UF basketball coach accused of sexual harassment and stalking per The Alligator [See Post #521]

when I was at UF in the 70s, the alligator was known as “ The agitator!”

 

Todd is innocent until proven guilty.
The claimants have a right to be fully heard and not have allegations of other false innuendos sully their story.

If TG's social media was hacked, as I hope, this will be resolved. However, hard to imagine that is the case given the investigation seems to have been ongoing for awhile.

If this is a case of incredibly poor judgment by TG, even with no actual physical harm, you simply cannot be a grown ass man paid millions and be doing this shit with coeds. I love TG as a coach but I will not crap on Bruce Pearl, Lane Kiffin, or other coaches and give my guy a pass just b/c he is a good coach and on 'my team.'

SS now has 3 such serious allegations against coaches in his tenure. WTF?

AS for those criticizing the Alligator, shouldn't the real question be where is the adult news media on this? Why are they breaking these stories? If you think the problem is other schools covering this kind of crap up rather than exposing it, that is a dark world. Imagine your daughter and maybe grow a pair.

 

yes good point

 

when it comes to playing the flirting and sexting game, young women now are masters. Yoda-level masters. Never, ever go into the rabbit-hole with them if you don't like swimming with sharks. That said, Golden is a grown man. A married man and college coach.
God I really hope all of this isn't true. What a punch to the kidney.

 

Adult media haha.

The Alligator has always been kids wanting to make noise and get noticed. And often achieving it.

 

At this time, you separate Golden from the program and let the investigation proceed. Having him at games would be a disaster. We have very experienced assistant coaches that can get us through however long it takes. If Golden is cleared, he comes back and takes the reins again. If not, you learn whether or not the assistant can coach, and you make a decision at season's end.

 

When one of the parties posts their paperwork on the web.

 

ESPN has done a good job adding more legal background than what The Alligator provided...
Gators' Golden facing Title IX stalking probe

 

Agree 110%. Which is why I think CTG is toast. As fans, I fear we're going to have to go through a lot of what Michigan State fans went through with Mel Tucker. It will be even more sad in Golden's case, given his relative youth and young family.

 

Not trying to be a comedian here but if all of this is true, how did he find the time? Married, two young kids, managing a nationally relevant college team... I have no kids and my work hours are relatively fixed. I'm exhausted just thinking about it.

 

Illegally, presumably.

 

He did it while he was traveling, and some of the time he would tell the pilot to go down real low so he could take some photos or he told the limo driver to slow down and pull over towards those girls walking nearby.

 

Why would TG do it and not Billy Donovan or Mike White?

 

Our season is not done. If suspended, Carlin Hartman probably steps in. The kids love him. This group of kids loves playing with each other. If CTG gets suspended or fired, these kids are still gonna play their asses off.

 

Just this year the alligator raised the question of highly paid consultants (overpaid? let the public decide) under Sasse and this Golden story. Funny you blame them for "getting noticed" instead of asking whether the story should "get noticed." This is not "Martian lands in a kansas wheat field" stuff but honest stories that the public should consider. When you lose a free press (or a free judiciary), you have pretty much lost.

 

One of the strangest things mentioned in the article and in the complaints was that Todd Golden would take pictures of girls walking on campus or in their cars and then send them text with the photos. How did he know who these girls were and how to contact them?

 

Hard to believe a guy in his position would be dumb enough to send pics like that to a social media account. Knowing once it’s there, it’s there forever.

 

Perhaps because they're smarter and are better husbands.

 

It’s not losing a free press to respect the title nine privacy laws.

 

That’s branding TG before any of this stuff ever happened.