<h3>EUGENE, Ore. (AP)</h3>
Oregon coach Chip Kelly announced Sunday he had dismissed Jamere
Holland from the team, hinting it was because of the wide receiver's
expletive-filled post on the player's Facebook page.
Kelly said
in a statement released by the school that Holland was dismissed for
violating team rules, but didn't elaborate. Asked by
The Oregonian
if the violation was related to Holland's Facebook post on Saturday,
the coach said: "I won't get into the specifics, but you're smart enough
to figure it out."
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Holland updated his Facebook status after linebacker Kristian
Kiko Alonso was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of driving under
the influence of intoxicants. Alonso is the fourth Oregon player to be
arrested in the past month.
In his post, Holland mistakenly
concluded Alonso had been kicked off the team and blasted the move as
unfair and damaging to the Ducks.
Holland wrote in a later post:
"I wish I could block whites as friends and only have blacks LOL, cause
apparently I'm misunderstood."
School spokesman Dave Williford
said Alonso remains on the team, "contrary to Internet reports, rumors
and Jamere Holland."
Athletic director Mike Bellotti, who was the
football coach when Holland transferred to Oregon from Southern
California after the 2006 season, told
The Oregonian for a
story posted on the newspaper's Web site Sunday that he was frustrated
with Holland.
"We've given this guy so many chances," Bellotti
said while attending Oregon's stunts and gymnastics meet. "We've had
many sit-down, very serious talks."
Holland had 17 catches for
252 yards and two touchdowns in two years with Oregon, which went 10-3
last season and lost to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. Alonso was the
Ducks' primary backup at middle linebacker and one of the top special
teams performers last season.
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Alonso, who could not immediately be reached for comment, was
stopped less than a day after Kelly held a news conference to talk about
other off-field problems by his players.
Star running back
LaMichael James, 20, was arrested last week after his girlfriend told
police he choked her and threw her to the ground during an argument.
James pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of fourth-degree assault,
physical harassment and strangulation.
Eugene police said last
week that kicker Rob Beard had been cited with investigation of
misdemeanor assault in a Jan. 24 street fight that left him seriously
injured. Police also cited defensive end Matt Simms for investigation of
misdemeanor assault in that brawl. Simms was dismissed from the team,
while another kicker allegedly involved in the incident, Mike Bowlin,
left the team last week. Simms and Beard have pleaded not guilty.
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