Let me clarify something for some of you on this board. I am not "Anti LaVall" or rooting for the program to fail. Never did. Never will.
What I am doing is actively opposing an unethical, immoral, incompetent, lying, unqualified joke of an Athletic Director who at this point is not worthy of running a McDonald's much less being the Athletic Director of a D1 school. She was unqualified when she was hired, and remains so today. Since she was hired, she has demonstrated that she has severe deficiencies in "people skills", leadership, accountability, honesty, integrity, and overall professionalism.
I am also actively opposing a university administration that has tolerated this situation for far too long and refuses to even speak to the concerns raised by many people
Opposing her is opposing all those things she embodies. I want LaVall to work for someone who is not a complete farce and a vindictive, selfish, and generally horrible person. He deserves better, as do his players.
Those of you not joining our cause are necessarily actively supporting all the aforementioned behaviors and actions. You are telling the world it is:
- ok to lie to players and parents on critical items
- ok to jerk around corporate partners simply to display your power
- ok to lie to, disrespect, defame, and possibly defraud university donors
- ok to lie to administrators about your actions
- ok to act outside the chain of command
- ok to make the support, education, betterment, and success of 18 - 22 year old students under your charge secondary to self promotion and egoism intended to do nothing but further a personal agenda
- ok to use employment status as a weapon to be used to reinforce the message that any dissent will not be tolerated
- ok to fire members of the staff for petulant and personal reasons having nothing to do with performance and then lie openly about it
I seek the termination of the Athletic Director because she has done every one of these things, and more, and is an untrustworthy, unprofessional, and unethical person who does not deserve her position and should not represent my university, or any university. Clearly she is a failure, both as a professional and as a human being.
I also seek the termination of her boss, Chancellor Mark Mone, who has refused to demand ethical behavior, accountability and professionalism, and has demonstrated he is incapable of leading a $500 million per year venture, funded in large part by tax dollars, and expected to teach positive character traits to the students enrolled in it. Clearly he has failed in his basic mission.
So continue to delude yourself with the belief that my position is a simple matter of a single coach. Continue the lie that this is a small issue.
If I have any ability to influence the events of the next few weeks, and I believe I do, you will soon see this is far from a small issue, and far from an issue of a single fired coach or even wins and losses. It is about accountability, and I am doing all I can to bring it....and if I even marginally succeed, there will be substantial changes.
And then....LaVall and his players, and all student athletes, will be given the tools and support the need to win....on and off the court.
