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Message: [QUOTE="gocraz4dasu, post: 2650198, member: 1109"] Ahhhh, the tried and true JoePa excuse of "I reported significant abuses I was made aware of to my immediate superior so that absolves me of all responsibility." Urban admitted in his statement that he was aware of the abuses that occurred or at least the accusations and his only response is to report it to the AD...? Maybe that gives him that layer of protection he so-covets for his job safety (which there should be documentation backing up if he reported it as he says, since it is a Title IX issue), but at what point is a coach punished for only doing the absolute bare minimum to protect to people against someone you have been made aware of that very well might be a POS? These aren't some small allegations of one time small occurrence, they are repetitive behaviors and Urban's mentor and also his right-hand man went to the victim to try and get her to not pursue charges in the past. When exactly do we hold someone in a position of power (which Urban certainly is, he could have fired Smith at any point and replaced him in a week) higher than the bare minimum? Urban isn't a 19 year kid, he's a grown man that should have learnt his lesson at Florida regarding turning a blind-eye to horrible behavior. Just because he pointed the finger at his AD doesn't mean he doesn't deserve blame. You can't preach respect women and then do next-to-nothing when a woman potentially being beaten by a member of your staff is brought to your attention. He (maybe) reported the allegations to the AD, does he just never follow up about it? It's BS. I'm tired of the "I told someone else" so you can't fire me excuse. Each person reports it to their suerior until it gets to the board and then they have cover because the board is made up of multiple people, so they can say they lost on a vote. Everyone is protected and the behavior/action never gets addressed/corrected. [/QUOTE]

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