Grambling players caught off guard with Price's firing

GRAMBLING, Louisiana  -- The shock value of Joseph Price’s firing still resonated strongly Wednesday, a day after Price was surprisingly given the pink slip as Grambling’s men’s basketball coach.

Several team members were left without words when news hit Tuesday that new Grambling interim president Cynthia Warrick had started to clean house with the reassignment of athletic director Aaron James and the firing of Price.

“We haven’t really talked much about it,” said Grambling guard and Richwood product Remond Brown. “Everybody has just been thinking about it and sad and down about it.”

Price tried to meet with as many players as possible Tuesday to deliver the news, but not everyone was available due to conflicting summer schedules.

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