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Originally Posted by Rams Fan
If TIX was aware of everything and let him hire Smith, that’s an administration problem that goes well beyond Smith and Urban.
I don’t agree with Urban’s decision of hiring Smith. Or players in the NFL who beat women who play and are on rosters(ie: Tyreek Hill).
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He made an active decision to hire and routinely extend Smith. He doesn't get to just pass the buck to the Title IX folks and say 'well you let me'.
It demonstrates spectacularly poor judgment from someone who is the public face of a billion dollar, taxpayer subsidized institution.
I'm not saying there's an automatic clause that will
mandate his termination. I'm saying that if the board of that University has any sense of moral fiber at all, they'll do it anyway. You cannot hire a guy you know has domestic violence issues in his past and then when he does it AGAIN you just pass it up the chain and hand-waive it.
Whether Title IX did it or not, Urban Meyer should have gotten rid of him the moment he heard about a later incident. Even in the unlikely event that the 2015 incident was the first one he knew about, he should've fired Smith right then because he DOES have plenary authority over his coaching staff. He chose not to and then lied about what he knew.
Please explain to me how the hell he should not lose his job over that?