Mel Tucker Suspended Without Pay, Hearing Pending
I’m shocked it happened this fast, but viewed in the shadow of the Nassar incident also not surprised. Really hope they can get their act together organizationally, football be damned.
EDIT - changed title to reflect actual known state of things - LSA
September 10th, 2023 at 6:11 PM ^
Well said as always.
September 10th, 2023 at 5:44 PM ^
I usually don't read his posts because I don't care about finding out things before they officially happen, so I don't know what's been true and what hasn't. I would have an issue with him if it was determined that none of his information had any validity at all and he was just trolling us with made up stuff. But it seems like some people like getting the tidbits, speculation or not.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:32 PM ^
To my knowledge, GofJG had never been banned until now. I came down on him a couple months ago for brazenly hijacking a thread by posting his schtick as the first reply; since then he had complied. As far as I was concerned, problem solved. Whatever he had posted this afternoon was deleted before I was aware of it, but I fully trust the judgement of LSA in banning him.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^
Appreciate the response here.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:54 PM ^
Dunno. Unless he/she did something outrageous, using initials does not seem like a serious offense. Oh well! Thanks for taking the time to respond.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:58 PM ^
To make myself 100% clear, it was completely about the hijacking of threads. I'll post a link to that particular thread in a moment...
(edit) here it is:
https://mgoblog.com/comment/244916227#comment-244916227
And my response:
September 10th, 2023 at 4:44 PM ^
I am not familiar with the person or content you're speaking of here, but it is yet another glaring reminder to me that it seems this board would benefit from the addition of an 'ignore user' feature, and then people could decide for themselves which users they want to see or not see.
September 10th, 2023 at 5:24 PM ^
FWIW, LSA reinstated the GoJG account after further reflection.
I'm in the camp that his schtick is beyond old and needs to change.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:13 PM ^
Thanks.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:08 PM ^
Took care of it, Rob.
Fuck that guy for taking a victory lap over something so horrifying.
ADDENDUM: I undid the block upon further reflection and a re-read of a couple things, but the shtick has to change. I stand by that. For example, we can't end a post about this stuff with "cheers" as if it were some celebratory moment. It's not....for anyone.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:15 PM ^
Thanks LSA, I just saw your post in the Mod Sticky. I had started combing thru the 300+ post thread that was posted this morning.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:55 PM ^
Thank you.
September 10th, 2023 at 5:33 PM ^
Sounds like it's all been resolved... I didn't read the original post, but wonder if he meant 'thanks' by his usage of 'cheers'? Like 'thanks for reading.' May not have been an attempt at celebration.
September 10th, 2023 at 8:02 PM ^
Except every one of my posts say "cheers" at the end.
1380
cheers
September 10th, 2023 at 8:28 PM ^
Ouch. I actually appreciate your unnecessarily cryptic mystery posts, but insulting mods won't help your case. And do they still even make Zima?
September 10th, 2023 at 10:41 PM ^
Editing that was a good move, GOJG.
September 11th, 2023 at 12:15 AM ^
I know you guys have a tough job, but I have to say that guy (while extremely annoying in his posting style, timing and delivery) is literally the closest thing to an insider on this site that is actually willing to post anything. Some of the staff here (mainly Seth) know stuff because they rub elbows with Sam, etc - but nothing comes out when it's actually of value, at best we get a "hey, want to know what the deal was with XYZ?" years later when nobody even remembers it.
Yes, I know I could get better access to "inside info" by signing up for all the premium message boards that are harder to cancel than a Bally's Total Fitness membership. I do have a job and a family, so I come here for the summary :D
September 11th, 2023 at 5:08 AM ^
Think that was just an old-fashioned English-style ‘cheers, ‘ as in all best/thanks.
September 10th, 2023 at 3:56 PM ^
Hopefully the other post will be deleted, not this one.
As I said there, I was relieved to see no posts on this until something at least semi-official.
Good job mods, I suspect? Otherwise, congrats to the community for not jumping on this earlier. Let's have a modicum of class about this.
September 10th, 2023 at 3:57 PM ^
Their athletic department is run by message board profiles
September 10th, 2023 at 4:19 PM ^
So is the NCAA COI evidently.
September 10th, 2023 at 5:11 PM ^
Their athletic department is run by the Red Cedar Message Board of Trustees.
September 10th, 2023 at 8:30 PM ^
Username...yeah, that's all I got. WTF?
September 10th, 2023 at 3:57 PM ^
Sorry OP, that was too well written. Could you use more initials and give us something to do?
September 10th, 2023 at 3:58 PM ^
If it’s true they’ve sat on this since March, then other heads need to roll inside this sex abuse factory of a University. There is NO EFFING WAY I’d send one of my daughters to this place…
September 10th, 2023 at 4:00 PM ^
Bringing back Dantonio (and retaining Izzo, but shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh) indicates they don't actually care about the issue, they just care about the PR.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:01 PM ^
I wouldn't send my sons there either considering I would want them to be in an environment where men are expected to act like men and treat women with respect.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:12 PM ^
Probably wouldn’t want to send your sons there either. If they were falsely accused of something and a news story broke, we’ve seen that MSU will take action before due process is followed.
How would you like your son(s) expelled due to “presumption of guilt when Freep gets wind of it”?
September 10th, 2023 at 4:40 PM ^
Um, Pope, he's getting due process. He was interviewed by investigators and he can defend himself at the October hearing. He's been suspended pending the hearing, which is absolutely within the school's rights.
September 10th, 2023 at 5:07 PM ^
I just saw the “suspended” part. The implication that he was truly FIRED is what set me off.
BUT. Nothing about the case has changed. MSU didn’t take any action until it became a news story.
September 10th, 2023 at 5:49 PM ^
I think you're jumping to conclusions based on incomplete information. For all we know, there has been an ongoing investigation and it was leaked when it was determined that the allegations are true. You're assuming that all the information publicly available thus far is all the information that exists.
September 10th, 2023 at 5:28 PM ^
Is there a volume lower than mute I could set you to?
September 10th, 2023 at 4:00 PM ^
So you’re shocked but not surprised!
September 10th, 2023 at 4:00 PM ^
how many 10's of millions is Mel Losing because he is a horny perv?
September 10th, 2023 at 4:04 PM ^
Yet to be determined. No guarantees. They may settle...
September 10th, 2023 at 4:04 PM ^
I'm going with 8.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:24 PM ^
More. Whatever MSU doesn't claw back, his soon to be ex-wife will take the rest.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:05 PM ^
Should be Kenneth Walker's money anyway.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:13 PM ^
And his staffers’
Remember that Tuck stole their bonuses? No way he’s going to quietly let this go without a big paycheck from the University
September 10th, 2023 at 4:03 PM ^
New meaning for "TUCK A COMIN'"
September 10th, 2023 at 4:16 PM ^
Tuck came, and now Tuck's going.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:29 PM ^
I hate that you’re getting downvoted by people attempting to play holier than thou, signaling their virtue. This is hilarious.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^
There's a lot of that going on today...
September 10th, 2023 at 4:05 PM ^
Aside from how terrible Tuck’s behavior is, incredible that MSU has this unbelievable stroke of luck in being able to get out of an otherwise guaranteed $80 million for a mediocre-to-terrible coach. They will be able to get a better coach in that role now.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:14 PM ^
You think anyone worth a crap will touch that place with a 10 foot pole? Fickell was about to, got more details, and was like ummmmmm no.
They think Deon Sanders would consider them, lol.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:16 PM ^
Don't underestimate their ability to muck it up.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:17 PM ^
"... being able to get out of an otherwise guaranteed $80 million ..."
I'm not familiar with all the legal details. I think it would be hilarious if Tuck somehow got more money from them.
"They will be able to get a better coach in that role now."
Remember we're talking about Sparty. Things can get worse (and have, sometimes).
I hope Dantonio doesn't do any recruiting evaluations for them. I'm serious.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:35 PM ^
They seem to have a penchant for pulling undeserved miracles out of their asses, but in this case for that to happen it would be some unheralded assistant taking it because it's his only shot at an HC gig, and just happening to be wildly successful. I would have to think after the last seven years, now another scandal tacked on, that athletic department is going to be radioactive to anyone whose name is known. And you know they're definitely not handing out another contract like the one Mel got. Although with Michigan's ongoing success they're pretty desperate for positive attention (as we see once again, never a problem getting negative attention), so you never know what they may be willing to try.
At this point Izzo is the only thing holding that fanbase together.
September 10th, 2023 at 4:38 PM ^
Heh ... "stroke of luck."