University of Montana Football Coach Bobby Hauck excludes student journalists from interviews after questions about alleged assault by athletes

Following a scathing story published by the University of Montana http://www.umt.edu/future.aspx student newspaper about an alleged assault by two Grizzly football players, the UM football team has proved it’s good at another game – the silent treatment.

In recent weeks, head coach Bobby Hauck has publicly belittled Kaimin reporters at weekly news conferences, and followed through with an earlier threat of shutting the students out of interviews. Now, the football athletes are no longer speaking to the student reporters either – a silence the Kaimin believes Hauck ordered.

By CHELSI MOY of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_c3ba0c78-bada-11de-b015-001cc4c002e0.html

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Commentary: UM Football Coach Way Out of Line

Football coach Bobby Hauck’s war on the UM student newspaper is an embarrassment for all involved.

Enraged that the Kaimin had the nerve to report on something he did not want reported, Hauck swore at the Kaimin reporter and threatened to ban him from covering the team, stating “You’re done for the day, and you’ll be done for the season if you keep bugging me abut this thing that I’ve answered four fucking times.” This from someone who is supposed to be a leader, an educator and a role model, and is after all an employee of the state of Montana.

By Jonathan Weber

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