OT- Tom Herman cries to sports talk show hosts about Kyle Allen article.

Submitted by LAUNCH on

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2015/12/13/former-am-qb-kyle-allen-in-houst…

Kyle Allen, who started parts of two seasons for Texas A&M, was in Houston Sunday to explore transfer opportunities with Cougars’ head coach Tom Herman, SportsRadio 610 has been told by a source.

Allen, a former five-star recruit out of Scottsdale, Ariz., met with Herman and at least one other member of the Houston Cougars staff at an undisclosed location in town. 

Link to the argument.

https://t.co/DblUSxT4Ia

This is kind of sad and funny at the same time.  I hope they dig further to prove the source correct.

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treetown

January 6th, 2016 at 1:20 PM ^

There was a lot of tension built up over the season and the past several years and after the Citrus Bowl win a lot of people let out a huge sigh of relief that there is some confidence in 2016 and beyond. People are still basking in that and will pick up as the BB season picks up and around the NC and Superbowl.

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Canadian

January 6th, 2016 at 7:45 PM ^

Well he wants to set the record straight that he didn't have the kid in Houston to meet and talk about him transferring. which is what he said he told a recruit who then used this report and thought Herman was lying to him.

Herman also wanted to set the record straight that there wasn't a "big booster" at the meeting that he says never happened



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Sopwith

January 6th, 2016 at 1:08 PM ^

Given that they made a public announcement yesterday (LINK) that he is indeed transferring to Houston, I'm not sure where you're going with this... but hey, surprise me!

 

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michelin

January 6th, 2016 at 1:46 PM ^

A reporter inaccurately accused Herman, an asst coach and a booster of meeting in Houston with a possible QB transfer: Allen.  Not only would that have violated multiple NCAA rules; that inaccuracy also made Herman look like a liar to his other QB recruit.

Moreover, the reporter did not apologize.  In fact, he did not even stand up himself and argue with Herman one-on-one.  Rather, he resorted to a cowardly subterfuge.  He had his cohost constantly argue with and interrupt Herman.  In addition, the cohost himself was not even a journalist--but rather characterized himself as an "entertainer"---not subject to the ethics of journalism.

Frankly, I don't care about the argument involving Herman  But his comments to me point toward a growing problem.  In the guise of journalism, media personalities report events---which may be false---and feel no obligation to follow the ethics of journalism: eg to check the accuracy of sources by talking to Herman before making a false report.  Such irresponsible behavior reminded me of Herbstreit's unethical reporting of a Les-Miles-to-UM rumor without even asking Miles if it were true.  I suspect strongly that Herbstreit--as well as his fellow OSU alum who ran ESPN's sportcenter--were intentionally messing with UM's coaching search.  

With regard to the present issue involving Herman and his QB recruit, I also wonder if the false reports may have come from rivals.

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michelin

January 6th, 2016 at 4:13 PM ^

I did not mean that the sources of Herbstreit's report necessarily came from rivals (which may have occurred with the sources of the report on the Houston coach).  I meant that Herbstreit's decision to report the (unverified and ultimately uincorrect) info could be due to his own interests as an OSU alum.   Given that I have never heard him report any other rumors--and he must hear countless other rumors in his job-- I can only wonder why he chose to make this one report about Miles-to-UM. Certainly, it would not be the first time that an OSU alum/booster tried to interfere in UM's business.  And UM's coaching hire that year meant a great deal to OSU boosters.

Thankfully, we have a brilliant AD named Hackett, whose secrecy during the Harbaugh hire may have helped prevent any repetition of past mistakes.

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