Matt Natali - Out

• Go_Fast_Sports

  

  Maybe the $12 a month was to buy him out?
• Tiger2003

  

  WOW sucks to be him...Soon JJ will be out of a Job to...
• Curly J

  

  No sympathy for Matt from me. For all I know he might have been the a-hole that banned me...That I deserved, but it was fun and worth it.
• believer

  

  I heard that ESPN picked-up Natali because he made such a name for himself at Bucknuts.
  
  OK...maybe I heard wrong.
• Woops

  Tiger2003 wrote: WOW sucks to be him...Soon JJ will be out of a Job to...

  that guy doesnt need the cash.
• Con_Alma

  Not everyone works for the cash.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Curly J wrote: No sympathy for Matt from me. For all I know he might have been the a-hole that banned me...That I deserved, but it was fun and worth it.

  For some reason, I am thinking that he was the a-hole that banned everyone... or at least the one deleting all the posts.
• derek bomar

  

  smfd matt
• Shane Falco

  Then again maybe I'm....... I mean........ Matt is already here. Hmmmmmm??!!!
• The Equalizer

  

  Perfect timing...my Irish need a new HC with experience in taking something with potential and driving it into the ground!
• j_crazy

  

  
• vdubb96

  

  Very interesting, the ship is still a sinking!
• vball10set

  hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Anyone hear anything more, as to why he is out?
• Tigerfan00

  

  An hour and a half ago someone started a thread about matt natali being out and has gotten 0 responses. HAHAHAHA
  
  It looks like you wont be missed Matt.
• tcby99

  nc52 wrote: charge him $12 bucks to come over here

  LOL
• se-alum

  

  I heard that ESPN picked-up Natali because he made such a name for himself at Bucknuts.
  
  OK...maybe I heard wrong.

  I would say they've seen his excellent analysis on Football Friday Nite, and want him to be on camera. Dude struggled to stammer through a 1 minute game preview.
• thedynasty1998

  

  Frantz is even worse.
• cbus4life

  Tough luck.
  
  Hopefully he lands on his feet, but no one to blame but himself.
• darbypitcher22

  

  wow....his braintrust brought that site to its current position, on its knees begging for posters.... sometimes you wreap what you sew
• queencitybuckeye

  ernest_t_bass wrote: Anyone hear anything more, as to why he is out?

  Possibly someone above him who approved the changes throwing a subordinate under the bus for ass-covering purposes.
• fan_from_texas

  queencitybuckeye wrote: Possibly someone above him who approved the changes throwing a subordinate under the bus for ass-covering purposes.

  That's what came to mind for me as well. I've never seen Matt do anything unreasonable or what I perceived as unfair--from what limited view of him I had, he seemed to be a stand-up guy. Eric Frantz was the one who struck me as a douche.
• said_aouita

  

  ESPN just announced Matt Natali has been named the new head coach of Notre Dame.
• cbus4life

  OMG!
• Heretic

  

  queencitybuckeye wrote:Possibly someone above him who approved the changes throwing a subordinate under the bus for ass-covering purposes.

  That's what I'd be guessing. On one of the more recent threads about all the old Huddle stuff, someone posted something about how AAF had said something on their forums and, I believe, Natali came back with a post essentially saying this wasn't his call, but came from above. When you have one of the two guys spearheading the "This is exciting news to move the site forward!" PR campaign suddenly throwing up his hands and saying "IT WASN'T MY IDEA!", it comes off as someone seeing the writing on the wall.
  
  Here's one of the couple of posts that mentioned what supposedly Matt was saying:
  

  GoPens wrote: I saw that as well....Matt or whoever was trying to cry "poor me" and that the whole pay thing wasn't his decision but from higher up and that he was just "trying to be a good employee" or something to that effect.