Stay Classy, Ole Miss
Posted by nvr1983 on December 18th, 2008As you may have heard the SEC has been having some issues with accusations of racism in its hiring practices. It looks like Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy, who succeeded Bob Huggins (a man who had his share of run-ins with the law involving alcohol) at Cincinnati, may have taken it to another level early this morning in Cincinnati when he is reported to have attacked taxi cab driver Mohammed Ould Jiddou while shouting racial slurs. I think it’s pretty obvious what Kennedy is accused of saying (hint: look at the cab driver’s name). According to reports, the incident happened at 1 AM, which shows you that curfews don’t apply to coaches although Ole Miss may want to consider instituting one after this debacle. For his part, Kennedy (through his attorney) has denied all allegations and entered a not guilty plea.
- Ole Miss won’t be using this in their media guide. (Source: http://news.cincinnati.com)
To make matters worse, Kennedy was not the only Rebel official involved in the incident. William Armstrong, the director of operations at Mississippi, was also arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct. Although reports do not indicate that Armstrong attacked or insulted the cab driver, he was thrown out of a local bar for being drunk. [Ed. Note: Isn’t that the point of a bar?] It will be interesting to see how the Rebels’ players handle the situation as they face Louisville in Cincinnati as part of the Big East/SEC Invitational tonight and how the Ole Miss administration decides to handle Kennedy’s job status as the national media (cue Wilbon on PTI this afternoon) will be taking plenty of shots at the school and the SEC after this latest incident. Unfortunately for Kennedy, his career record at Ole Miss (52-27 overall, 15-17 in the SEC with 2 NIT bids) probably isn’t good enough to keep the university’s administration from cutting him loose in the near future.
I don’t know the details of what happened, but I’d believe Kennedy’s version before I’d believe the camel jockey, who in this case happened to be driving a cab.
I feel better about the title of this column after reading the above comment.
i could be blew up by the driver. but if not with all the race talk about sec its going go down if he did what was he thinking. i think its a myth at least i’d like to believe i was a big kennedy fan when he took over that B%TCH fired huggins i would have to say i would lose my repect if its true. your a big time coach in a geat conference nothing you do is private epecially drunk in a cab. at least we know he learned one thing off huggins call a cab.
The owner of the bar has said the story about Armstrong being thrown out of the bar was not true.
Go to http://cvsportszone.blogspot.com and check out Cameron Vaughn’s good information on the story. Cameron does a great job with his Sports blog. Check him out, he’s a buddy of mine.