Misadventures in Texting: Akron Football Edition

Ah, the pitfalls of technology. Nothing like typing the name of a girl you’re looking for into your Facebook status feed instead of the search bar. (Don’t tell me you haven’t worried about this.) Or maybe sending a strongly-worded text, e-mail or instant message to the wrong person with details the recipient wasn’t supposed to hear. The latter is the case for new Akron coach Rob Ianello and defensive end Shawn Lemon (pictured left in the bottom below). The end result of it all turned out to be Lemon transferring out of the Akron program.
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↵↵The details via the Akron Beacon Journal:↵

↵↵⇥Lemon decided to transfer because he felt the coaching staff would play underclassmen instead of seniors, in an attempt to rebuild. Lemon and coach Rob Ianello “weren’t seeing eye to eye,” the defensive end said.↵⇥↵⇥While reconsidering his decision this week, Lemon received an inadvertent text message from Ianello, intended for athletic director Tom Wistrcill. The message suggested that Lemon had spoke about transferring before, and he may be doing it to seek attention.↵⇥

↵⇥↵⇥That was apparently the last straw for Lemon, who is putting together his highlight tapes and has prepared his transfer documents.↵⇥

↵↵↵Let this serve as a friendly reminder to always check that “TO” field in your e-mails, texts and IMs, or just save your smack talk behind someone’s back for an in-person conversation.↵

↵↵(H/T to FanHouse)↵

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