WAY OT - Fickells get pizza boy fired
Apparently, some high school kid that works at a pizzeria in Ohio took an order from Mrs. Luke Fickell. Late in the call, he mentioned that OSU needs to work on their tackling (an astute observation) to the DC's wife.
The next day, he got the pink slip.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/10/11/pizza-employee-fired-lu…
I say he relocates to Ann Arbor and works at Cottage Inn. We could use that kind of talent.
"I'm taking my talents to South State Street."
On a serious note, when is it okay for the general public to engage in critical communication with coaches or players? is it okay for professional sports and not college?
October 11th, 2012 at 12:25 PM ^
The Fickells best not order a pizza from that place again. Most likely it would be skeet upon in revenge for the fallen wage slave who spoke truth to power.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:34 PM ^
I would bet monopoly millions that if the D continues to struggle and is poorly rated regardless of how OSU finishes up then Meyer finds a new DC. Remember, he's used to having folks like Mr. Mattison in that role. Meyer wants always to be able to say that he has the best coaches and to have one key area being underated will give him the narrative to make that decision.
October 11th, 2012 at 1:40 PM ^
and proceeded to dismantle them. This was a defensive group that turned out riducolous defenses for over a decade... most of them gone in a heart beat. He will be lucky to establish a group that talented again.
October 11th, 2012 at 2:01 PM ^
I think tressel had much more to do with the defensive success than anybody else who was left at OSU, so i wouldnt call them an amazing staff. I mean look at the saints without sean payton, the head coach makes a big impact.
October 11th, 2012 at 3:46 PM ^
Tressel was an offensive guy. Defense was not his specialty.
October 11th, 2012 at 1:45 PM ^
Aside from his coaching, Fickell can't recruit like Mattison.
October 11th, 2012 at 1:55 PM ^
October 11th, 2012 at 1:08 PM ^
True dat. A good general rule in life is to never fuck with someone who is responsible for your food.
October 11th, 2012 at 2:14 PM ^
...Yes, this is the Fickell's, we'd like to order a....
*click
October 11th, 2012 at 5:51 PM ^
Yes Ma'am, right away . . . *spit*
October 11th, 2012 at 6:59 PM ^
Everyone knows, Fickell only eats Cold Cut Combos from Subway.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:26 PM ^
Insulting your customer is something you don't want to do if you want to keep your job.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:29 PM ^
Excepting Dick's Last Resort and Blimpy Burger of course.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:33 PM ^
Of course. The exceptions that prove the rule.
October 11th, 2012 at 1:05 PM ^
Obviously. Being insulted at Blimpy while ordering wrong is just part of the experience
October 11th, 2012 at 5:37 PM ^
And yelling at young children for not undertstanding the differnt types of buns available is totally cool for a business to do.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:30 PM ^
That's no way to treat a fellow alumnus.
EDIT: Missed the whole high school kid part, and my joke is now meaningless. I will accept my punishment and leave it for the wolves.
October 11th, 2012 at 1:38 PM ^
No, no, we still got it....and it's still pretty funny.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:31 PM ^
I mean, it depends on how he said it. He probably shouldn't say it at all, but if it was meant as like a light-hearted joke and the Fickells got all butt hurt and serious about it, then they come off dickish for getting him fired. If he was just being flat out insulting, then I understand.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:32 PM ^
As Co-Defensive Coordinator is Fickell responsible for the big picture or the day to day?
Tackling seems like a day to day responsiblity.
October 11th, 2012 at 2:05 PM ^
Fickell is co-defensive coordinator and linebacker position coach, so he's definitely in charge of teaching the LBs how to tackle. Outside of that, I'm not sure how the DC duties are divided, except that Fickell is in charge of playcalling.
October 11th, 2012 at 3:19 PM ^
Good to know.
I was making a reference to The Office when Jim and Michael were co-managers. Jim was in charge of day to day and Michael was in charge of big picture.
Who is the other co-defensive coordinator? One of Urban's guys?
October 11th, 2012 at 7:10 PM ^
Everett Withers, the former DC and interim head coach at UNC. Withers is co-DC and assistant head coach, <del>but I have no idea what either of those roles involve</del>.
Eleven Warriors says Withers was brought in to install a new coverage system, and that makes sense. The secondary has been much more aggressive in terms of getting interceptions than in past years.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:31 PM ^
In all seriousness, the guy probably should have kept his mouth shut. Don't say things to customers that could be taken as an insult. That said, a major college coach needs to learn how to let this kind of thing go. Both of them were wrong. So Ohio.
October 11th, 2012 at 4:35 PM ^
October 11th, 2012 at 12:33 PM ^
Wow. Hasn't he ever seen the movie (or read the book) Friday Night Lights? He's lucky that's all the kid said to her.
October 11th, 2012 at 1:03 PM ^
I'm not sure mid-to-late 80s Odessa is a solid standard for human decency, much less professional courtesy.
October 11th, 2012 at 2:14 PM ^
October 11th, 2012 at 12:34 PM ^
I met Al Borges' wife last offseason. I told her that we need MOAR bubble screens. She agreed and said that she'd work on Al.
All of a sudden, BOOM 2 BUBBLE SCREENS last week.
/doireallyneedtoaddthistag?
October 11th, 2012 at 12:34 PM ^
these days are a bit more likely to push the envelope. He did and lost. I'm not surprised he got canned in buckeye country, questioning the coaches wife on a pizza?? LOL, Easy to replace a pizza worker; don't want to lose coach's business.
October 11th, 2012 at 1:54 PM ^
October 11th, 2012 at 2:14 PM ^
Yes, please change your avatar. No BEWBS for avatars. If you don't change it, we'll have to do it.
October 11th, 2012 at 3:36 PM ^
They're not even that great a set of BEWBS.
October 11th, 2012 at 6:51 PM ^
thats why they need to be removed... or reshot when they're not covered in either 3rd degree burns or a botched skin graft job.
October 11th, 2012 at 7:42 PM ^
Removing BEWBS would result in quite a few skin grafts,
October 11th, 2012 at 4:01 PM ^
says the guy with tanks and guns in his profile picture.
October 11th, 2012 at 8:04 PM ^
I don't see boobs I see a sunburn underneath a tank top.
October 12th, 2012 at 11:41 AM ^
the mods at this site are just so amazing. it's hard to know where to begin in praising them.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:34 PM ^
What if the kid's family has a season ticket package? Would it be okay for him to be critical of the coaching and the team then? He is paying premium dollar for a sub-standard product.
If Mrs. Fickell's pizza sucked, she can call the pizzeria and complain, right?
Just playing devil's advocate here.
October 11th, 2012 at 2:21 PM ^
on if they actually PAYED for the pizza, as opposed to trading anything for it, such as said ticket package.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:36 PM ^
The funniest thing about the story is the drastically different sides to it. And I love that OSU's public relations department gets involved in this silly little thing. They don't teach their kids to keep their mouths shut (see all of the past and current players that tweet and say stupid things) but they get involved in the Pizza Incident. Idiots.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:38 PM ^
what a fucking bitch
October 11th, 2012 at 12:41 PM ^
Dave Brandon needs to invite this kid up to a game.
October 11th, 2012 at 2:03 PM ^
scholly.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:42 PM ^
questioning Mr. Willhouse. He could have gone to OSU's AD and complained. He was in no position to raise the issue at all, ESPECIALLY with the coach's wife, as she is not a football coach and was just trying to order some damn food. Being a season ticket holder has nothing to do with it in this instance. Whatever the case, it appears it was the manager who took the greatest offense at the employee's conduct. While I hate OSU, I don't think they can be correctly characterized as a "substandard product" as they are undefeated.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:42 PM ^
that the delivery guy was an OSU grad
October 11th, 2012 at 2:23 PM ^
1) Someone already used that joke
2) He is in high school, soooo there's a 0% chance.
October 11th, 2012 at 3:10 PM ^
Newsflash: The guy in the story was not the delivery guy... he was the order taking guy. Fault this guy for trying to extend a joke a little too far, but at least understand the joke before you fault him.
October 11th, 2012 at 12:46 PM ^
Without proper context, I can't say if this is an appropriate response, but my initial thought is that this is such an overreaction. Oh, your husband has a public job, and a kid in the public criticizses it? Let's get him fired! Just seems like a silly thing to do.