The Glenn Cyprien File ...

[NCAA or BUST]

"Glynn Cyprien sues"

Glynn Cyprien is suePED

[1stTake]

Glenn Cyprien is a goofball by choice.

[Turbine]

I'm guessing LaCrosse University is financing his lawsuit.

[NewsCopy]

LOUISIANA La. - The University of Louisiana could have avoided a lawsuit if officials would not have made a media event out of firing former basketball coach Glynn Cyprien for allegedly lying on his résumé, Cyprien's attorney said Monday.

Cyprien, who has sued the university and UL Athletic Director Nelson Schexnayder for breach of contract, defamation and loss of future wages was fired July 19, just two months into a five-year, $170,000-per-season contract.

"It's one thing to fire someone from their job, but it's another thing to launch a media attack to destroy someone's reputation," said Cyprien's attorney, Scott Yount. "If this whole matter had been handled differently, we would not be here today."

Schexnayder has said Cyprien, a New Orleans native who was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State before coming to Lafayette, was fired for claiming to have a bachelor's degree from University of Texas at San Antonio. He had attended the school but had not earned a degree.

Cyprien has acknowledged that the first résumé sent to UL wrongly listed a degree from UTSA, but said that when he interviewed for the job, he gave Schexnayder a second résumé that did not list the Texas degree but only bachelor's and master's degrees from Lacrosse, an online school based in Mississippi.

Lacrosse is not an accredited university, but Yount said the coaching job classification did not require a degree from an accredited institution.

"Cyprien did, in fact, have a bachelor's degree," Yount said.

The rest of the story

Richard Burgess
rburgess@theadvertiser.com

[Turbine]

Attorney Scott Yount on Cyprien
"He didn't know about the termination until he heard it on the radio," Yount said.

At the time Cyprien told the media he first found out on the ESPN ticker.

[DestinCajun]

Gee Turb, two threads on this subject going at one time. What a waste of space!

[Crowley Cajun]

What media attack? How did he expect them to handle it? Did he expect Shex to walk up to him and whisper, "Pssst. Cyp. You gave us a false resume. Sorry man, but we'll have to let you go. Don't worry. We won't tell the media. We'll just slip Lee in your place. Noone will notice. Good in the future."
When O'Leary resigned from Notre Dame because of his false resume, he didn't sue Notre Dame. There was a heck of alot more press on his ordeal than Cyp's. If you want to talk about media attack, ask O'Leary. He took it like a man, accepted responsibility for his actions, and moved on.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by DestinCajun
Gee Turb, two threads on this subject going at one time. What a waste of space!

Yeah, we should be more careful it could be construed as media assault.

[Turner]

It's cut and dry, there is no reasonable excuse for having two different resumes.

[DaddyCajun]

Amen to that! Sip and his lawyer are reaching! If they would take a second to look at O'Leary and his VERY similar situation they would not sue!! Suck it up Sip before you drag your name through more mudd!!!

Merry Christmas,
DaddyCajun