One of the better reads on this that I have seen, enjoy. Now if only some of the slappys in East Lansing or Detroit had the balls to come out swinging like this perhaps the filth in East Lansing would be washed away.
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Just a thought, but shouldn’t Loh and Evans have wondered about that environment on, say, May 30? This isn’t asking for a rush to judgment. This is asking, 63 days after Jordan McNair died, for someone to stand up and say, “I messed up, and one of our students isn’t here because of it.”
The university — the entire university — is diminished because of all this. Not just the trainers who Loh tried to isolate and will certainly be unemployed soon. Not just the football team’s strength coach, who already is unemployed — though handsomely compensated for his efforts. Not just Durkin, who is on administrative leave as his former team prepares for what feels like a comparatively meaningless season opener Sept. 1 against Texas.
Not just Evans, who said Tuesday that when he was promoted, “My highest priority was to investigate the events surrounding this death.” But he waited for a media report to truly explore the culture in which that death occurred. And not just Loh, who led a public approach since McNair’s death that amounts to these Terrapins pulling their necks into their shells.
A global leader in anything wouldn’t have waited that long. A preeminent university would employ people who hire well, who delegate appropriately, and who make sure basic safeguards are in place. A preeminent university would then have spent every moment asking the most basic questions with urgency. Sixty-three days after Jordan McNair died, the University of Maryland is still pondering it all — its football coach, its training staff, its direction — and the entire school is diminished because of it.
Check it out here
A few paragraphs....
Just a thought, but shouldn’t Loh and Evans have wondered about that environment on, say, May 30? This isn’t asking for a rush to judgment. This is asking, 63 days after Jordan McNair died, for someone to stand up and say, “I messed up, and one of our students isn’t here because of it.”
The university — the entire university — is diminished because of all this. Not just the trainers who Loh tried to isolate and will certainly be unemployed soon. Not just the football team’s strength coach, who already is unemployed — though handsomely compensated for his efforts. Not just Durkin, who is on administrative leave as his former team prepares for what feels like a comparatively meaningless season opener Sept. 1 against Texas.
Not just Evans, who said Tuesday that when he was promoted, “My highest priority was to investigate the events surrounding this death.” But he waited for a media report to truly explore the culture in which that death occurred. And not just Loh, who led a public approach since McNair’s death that amounts to these Terrapins pulling their necks into their shells.
A global leader in anything wouldn’t have waited that long. A preeminent university would employ people who hire well, who delegate appropriately, and who make sure basic safeguards are in place. A preeminent university would then have spent every moment asking the most basic questions with urgency. Sixty-three days after Jordan McNair died, the University of Maryland is still pondering it all — its football coach, its training staff, its direction — and the entire school is diminished because of it.
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