In one record, a James Svoboda is shown living at a Castaic, CA address recently.  An additional listed household member is one Susan Svoboda.  

In another record, referencing the same Castaic address, a Susan Svoboda is listed with the aka of Susan Merworth.

The same record, shows Susan Svoboda, aka Susan Merworth, as having a specific previous address in Lone Oak, TX.

In still another record, for Elizabeth Merworth, the same Lone Oak, TX address is listed as a current address.

Note, the DOB's listed on the records referred to above are consistent with one would expect for the Svoboda's and Mrs. Merworth.  Also, recall that the comment on DD made reference to people having "more guts than that in Texas."

Sounds to me like Elizabeth Merworth is probably Jim Svoboda's mother-in-law.  That doesn't mean that the person who posted on DD was actually Mrs. Merworth though.

Just like the MSM reporters always do, and just as Mr. Dorrell always responds.

And counsel, if you don't like my ruling, the Court of Appeal is just down the road a piece.

However, there is a reporter that is looking into this because of its obvious significance in terms of Dorrell's handling of all the assistant coaches in his program over the years (as 66 has pointed out) - ie the unusually high turnover.  Is there something bigger going on that due to the silence of the coaching fraternity we are unaware of? It is significant that an NCAA coach is breaking that silence. Maybe this is the pot boiling over.  At the very least, it has been an exceedingly odd set of events.

If a reporter asks our source, and then says ask another solid source, and then talks to the mother in law .. that is 3 sources who cold possibly say that Svoboda told them immediately after being fired that he found out via text. Then there is something there. The reporter would ask Svoboda about it, he would deny he was fired that way, then the reporter would reveal that 3 separate sources said Svoboda said differently. Who are you lying to Jim .. your close friends and family or me?

I dont know, its not pretty, and part of me hates going down this path. But you know what we didnt make this path, Dorrell did.  And this is our football team.  And you dont treat people this way. And maybe treating people this way is why we have a revolving door of coaches.  And having a revolving door of coaches is helping to give us a bad season year in year out. And this coach wants us to believe that he runs a clean program and that he is ready to make a move ... so that we continue to give him nearly $1M a year of public money.  

So, bottom line, now that a reporter is on it, we will see where it goes. And if people keep reeling us in with new info we will continue to pursue it.

Don't read it if you don't like it.

(And just for clarification, I am not in any way making an attempt to speak for Nestor)

I don't think anyone has taken the position that the hearsay statements of anyone are true.  In fact, just the opposite.  All we have here is speculation about whether the statements are correct or incorrect, with some people attempting to find out.  It seems to me that it would be better to find out what the truth is than to get overly aggressive about it.

I think, just my opinion of course, that this "'story'/alleged conversation" is indeed worthy of a BN front page and further, is worthy of being investigated to see if it can be corroborated.  Again, just my opinion, but I think the character and integrity of Mr. Dorrell and everyone connected with the football program are issues worthy of discussing.  

If you have been reading things here for any length of time, one of the points that everyone agreed on was Mr. Dorrell's integrity and the "cleanliness" of his program.  There was much debate as to his merit as a football coach and as a public speaker, but no one doubted his honesty and integrity.  In the past two or three weeks, however, this perception has changed.  

It started with the Coach Scott affair, and the conflicting stories of who knew what and when.  Then the accusation of firing by test message from a person who would be reasonably likely to have better information than most of the rest of us (assuming the message was not a complete phony.)  And more than one person followed up on this story because it was newsworthy.

It would matter to me if Mr. Dorrell fired Coach Swoboda other than at a face to face meeting.  It seems to me - again just my opinion - that it wouldn't matter to you.  And if that's the case, why on earth do you bother reading either BN or DD?  Go to one of the sites where nothing negative is ever said about Mr. Dorrell.

Now to parse your post:

"Unsubstantiated hearsay" - first, is this better or worse than "substantiated hearsay?"  But laying aside what in my opinion is an unusual way to use a legal term, the fact of the matter is that effort has been made to find out if what has been alleged is indeed true.

"Rumormongering" - I'm not sure of the definition of this word, but it seems to carry the connotation of the spreading of rumors.  If that is so, then it would appear that a lot of what we read in the papers is "rumormongering."  In any event, I don't think DD or anyone else is spreading rumors, but rather is trying to find out of the allegations are true.  The process is basically the same as what we saw in "All the President's Men."  (Although Nixon may not have had as many absolutely blind supporters as Mr. Dorrell, but I digress.)

"Petty attempts" - Again, a nice cliche, but what does it mean?  If it were a "grand attempt" or a "large attempt" would it be better or worse?  

But to get to the point - "petty attempts at character assassination."  Your response makes it clear that you would greatly prefer that nobody find out the truth of the situation.  Assuming that the truth is that Mr. Dorrell acted in a 100% completely professional way, it would seem to me that you would want this information to be made known, and the sooner the better.  In fact, it sounds to me like you assume just the opposite, that an investigation will disclose that in fact Mr. Dorrell fired Coach Swoboda by text message, and for this reason you have chosen to make your rather hysterical post.

Of course, all of this is just my opinion, just like the content of your post is just your opinion.

That is an exaggeration to say the least. We have 100s of posts on DD, and only a few cross posts here during the Summer ... I would say even the year. BN has 100s of posts as well, and even more diaires. Also, I posted the last 2 posts as diaries, and BN decided to make them front page material. That is their prerogative, as is having our posts in their diaries.

This is not attempt at character assassination. This is information given to us UNPROMPTED from 2 people close to Svoboda. Is it admissable in court? No. Is it relevant and potentially significant? Yes. We are not chasing this story, it keeps coming to us.

And for your information, reporters are now inquiring. This may go away, it may not. And if it doesnt, if it gets widely reported, Im sure you are going to come back here and apologize. Either way, if this ends here or not, we didnt start or pursue this, AND, this is newsworthy in and of itself.

Look, this offseason just needs to END, and we need to see what our guys can do on the field!

(And as an aside, I love the phrase about waiting for the facts.  Were you indeed quoting General Buck Turgidson, whose favorite line was "Mr. President, I'd like to reserve judgment until all the facts are in" when General Ripper launched his bomb wing.  It's a much better line when delivered by George C. Scott while he's chewing gum.)

"You can haz new job?"