WHATS HAPPENING AT ALCORN STATE?
The instability at Hampton this week pales in comparison to what is taking place in that soap opera known as Alcorn State football. In the latest chapter of this circus, Ernest Jones was finally fired on Tuesday after just one year with the program. Alcorn said it was firing Jones for “malfeasance and contumacious conduct’ in a press release. The Braves finished 2-10 in Jones’ only season and must wonder now why they chased off Dr. Johnny Thomas, who had posted five winning years in the previous seven campaigns. Trouble began brewing in November when new athletic director Darren Hamilton left letters of termination to seven members of Jones’ staff in their mail boxes on Thanksgiving Day. Hamilton, FCS fans might remember, previously left Eastern Washington after a short and stormy tenure as athletic director. The staff was reinstated by school officials on Dec. 8, but Jones was informed on Dec. 11 that Alcorn State intended to terminate his contract for cause, which would have allowed
