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Message: [QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 2018587, member: 204"] Obviously I don't know who made what decision. It just seems to me from what I have read that Coyle was deeply involved in the decision. Regarding your second point, I guess I just disagree with what you're suggesting. First I never even hinted that the head coach did or should condone sexual assault. Not at all. I observed that a good leader supports his people when they undertake a sincere act 0f protest. It may have been misguided or it have been uninformed, but my impression is that the players did what college students tend to do - they voiced concern for the due process rights of their teammates. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. And in such a setting, a team can be destroyed if the coach does not support the players right to protest. Regarding Coyle, a true leader in my opinion doesn't do the politically correct thing but stands up and says "I applaud the coach for doing something that might be controversial to certain advocates - supporting the rights of his players." That is leadership in my opinion. Firing the guy after having given him a vote of confidence two weeks earlier - just to be politically correct - is not leadership in my opinion. Obviously I don't know the facts all that well. It may be that Coyle or the president were courageous for firing the guy. But from my limited perspective, I don't see it that way. And to me it is not "apples and coffee cups. " Character is can be very difficult. Coyle would have shown me true character had he turned down Minnesota job - a position that he really wanted - because he had committed to Syracuse. Like when Vince Lombardi turned down the NY Giants job - his dream job - after one year at Green Bay. And, he would have shown me character if he had responded to the advocates by asserting "we do not in any way condone violence or sexual assault or this kind of behavior, but we do believe in free speech and due process and we do believe that our coach had the right to publicly support his players' decision to express themselves on this issue." That would have shown me some courage and character. Firing the guy didn't really show me all that much. [/QUOTE]

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