Bob shoop sued by PSU

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#26
We should've sued him too....for breach of contract based on how bad his defense was last year.
 
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wizzer said:
I recall one of the Nashville sports talk radio stations talking about this the week of the Vanderbilt game. They were saying his plan to stay with Tennessee was not a long range plan given the way Penn State let him out without requiring payment right away. They said all the deal required was he he land a head coaching job. They admitted they did not know the arrangement of who was going to be responsible for it; however, they felt UT would pay it. According to them, he could have taken a head coaching job at an OVC school and that would have avoided the buyout. I really thought he would have gone to Western Kentucky when it opened up given that his family was living in Nashville. He may be waiting for the MTSU or Vandy job to open up.
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I vaguely remember talk of the thought that Mason would get fired and Shoop would end up being his repmacement. There's probably truth to that idea. I don't think anyone expected Mason to be kept on.
 
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#29
I'm sure this happens quite often in the coaching circle. It will get worked out between Shoop & PSU.
 
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Shoop is definitely getting advice not to pay from his lawyer and/or agent. No reason not to pay up otherwise.

I encourage anybody with more legal knowledge than I to step in and correct me if I'm wrong, but...


I've seen some legal chatter about the way the language of his contract is worded concerning "liquidated damages" being extremely hard to enforce. Usually, liquidated damages cannot legally be enforced as a penalty to the party who breaks the contract. Liquidated damages are put in place in case the the party who breaks the contract causes the contracting party to lose money.


So basically, for PSU to be able to legally compel Shoop to pay the ~900K(a large chunk of that being the liquidated damages...50% of his remaining contract) they claim he owes, they'd have to be able to prove that his leaving PSU caused them to lose that amount of money.


Seeing as they still had a solid defense in 2016 and a more successful season overall than in 2015, it would be really, really hard to prove.



So it seems likely that this will ultimately be settled and Shoop will basically be able to pay a discounted rate at a much better price.
 
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esarmstrong said:
... and Shoop better counter-sue TN for that Sh!tty training and condition program that was in place that contributed in a major way to the decimation of Tennessee's defensive line and linebacker corps...
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#1 rule of former UT training abd conditioning program. To avoid neck injuries, do not turn your head to locate the ball.
 
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So at first Shoop was the best DC that could have happened to us but now after ONE season, he sucks and we can do better? Lol
 
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volfannbama said:
Well then, sounds like another excus....i mean distraction to why our defense will suck again next year.
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Nothing like negativity to bust the chops of all the hopefuls for year 2017/18. If you don't have anything positive to say, just shut up. I'm counting the days till we get started and am determined to look favorably on all aspects of our football program. Talking down about our players/coaches is a downer. Get the turd out of your corn flakes and carry on.
 
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RoaminVol said:
UT better sue Bob Shoop for that run defense he put on the field last year.
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Do some of you clowns even realize that he went over 22 minutes in the second half without allowing Florida one effing first down? Without Kirkland, Sutton or JRM? Dude had two bad games last year in which he was without 7 of his original 11 starters and yall are still yapping.✋
 
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#48
#48
UT should just front this and take it out of his salary the next couple of years. This is bad press
 
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