KeilaSzpaller said:
This is Keila Szpaller with the Missoulian looking to talk with the person who launched the petition for a story. Favor for a call? I'm at 523 5262. Thank you.
Best,
Keila
Keila Szpaller
Missoulian
406/523-5262
Keila,
Why do you and all of the Missoula media allow multiple people to say or write stuff like this (below) and not ask or challenge them for their support and backup?
"Hauck's detractors argue his tenure contributed to a climate that led to federal investigations of the campus for mishandling sexual assault and blemished the flagship's reputation."
That statement is absolutely not true. There is not one shred of evidence to support that statement.
There were no sexual assault claims or charges against players in the 7 years Hauck was at UM. Yes, one Missoula kid recruited while Hauck was the coach, plead guilty to sexual assault almost 3 years after Hauck left for UNLV. Jordan Johnson was recruited by Coach Pflugrad, not Hauck. Pflugrad had known Johnson and his dad for many years, and Pflugrad's son and Johnson played at the same high school in Eugene when Pfugrad was coaching for Oregon. Johnson committed to UM in early January when Pflugrad was the head coach. My source is Pflugrad. I call him last week to verify.
Also, Johnson was acquitted, never kicked out of UM, never lost his scholarship, was allowed to play 2 2 more years, and was later paid $245,000 by UM for the unfair treatment UM gave him.
And not one of Hauck's recruits were involved in any of the other UM sexual assault proceedings that occurred years after Hauck left. And, as you should know, those proceedings didn't go anywhere for anyone who bothered to get a lawyer to fight them. Not one player who got a lawyer to help fight the proceeding got kicked out of school. In fact, they won their UM proceedings.
"Contributed to the climate"? Can you or anyone you talk to, explain how Hauck contributed to the climate. The feds didn't come to UM until about 25 years after Hauck departed for UM. UM and Missoula handled, or mishandled, sexual assault. Not Hauck.
And Hauck didn't cause the enrollment decline either. Enrollment was going up steadily while Hauck was at UM, and enrollment continued to go up for 2 years after he left. It was 4 years after he left before enrollment had a significant drop. In year 3, it dropped about 250, after many years of growth.
Are the Missoulian, the Kaimin, people like Lisa Davey and the 28 professors incapable of showing any objectivity or doing any research?