It's one thing to find out from someone other than the coach that he's fired and it another thing entirely to find out via multiple sources on Twitter. That's apparently what happened for California players when coach Sonny Dykes was fired on Sunday.
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Here are the tweets to prove it:
Lmao why we gotta find out over twitter tho..
— Darius Allensworth (@_MoneyDA) January 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/A1_Pericoo/status/818163901741301760
https://twitter.com/A1_Pericoo/status/818178828610793472
Geez. I go to Church for an hour and all hell breaks loose in Cal football.
— Luc Bequette (@LucBequette) January 8, 2017
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That's defensive back Darius Allensworth, running back Vic Enwere and defensive tackle Luc Bequette, in that order. Not a good look for California on this one. Even with players on break you should probably send a mass text to the team informing them of the move.
And it seems that even the coach was surprised by the school's handling of the situation:
Here is the message Sonny Dykes sent to the Cal football team after he was fired by the school on Sunday:https://t.co/33bkJvdGxl pic.twitter.com/RksMHC8krD
— Kyle Bonagura (@BonaguraESPN) January 8, 2017
[h/t Deadspin]
