
— James Crepea (@JamesCrepea) November 2, 2015
Apparently someone bet Joe Beckwith $100 that Golloway was going to be fired. Beckwith lost.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Oh, nevermind, Golloway mentioned the guy's name specifically. That's not a good look for Golloway.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Originally we heard there were 6 specific allegations. We're now on allegation like 13 brought up by Golloway himself.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Sunny Golloway: "I still don't know of NCAA violations, to this day." Al.con/auburn
— James Crepea (@JamesCrepea) November 2, 2015
"There wasn't an extra coach there. That guy was just a job shadow. Just some dude. " Paraphrasing Sunny Golloway
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
This pitching coach "shadow" situation: 3 weeks? In uniform?
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) November 2, 2015
Apparently there's a compliance test that all coaches have to take. Golloway asked a non-coach to take it (basically just to mess with him)
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
"I was the last person interviewed in the investigation. I went in at 1, Tom Holliday went in at 4." (CSG can't tell time)
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Golloway is now accusing Mississippi State of telling recruits that Auburn baseball was under NCAA investigation.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Sunny Golloway claims he called Jay Jacobs to express displeasure with investigation and Jacobs claimed to be unaware of investigation.
— James Crepea (@JamesCrepea) November 2, 2015
Golloway has brought up Scott Duval's name again. Essentially to accuse Duval of employer-fraud.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Golloway mentions he DID have a secondary violation at Oklahoma, but he didn't know it was an infraction at the time.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Golloway has continued to drag Duval's name through the mud in this conference https://t.co/5m8Q1KxRdz
— Clint Richardson® (@Clintau24) November 2, 2015
Golloway says he fired Scott Foxhall after a year of testing him as a coach in the SECt. Foxhall has already coached at Auburn for 3 years
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
For a coach who "demanded excellence" at all times, Golloway had a lot of things in his program he has no idea about.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Golloway says after the "bad camp" that he said he wasn't going to pay Duval/Hunter Vick for the camp. That's cold-blooded.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Basically this whole press conference is just Golloway saying why this is all Scott Duval's fault. (Not a good look)
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
"Was I there? I don't remember. I mean...maybe I was. I don't remember. I could have been" -Paraphrasing CSG
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Golloway can't remember if he watched Dalton Rentz pitch, but he remembers the 1st time he drank green tea. This is absurd now.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Unemployed Sunny Golloway is currently holding a press conference to let any prospective employers know why they should look elsewhere.
— Blake Ells (@blakeells) November 2, 2015
"I don't know of any violations that occurred...but I did self-report some things" -Paraphrasing Sunny Golloway
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Golloway says there is confusion as to what's an "NCAA Violation" and "What's a School Policy Violation" and "What's sexual harassment"
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
That last one really came out of nowhere.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Golloway: 40 of 47 players came to his house after he was fired.
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) November 2, 2015
Instead of attending the "going-away meeting" for Golloway, Kyler Deese was setting up a hunting camp.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
So the players were there, not to express support for the coach, but because he had called them there? https://t.co/oEZ00r65Py
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) November 2, 2015
Sunny Golloway is now talking about the rumor of an affair. This is truly a fascinating press conference. https://t.co/ggAv0vyeYW
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) November 2, 2015
The best part of the press conference right now is the TV camera guy who just said "screw it" and started packing up.
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
We just had our first #TobyKeith name drop from #SunnyGolloway
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) November 2, 2015
Now we're talking about Sunny's dog? Where the heck have we gone in this last hour??
— Clint Richardson® (@Clintau24) November 2, 2015
Golloway is now bringing up: A Basset Hound Coach Toby Keith (Proud 'Merican) Joe Simpson (the Braves color guy)
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Moments like that press conference are why you get into sports journalism, folks.
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) November 2, 2015
Watched the Sunny Golloway presser. For Golloway to get another coaching gig, would suggest not holding those types of pressers again.
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogersD1) November 2, 2015
Did not see/hear anything that would change minds on the Golloway situation. Put #Auburn issue to bed and press forward, IMO.
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogersD1) November 2, 2015
We're not hearing Auburn's side, but Golloway's side of the story was not exactly tidy. https://t.co/UhvoZpVfsI
— John Carvalho (@John_P_Carvalho) November 2, 2015
That press conference was equal parts baffling & pointless. This whole situation needs to be put to bed. #TobyKeith #dogs #greentea
— Emily Shoffit (@emmmilliaa) November 2, 2015
From the presser- Baseball Things Golloway DOESN'T handle: -Pitching -Camps -NCAA Compliance Things he handles: (blank)
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
According to Golloway presser: People responsible for CSG being fired: 3 admins, 3 players, 2 coaches. Not responsible: Sunny Golloway
— Kevin Ives (@AUPPL) November 2, 2015
Well, yeah, there's always this, too:
Another way to view this press conference is "Jacobs talked with this guy and still hired him!?"
— BH (@6pintsofkramer) November 2, 2015