OTL is going all in on MSU, Izzo, Dantonio

Is there anybody in charge who is not completely self-serving?

Who is looking out for the various stakeholders of the University who are not in the inner circle of running it?

Anybody at all?

No. Who the hell is going to terminate them at this point? They don't have an AD, and I doubt the board would ever consider that.

Will they be forced to resign if heat becomes too hot? I think that's the more likely outcome.

Snort answer: No. 

They might not have jobs any more, they might "resign" or "retire" or be "reassigned" but considering that not a single person has been fired related to the assault (aside from Nassar himself, eventually) I highly doubt that starts with the football or basketball coach.

It depends on how they handle it from here.

If they go all Penn State and deny it and obfuscate it, then fuck 'em.

If they acknowledge the sins and repent and actually prevent it from ever happening again, they will come out of it OK over time.

This will only be good for the students, stopping the rape train being run on them. Sure their sports fandom might be less enjoyable but tahts only deserving.

As for the athletes, many of them are there because of that culture. Because they can rape, assault, not go to class, take roids, etc.. Fuck 'em. And they'll all be able to transfer anyway.

I consider what Briles did way worse.  Those allegations directly involved Baylor football players and his coaching staff.

I don't think we have any proof Dantonio did the same sorts of things.

Is it really so surprising that anything goes at MSU so long as they're beating Michigan?

If hypocrisy was lethal, Mark Dantonio would have already gotten last rites. 

Seems to me they've been pretty proactive in covering them up.

As for Dantonio as disciplinarian, the incident that always stands out to me is the one in which Glenn Winston was reinstated to the team after punching the MSU hockey player in the back of the head, which broke the hockey player's skull and caused brain bleeding.  And the punch was for the hockey player's crime of being near (but not in) a fight. 

Several years ago some media org took a look at the unholy association between FSU and the Tallahassee PD, and it was evident that the cops were actively conniving with the FSU athletic department to keep athlete crimes out of the public eye.

I'll bet that when all the dust settles, the same situation will be evident to have been the case in EL for at least two decades.

He's won games and you can't take that away from him, but I personally think the job is about more than winning. The head coach should also insist on education and good character. I think Jim Harbaugh believes this. So did Hoke, Lloyd, etc. As a Michigan alum I will always insist that our head coach places values on these things, even though I know that at times it will make it more difficult for us to compete with certain other programs. I don't believe Dantonio gave this much thought. I think he was willing to overlook a lot, particularly if it helped him win and in particular to beat Michigan. This is why I always thought he was a dick irregardless of the fact that he had success against us.

don't read anything of his, except maybe stuff on the detroit tigers.

Better chance they resign after losing Hollis.  They should be very afraid more women will be coming forward. 

Bullshit like this is only allowed to happen if you have a complete lack of leadership at the top of the University or at the top of the Athletic Department.  Good leaders don't let bullshit like this happen on their watch.