Escorted off practice field ................

[NorthernBison]

That sounded like spin on a bad situation.

I'd be willing to bet at some point Hedberg asked him what would happen if he was offered reinstatement in Mankato, and Hoffner said he's committed to Minot.

Rather than speculate about something where my direct knowledge is zero, I'll go with what Hedberg actually said. Do you have knowledge that Todd actually said that?

[StL Bison Fan]

This is what I wrote in the other thread about this...
Listening to the reporter that covers Minot. Minot learned he was going back to Mankato via e mail at 2:45 yesterday.
The team found out the way and time we did.
This guy sounds like a class act.

The assistants are staying
This is just bad all the way around. Makes our circus look like it only had 1 ring

[Answer Guy]

Rather than speculate about something where my direct knowledge is zero, I'll go with what Hedberg actually said. Do you have knowledge that Todd actually said that?

No knowledge of what took place. But, unless Hedberg is an idiot, the conversation took place.

If Hoffner wasn't committed to moving on, he had no business talking to Minot, much less accepting the job.

[Gully]

It sucks for Minot but I can't blame the coach for going back to Mankato. If you want to be mad at someone, look for the root cause of all of this. The people to be mad at are the prosecutor and Mankato State. If they react differently, he never accepts a Minot State job.

[BisonTeacher]

It sucks for Minot but I can't blame the coach for going back to Mankato. If you want to be mad at someone, look for the root cause of all of this. The people to be mad at are the prosecutor and Mankato State. If they react differently, he never accepts a Minot State job.

This. They are the only ones to blame in this situation. Is it a mess? You bet. But the blame lies within those above IMO. Having said that...this is a post sandusky issue at a university. Should they have looked into...absolutely. But did they screw it up. ahhh yeah.

[IndyBison]

No knowledge of what took place. But, unless Hedberg is an idiot, the conversation took place.

If Hoffner wasn't committed to moving on, he had no business talking to Minot, much less accepting the job.

He had no idea if his appeals would be successful. Meanwhile he needs income to support his family. I can't imagine going back into that environment so I'm guessing he's assuming some of the other people will be gone or its a pay to get settlement money out of Mankato. Strange situation for sure.

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[NorthernBison]

No knowledge of what took place. But, unless Hedberg is an idiot, the conversation took place.

If Hoffner wasn't committed to moving on, he had no business talking to Minot, much less accepting the job.

He didn't have a job in Mankato when he interviewed in Minot. Hedberg is the one who said that they were aware of his grievance and that this was a possibility (It appears that he didn't feel it was all that likely it would happen). I don't blame Todd for accepting the Minot job. Furthermore, I don't blame him for going back to Mankato. There is a monumental difference in the programs.

[CivilBison96]

Well there goes our QB Coach........

[Bison 4 Life]

Ruh Roh,

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/432312/

MANKATO, Minn. - Players for the Minnesota State University-Mankato football team announced Wednesday that they would not practice under their newly reinstated coach.

Todd Hoffner, who was fired by the university over pornography allegations, announced Tuesday that he would return to his former coaching job. An arbitrator’s ruling that he was fired improperly made his return to Mankato possible.

But the bulk of the team is standing behind acting head coach Aaron Keen, according to the website of The Reporter, the campus newspaper at MSU-Mankato.

[Bisonguy]

No. But Hedberg specifically said that they were aware of his grievance with Mankato and he further indicated that they knew this was a possibility. The comments were in a Forum story.

Yeah, also said that he was committed to MSU-

"

"During the process we knew that Todd had an ongoing grievance with Minnesota State and we knew that there was a possibility he would be offered his job back," Hedberg said. "He assured us that he was committed to Minot State and to starting new, and that we would be the school that not only gave him a chance to start over, but was in his long-term plans. It's unfortunate that didn't turn out.""