IdaGriz01
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Pretty much gone as far as social and conventional media are concerned (see my post at the top of the previous page). I cannot speak to Urban's statement to the press, since I've not seen it "live." So I won't go there.Bisonfanatical said:Among many agreeable points that were just posted by player rep I also stand for this comment you made.4theluvofgriz said:What has happened to our system in this country that has caused this lynch-mob mentality? The assistant coach was never convicted of abusing his wife. So, should Meyer have fired him just because of the accusation of such by his wife? I find it reprehensible that our society has degraded to the point that simple accusations, with no proof, can be used to ruin careers (and lives).
There is such a horrible movement in this country by people who possess an extremely skewed and/or subversive mentality, who are in turn promoting civil unrest.
That "metoo" nonsense is a very horrific way to destroy innocent lives (usually). The facts should always be brought to light BEFORE heads start to roll ... what ever happened to innocent until PROVEN guilty?
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But, RE the statement about "minding his own business" and counter statements that "it was his business." Being a football coach obviously has some key differences ... but it is still a boss-to-employee relationship in a government-controlled environment. That I can speak to.
I spent most of my "day job" career working for organizations that survived on government contracts ... and were therefore subject to those laws and rules (laws interpreted by government bureaucrats). We were expressly forbidden from intruding into our subordinate's private lives unless we could prove that that private behavior adversely affected his/her job performance.
I never had a really bad case along those lines, but one of my fellow section managers got caught in a messy one. Just about everyone knew this one guy was an alcoholic and (from those who went drinking with him) a "bad drunk." His fellow drinkers reported, but had no proof, that he beat up his wife pretty much every time he was stinking drunk. But, while he might show up at work with a bad, bad hangover, he did his job just fine. Still, my colleague went to Human Resources for advice. HR told him that the most he could do was, in a low key manner, "suggest" that the guy might consider some personal counseling. The guy, being in total denial (often the case), vehemently rejected the suggestion and threatened to report the manager to HR for his "harassment."
Sadly, the employee was killed in a DUI-related car accident a few months later (but at least he didn't take anyone else with him). Obviously, a lot of pain, and a death, could have been prevented if "the system" had been more proactive in this case. But there are good, valid reasons to take a hard line against letting supervisors "meddle" in the lives of people they have power over ... obvious enough that I should not have to detail them