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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1310887, member: 27"]
I have been off the board some, and someone else might have mentioned it, but I feel compelled to point out that the same thing has happened before.

The first incident happened with the infamous Ernie Davis statue snafu, where when the statue was first unveiled, it featured brand new Nike shoes, complete with big swooshes on the sides.  Of course, Nike didn't even exist with ED played.

Dr Gross blamed the sculptor in public for the mistake.  The problem was, the sculptor was a sweet elderly man who knew nothing about sports.   When he made the statue, he asked SU to provide him with a copy of the uniform Ernie played in:  shirt, pants, helmet, shoes, so he could use that as a basis for the statue details.  Someone at SU dropped the ball and gave him inappropriate equipment, which was bad enough.  Blaming the sculptor though, really was an awful move.  I have never seen Orangeyes, who personally recruited the guy, as mad as he got after that episode.

Personal accountability for mistakes is important.  I am not saying anyone should be fired.  But people need to own up to their mistakes and learn from them.  Not seeing much of that from these folks...
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