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Ha, I guess I don't need to post anymore. I just need to wait until you telepathically contribute my thoughts.
Anyway, I think I've been pretty consistent that the most important aspect of a university is the academic sector, not the athletic one. I probably lean even moreso on that for Michigan than other schools. And were a President of a university to step down because he feels his authority had been subverted by the power of sports ...
Well, that'd be such an unprecedented and dark stain that the academic reputation of a university might never recover.

Or- if the evidence Supports the fact that the head football coach did nothing wrong and could not have done more but the president wants to punish him anyway for the sake of optics and the strange environment our country is in right now, then I don’t need to have telepathy to understand your take. You’re taking has been consistent, it’s been anti-urban Meyer from the very beginning and remain so now

Here's my take. I've largely dropped off this thread since Urban's public statement that he reported everything he needed to report.

My guess is that Courtney and Zach had major problems... And that neither of them were exactly clean. And that every time that something happened, the police couldn't basically make heads or tails of it, so Zach was never arrested and when Urban looked at it, he couldn't necessarily say that it was Zach's fault--and I'm sure Zach was telling him all the bad things she did.

This probably came to a head with the incidents in late 2015... Which didn't end up with arrests or charges filed. But it did end up with divorce proceedings.

I still think the way it shook out is that the 2015 allegations probably would have been enough to get rid of him, but the divorce largely "kicked the can" in the sense that if Urban believed Courtney was a big part of the problem, that the divorce would at least put that problem to rest. The risk drops significantly if they're not continuing to be married, right?

But the May 2018 criminal trespass and the protective order forced their hand. Obviously that meant that they couldn't have an amicable divorce, so the problems that should have gone away due to divorce were still raging.

• Still in the dark. Ya know: We haven't learned any new details about the history. But the odds have shifted just based on the reported attitudes at today's meeting.
• I now think it is very probably wrong to fire Urban.
• It now seems more likely than before that he deserves no punishment - maybe even an apology.
• Also, whereas I used to think a suspension was super unlikely (i.e., "nonsensical" because either he violated his contract or he didn't, what's the point of an in-between?), now it seems somewhat more reasonable. Contractually it is still pretty nonsensical to go to suspension. But in terms of deflecting residual bad P.R. and staying protected if more bad news breaks, it suddenly seems like a good game theory option with few downsides if the suspension ends before TCU.
• Expecting the report will be generally low-key and boring, perhaps with sparse things that read as uncomfortable but would be difficult to lead through for Meyer and readily forgivable

Go back and notice the word "alleged." If you did notice it but didn't care, then ... neat for you.
To be accused of multiple instances (rumors) of domestic violence is to allegedly be a serial abuser. There's plenty in this conversation that is up for debate. But if someone debates this one, that person is disagreeing with dictionaries.