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Tracy Claeys Fired


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He was fired for expressing support for the ten team members suspended. Now, am I wrong, or did I hear that all charges against those ten were dropped or some such thing? If so, this decision is a huge black mark on the U of Minnesota leadership.

 

The school doesn't require a criminal conviction to suspend the players. Rape is notoriously hard to prosecute. What the school found during their investigation was enough to permanently suspend the players. The county Attorney General described the players behavior as "deplorable" but there was not enough evidence to prosecute. Obviously something bad happened.

 

Despite all this, many will still side with the players. I'm not sure if I agree with the Claeys firing or not, but I think he was in a no-win situation. He probably should have been harder on the players for their behavior earlier in the season. Instead, he cut short all punishment as soon as the charges were dropped. (think of Riley at Oregon State with the Brenda Tracy situation, for example)

 

At some point we need to stop repeating history and treat rape as a serious offense for athletes.

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Claeys was kept from last year after Kill quit because the school didn't have an AD at that time. The new AD was hired around 6 months ago and reportedly never was high on Claeys. He wants his own guy. The incident and boycott gave him the go ahead to fire him.

 

Bohl would be a perfect fit.

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If I were Bohl, I would run as far away from that as possible.

 

Curious as to why? He would be the ADs hand picked guy so he would get some extra leash if the first couple years are rough.

 

He already has a built in relationship with the MN HS coaches from his time at NDSU. His style of play matches the current Gopher roster. I mean Bohl fits Minnesota way more than Fleck IMO

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