Report: Baylor coaches won't be punished for protesting school via Twitter

Twitter can be a great place to provide opinions and stay connected, but as the most recent chapter in the Baylor saga suggests, it can also be a forum for backlash.

A day after more than 20 Bears coaches aligned and took to Twitter with the hashtag #TRUTHDONTLIE regarding the details of the dismissal of former defensive tackle Jeremy Faulk, athletic director Mack Rhoades appears to have decided to not punish the group for speaking out, according to Julie Hays and Mikel Lauber of KWTX News.

Sources say that Rhoades met privately with a coach late Monday evening and addressed the tweets, saying nothing would happen to the coaches who used the hashtag in response to the report.

The tweets were centered around a report that Bears head coach Jim Grobe clarified statements related to Faulk's dismissal, calling it a decision made by administrators and contradicting an earlier statement made by the university.

"The action to remove Jeremy from the football team was taken by the Interim Director of Athletics and Acting Head Football Coach, and did not require other Executive Council members nor Title IX staff involvement," the university's earlier statement read.

According to KWTX, a number of coaches were together in the same room when the tweets began to appear, slightly before 6 p.m. on Monday.