Mel Tucker releases Statement in Response to Tracy Allegations
Makes a brief mention of Harbaugh, which Harbaugh said he doesn't know anything about. Lots to unpack here. Is it a Title IX investigation or not? If it isn't, why wouldn't the AD have known about it sooner?
September 11th, 2023 at 6:25 PM ^
Can we stop talking about this 🤡 ?
No offense to OP, but this dude is a disturbed idiot and we can leave him in the dustbin of history.
September 11th, 2023 at 6:32 PM ^
It is relevant, breaking news. Don't click on the link if you don't want to hear/talk about it.
September 11th, 2023 at 9:22 PM ^
This is just more of the same DARVO [deny, attack, reverse victim, offender], deflection, victim blaming and lies that I’ve been dealing with now for months. Coach Tucker has been delaying and trying to stop the investigative process since the beginning. He can’t afford to go to a hearing that determines credibility of the participating parties. I believe this statement is his way of getting out of participating in the hearing. October 5th and 6th I will be present for the hearing and make myself available for cross examination by his attorney Jennifer Belveal. I invite him to do the same.
September 12th, 2023 at 9:38 AM ^
I just cannot understand why a dude would risk 80 million dollars behaving like this. Something wrong with his brain. On the other hand, I can't wait to see Mork on the sidelines against us. Maybe they'll do the studly line walk and we can stand Kenneth Grant at midfield.
September 12th, 2023 at 9:46 AM ^
I assume you mean Tuck's call and general attempt to have an affair with Kelly, not Tuck defending himself now. (The defense now looks terrible, but it's probably his best chance to negotiate a few million from Staee to go away.)
As for the call and the texts, it's like Bill Clinton not being able to turn down affairs while President.
Dude, all you had to do was nothing, and you f-ed it up.
September 12th, 2023 at 9:54 AM ^
Dantonio is going to do little to no coaching. He is there to bring some level of stability to a program that desperately needs it.
September 11th, 2023 at 10:52 PM ^
MgoPoints check out.
September 12th, 2023 at 12:51 PM ^
I knew his handle looked familiar, and sure enough, Dennis is the legend that tried to organize a MGo Camping Trip 5 years ago.
September 11th, 2023 at 6:27 PM ^
Is it just me, or are there obvious lies in this statement? Like the bit about Brenda Tracy's attorney demanding money to make this go away.
September 11th, 2023 at 6:34 PM ^
That allegation should be very easy to prove/disprove.
September 11th, 2023 at 6:52 PM ^
Next your going to tell me attorneys don't lie or try to extort people. I never went to law school but I have to believe that they use the word "settlement" instead of "blackmail". Either way there's no way that attorney is confirming or denying the details of that phone call. So unless he managed to record the call, it's going to be next to impossible to prove or disprove it.
September 11th, 2023 at 7:16 PM ^
Maybe she had Rudy Giuliani as a lawyer and he emailed the request?
September 11th, 2023 at 10:35 PM ^
+1 for bringing Rudy into it.
September 11th, 2023 at 11:17 PM ^
Hunter's lawyer Christopher J. Cross is now available to take the case
September 12th, 2023 at 10:26 AM ^
Rudy is sweating bullets... of hair dye.
September 12th, 2023 at 9:49 AM ^
The big questions are (1) what does Kelly's attorney say, and (2) what does Tuck's attorney say?
They might just both say that they don't discuss settlement communications, but if Kelly's attorney says it didn't happen and Tuck's attorney won't say anything, I'm pretty confident it didn't happen.
There are attorneys who will lie about what other attorneys said, but most are pretty careful about that since you can be disciplined for it.
September 11th, 2023 at 6:48 PM ^
We attorneys do like that tactic.
September 11th, 2023 at 8:33 PM ^
Good ole Tom, the concierge
September 11th, 2023 at 8:38 PM ^
consiglieri. not a war time consiglieri, but a good one nevertheless.
September 11th, 2023 at 8:44 PM ^
He's not a concierge? I was hoping he'd help me with getting tickets to see Johnny Fontane.
September 11th, 2023 at 10:09 PM ^
Pop had Genco--look at who I got!! Oh, hey...I'm sorry.
September 11th, 2023 at 10:37 PM ^
I’ve always wished Hagen would have replied “I had Pop. Look at what I got now”
September 12th, 2023 at 8:26 AM ^
Sonny would have choked him out on the spot.
September 11th, 2023 at 9:18 PM ^
Can you get me off the hook, Tom? For old time's sake?
September 11th, 2023 at 6:27 PM ^
Even if his side of the story is 100% true, it's absolutely a fireable offense.
September 11th, 2023 at 8:00 PM ^
Even if his side of the story is 100% true, it's absolutely a fireable offense.
Yep. He admitted to masturbating over the phone. The story has gone nationwide. The language in his contract says that he can be terminated for doing something the school deems as embarrassing. This definitely qualifies. Nothing he can say will change that, and you know they want to get out from under the ridiculous contract they gave him.
September 11th, 2023 at 8:04 PM ^
izzo covering up numerous rapes and his sideline behavior are embarrassing. He hasn't been fired.
That's tucker's defense.
September 11th, 2023 at 8:09 PM ^
Sadly, some success will give you a lot of rope. Being extremely overpaid and getting hamblasted on the field makes it easier to enforce a zero tolerance policy
September 11th, 2023 at 10:31 PM ^
It’s about winning. If Tucker won at Harbaugh levels State would be falling all over themselves to extend him.
September 11th, 2023 at 11:00 PM ^
Izzo's role in this is weird, to me. There he was in the TV booth during MSU's first game talking about his absolute confidence in Tucker to move the program forward. But he must have known about this process, right? I mean, even if he thought Tucker might somehow survive this (though that seems difficult to imagine), wouldn't the smart thing — the obvious thing — have been to bite his tongue, politely decline the invitation to come up to the booth during a football game (when he knows he's going to be asked to comment on the football program), and stay silent?
It wouldn't have even been an awkward "no comment." He literally could have just not ... piped up about his absolute confidence in Tucker during a football game! Would that have been so hard?
It's bizarre. I know people on here want to equate Izzo with the devil or something, but regardless of his merits as a human being, I hadn't heard him described as an out and out idiot. This is not a good/smart look for him!
September 11th, 2023 at 11:37 PM ^
The same asshole who laughed about our players being assaulted.
You don't think he's an idiot?
September 12th, 2023 at 8:57 AM ^
Izzo seems unable to turn down an opportunity to be in the spotlight.
September 13th, 2023 at 1:31 AM ^
I would agree the man has lost his mind in his old age. I don't really remember hating him 20 years ago or whatever. But since we fired Amaker and he took it personally he has been an irrational ass, culminating in the tunnel comments. I am surprised the AD etc is happy about him going on air like that re Tucker. But hey maybe the man (Izzo) is starting to have Paterno like powers at MSU.
September 12th, 2023 at 8:59 AM ^
What's funny is they're bringing back D'antoni who was involved in many embarrassing incidents himself. Its the staae way.
September 12th, 2023 at 10:35 AM ^
Izzo is teflon due to his North Pole connections, no one wants to get on the naughty list.
September 11th, 2023 at 9:45 PM ^
As a lawyer I can say that he should have lawyered up before admitting to the conduct, consensual or not. If he already had a lawyer (s)he should be canned for letting him say anything.
September 12th, 2023 at 8:43 AM ^
A prosecuting attorney once told me something that I've never forgotten. She said that the biggest problem that lawyers have is a stupid client with a big mouth.
She loved defendants like that. It made her job so much easier.
September 12th, 2023 at 1:20 PM ^
Was it Alina Habba
September 12th, 2023 at 2:21 PM ^
Jack Smith and Fani Harris must be salivating.
September 12th, 2023 at 8:54 AM ^
In fact, he should have lawyered up before whipping it out. But--per your comments and helpful lawyerly behavior. . . it's hard to see the references to Harbaugh in that statement as anything but really extraneous subterfuge.
September 11th, 2023 at 8:05 PM ^
Mel is a dead man walking, regardless of the sexual harassment findings. It should not be necessary to have the October hearing. It is in the best interest of Mel and MSU to not have to pass formal judgment on the complaint.
The obvious way out is a separation agreement where Mel acknowledges loss of ability to lead after his demonstrated poor judgment and resigns. MSU encourages the quiet departure with some type of financial settlement. The agreement stipulates no admission or finding of guilt, confidentiality of records, and waivers of future litigation.
The sooner this ends, the better.
September 11th, 2023 at 8:20 PM ^
The "it was consensual" defense will probably force a settlement in favor of Mel Tugger. He'll get 15-20 Million to go away. All parties benefit:
State gets out of a horrible contract
Mel gets paid to sit dormant for a year or two before resurfacing at Maryland or Alabama.
I meant this in a CFB sense. The victim obviously doesn't benefit.
September 11th, 2023 at 9:10 PM ^
Mel has signified he is not going out without a fight.
He defends his actions as personal and floats the idea MSU is using this to get out of his contract hypothetically due to Nassar, race, and gender and he claims the hearing is a sham without merit.
MSU will need to decide how quickly and how much they are willing to pay or they may have a prolonged public relations nightmare when it comes to recruiting.
September 11th, 2023 at 10:34 PM ^
This will be a prolonged public relations nightmare with or without recruiting.
September 12th, 2023 at 5:44 AM ^
That part of his statement, 'Nassar taint', made me feel sick to my stomach. Being an accused perpetrator of sexual harassment and bringing up Nassar...way to get all of Nassar's victims churned up as well. What a narcissistic ass. While he is innocent until proven otherwise, he is caterwauling like a guilty party.
September 12th, 2023 at 12:48 PM ^
I am tired of this false narrative that I read everywhere that everyione iinnocent until proven guilty. And, many times, they add, beyond a reasonable doubt.
The presumption of innocence and the reasonable doubt standard exist solely for a criminal defendant. They have no relevancy in any other legal proceeding and certainly, not as to behavior in society in general.
None of us are required to presume anyone is innocent and we certainly don’t need to prove someone is guilty of misdeeds beyond a reasonable doubt. Please stop using these standards in any setting outside of a criminal case.
September 11th, 2023 at 11:22 PM ^
Brenda Tracy will be paid multi-millions too don't forget to make this all go away. ... (Michigan taxpayers on the hook) ...and MSU tuition will increase as well. Tuck was a dumb hire from day one!!
September 12th, 2023 at 7:52 AM ^
Saban only brings in people who can actually coach. This, obviously, excludes Mel.