Texas judge dismisses John Chavis' case against LSU LSU DC John Chavis declines to answer questions about Texas A&M offer, gets testy | Video LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis talks to the media after the Music City Bowl loss to Notre Dame. By Jim Kleinpeter, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Follow on Twitter on August 21, 2015 at 3:08 PM, updated August 21, 2015 at 6:17 PM A Texas judge has dismissed former LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis' case against the school over his contract buyout Friday, sending the case back to Louisiana. Chavis, who left LSU for Texas A&M a day after last year's Music City Bowl loss to Notre Dame, will have to take his chances with the case in a Baton Rouge court. An appeal is possible and the case could be sent to a federal court. Chavis is countersuing LSU saying the school owes him back pay after LSU sued him for a $400,000 buyout payment for leaving before completing his contract. Chavis' counter suit says he does not owe LSU the buyout and that Texas A&M is "obligated to satisfy or be satisfied the liquidated damages." LSU athletic director Joe Alleva declined to comment but LSU general counsel Tom Skinner applauded the decision by Judge Travis Bryan III, who is an A&M graduate. "At heart, this is a simple case," Skinner said. "Mr. Chavis had a contract with the university. He breached it when he left and refused to pay the monies he owed. We are pursuing collection, as we do when a vendor, contractor or employee breaks a contract. "The contract was executed in Louisiana between two Louisiana parties (LSU and Mr. Chavis). The case should have been resolved months ago, but Mr. Chavis apparently believed that if he could force this Louisiana case to be heard in Texas, he would benefit. Judge Bryan disagreed. "We are gratified that the judge saw through Mr. Chavis' transparent attempt to move a Louisiana case to Texas, and we look forward moving this matter to conclusion." LSU filed the original suit in Louisiana and Chavis countersued in Texas hoping to have the case decided there. LSU will have a distinct advantage in its home-state courts. Chavis included A&M in the lawsuit to cover his expenses should LSU win the suit. Chavis claims LSU owes him about $200,000 in vacation pay and that the contract was should be voided because it was altered. The two sides have battled back and forth since January to determine a venue. LSU also won a smaller victory in June when Judge Timothy Kelly, an LSU graduate, , denied a request by Chavis' for a stay, which would have allowed the case in Texas to be resolved first.
Interesting angle ripping Chavis http://www.nola.com/lsu/index.ssf/2015/08/did_you_hear_the_aggie_joke_ab.html#incart_story_package
Well, the media has taken their gloves off regarding Chavis. "In March, LSU's legal team served Chavis with a motion of discovery trying to clarify his January recruiting outings while supposedly not officially employed by A&M. Chavis has refused to answer the discovery, according to LSU. Of course he hasn't. He never thought he was publicly accountable when he was at LSU. The more money he made, the more invisible he became. The guy had the thinnest skin in college football. He was probably almost relieved that LSU coach Les Miles normally doesn't allow his assistants, including the coordinators, to talk to the media. Unlike offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, who wanted to speak to the media several times last year to take heat off his young quarterbacks, it never bothered Chavis that he didn't have to man up after games and explain what went wrong or right. The guy who pocketed more than $1 million a year had no problem with 18 or 19-year old kids facing a gauntlet of media instead of him."
Media always grows balls long after the fact. where was this shit before. pussies, the lot of them. moreso than chavis.
I really like that one of the judges is an LSU grad AND a season ticket holder. Chavis never had a chance.
