Rutgers got some 'splainin' to do....

OK, here's the thing..... lots and lots of people have "skeletons" in their past. Most all of us make mistakes at one time or another. So do we say to these people "too bad, you blew it, you did such-and-such and now you are blackballed for life". Hell, we even give murderers a chance at parole. But apparently, in the minds of some, not other transgressions. There needs to be a point at which we try to move on.

 

When somebody causes a problem, you don't replace them with somebody who had the exact same problem.

 

It's not the crime. It's the cover-up.

Actually, in this case, it is the crime too. They fired their basketball coach for essentially the same conduct and now they're trying to act as if Hermann's conduct is no big deal.

 

It's not over. NYT reports Hermann fired an assistant track and field coach after she went to HR complaining about sex discrimination.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/sports/new-rutgers-athletic-director-was-at-center-of-sex-discrimination-suit.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&

 

Gotta tip my cap to Craig Wolff. Saw him on Morning Joe this a.m. talking about how
he got the story.

 

I guess Rutgers has always thought of itself as a poor man's Penn State anyway.

 

Hope it's not too late for her to take her Louisville house off the market.

And at what point will someone start digging into the background of the co-chair of the selection committee?

She basically snubbed the 40 or so candidates that were vetted by the search firm Rutgers hired and pushed for Hermann to be given the job.

 

How'd Wolff get the scoop?

 

She's not a good leader, but she's absolutely a legend.

 

Ok, here's another thing: 'skeltons' don't mean you can never work again after 'time served.' it soes, however, mean there are some jobs you'll never be seriously considered for again. i mean, convicted pedophiles cam gain employment after time served but no matter how many years have passed they will not EVER agan be girl-scout/boy-scout leaders. and if you've be penalized for behavior against college athletes like the new rutgers ad was you sure as hell are going to find a tough time trying to pass muster as the athletic director/fund raiser for a prominent university's athletic director gig. there are crimes that mean you're forever deprived of some gigs, imho.

 

Well played Mauer.

 

he picked up the phone and kept dialing up women who signed the letter. just standard work for a guy assigned to do a (soft) takeout feature on the new sheriff in own. the same simple, by the numbers calls the rutgers search committee either didn't bother to do themselves or chose to ignore.