It's funny, but when I heard this story, I immediately thought "Currie." This just seems like the type of weak, passive-aggressive, fight-through-the-media stunt that Currie would pull. I wasn't able to figure out why he would be doing this, but he was the first person I thought of as a source for this "news."
I would like to think our current President and AD is way above trying to use the media to achieve results.