Originally Posted by
champion110
I am on both sides of this.
1 - I can't stand Pigtails. She has all the talent in the world, but we all know she could have stayed at Tech. We couldn't give her a 5 year contract, but the real issue was she was nervous about taking on the tradition of the Lady Techsters and it was easier to take her chances building a Baylor program that was at the very bottom. She had the talent all along to keep the Lady Techsters at the top, but didn't. Plus, she blamed it on something else.
2 - As for Tyler Summit, what he did was SO wrong. No, he did not rape anyone, like some of the facts that came out of the Baylor program. And, what he did was not equivalent to lsu either. He and a player had an affair and ended up marrying each other. They were just a couple of years apart in age and we should have never hired him at such a young age. At the time, I was not against it - but it was not the right move. I hope his former wife continues to build her life and I hope he starts over building his and his wife's life together. I wish him no harm.
3 - A cover-up is a cover-up. No, the ones mentioned above are not equal, but they are still cover-ups. Our AD should have been fired, if he knew - and it sounds like he did. A coach or teacher has power over a student and it is an unequal relationship. It sounds like they fell in love, but who really knows. There certainly wasn't rape.
I don't follow Baylor, because I am a Tech fan all the way through. Some think of Baylor as an extension of Louisiana Tech with Kim there. IT IS NOT. They are a P5 school with loads of money. She does not represent Tech in any way, except for the fact that she played for us and was an Assistant to Barmore. For that I am grateful - the same as I am grateful for T-Spoon (not a great coach) or any other player that was a star and/or is a great coach from Louisiana Tech. Kim killed Tech in the media, though, so I don't care to watch her coach.
This is just my opinion and those that do follow her, that is fine with me. I am just hoping OUR program can get back on solid ground.