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The purpose of using a big name law firm is to insulate the university and administrators by relying on the unimpeachable expertise of the name brand they are forking the cash over to.

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That's only the secondary reason for using a big law firm. The primary reason is to hide everything the law firm reports behind attorney-client privilege, so that the university can claim privilege when the public asks for the attorneys' findings to be disclosed.

In Ted Agu's death, the University tried to hide the facts. The campus eventually accepted the majority of the responsibility, and paid the family $4.5 Million.

SFGate: "Teammates said in depositions and interviews with The Chronicle that, on the morning Agu died, he struggled for an extended period of time and collapsed on multiple occasions without trainers or coaches coming to his assistance.

"The accounts offered by former football players in the depositions stood in stark contrast with what UC Berkeley officials told the media and the coroner's office.

"Teammates said that they were told to run up and down a steep asphalt hill 10 times while holding a rope together and that they had never before done the workout. They testified that Agu was showing visible difficulty in completing the drill, falling to his knees several times before he collapsed into a fetal position halfway up the hill on his final lap.

"Cal officials, meanwhile, initially told the public that the workout was routine and that they came to Agu's assistance as soon as he started struggling...."

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Whatever happened to the investigation of the football team by the student who accused it of sexual harassment a few years ago?

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Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but I believe she was deemed largely non-credible. There might have been some sort of settlement to get her to shut up and go away.

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I'll only correct you in so far as "non-credible" is putting it gently. ;-)

As I said at the beginning of a Knowlton's Notes thread, him being here is the fault of the person who hired him. She's the one to blame! Everything permeates from the top and the state of our Athletic Dept.is ultimately her responsibility. Sadly, she's obviously not concerned w/Wins vs. losses. Nor the # of fans in the stands for our two primary revenue producing sports.

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If I were a donor to Cal sports I would be extremely frustrated with wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on a high priced law firm like Munger conducting a pointless investigation. This easily could have been done internally or with a more cost effective investigation. These big expensive law firms are incredibly poor value for something like this. Could easily end up in the 7 figures and take more than a year.

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I know of a guy that is retired from law enforcement and he worked for UC Berkeley's HR Dept., conducting investigations regarding complaints of harassment.

He would interview the various parties in question, do a 30 page write-up of a report that included direct quotes, and then an Administrator official that he reported to would read his report and say, "Do you really want to put that in there?"

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Yes, if they were actually trying to investigate, someone like that would be fine.

The purpose of using a big name law firm is to insulate the university and administrators by relying on the unimpeachable expertise of the name brand they are forking the cash over to. No disrespect to the very fine lawyers who will no doubt be involved, but you don't need the keenest legal minds in the country to interview people and ask them what happened. Big law firms love doing these investigations because it's impossible for them to lose. Dan Snyder hired Gibson Dunn recently to "investigate" their sexual harassment. I've worked at firms that have done these investigations and let's just say it's a popular assignment.

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With some help from the Onion:

In an abrupt change in position, Cal Chancellor Carol Christ announced in a Berkeley press conference today, that she is ending an independent investigation by an international law film into allegations against women's swim coach, Terry McKeever. These broad ranging accusations were reported in a newspaper article by reporter Scott Reid.

Christ indicated while all the accusations matter, she wanted a new type of coach for student-athletes attending Cal. She indicated that Cal was full of traditional grim, determined, and emotionally unavailable coaches, who often motivated their players through criticism, discipline and other forms of conduct that were no longer acceptable. "We need to adjust to the times," Christ indicated.

At this point, Christ introduced the new head women's swimming coach, Chloe Emma Goodwill, the mother of one of the swimmers accusing McKeever of misconduct. Goodwill promised the swimmers a new type of program with genuine humility and heartfelt remorse at past behavior. Goodwill noted: "we need to in incorporate safe spaces and trigger warnings, as well as a bias-response hotline for all player parents that reaches the very top of the Cal organization chart. After all, these parents are the ones who obsessed with getting their kids into increasingly competitive four-year colleges, refused to let their kids play outside by themselves, overscheduled them, and generally shielded them from the adversities of daily life that once forced young people to develop resilience and strength against adversity." Goodwill continued "that in the future all athletes will be treated the same, even if that means holding certain athletes back. By recruiting hundreds of high-profile athletes with natural speed, strength, and agility, Cal coaches were in a position to play favorites, at the expense of other players. That kind of behavior is now unacceptable. And competition- forget about it - every one of our dear little girls now gets a participation prize."

Christ returned to the podium to announce that coaches will no longer be allowed to raise their voices, curse, show anger or otherwise adversely the impact the culture of safety for Cal's psychologically fragile student-athletes. As such, Christ announced that Justin Wilcox and his entire coach staff had been terminated, as well as coaches Jack Clark, and Kirk Everist, and that Cal will be reevaluating the coaches of any other programs that had success in recent seasons. Christ added: "We, of course, will not examine our basketball programs, as it is clear from their records that there is no player discipline."


Christ indicated that the football program had been particularly egregious. Linemen were being bodied shamed by being told to get into shape and lose fat, suffering irreversible psychological trauma. "Any new coaches will never use the trigger words "shape" or "fat" again, that clearly are meant as microaggressions against sensitive large men," Christ announced. Moreover, "no coach will ever refer to our beloved rival across the Bay while using a word associated with a sexual act in the same sentence. That is just too much hate for our precious student-athletes to handle" said Christ. "That kind of language has no place in college football - except maybe on the field. And the locker rooms. And screamed from the stands. Coach Wilcox and his staff may have been modern coaches for explaining to players specifically why they was screaming at them, but we need to have pacificist, neutered coaches for our time. Finally, our great Cal neuroscientists, based on concepts they viewed on television, have developed a process so that the memories of football players and those in other violent sports, will be surgically divided between their sports careers and personal lives, so they will not have the relive the horror of their game experiences."

When asked if this approach might impact on the field results, Christ said that the key now is to have players returning from their athletic endeavors unrecognizably groomed and demure, in order to play important roles in the campus community where no one is exposed to intolerant and offensive ideas, such as colliding with an opponent. She indicated that Cal was now considering a new water polo coach that was known for introducing film study as a means for match preparation, teaching players the auteur theory that treats films as a reflection of the coach's vision and art, all as part of changing with the times and Cal's new values.

When asked if there would not have been value to a full investigation, Christ indicated that most serious Cal fans - those found on the website Bear Insider, - didn't want to wait for some 1,000-page report which dealt with extensive interviews and included sworn medical affidavits and other unnecessarily burdensome and time consuming activities. They wanted immediate action. She wanted to give these fans, many who are donors, what they wanted.

As for replacing Coach Wilcox, Chancellor Christ is considering selecting one particular poster on Bear Insider who claims Cal would have had a 915 winning percentage and five Rose Bowls wins in over 22 consecutive winning seasons, if only the Cal coaches would have listened to him.

Finally, Chancellor Christ indicated Coach McKeever had been demoted to the position of Vice-Chancellor of Undergraduate Studies, where she will oversee the studies of undergrad students, who Christ noted provide no real value to Berkeley, such as cutting edge research, and simply add to Campus deficits. Chancellor Christ refused to discuss the specifics of Coach McKeever's demotion, citing privacy concerns.

Well done wifeisafurd. Very well done. Cal athletics has become a kinder gentler Woke World. How very nifty of us. Meantime just when our OLine is looking up via the Transfer Portal with depth, our S&C dept. has to carefully craft their bulk. Not fat, not obese, but blockers in larger bodies. Well done.

Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Hope the allegations about McKeever and Knowlton are false. Due process coming up….

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Do you not find it unusual that Natalie Coughlan or Missy Franklin have not come out in support of McKeever; or any other CAL swimmer for that matter?

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It hasn't even been a day since news of the allegations broke, therefore I think it is too early to say. I think it is stupid to expect former athletes to drop everything they are doing and jump on social media to defend their former coach. Most probably haven't even heard the news yet, and some very well may not be on social media (because social media is dumb).

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This post certainly isnt aging very well.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Never heard that. The only time it would be justified is if he told Brian Hendrick to slug Arizona's Wayne Womack.

I wonder if the Hanson brothers were instructed to do that by their coach?

xCoach Campie edged into unwarranted self-importance and arrogance.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Never heard that. The only time it would be justified is if he told Brian Hendrick to slug Arizona's Wayne Womack.

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Heard from several ex-players. One who used to write on BI. The AD knew. It was also not the only issue that went beyond words. People have all sorts of bad information on this thread.

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The purpose of using a big name law firm is to insulate the university and administrators by relying on the unimpeachable expertise of the name brand they are forking the cash over to.

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That's only the secondary reason for using a big law firm. The primary reason is to hide everything the law firm reports behind attorney-client privilege, so that the university can claim privilege when the public asks for the attorneys' findings to be disclosed.

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Any law firm would do for that, you don't need to pay Munger lawyers $1500 per hour for privilege.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Think "onion"

Think Ted Agu.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Never heard that. The only time it would be justified is if he told Brian Hendrick to slug Arizona's Wayne Womack.

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Heard from several ex-players. One who used to write on BI. The AD knew. It was also not the only issue that went beyond words. People have all sorts of bad information on this thread.

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Me and a buddy got hooked up with Lou at Callippe about 4 years ago. We talked non controversial hoop. We both loved Keith Smith.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Never heard that. The only time it would be justified is if he told Brian Hendrick to slug Arizona's Wayne Womack.

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Heard from several ex-players. One who used to write on BI. The AD knew. It was also not the only issue that went beyond words. People have all sorts of bad information on this thread.

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I thought Bozeman basic did a Brutus on him.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Never heard that. The only time it would be justified is if he told Brian Hendrick to slug Arizona's Wayne Womack.

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Heard from several ex-players. One who used to write on BI. The AD knew. It was also not the only issue that went beyond words. People have all sorts of bad information on this thread.

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I thought Bozeman basic did a Brutus on him.

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I believe in a Campanelli penned screenplay he would portray his screwing being administered by the triumvirate composed of AD Bob Bockrath, Vice Chancellor Daniel Bogan, and Assistant Coach Todd Bozeman.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Never heard that. The only time it would be justified is if he told Brian Hendrick to slug Arizona's Wayne Womack.

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Heard from several ex-players. One who used to write on BI. The AD knew. It was also not the only issue that went beyond words. People have all sorts of bad information on this thread.

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I thought Bozeman basic did a Brutus on him.

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I believe in a Campanelli penned screenplay he would portray his screwing being administered by the triumvirate composed of AD Bob Bockrath, Vice Chancellor Daniel Bogan, and Assistant Coach Todd Bozeman.

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"But Bozeman says Lou was ambitious; and Bozeman is an honorable man."

Heh.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Never heard that. The only time it would be justified is if he told Brian Hendrick to slug Arizona's Wayne Womack.

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Heard from several ex-players. One who used to write on BI. The AD knew. It was also not the only issue that went beyond words. People have all sorts of bad information on this thread.

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I thought Bozeman basic did a Brutus on him.

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I believe in a Campanelli penned screenplay he would portray his screwing being administered by the triumvirate composed of AD Bob Bockrath, Vice Chancellor Daniel Bogan, and Assistant Coach Todd Bozeman.

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"But Bozeman says Lou was ambitious; and Bozeman is an honorable man."

Heh.

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Todd "I paid $30K for a PG that couldn't dribble lower than his mid chest" Bozeman

Really great to see our Athletic Director approaching this with all of the gravity the situation requires.

Someone needs to fire his sorry behind right now.

“Current and former Cal swimmers and their parents expressed surprise and in some cases outrage that Knowlton was on Tuesday’s video call with approximately 30 parents and ended with Knowlton yelling, “Go Bears!””-What on earth?! https://t.co/r9oh0oSKgt

— Ben Parker (@slamdunk406) June 2, 2022

#Cal AD Jim Knowlton (@ADCalBears) told the families of Cal swimmers in a Zoom conference that the Teri McKeever investigation could take 6 months. Parents reportedly frustrated by the Zoom call, feeling it wasn’t well-organized. You cannot be serious!! https://t.co/ETBbQxUaPE

— Ben Parker (@slamdunk406) June 2, 2022

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Never heard that. The only time it would be justified is if he told Brian Hendrick to slug Arizona's Wayne Womack.

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Heard from several ex-players. One who used to write on BI. The AD knew. It was also not the only issue that went beyond words. People have all sorts of bad information on this thread.

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I thought Bozeman basic did a Brutus on him.

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I believe in a Campanelli penned screenplay he would portray his screwing being administered by the triumvirate composed of AD Bob Bockrath, Vice Chancellor Daniel Bogan, and Assistant Coach Todd Bozeman.

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"But Bozeman says Lou was ambitious; and Bozeman is an honorable man."

Heh.

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Todd "I paid $30K for a PG that couldn't dribble lower than his mid chest" Bozeman

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Bozeman was still making $100k, so the accusation was that Bozeman arranged money from an LA agent, Jelani Gardner's uncle, who Bozeman had reported to the NCAA the year before for loaning Tremaine Folwkes money for a car. The Gardners set up the sting when Jelani lost his starting position and they wanted him to be able to transfer without sitting out a year. Bozeman also simultaneously faced sexual harassment charges from a young woman that had been introduced to him by….Jelani Gardner. When Bozeman agreed not to contest the charges and take Cal's settlement offer she dropped the charges. Gardner then transfered to play for Lorenzo Romar at Pepperdine.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Never heard that. The only time it would be justified is if he told Brian Hendrick to slug Arizona's Wayne Womack.

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Heard from several ex-players. One who used to write on BI. The AD knew. It was also not the only issue that went beyond words. People have all sorts of bad information on this thread.

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I thought Bozeman basic did a Brutus on him.

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I believe in a Campanelli penned screenplay he would portray his screwing being administered by the triumvirate composed of AD Bob Bockrath, Vice Chancellor Daniel Bogan, and Assistant Coach Todd Bozeman.

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"But Bozeman says Lou was ambitious; and Bozeman is an honorable man."

Heh.

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Todd "I paid $30K for a PG that couldn't dribble lower than his mid chest" Bozeman

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Bozeman was still making $100k, so the accusation was that Bozeman arranged money from an LA agent, Jelani Gardner's uncle, who Bozeman had reported to the NCAA the year before for loaning Tremaine Folwkes money for a car. The Gardners set up the sting when Jelani lost his starting position and they wanted him to be able to transfer without sitting out a year. Bozeman also simultaneously faced sexual harassment charges from a young woman that had been introduced to him by….Jelani Gardner. When Bozeman agreed not to contest the charges and take Cal's settlement offer she dropped the charges. Gardner then transfered to play for Lorenzo Romar at Pepperdine.

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I was a student at the time and vaguely remember a story about Bozeman losing money in an on-campus pyramid scheme and then proceeding to go and threaten a student?

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Really great to see our Athletic Director approaching this with all of the gravity the situation requires.

Someone needs to fire his sorry behind right now.

“Current and former Cal swimmers and their parents expressed surprise and in some cases outrage that Knowlton was on Tuesday’s video call with approximately 30 parents and ended with Knowlton yelling, “Go Bears!””-What on earth?! https://t.co/r9oh0oSKgt

— Ben Parker (@slamdunk406) June 2, 2022

#Cal AD Jim Knowlton (@ADCalBears) told the families of Cal swimmers in a Zoom conference that the Teri McKeever investigation could take 6 months. Parents reportedly frustrated by the Zoom call, feeling it wasn’t well-organized. You cannot be serious!! https://t.co/ETBbQxUaPE

— Ben Parker (@slamdunk406) June 2, 2022

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I'm not sure what was disorganized.about the call, but I'm sure the parents didn't like hearing the investigation will take 6 months.

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Eh. These young ladies all come from very competitive programs and families. Swimming and lifting six hours a day is no joke. The coach sounds like a tyrant, I've heard similar stories about other coaches at various schools, picking on 2 or 3 players, usually to free up schollies from 'underperforming' student athletes.

The Bears lost a young lineman a few years due to callousness and lack of professional conduct.

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Well said.

In the previous century we fired a men's basketball coach for abusive behavior that was not even as bad as the accusations here.

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If Terry did what is alleged, I can't see her surviving. I did read the article, which makes me wonder why you think what Lou did was not as bad? Did Terry bench players for not following through on her orders to slug the opposing star players? That the coach could be made the Pac 12 coordinator of officials is perverse and disturbing.

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Never heard that. The only time it would be justified is if he told Brian Hendrick to slug Arizona's Wayne Womack.

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Heard from several ex-players. One who used to write on BI. The AD knew. It was also not the only issue that went beyond words. People have all sorts of bad information on this thread.

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I thought Bozeman basic did a Brutus on him.

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I believe in a Campanelli penned screenplay he would portray his screwing being administered by the triumvirate composed of AD Bob Bockrath, Vice Chancellor Daniel Bogan, and Assistant Coach Todd Bozeman.

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"But Bozeman says Lou was ambitious; and Bozeman is an honorable man."

Heh.

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Todd "I paid $30K for a PG that couldn't dribble lower than his mid chest" Bozeman

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Bozeman was still making $100k, so the accusation was that Bozeman arranged money from an LA agent, Jelani Gardner's uncle, who Bozeman had reported to the NCAA the year before for loaning Tremaine Folwkes money for a car. The Gardners set up the sting when Jelani lost his starting position and they wanted him to be able to transfer without sitting out a year. Bozeman also simultaneously faced sexual harassment charges from a young woman that had been introduced to him by….Jelani Gardner. When Bozeman agreed not to contest the charges and take Cal's settlement offer she dropped the charges. Gardner then transfered to play for Lorenzo Romar at Pepperdine.

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I was a student at the time and vaguely remember a story about Bozeman losing money in an on-campus pyramid scheme and then proceeding to go and threaten a student?

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Yes the "Friends helping friends" pyramid scheme. It was huge at the time.

calumnus said:

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Bozeman was still making $100k, so the accusation was that Bozeman arranged money from an LA agent, Jelani Gardner's uncle, who Bozeman had reported to the NCAA the year before for loaning Tremaine Folwkes money for a car. The Gardners set up the sting when Jelani lost his starting position and they wanted him to be able to transfer without sitting out a year. Bozeman also simultaneously faced sexual harassment charges from a young woman that had been introduced to him by….Jelani Gardner. When Bozeman agreed not to contest the charges and take Cal's settlement offer she dropped the charges. Gardner then transfered to play for Lorenzo Romar at Pepperdine.

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Tom and Linda Gardner ought to be ashamed of themselves.
The parents pull this **** and are never held accountable.

They didnt have to accept money. They didnt have to cause a stir when Jelani became unhappy. Linda didnt have to entrap Bozeman by tape-recording a conversation over non-payment in their car at LAX. If their son wanted to play for Romar at Pepperdine, let him quietly transfer like any other student unhappy in college, sit out a year, and move on.

Remember when Gardner had the press conference while at St. John Bosco where he had 3 caps in front of him from UCLA, Arkansas, and Cal . . . and he chose Cal?

The host was none other than James Casey, a former agent standing by Gardner's side and answering some questions. Casey was the guy who paid $1800 to forward Tremaine Fowlkes for a car, which forced Folkes to serve a 14-game suspension.

James Casey, husband of Linda Gardner's first cousin.

Hmmmm...

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I was a student at the time and vaguely remember a story about Bozeman losing money in an on-campus pyramid scheme and then proceeding to go and threaten a student?

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Bozeman loaned former Cal student Suzanne Wilson $2,000 for law school.
When he found out that it was being used as part of an illegal pyramid scheme, he demanded the money back and called her repeatedly.

Bozeman and Accuser Reach Court-Approved Agreement | AP News

As part of the settlement/agreement with Wilson, she admitted in the document that she may have misinterpreted Bozeman's "effort to obtain his money as being an expression of a sexual interest in her personally. She acknowledges that this may not have been the case, and she regrets any such misunderstanding that may have resulted."

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CalGrad95 said:

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Really great to see our Athletic Director approaching this with all of the gravity the situation requires.

Someone needs to fire his sorry behind right now.

“Current and former Cal swimmers and their parents expressed surprise and in some cases outrage that Knowlton was on Tuesday’s video call with approximately 30 parents and ended with Knowlton yelling, “Go Bears!””-What on earth?! https://t.co/r9oh0oSKgt

— Ben Parker (@slamdunk406) June 2, 2022

#Cal AD Jim Knowlton (@ADCalBears) told the families of Cal swimmers in a Zoom conference that the Teri McKeever investigation could take 6 months. Parents reportedly frustrated by the Zoom call, feeling it wasn’t well-organized. You cannot be serious!! https://t.co/ETBbQxUaPE

— Ben Parker (@slamdunk406) June 2, 2022

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I'm not sure what was disorganized.about the call, but I'm sure the parents didn't like hearing the investigation will take 6 months.

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Welcome to Berkeley bureaucracy.

wifeisafurd said:

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juarezbear said:

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I'm not sure what was disorganized.about the call, but I'm sure the parents didn't like hearing the investigation will take 6 months.

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Welcome to Berkeley bureaucracy.

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The IAD is clearly in CYA mode.
I'm sending a letter to Chancellor Christ.
Cal's "response" to this is the poster child for everything you dont do in a matter like this.