Mr. Ashley Hodge within the last hour-
"this week will decide Briles' fate. His buyout is $5 million- $28 million so there will be a settlement somewhere in there. But it is not impossible that a movement to get him reinstated as coach next year has some traction. Highly unlikely in my view but the short version of what happened is that mistakes were made and terrible processes prior to 2014. The ship was righted from 2014 on. Baylor intends to make right by all the true victims of sexual assaults that happened during this time. There are some big donors very upset with how this played out.
They feel like Briles should have kept his job with much better controls in place. There is a feeling that the university failed him without clear directives on how disciplinary issues should have been handled. From 2014 forward, there was no confusion about what the proper steps should have been... Just reporting and making no judgments right now on what the right course of action should be. He has been given no opportunity to tell his side of the story."
and
"you definitely bring up a valid point. I think the more likely scenario is that Briles is bought out. Seems pretty tough to reinstate him as coach next year. But this whole thing was an example of terrible decisions and management along the way. All of it could have been avoided with better decision making and clear communication to victims that they cared and strict standards set in place early with no wiggle room to deviate from those. I think that has happened since 2014 but that has not been communicated well."
"this week will decide Briles' fate. His buyout is $5 million- $28 million so there will be a settlement somewhere in there. But it is not impossible that a movement to get him reinstated as coach next year has some traction. Highly unlikely in my view but the short version of what happened is that mistakes were made and terrible processes prior to 2014. The ship was righted from 2014 on. Baylor intends to make right by all the true victims of sexual assaults that happened during this time. There are some big donors very upset with how this played out.
They feel like Briles should have kept his job with much better controls in place. There is a feeling that the university failed him without clear directives on how disciplinary issues should have been handled. From 2014 forward, there was no confusion about what the proper steps should have been... Just reporting and making no judgments right now on what the right course of action should be. He has been given no opportunity to tell his side of the story."
and
"you definitely bring up a valid point. I think the more likely scenario is that Briles is bought out. Seems pretty tough to reinstate him as coach next year. But this whole thing was an example of terrible decisions and management along the way. All of it could have been avoided with better decision making and clear communication to victims that they cared and strict standards set in place early with no wiggle room to deviate from those. I think that has happened since 2014 but that has not been communicated well."
