players, but then kept it quiet for months, didn t do anything about it until it was leaked to the media that this was going on. so you would think that of anybody else they would cast the net for to become their new athletic director, that person would have to have none of this in their past no matter what kind of person they are now. it also brings into question the oversight of this school. what is happening at this place that you could have hired this person in the first place, that you wouldn t have checked into these allegations. none of these former players say that they were contacted. in fact, the woman who we just saw in the piece who sued for pregnancy discrimination says she was never contacted either. what kind of due diligence did they actually do. craig, it is kind of amazing because again, miss herrmann s statement is puzzling because on the one hand she said look, we all make mistakes when we re young and she s evolved and she s tried to always learn from her mistake
crazy. i was by julie s side in every meeting and every practice and she never did what they re saying. it seems julie herrmann was no intention of stepping down. in a statement late monday, she admitted being an intense coach, but said there is a vast difference between high intensity and abusive behavior. she said she has every intention of bringing her passion and experience to her role as athletic director for rutgers university. she s due to start june 17th. anderson? randi, thanks very much. let s dig deeper on the line between intensity and abuse and what kind of due diligence rutgers actually did. for that we re joined by rachel nicke nichols and craig wolf of the newark star-ledger who broke the story. what do you make of this? what the coach is saying is that word is not in her vocabulary, she never would have used it.
even remember it? there is also saying oh, she left coaching, she left coaching also, if you were a coach and 15 of your players confront you with a letter saying you called us [ expletive ], learning disabled, all sorts of horrible things, and you turn around and don t say anything, just say i m stopping coaching you and walk out, that would seem to be pretty memorable. i remember things my coaches said to me in college and you know, they stick with you. here s the concern. craig just brought up a great word. students/teacher. that is the relationship here with the coach, students in college, this is not the pros, you are supposed to be teaching these kids how to act in the world. and what we re seeing from her even today, forget what happened
she s due to start june 17th. anderson? randi, thanks very much. let s dig deeper on the line between intensity and abuse and what kind of due diligence rutgers actually did. for that we re joined by rachel nichols and craig wolf of the newark star-ledger who broke the story. what do you make of this? what the coach is saying is that word is not in her vocabulary, she never would have used it. now you have 15 players saying she routinely used it and saying they wrote this letter and presented it to her in a meeting and the coach is saying she has no memory of the meeting ever happening. i think this is a huge problem on a couple different levels. yes, i certainly think that there s a chance for her to evolve and to change over 15 years, that s what some supporters have said, that even if she did do these things, people are entitled to second chances. maybe she is a great athletic director. maybe she could go on to be a great athletic director at another school. that doesn t mea
credibility about them. that s not, again, to that doesn t necessarily argue against julie herrmann, but the players seem authentic. these are people are young families and young careers who say that, you know, they don t have any particular motivation to harm her. yeah. it s fascinating. we ll see what happens. craig, appreciate your reporting. rachel, great to have you on the show. let me know what you think. talk about it on twitter right now. coming up, fire breaking out on a royal caribbean cruise ship. more than 3,000 people on board. stuff just keeps on happening. we ll get the latest. also ahead, a retrial for the penalty phase of the jodi arias case. that s set for july. you know about that. tonight, i will speak to one of the jurors who actually voted for death. ensures support, a breakthrough. and sooner than you d like. sooner than you d think. you die from alzheimer s disease. we cure alzheimer s disease.