Post by 50yardfan on Mar 31, 2011 11:20:58 GMT -5
www.thetimesherald.com/article/20110331/SPORTS/103310315/Firings-add-Predators-drama
If a television network is looking for a new prime-time drama, they might want to head to Port Huron.
First it was Doug Warren.
Now Jason Lovelock is the latest Port Huron Predators head coach no longer with the team after what he said was a lack of communication with team owner Rachael Brusate.
On Monday, the Predators coach and general manager, who replaced Warren the week before the season began, said he was told to stay away from practice.
Julie Crankshaw, the team's director of operations, also no longer is with the Predators. She is seeking legal action against Brusate after not being compensated for her services.
The Predators (2-1), by the way, are slated to take on the Chicago Knights (0-1) at
7:30 p.m. Saturday at
McMorran Arena.
"If she asked me to coach Saturday, I would coach for my players," said Lovelock, who said he is owed $3,000 from Brusate. "I think (indoor football) can work in Port Huron if it's run right. Apparently, I have fallen out with her. There are a lot of allegations coming out that I can't talk about; it's slander."
Brusate, meanwhile, said there isn't a lack of communication with Lovelock.
She said he no longer is coach and John Forti, the Predators' offensive coordinator who ran practice this week, will lead the team Saturday.
"John Forti will coach this Saturday until we can figure everything out," Brusate said. "We just chose to go separate ways (with Lovelock). The players wanted something different."
As for Crankshaw, Brusate said: "We had different ideas on what should be done. She was fired. She didn't live up to her contract; she didn't fulfill it. So there is no need to fulfill my end."
Crankshaw said she is owed $6,000 from Brusate and denied being fired.
She said she notified the Continental Indoor Football League the Predators organization was not operating as it should and she did not want to tarnish her reputation in the community.
"I have employees and vendors who have not been paid," Crankshaw said. "Sponsors have asked for their money back because (Brusate) has not followed the contracts. I wanted this to be successful; I wanted it to work.
If a television network is looking for a new prime-time drama, they might want to head to Port Huron.
First it was Doug Warren.
Now Jason Lovelock is the latest Port Huron Predators head coach no longer with the team after what he said was a lack of communication with team owner Rachael Brusate.
On Monday, the Predators coach and general manager, who replaced Warren the week before the season began, said he was told to stay away from practice.
Julie Crankshaw, the team's director of operations, also no longer is with the Predators. She is seeking legal action against Brusate after not being compensated for her services.
The Predators (2-1), by the way, are slated to take on the Chicago Knights (0-1) at
7:30 p.m. Saturday at
McMorran Arena.
"If she asked me to coach Saturday, I would coach for my players," said Lovelock, who said he is owed $3,000 from Brusate. "I think (indoor football) can work in Port Huron if it's run right. Apparently, I have fallen out with her. There are a lot of allegations coming out that I can't talk about; it's slander."
Brusate, meanwhile, said there isn't a lack of communication with Lovelock.
She said he no longer is coach and John Forti, the Predators' offensive coordinator who ran practice this week, will lead the team Saturday.
"John Forti will coach this Saturday until we can figure everything out," Brusate said. "We just chose to go separate ways (with Lovelock). The players wanted something different."
As for Crankshaw, Brusate said: "We had different ideas on what should be done. She was fired. She didn't live up to her contract; she didn't fulfill it. So there is no need to fulfill my end."
Crankshaw said she is owed $6,000 from Brusate and denied being fired.
She said she notified the Continental Indoor Football League the Predators organization was not operating as it should and she did not want to tarnish her reputation in the community.
"I have employees and vendors who have not been paid," Crankshaw said. "Sponsors have asked for their money back because (Brusate) has not followed the contracts. I wanted this to be successful; I wanted it to work.