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Rutgers AD: I was fired

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Robert E. Mulcahy said he was fired as Rutgers athletic director after refusing a request by university president Richard L. McCormick to resign. "When I asked if I had done anything wrong and was told 'No,' I felt there was no reason for me to offer my resignation," Mulcahy said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. "In effect, he terminated me." Mulcahy said he had no idea that McCormick would ask for his resignation when he was summoned to the president's office about 1 p.m. Wednesday. Mulcahy said he did not try to talk McCormick out of his decision after the president said the university was looking to go in a different direction with its athletic department. The firing, which will be effective on Dec. 31, came less than a month after an independent committee appointed to review the university's athletic program criticized Mulcahy, McCormick and other officials for failing to exercise proper oversight.

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December 12, 2008  06:00 AM ET
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Classic New Jersey... something else is going on here we don't know about and it's way above Mulcahy or Greg Schiano. Folks in the NYC Tri-State area who listen WFAN 660 AM may want to turn on Mike Francesca today. Last night he put out the offer for the RU president to present his side of the story on air today.

December 12, 2008  09:08 AM ET
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Maybe they should get Paulie Walnuts to run the show.

December 12, 2008  09:26 AM ET
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I like how they put Schiano's picture up there and the story, in so much as its content, had nothing to do with him.

Is he involved in any way in this story other than that it affects him since he is the coach?

December 12, 2008  10:27 AM ET
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I heard his momma says he wasn't fired, but he resigned.

December 12, 2008  11:37 AM ET
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Originally posted 10:27 AM ET  12.12 by Spaceman Spiff

I heard his momma says he wasn't fired, but he resigned.

Is her name Olive?

December 12, 2008  12:30 PM ET
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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET  12.12 by GatorBaitor

Maybe they should get Paulie Walnuts to run the show.

HA!

December 12, 2008  01:06 PM ET
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I think they should hire their most famous graduate; Tony Soprano.

December 12, 2008  01:33 PM ET
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Originally posted 01:06 PM ET  12.12 by Nam Vet2

I think they should hire their most famous graduate; Tony Soprano.

Are you sure he wasn't whacked in the last episode?

December 12, 2008  04:36 PM ET
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Originally posted 01:33 PM ET  12.12 by GatorBaitor

Are you sure he wasn't whacked in the last episode?

I heard they're working on a movie. So, he probably wasn't.

December 12, 2008  04:46 PM ET
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Originally posted 04:36 PM ET  12.12 by Joekidd1992

I heard they're working on a movie. So, he probably wasn't.

I still think Paulie Walnuts or Big Puh-Cee would make better AD's

 
December 13, 2008  07:42 AM ET
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I'm shocked...SHOCKED! that there are implications that strange things are afoot at Rutgers. It's not like they went from decades of moribund mediocrity to winning seasons and perennial bowl team overnight...oh, wait. Nevermind.

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