Art Briles FIRED

[Mr. Nielsen]

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/art-briles-firing-at-baylor-brings-some-form-of-relief-to-alleged-victim-s-family-052616

[GGGG]

Some of the quotes in that report are so damning, I would hope that his college career is over.

[warriorchick]

Some of the quotes in that report are so damning, I would hope that his college career is over.

Never underestimate the levelof squirminess that some collegiate sports programs are willing to tolerate.

[wadesworld]

Never underestimate the levelof squirminess that some collegiate sports programs are willing to tolerate.

It's all fair game until it leaks out to the public.

[MerrittsMustache]

Never underestimate the levelof squirminess that some collegiate sports programs are willing to tolerate.

If only he could have led Baylor to a National Title, this would have all gone away!

[MU82]

He has proven he can recruit big men.

Give him a call, Wojo!

[Herman Cain]

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/art-briles-firing-at-baylor-brings-some-form-of-relief-to-alleged-victim-s-family-052616

[warriorchick]

Not so fast, fellas:

http://deadspin.com/baylor-is-full-of-crap-1778933505

ETA:
Dang it!  Stupid censorship! If you want to read the article, you have to substitute the s-word for "crap" in the link.

Briles isn't fired after all.

[GGGG]

Not so fast, fellas:

http://deadspin.com/baylor-is-full-of-crap-1778933505

ETA:
Dang it!  Stupid censorship! If you want to read the article, you have to substitute the s-word for "crap" in the link.

Briles isn't fired after all.

He's not fired *yet.*  The wording is "suspended with the intent to terminate."  My understanding is that this is the process that is called for via his contract.

He's gone.

[HouWarrior]

Hmm..... Christian based school lets ax fall all over for its institutional failures in the handling of sexual assault claims, including by a player.

Briles missed his chance to jump to VaTech before the handling of sexual assault claims came home to roost. lol

Former Clinton/Whitewater/Lewinsky sex special counsel investigator Ken Starr was also fired from presidency of Baylor...will stay on as chancellor. Ironic

[HouWarrior]

Update; The AD has resigned, and today Ken Starr (who was demoted/reassigned from presidency to chancellor) resigned from all positions.

I havent read the investigative report, and I dont know how bad this was. I admit though that the way Baptist based Baylor has fired folks and the way the many resignations have followed the school and people have done a nice job of manning up on the responsibility.

Congrats to the Baylor family for this taking of responsibility

[wadesworld]

Update; The AD has resigned, and today Ken Starr (who was demoted/reassigned from presidency to chancellor) resigned from all positions.

I havent read the investigative report, and I dont know how bad this was. I admit though that the way Baptist based Baylor has fired folks and the way the many resignations have followed the school and people have done a nice job of manning up on the responsibility.

Congrats to the Baylor family for this taking of responsibility

They should've taken responsibility much earlier.  They took in a player who was kicked out of his previous school for sexual assault, failed to investigate (or just refused to investigate) a number of claims of sexual assaults carried out by players within the program, refused to hire a Title 9 coordinator for 3 years after being told to do so, etc.

This was not handled well...at all.  Just because you go on a firing rampage once everything you tried to hide becomes public doesn't mean you did a good job.

[forgetful]

Update; The AD has resigned, and today Ken Starr (who was demoted/reassigned from presidency to chancellor) resigned from all positions.

I havent read the investigative report, and I dont know how bad this was. I admit though that the way Baptist based Baylor has fired folks and the way the many resignations have followed the school and people have done a nice job of manning up on the responsibility.

Congrats to the Baylor family for this taking of responsibility

No way you can congratulate them.  They hid everything until it became public.  This on the heels of the Dave Bliss incident and a notoriously squirmy current basketball coach.

This is nothing but shameful for the entire University.  They honestly deserve the death penalty more than any University not named UNC.

[naginiF]

No way you can congratulate them.  They hid everything until it became public.  This on the heels of the Dave Bliss incident and a notoriously squirmy current basketball coach.

This is nothing but shameful for the entire University.  They honestly deserve the death penalty more than any University not named UNC.

Agree.  At first i thought hou was teal in the "congrats"......once it became public they did all the right things but clearly they don't have the institutional controls or morals to claim any sort of high ground.

Tangentially, I see decommits are coming in on the football side......any hope their basketball program implodes too?

[HouWarrior]

I am very sorry on the congrats...as I noted I had not read the report or followed the story until the Briles firing (we had him at UH before that)...clearly I should have...I'll take back the congrats if such can be done.. thanks for your better quality input.

I'll try harder not to post without adequate reading /researching. Sorry guys

[naginiF]

I am very sorry on the congrats...as I noted I had not read the report or followed the story until the Briles firing (we had him at UH before that)...clearly I should have...I'll take back the congrats if such can be done.. thanks for your better quality input.

I'll try harder not to post without adequate reading /researching. Sorry guys

IMHO your track record of being level headed speaks for itself - zero worries.

[wadesworld]

IMHO your track record of being level headed speaks for itself - zero worries.

+1.

[MU82]

Update; The AD has resigned, and today Ken Starr (who was demoted/reassigned from presidency to chancellor) resigned from all positions.

Last I heard, Starr was staying on as a professor.

Of what? Hypocrisy?

[warriorchick]

Last I heard, Starr was staying on as a professor.

Of what? Hypocrisy?

Baylor saw what happened with the McAdams incident and didn't want the black eye that Marquette has.

[Lennys Tap]

IMHO your track record of being level headed speaks for itself - zero worries.

+2

[MU82]

Baylor saw what happened with the McAdams incident and didn't want the black eye that Marquette has.

So Starr hasn't stayed on to teach despite what ESPN and dozens of other news outlets have reported?

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/15875833/kenneth-starr-resign-chancellor-baylor-continue-teach

[mu-rara]

Baylor saw what happened with the McAdams incident and didn't want the black eye that Marquette has.

C'mon Chick.  You're better than that.

[warriorchick]

C'mon Chick.  You're better than that.

Meaning......

[mu-rara]

Meaning......

Equating a systemic cover up of sexual assault by Baylor with the McAdams BS.    Whatever McAdams did, it was nowhere close to what was going on at Baylor.

I apologize If I misunderstood your meaning.

[warriorchick]

Equating a systemic cover up of sexual assault by Baylor with the McAdams BS.    Whatever McAdams did, it was nowhere close to what was going on at Baylor.

I apologize If I misunderstood your meaning.

I was trying to use sarcasm make the point that certain members of this board are going ape crap about how terrible the McAdams issue is making Marquette look, when in the meantime, we have Baylor, UNC, et al really crapping the bed in terms of public perception.