Oregon Boots Player Over Facebook Post – Oregon football coach Chip Kelly dismissed player Jamere Holland from the team because of an expletive-filled Facebook post.
Kelly said in a statement released by the school that Holland was dismissed for violating team rules, but didn’t elaborate.
Asked by reporters if the dismissal was related to Holland’s Facebook post on Saturday, the coach said: “I won’t get into the specifics, but you’re smart enough to figure it out.”
Jamere Holland updated his Facebook status after linebacker Kristian Kiko Alonso was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants.
Kristian Alonso was the fourth Oregon player arrested in the last month.
In his post, Jamere Holland mistakenly concluded Alonso had been kicked off the team and blasted the dismissal as unfair and damaging to the Ducks in a profanity-laced rant.
Holland wrote in a later post: “I wish I could block whites as friends and only have blacks LOL, cause apparently I’m misunderstood.”
School spokesman Dave Williford said Kristian Alonso remains on the team, “contrary to Internet reports, rumors and Jamere Holland.”
Athletic director Mike Bellotti, who was the football coach when Holland transferred to Oregon from USC after the 2006 season, told reporters that he was frustrated with Holland.
“We’ve given this guy so many chances,” Bellotti said. “We’ve had many sit-down, very serious talks.”
Holland had only 17 catches for 252 yards and two touchdowns in two years with Oregon.
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July 19th, 2010 at 10:21 am
good for them!