Arizona State has fired a radio sideline reporter following his criticism of the coaching staff on a recent podcast.

Jordan Simone played at Arizona State from 2013-2015 and was an all conference safety. He was hired by the school ahead of the 2018 season to serve as a reporter for the Sun Devil Radio Network. Simone remained in that role until this week, YardBarker reported. Simone announced on Thursday that he had been fired for his criticism of ASU’s football coaches during an appearance on a podcast, “Speak of the Devils.”

Simone said he felt the Sun Devils lacked discipline, was critical of the ASU coaching staff and said the Herm Edwards experiment wasn’t working. The Sun Devils had a “Rose Bowl or bust” season in his mind entering the fall.

“It ain’t working,” he said on the podcast. “It was a good experiment. No disrespect to any of those coaches as men and as people … but it just ain’t working. The fans deserve better. The players deserve better,” Simone said on the podcast. “These players don’t even realize that they’re being coached so poorly.”

He later tweeted a statement about the issue.

“Sad to announce I’ve been let go from the ASU radio broadcast for some comments I made on @SotDPodcast. I have nothing but love for the football program and University. I’m as proud of a Sundevil as you’re going to find and I will miss my time on the sidelines.”