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"BOBBY BREAKS HIS SILENCE:
At his weekly press conference, Bobby Hauck today ended his month-long boycott of the Montana Kaimin.
The following is an exerpt of an article that will run in the Missoulian tomorrow:
A deafening silence broke on Tuesday afternoon when Griz football coach Bobby Hauck decided to end more than a month's worth of stonewalling University of Montana student reporters, essentially putting to rest a story that had catapulted the coach into the national spotlight.
Hauck opened his weekly press conference in the Adams Center by saying: "There are some serious things in life and there are some things in life that are not serious. One of the things that is not serious is who is talking to whom and the why of that.
"So I - because I can only speak for myself - will move forward from this date in a positive manner in terms of this press conference and the ones after our games."
Afterward, when asked what spurred this change of opinion, Hauck said it was personal and would not elaborate.
Only a week ago, Hauck pinned his unresponsiveness on the football athletes, saying the players asked him not to talk to the Kaimin, the university student newspaper.
Hauck said it was out of respect for their wishes when he opted to continue his boycott of student reporters at last week's press conference, albeit acting in a more respectful manner than in past weeks - when he belittled the student journalists for asking football-related questions.
This is a good move by Hauck. Perhaps realizing that as an employee of the state of Montana, the coach knew this route was not becomming of the leader of an athletic program.
And since this thing went national, maybe Hauck realized it was doing nothing but hurting his chances of moving up the coaching rung.
Hauck's change of heart does not excuse what came off as biased or unfair reporting by The Kaimin, but hopefully this is the end of all this nonsense.
Now ... can't we all just get along?!
"BOBBY BREAKS HIS SILENCE:
At his weekly press conference, Bobby Hauck today ended his month-long boycott of the Montana Kaimin.
The following is an exerpt of an article that will run in the Missoulian tomorrow:
A deafening silence broke on Tuesday afternoon when Griz football coach Bobby Hauck decided to end more than a month's worth of stonewalling University of Montana student reporters, essentially putting to rest a story that had catapulted the coach into the national spotlight.
Hauck opened his weekly press conference in the Adams Center by saying: "There are some serious things in life and there are some things in life that are not serious. One of the things that is not serious is who is talking to whom and the why of that.
"So I - because I can only speak for myself - will move forward from this date in a positive manner in terms of this press conference and the ones after our games."
Afterward, when asked what spurred this change of opinion, Hauck said it was personal and would not elaborate.
Only a week ago, Hauck pinned his unresponsiveness on the football athletes, saying the players asked him not to talk to the Kaimin, the university student newspaper.
Hauck said it was out of respect for their wishes when he opted to continue his boycott of student reporters at last week's press conference, albeit acting in a more respectful manner than in past weeks - when he belittled the student journalists for asking football-related questions.
This is a good move by Hauck. Perhaps realizing that as an employee of the state of Montana, the coach knew this route was not becomming of the leader of an athletic program.
And since this thing went national, maybe Hauck realized it was doing nothing but hurting his chances of moving up the coaching rung.
Hauck's change of heart does not excuse what came off as biased or unfair reporting by The Kaimin, but hopefully this is the end of all this nonsense.
Now ... can't we all just get along?!
