Savage Beatings Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Fran Foley, the newly hired VP of Player Personnel for the Vikings has been found to have lied on his resume and biography on a significant number of details including items that would have definitely contributed to his being hired. Read about it here on a KFAN Blog. It remains to be seen how the Owner Zygi Wilf will respond to the situation after apparently trying to build a team based upon character. Foley was hired over two well known and seemingly well qualified internal candidates (including former Vikings LB Scott Studwell). Hopefully nothing will come of this until after the draft! That's all the Vikes need right now is to go into this draft without one of their key decision makers on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin Johnies Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Profootballtalk broke this story a week ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 Profootballtalk broke this story a week ago. 1434613[/snapback] Yes, but at first it was thought that perhaps it was just his college football playing time. Upon further review it is apparent that the fabrications extend throughout his listed career stops in some very key positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutrun Jellies Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 It remains to be seen how the Owner Zygi Wilf will respond to the situation after apparently trying to build a team based upon character. Hopefully nothing will come of this until after the draft! 1434609[/snapback] If the vikes are committed to the first part, the timing is irrelevant. Lie on your application at my employer and you are fired immediately. It's one of many things we absolutely do not tolerate. Not "wait until your big project is done" -- gone. Now. Get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Fran Foley, the newly hired VP of Player Personnel for the Vikings has been found to have lied on his resume 1434609[/snapback] nobody lies on their resumes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 nobody lies on their resumes 1434640[/snapback] whats a resume??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 nobody lies on their resumes 1434640[/snapback] He claimed to be a Full-time Coach when he was in actuality a Graduate Assistant. He claimed to be the Director of Football Operations when he was in actuality an Administrative Assistant. Those are some pretty big leaps right there! It might not matter as much in another market but Wilf comes in and wants to clean up the team's image... turns out one of his biggest hires is a fraud. Foley might be very very good at his job, but I don't know if Wilf can let him stay and still save face in regard to building a team based uopn character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcd480 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 http://www.startribune.com/510/story/386466.html http://www.startribune.com/150/story/388478.html Here's a couple more articles about this. The first one is from last Friday and only discusses the error in the length of Foley's college playing career and the second from today that brings up the more serious discrepancies in his previous coaching positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBalata Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Oh Christ....who friggin cares what he did back in the 80's at the high-powered football schools of Colgate, the Citadel and Rutgers. He sure as hell didn't make it into the Vikes front office based on anything he did at those places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebugz Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 He claimed to be a Full-time Coach when he was in actuality a Graduate Assistant. He claimed to be the Director of Football Operations when he was in actuality an Administrative Assistant. Those are some pretty big leaps right there! It might not matter as much in another market but Wilf comes in and wants to clean up the team's image... turns out one of his biggest hires is a fraud. Foley might be very very good at his job, but I don't know if Wilf can let him stay and still save face in regard to building a team based uopn character. 1434655[/snapback] I say demote him to VP of Janitorial Services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Foley was quoted as saying that only 4 people will know the Vikings plans on draft day. There might even be some fake papers passed around to throw people off. Very similar to his resume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 So is that lying on the resume, or Vikings PR department pumping up his credentials to show the guy isn't just a hack who moves around because he can't get a full-time gig anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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