odanny
Diamond Member
Why, oh why, would you sign someone to such a long-term deal? It's like giving away future first round draft picks to move up in the draft to choose an untested college QB from a small school. Perhaps if he is "fired for cause" they can claw back some money.
On a gray and rainy October day not two years ago, Michigan State outlasted Michigan, 37-33, in front of a wild Spartan Stadium crown. It moved the Spartans to 8-0 on the season and head coach Mel Tucker to 2-0 as their coach against their bitter rival.
MSU would soon soar to No. 3 in the national rankings and Tucker would soon receive a massive 10-year, $95 million contract, in part out of fear that LSU or someone else would come steal a Spartan coaching savant the way they once did with Nick Saban.
Tucker had it made. Big money, big momentum.
Since then, he's 10-9 on the field. Off of it, reality is even worse.
Sunday he was suspended without pay awaiting the conclusion of a Title IX investigation into allegations that he sexually harassed Brenda Tracy, a prominent rape survivor who works as an educator on the issue, including working with numerous athletic teams.
The decision came hours after USA Today reported, with Tracy’s consent, the details of her allegations and the ensuing investigation. It brought to light Tucker’s behavior in what he described as a “consensual and intimate relationship.”
Even if Tucker, who is 51 and married with children, is proven correct, the details are embarrassing and the relationship is wholly inappropriate.
A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 5-6.
It’s almost unfathomable Tucker ever coaches another game for the Spartans.
In terms of his status with MSU, the hearing will do little more than determine how much of the $77 million remaining on his contract he will receive from the school — and it could be zero since his contract has a clause voiding it if he engages in “conduct which, in the University’s reasonable judgment, would tend to bring public disrespect, contempt or ridicule on the University.”
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On a gray and rainy October day not two years ago, Michigan State outlasted Michigan, 37-33, in front of a wild Spartan Stadium crown. It moved the Spartans to 8-0 on the season and head coach Mel Tucker to 2-0 as their coach against their bitter rival.
MSU would soon soar to No. 3 in the national rankings and Tucker would soon receive a massive 10-year, $95 million contract, in part out of fear that LSU or someone else would come steal a Spartan coaching savant the way they once did with Nick Saban.
Tucker had it made. Big money, big momentum.
Since then, he's 10-9 on the field. Off of it, reality is even worse.
Sunday he was suspended without pay awaiting the conclusion of a Title IX investigation into allegations that he sexually harassed Brenda Tracy, a prominent rape survivor who works as an educator on the issue, including working with numerous athletic teams.
The decision came hours after USA Today reported, with Tracy’s consent, the details of her allegations and the ensuing investigation. It brought to light Tucker’s behavior in what he described as a “consensual and intimate relationship.”
Even if Tucker, who is 51 and married with children, is proven correct, the details are embarrassing and the relationship is wholly inappropriate.
A hearing is scheduled for Oct. 5-6.
It’s almost unfathomable Tucker ever coaches another game for the Spartans.
In terms of his status with MSU, the hearing will do little more than determine how much of the $77 million remaining on his contract he will receive from the school — and it could be zero since his contract has a clause voiding it if he engages in “conduct which, in the University’s reasonable judgment, would tend to bring public disrespect, contempt or ridicule on the University.”
Mel Tucker likely done at Michigan State as his stunning rise to power is matched by this fall from grace
Tucker is suspended without pay after allegations of sexual harassment and it's difficult to see him ever returning to the Michigan State sideline.
