<p>Rutgers’ Problems: Mike Rice’s Behavior, Eddie Jordan’s Resume and Now Julie Hermann’s Alleged Behavior Years Ago
You can read about the Scarlet Knights’ latest problem*[Rutgers</a>’ new athletic director faces fresh questions about her past | NJ.com](<a href=“Rutgers' new athletic director faces fresh questions about her past - nj.com”>Rutgers' new athletic director faces fresh questions about her past - nj.com)</p>
<p>Should they stand behind this hire?</p>
<p>Rutgers has shown an uncanny ability to make the dumbest decisions in the recent past. Nothing new here.</p>
<p>The buck stops with their Prez.</p>
<p>The Board of Governors at Rutgers is supposed to be governing the college. Ultimately, the citizens of New Jersey will decide what happens at Rutgers with this whole mess.</p>
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<p>Newsflash–even female coaches yell at players. You think Pat Summit was all sweetness and hugs? Winning teams don’t complain and unhappy players just leave quietly. Losing ones sometimes do.</p>
<p>If the allegations against her are true, I would say it amounts to a little bit more than yelling.</p>
<p>Barrons, at this point Hermann’s main problem is that it is WIDELY believed that she lied in her public comments, when asked about her long-ago tenure at U Tennessee. A look at the comments section of the NJ newspapers show that a lot of folks would have let this tea kettle just blow over if Hermann had not seemed so amazingly disingenuous with her spotty memory and had rather simply said ‘I was a young coach who was tough, maybe made a mistake or two, but have learned a lot in the past 15 years as an administrator and adviser to young student athletes.’ Nope. Hermann began to dig her own grave and kept on digging with statements like “There’s no video. Trust me.” And ‘was there a wedding? I thought the my assistant coach [and “good friend”] eloped.’ Really, do most bridesmaids forget that they participated in a wedding and caught the bouquet? Especially when that “good friend” later sued them and prevailed in a sex discrimination case?</p>
<p>The most interesting comment I’ve read so far about this situation is from a Rutgers fan whom asked if there’s any on-the-record statement from Hermann about the Coach Rick Pitino restaurant tryst incident. Hermann is one of the few women with a big job, albeit the 2nd banana, at a big time sports department and it would be interesting to see if the virtue she’s now trying to display at Rutgers is a new habit for her.</p>
<p>OK, we get rid of all public employees and politicans who had memory lapses conveniently. Basically unless she was in bed with her players/coaches I just don’t care. Unless people played a D-1 level sport they are just talking out of there butt as to what is normal behavior. This dragging up old stuff on people is getting, old. Everyone screwed up somewhere if they ever did anything. Get over it.</p>
<p>Hermann should keep the job. The bigger problem is that Tim Pernetti should have been able to keep his.</p>
<p>Currently reading Pat Summit’s autobiography. She was no angel and admits it. She used to set up garbage cans at the corners of the gym so the players could get sick. These are D1 players - yelling is to be expected. </p>
<p>News today noted there was a full background check prepared by the executive recruiting firm. I would hope this was uncovered. If not, the firm has liability.</p>
<p>The Governor backed her today on a radio call in show. Said the letter was unsigned and the administrators from Tennessee have no knowledge of the letter.</p>
<p>Barrons, I often enjoy your sparring with folks here on CC, but I am not going to argue with you. Yes, bringing up stale acts of bad behavior often is pointless, but Hermann lost me with the “I don’t remember” nonsense. The event in which she was involved was too significant to be so easily dismissed from memory. The player revolt changed the course of her career, motivating her to leave the coach’s bench for the safety of the front office, so to speak.</p>
<p>That being said, should be fired? Well, if she fesses up, probably not. Overall, this situation is just too PC for me.</p>
<p>And yes, it’s no secret that Pat Summit was a terror. Never liked her (some of her players were a bit thuggish), but you can’t argue with her record and I know of no improper behavior on her part.</p>
<p>I agree Barrons ,There needs to be a point at which we try to move on; lots of people have “skeletons” in their past. Most all of us make mistakes at one time or another. <em>However</em> skeletons don’t mean you can never work again after ‘time served.’ For me, it does mean there are some jobs you’ll never be seriously considered for again.if you’ve been penalized for behavior against college athletes, it will be a tough time trying to pass muster as the athletic director/fund raiser for a prominent university’s athletic director.</p>
<p>I agree with Lake Washington, this is more about the cover up than her past. 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.</p>
<p>It’s not over yet. NYT reports Hermann fired an assistant track and field coach after she went to HR complaining about sex discrimination.</p>
<p><a href=“New Rutgers Athletic Director Was at Center of Sex Discrimination Suit - The New York Times”>New Rutgers Athletic Director Was at Center of Sex Discrimination Suit - The New York Times;
<p>Will the President and AD survive the summer?
Will tuition go up in the next few years?</p>
<p>I’m usually on the side of thinking that 17-year-old problems should be discounted, but after reading the article, I have to agree that her statements are so unbelievable that I would be hard-pressed to think that she is trustworthy. She could easily have glossed over it, but didn’t.</p>
<p>One of the puzzling elements is that with hundreds of potential candidates, the school decided to hire one with ANY KIND of baggage, and at a time the school needed to send a strong message that they meant to clean house. </p>
<p>Fwiw, Christie is on downwards spiral. Perhaps he needs to upper the calories to regain his old acumen of one year ago.</p>