contributor michael smerconish is with us. is this not his job, or does he need to step in here pretty soon? well, he s got a few degrees of separation from it. he does appoint members at rutgers. he did not withhold judgment. when it was the basketball coach, mike rice, this time around he want to stay removed from it. what remains to be seen is whether rutgers will do anything about it. i think they have a real problem on their hands here and i think it s primarily a matter of integrity, craig. and here is how i guess there. have you this letter that you made reference to 16 years old, signed off by the members of that volley ball team who claim that they presented it to her face-to-face. if you were to say to me, 16 years ago, you were in a room with people who said you confronted them by saying that they were whores, learning disabled, and alcoholics, i think i would remember that
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
political leaders around the state and i think it s something that she may well have to deal with in the coming days. and governor christie has said that he wants to look into it but he didn t want to make any comment yet because he hasn t. let me ask you a question. how many women do you know have been bridesmaids in a wedding and don t remember it. any? do you remember any women who have actually bought the dress, gone to all the stuff and don t 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
it is painful for a teacher or coach to hear that she hasn t had a positive effect after all these years. but i think these credibility issues are a concern to political leaders around the state and i think it s something that she may well have to deal with in the coming days. and governor christie has said that he wants to look into it but he didn t want to make any comment yet because he hasn t. let me ask you a question. how many women do you know have been bridesmaids in a wedding and don t remember it. any? do you remember any women who have actually bought the dress, gone to all the stuff and don t 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
tennessee. in a conference call yesterday, hermann said she never considered stepping down. rutgers s president says the school looks forward to her running the athletic department. on sunday a newspaper reported the team in tennessee wrote a letter saying she humiliated and emotionally abused players. getting specific, the letter the tennessee players wrote, apparently claimed hermann called them whores, alcoholics, learning disabled. i mean you know, it s an interesting thing. who knows if it s true. assuming it were true, how long should something like that follow you in your career? if you did something at your first job, ridiculous, and learned your lesson, should you pay for it now that you re here, ten years later? i don t know. we talked about this a little bit yesterday. i think while in many other circumstances it s okay to say there s a time limit to when things can follow you and how long, but when you are being hired to clean up a mess very similar to the one you a