Bob Huggins’ daughter has come out swinging against West Virginia University after her father resigned following a DUI arrest over the weekend.
In a lengthy Facebook post, Jacque Huggins called the university’s stakeholders “cowards,” “backstabbers” and “hypocrites” following her father’s ouster.
“To [school president] Gordon Gee & your board, be better and do better,” Jacque wrote after some initial pleasantries for the Mountaineers faithful.
“Throwing stones at glass houses is also not how to represent such a great University. Treating someone like they don’t matter after they have given their whole heart and soul to your University? You could have helped, but chose to turn your backs. Not only on him, on the guys, the staff, the boosters. Everyone.
“You’re the classless ones, the cowards, the backstabbers and most of all hypocrites. Remember the 24 million dollar practice facility, that was not in anyway funded by the University? The 17 million into your hospitals for cancer research? I can only pray you never make another mistake like you have in the past to be crucified for. Cue Ohio State. Enrollment down 30%, mountains of debt, and too much more to list. Do your job that you were assigned to do and bring WVU back.”
Huggins, 69, was arrested in Pittsburgh on Friday night and accused of having a blood-alcohol level of .210 — the legal limit is .08 — just weeks after he was disciplined for saying an anti-gay slur during a live radio interview.
His daughter claimed that the school gave Huggins a 30-minute ultimatum to resign or get fired, and provided an explanation as to why he had numerous empty beer cans inside his car.
“Not that i need to touch anymore on what happened, but I’m going to. Because the people above don’t deserve the right to hide how it really happened and the kind of people they actually are. My dad is not an alcoholic, he drinks like 90% of us do and made a mistake that cost him his job, reputation and his livelihood. Which he didn’t deserve,” she wrote.
“He told Gordon and his board that he would go to rehab for a 60 day stint to be able to stay for these guys. The guys who don’t want to play for anyone else. That’s how much he cares. Refused. Not even considered. 100% no without a thought.
“Also given 30 MINUTES to decide if he was being fired or retiring. But they want to preach this society of understanding and compassion. I’ve not passed the bar but I’m pretty sure there are some stiff laws against this. Once a mountaineer, always a mountaineer, right?
“Next the ‘beer cans all over the car’ the cans were in bags and not all beer cans, There is a small group in Morgantown who knows my dad collects cans to recycle. Always has, always will. That’s his thing. To act like he was driving around pounding beers as the media wants to portray is absolutely absurd. The society in this world we are living in doesn’t always tell the truth.
“Media will tell you what they want you to believe or what they want you to know. That choice is of course yours to buy into or not, but just know it’s not always factual. It’s easy to judge a person from the outside looking in.”
Huggins had been coach of West Virginia since 2007, accumulating 345 wins, the second most in school history behind Gale Catlett.
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