Miss Terri,

Your unwavering fighting spirit is admirable and will carry you far.

Somebody should've told the administration that a problem passed on (fired) is not a problem solved.  I assume they hired you for the qualities we saw on display when we watched your game that night a few years ago.  If so, they would've been wise to reread their own hiring assessments of you and known you wouldn't just go away.

I certainly don't know the intricacies of your case, but it sounds like you pressed the university officials into a mistake.  How else could one explain being dismissed four days after being praised and offered a raise?

Even without knowing details it's clear your dismissal was a huge tactical error on their part, but not surprising.  A lot of people are driven by fear and self interest.  You threatened their self interest which scared them into an immediate overreaction.

To compound that problem the UNR folks made a knee-jerk tactical mistake without first developing a strategy.  Bad for them, good for your case.  Regardless of the outcome the kids lose and that's sad.

I'll leave you with this... I always tell my Marines to "never make a mistake in a hurry."  So, be patient...You already know they wilt under pressure.

I wish you well in your trial.  I'll watch the news reports if I'm here, but am hoping to be in Afghanistan.

Semper Fi.