OT: The Baylor Debacle..

[Rebel02]

Football is more important than religion

It's Texas. Football is a religion.

[ManAboutTown]

Its amazing considering Baylor is a Baptist school..

I would say this is par for the course..
Baptist are the best at hiding things.

[Boomer]

I would say this is par for the course..
Baptist are the best at hiding things.

---Know why Baptists don't have sex standing??? People might think that they are dancing!!! I love these jokes within reason!!!

[ATXCajun]

So, how many here would take Art Briles as head coach of the Ragin' Cajun football team? (And give your reasons)

I would like to hear or read what Briles has to say, because I haven't yet. However, after listening to Lotief and Robe over the years and maturing a bit myself, I think it is imperative that we hire coaches that understand and apply mentorship in the way that Tony and Mike do.

It is equally imperative that we not fire coaches solely based on wins and losses.

[BananaHammock]

I would like to hear or read what Briles has to say, because I haven't yet. However, after listening to Lotief and Robe over the years and maturing a bit myself, I think it is imperative that we hire coaches that understand and apply mentorship in the way that Tony and Mike do.

It is equally imperative that we not fire coaches solely based on wins and losses.

Couldn't have said it any better myself. When you see things like this, and of this magnitude, it makes you go back to basics and realize athletics isn't that important. I just can't imagine that a group of school officials are making decisions that are saying women getting raped is less important than allowing a football player to stay on the team? What has our society become where someone is physically forced to do something against their will and it's ok.

These institutions have sold their soul to the devil, they're proving that money is more important than educating and changing peoples lives for the better. That's what they're supposed to be doing....not worshipping some kid who is good at running thru grass and crossing a spray painted line that a groundskeeper put down.

After watching the video of Tony Robichaux that was posted a few days ago speaking to other coaches it has really changed my view of athletics. It's like a light bulb really went off and the truth, that I always knew was there, suddenly came to the forefront at lightning speed and shined extremely bright. These coaches are really in a position to teach boys how to become men and it is evident that most are not doing that. I really hope our administration see's these problems elsewhere and evaluates our entire staff to make sure we are not allowing any of this crap to happen on our campus. I'll take a .500 season every year instead of big time winning success with a team strife with criminals.

[duggie85]

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[duggie85]

I agree with the 2 posts above in that most of us, myself included, lose track of what's really important in life. Wins & Losses really aren't that important in the big picture. But IMO, Robicheaux & Lotief are living proof that you can have both a strong moral program and great athletic success at the same time. If we're going to invest and play ball, we should strive for both results simultaneously.

[Ragin4U]

And that's what happens when you sell your soul for a 10 win season.

[Bigbuf]

Football is more important than religion

you got that wrong....money is more important than religion.

[Bigbuf]

I would say this is par for the course..
Baptist are the best at hiding things.

Yeah....too bad all catholic priests are still in hiding.

[ManAboutTown]

Yeah....too bad all catholic priests are still in hiding.

Right? It was like a world wide scandal a couple years back. Even made a movie about it. I wonder how much they had to pay to shut the media up... Ah well, now they (national media) are so worried about their attack on airlines, gun rights, nationalism and pandering to Trump that they wouldn't have time to run the stories anyway.

[MetryCajun]

Unfair to compare softball and baseball to football and basketball. The first two are comprised of mostly student athletes who toil in anonymity. The later two are composed of athletes who are basically part of corporate America. There is so much money at stake that people will do almost anything. I'm sure Baylor is embarrassed today, but I bet most alums will be OK with what happened. At the end of the day Briles got them a new stadium and a much higher profile.
The sad thing is that most 2nd tier football programs would trade places with Baylor in a heartbeat. Even after this scandal.