Let's talk about this article a little bit Monday night. It's from the News-Sentinel. Is there any other way the reporter could have gotten comment? What impression does it create (either for the school or for the newspaper) to have so many non-sources mentioned? Would you have handled this the same way if you were the reporter?
Indiana Tech dismisses athletic director, men's hoops coach
New leadership is coming within the Indiana Tech athletic department, as The News-Sentinel has learned from a source familiar with the situation that both the athletic director and the men's basketball coach have been recently dismissed.
“I would say it's best if I don't comment (on either dismissal) right now,” former athletic director Roger Newton said. “But I will say that the two situations are independent of each other.”
Both positions are listed on the university Web site as being open, and neither person is currently listed among the staff on the Web site.
Jeff Parrish has served as the Warriors head men's basketball coach for four years and been at the university for seven years.
Newton came to Indiana Tech just last summer after serving in the same capacity at Grace College since 2005.
Parrish could not be reached for comment and Warriors assistant athletic director Martin Neuhoff refused comment when contacted.
In addition, neither Warriors sports information director James Lipocky nor Chris Black of the school's Human Resource Department returned phone messages seeking an official comment.
Also, no information regarding either employee being dismissed is posted on either the school's Web site or the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Web site.
Parrish won 84 games in his four seasons at ITU and he has been a fixture on sidelines in the Fort Wayne area for nearly three decades.
The Warriors were selected to finish atop the WHAC this past season and finished 21-10 (9-5 WHAC) for a third-place finish.
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