Just kidding...
Now what?
Good for Pitt. No messing around. I like that.
As far as Haywood is concerned, his life has just changed forever.
Sometimes that can happen from just one, stupid, instantaneous mistake.
He’ll play the race card in 5, 4, 3, 2, ...
Just kidding...
Next will be a phone call from Zero to whomever hires this guy next, talking about the importance of Mike Vick ‘second chances’.
Character? And "values in line with the university?" How come he didn't marry his baby mama?
Arrest is a long way from conviction. It’s even possible he did nothing wrong at all, we just don’t know. A hasty move on Pitt’s part that may yet bite ‘em in the arse.
Police said Haywood became engaged in a custody dispute with a woman with whom he has a child. The unidentified woman told police that Haywood grabbed her by the arm and neck and pushed her as she tried to leave.
The woman had marks on her neck, arms and back, police said.
statement released on behalf of university Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg.
“To be clear, the university’s decision is not tied to any expectation with respect to the terms on which the legal proceeding now pending in Indiana might ultimately be concluded. Instead, it reflects a strong belief that moving forward with Mr. Haywood as our head coach is not possible under the existing circumstances,” Nordenberg said.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/college/s_716289.html
Dirty laundry done him in. Better that Pitt finds out now than later.