Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, July 22, 1993, Page 4, Image 4

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poor rec ord to the quality of th*>
athletes at Oregon
“We find athlete* of lesser c al
iber than the teams we were
competing against." he said
When asked why. if the* team
was doing so poorly, he gave
Monson a rating of "outstanding"
on his performanc e evaluations.
Bvme replied he gave all of bts
cone hc*s such rntings in order to
maintain their sense of confi
dent e
However. Hvrne said Monson
is a wonderful couch
Byrne said the det csion to re
assign Monson c ami' at the end
of the season, whit h Orcrgon fin
isheti with an overall res ord of 6
21 Byrne said the position of golf
coac h had bee onu* available in
lanuary when then-t oac h Sc ott
hreiger left for a job in Portland
Hvrne informed Monson of his
decision March 17. 1092 Byrne
described Munson's reac tion as
"tin* most profane, vulgar
coarsest language I have ever
heard in my life."
In his c ross-examination of
Hvrne, Monson s attorney Harold
(Bills attempted to paint a pic -
ture of the athletic department
surreptitiously funneling money
received from other sources, such
as Nike. Niki* Chairman Phil
Knight and the Oregon Club of
Portland, an athletic (rooster orga
nization. through the Oregon
Sports Network and on to Mon
son
Byrne said he had rec eived a
$50,000 c heck from Knight after
Nike rwiuoed Monson's she** con
sulting fee from $50,000 to
$15,000 Hvrne split the check
between Monson and head foot
ball coat h Rich Brooks, with
Monson receiving $35,000 and
Brooks getting $15,000
Byrne said he had lobbied
Knight for rec ompense for Mon
son after his Nike income had
been reduc ed hut said he was not
hi a position to guarantee the
amount would he* made up for
Monson
Hvrne also denied that the ath
letic department was attempting
In circumvent any channels by
distributing money ro< eived by
other sources through the OSN
and said boosters can pay coach
es directly, so long as the athlet
i< dins tor approves.
(bills asked Byrne whether
Monson had ever been told his
continued employment depend
ed on the basketball program
making a profit. Byrne said no.
he had never actually told Mon
son the program must make mon
ev, but said. "I think it was just
assumed
Byrne dropped a bombshell
during his testimony when dis
cussing former Oregon guard Ter
rell Brandon, who was drafted In
the NBA s Cleveland Cavaliers
following his junior year. 1990
91.
Kariier. Monson attributed part
of his losing moot'd to the far t that
Brandon was no longer on the
team because he had been draft
ed into the pros However. By me
said Brandon would not have
been available in any rase
because he "was academe ally
expelled" from the University.
It came ns something of a sur
prise tha! Byrne would reveal
otherwise private student infor
mation in open court but was
apparently an attempt to illus
trate his comments on Monson's
evaluation that "the largest num
ber of marginal academic stu
dents is on the men's basketball
team."
Wednesday also brought testi
mony from University Vice Pres
ident for Administration Dan
Williams. President Myles Brand,
senior associate athlete director
Sandy Walton and Oregon State
Hoard of Higher Hducatinn attor
ney Melinda Crier
Before being re assigned. Mon
son came to Williams to discuss
the status of his job at the Uni
versity. according to Williams
Williams said he did not dis
c uss specifics with Monson hut
said he "was not encouraged
about the direction the program
was taking."
Crier was called by state attor
ney lames Cashv to testily ns to
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how the Board of Higher Educa
tion interpret* the Oregon
Administrative Rule that the state
contends givers it the authority to
re assign personnel.
However. Gillis objected to the
testimony, saying it was the
court 's role to interpret matters
of law, not that of witnesses,
regardless of their qualific ations.
Grier hac) been n party to the
drafting of the OAR in question,
The OAK states that "person
nel may be transferred or reas
signed within an institution in
accordanc e with the staff needs
of tiie institution." In the state's
earlier motion to dismiss the case,
fudge Cottrell interpreted the
phrase "in accordance with the
stafl needs of the institution" to
mean that the University could
not re assign personnel without
first establishing a need for the
new position to lx- filled.
Without the jury present, Gri
er testified that the rule was, in
fact, a virtual blanket authority
for the University to re-assign
personnel except in the e ase of
sanctions. She said the wording
concerning "staff needs" was
added solely to make c tear that
the rule was not applicable in
c ases of re-assignment for disci
plinary reasons.
Cottrell had suggested that,
unless it could Ixi proven the golf
coach job was vacant and Mon
son was qualified to fill it. the re
assignment of Monson did not
meet the University’s "staff
needs."
However. Grier said that
removing a person from a job in
which performance was sub-par
could be considered meeting a
"staff need." making the position
available to someone w ho might
perform the job Ixitter.
Cottrell eventually refused to
allow Grier's testimony concern
ing the OAR to be heard by the
jury, and the state concluded its
case.
Closing statements are ox{X‘c:t
ed to be heard this morning and
the jury could deliver its verdict
later today
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