Roy Exum: Malone’s 2nd Chance? Sunday, January 10, 2021 - by Roy Exum Roy Exum For all intent and purposes, there are three things I would love to see happen this week. First, I would like to witness a lesson in forgiveness. A UTC assistant football coach, Chris Malone, was too-quickly fired last week after he fell prey to an idiotic “brain spasm” and tweeted a deplorable racist laugh to his buddies. UTC athletic director Mark Wharton promptly fired coach Malone rather than seeking a better solution, and in doing so, offended some university donors and further crippled ever-sagging ticket sales in any sport.