Hampton: Robinson e-mail rumor Comments
There’s an e-mail circulating about Craig Robinson that is quite interesting. Here’s the text:
Some have said that the stimulus hasn’t saved any jobs, but here is a case where at least one job was saved.
According to an unnamed source, Oregon State University Athletic Director Bob DeCarolis was considering firing their basketball coach, Craig Robinson, after an 8-11 start (2-5 in the Pac 10 conference).
When word of this reached Washington , Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter was dispatched to Corvallis with $17 million in stimulus money for the university. The source now says that Craig Robinson’s job is safe for this year.
For the record, Coach Robinson just happens to be Michelle Obama’s Brother. (END)
If you haven’t already guessed, this is false.
Oregon State did receive $17.8 million, but it was part of $52 million given to the Oregon University System through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Money was distrubuted to other universities in the state as well.
That was in Oct 2009, around the start of the basketball season. So if the e-mail is to be believed, Robinson was on the brink of losing his job coming off a CBI championship and leading OSU to an 18-18 overall record in his first year at OSU, that after an 0-18 Pac-10 the previous season.
Robinson was given a two-year contract extension just a few weeks ago, so the timeline doesn’t exacltly add up.
OSU director of athletics Bob De Carolis said there’s no truth to the e-mail. He said he’s been getting e-mails from all over the country regarding the rumor.
“It’s been crazy,” De Carolis said. “I must have gotten 50 e-mails a day from people wanting to know if it’s true.
“It’s the Internet. Don’t believe everything that’s on it.”
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