• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    “We’ve investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong.”

    Players come forward with corroborations.

    “We’ve hired private outside investigators and found someone did something wrong, but the coach didn’t know about it. He’s an honorable man so we’ve only given him a slap on the wrist. We consider the matter settled.”

    More players come forward, with photographic evidence, and say the coaches knew and it was far worse than anyone imagined, especially the threats to anyone reporting hazing.

    “We’ve looked within ourselves, and realized we can blame everything on one evil, shitty coach who we have now fired. He was clearly and solely responsible for all of it, and we expect this should be the end of the bad publicity, thank you and good day.”

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      Not without a hint of irony, this is far less severe than the actions of fellow Big Ten member Michigan “doctors raping children” State.

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    Sounds like he was “old school” in that toxic way that coaches can be. Building a sports team by traumatizing teenagers is some retrograde bullshit, and hopefully the “leaders” who condone it are a dying breed.

    I will say I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this is finally coming out in the Portal era. It’s almost like it was a terrible idea to give petty megalomaniacs complete control over a dedicated athlete’s athletic and educational options.

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      That would be my guess, it’s way too late to do a traditional coaching search. But I’m not sure who in his staff will survive the firing and want to stay and be the interim.

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        Yeah the people with better resumes are probably looking for interviews outside Northwestern now. The interim will be someone green looking to build their resume.

        Gonna be a long year for the Wildcats

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          People with better resumes are getting ready to start their own fall camps!