FLASHBACK: ESPN fires no-show Alberts (9/7/05)

[HerbRedman]

Alberts has a history of awkward quitting:

- quit ESPN CFB studio show DURING the season, first week of SEPT 2005 (lol)
- quit UNO wrestling via phone call during a UNO team bus ride
- quits UNL AD two days before MBB starts B1G tourney as a #3 seed, 1 day after MBB HC named B1G COY

ESPN fires no-show Alberts

ESPN fired Turd Alberts on Sunday after the college football analyst failed to show up for work at ESPN’s studios in Bristol, Conn., SI.com reported Tuesday night. “He phoned and said t…

www.chicagotribune.com

 

[stonesak]

Quit on the Colts after they spent a first round pick on him.

 

[HerbRedman]

Quit on the Colts after they spent a first round pick on him.

Shit, you're right! LOL

Did he do an Eric Crouch style quitting or did he legit have to retire bc of his elbow injury? I forget how that went down

 

[stonesak]

Shit, you're right! LOL

Did he do an Eric Crouch style quitting or did he legit have to retire bc of his elbow injury? I forget how that went down

Said it was his elbow, but with current events, he probably got butthurt over something and used his elbow as an excuse.

 

[HerbRedman]

Said it was his elbow, but with current events, he probably got butthurt over something and used his elbow as an excuse.

Lol. Yep.

I like Turd...I'm honestly just trying to be funny w this. But I honestly forgot that he actually quit his ESPN CFB job DURING the season. And that his method of quitting was just to not show up. So ridiculously unprofessional.

He talks about being from a farm, etc....but what a Hollywood limp wrist way to quit a job. What a fucking baby.

 

[HuskerHusaria]

TA is a life long quitter.

 

[Cash68847]

Alberts has a history of awkward quitting:

- quit ESPN CFB studio show DURING the season, first week of SEPT 2005 (lol)
- quit UNO wrestling via phone call during a UNO team bus ride
- quits UNL AD two days before MBB starts B1G tourney as a #3 seed, 1 day after MBB HC named B1G COY

ESPN fires no-show Alberts

ESPN fired Turd Alberts on Sunday after the college football analyst failed to show up for work at ESPN’s studios in Bristol, Conn., SI.com reported Tuesday night. “He phoned and said t…

www.chicagotribune.com

The Call

UNO had just won their third straight title. Just a few short hours later, several of the coaches were together when Coach Denney received a phone call. It was Alberts, all he said was “Hey coach, congratulations on winning the title. I am calling to let you know that we are dropping the wrestling and football programs for a move to Division I. You will not be able to get into the facilities when you get back tomorrow.” and hung up. When the team got back to Omaha, security had to escort the team into the locker room and watch over everything as the team and coaches cleared out their lockers and offices. Just goes to show the lack of respect that Alberts had for a team that was nothing but a positive force in the state and community.

 

[Cash68847]

Lol. Yep.

I like Turd...I'm honestly just trying to be funny w this. But I honestly forgot that he actually quit his ESPN CFB job DURING the season. And that his method of quitting was just to not show up. So ridiculously unprofessional.

He talks about being from a farm, etc....but what a Hollywood limp wrist way to quit a job. What a fucking baby.

He was butt hurt Kirk was the main man on espn.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

I hope some of the boys in white coveralls have their way with him down in shithole station.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

I hope some of the boys in white coveralls have their way with him down in shithole station.

So....does this stuff happen on the sidelines or a prison outside of El Paso.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Like maybe we made some excuses for him being a dickhead

 

[HuskerHusaria]

Id love to see the lawsuits on him blow up.

Woo, woo, TAMU.

 

[BIGSTICK67]

Like maybe we made some excuses for him being a dickhead

True. But when dickheads are getting results, it's a bit more acceptable.

You're right though - hard to see some of these things that you're closer to.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

True. But when dickheads are getting results, it's a bit more acceptable.

You're right though - hard to see some of these things that you're closer to.

You're not wrong

 

[HuskerHusaria]

Why do you leave, except to escape lawsuits??? Hmmm

 

[Dr.DrakeRamoray]

Why do you leave, except to escape lawsuits??? Hmmm

Leaving doesn’t escape the lawsuit. That is not how things work

 

[Tezzer]

It's amazing what a person can get away with when they have 'fuck you' amounts of money.

 

[djw004]

I hated him when we hired him. What he did to UNO wrestling was unbelievable to me.

He won me over and was awesome

I now hate him again, with the intensity of a thousand suns

 

[Adolph Coors]

The Call

UNO had just won their third straight title. Just a few short hours later, several of the coaches were together when Coach Denney received a phone call. It was Alberts, all he said was “Hey coach, congratulations on winning the title. I am calling to let you know that we are dropping the wrestling and football programs for a move to Division I. You will not be able to get into the facilities when you get back tomorrow.” and hung up. When the team got back to Omaha, security had to escort the team into the locker room and watch over everything as the team and coaches cleared out their lockers and offices. Just goes to show the lack of respect that Alberts had for a team that was nothing but a positive force in the state and community.

holy hell

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

Jsi

I hated him when we hired him. What he did to UNO wrestling was unbelievable to me.

He won me over and was awesome

I now hate him again, with the intensity of a thousand suns

just wait till Rhule leaves next year because of this shit to see how much you’re gonna hate him