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[QUOTE="Waltdods, post: 2467810, member: 2932"]
He knows what he should say, and he says it. But he also says other things.

This is a a great insight into why institutions fail over and over in these situations. Izzo knows Simon; she’s done great things for him professionally and (I’m sure) personally. They’ve stared down controversies together before, many of them meritless. They’ve become rich and famous together and in no small part because of each other. He doesn’t know any of the victims; he can sort of imagine their pain (but only mediated through his daughters, as he repeats over and over again) but he has no connection or loyalty to them. So he protects the person he knows and likes. This is the same dynamic that, in less public fashion, leads to Nassar getting away with this for decades.

Sadly, I don’t think this makes Izzo or Simon uniquely evil; it makes them flawed humans deserving of blame. But I suspect most presidents and most basketball coaches at most schools would acquit themselves no better in identical circumstances.
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