Surly aside, I am absolutely aware of the propensity of men to be stupid lecherous assholes. I am also aware of an older colleague who was turned into HR by a 21-year-old paralegal for sexual harassment for the sin of telling her “ you look very pretty today”.
Now, in the year of our Lord 2025 should an old guy tell a young woman that? No, not unless they were a long time work buddies with a close friendship that eliminated any sexual connotation. So I know that men can be pigs, and I know that some young women today see misogyny and sexism at every statement and around every corner. How will this turn out?
I have no idea. We are currently ranked number 5 in the country, and if there is sufficient evidence to fire the guy today, I am all for it. Even if it burns the program down. But to be honest, I do not know the details well enough to have an opinion on the credibility of the charges or the credibility of his defense. We aren’t Baylor and we aren’t FSU. I do know that there is a pretty well developed HR investigation procedure for things like this, and that they follow it very closely because a wrongful termination will obviously cost them a shit ton of money. And a botched Baylor like investigation will also lead to the accuser rightfully suing our ass if there is even a whiff of cover-up. And I would support that totally.
The one thing I do know with certainty is that investigations will not happen quickly to appease Florida fans who may want the coach cleared - or fans of other schools who want the coach fired.
So we will see.