Wow... not sure what to say, other than echoing the sentiments of patience until we know as many facts as possible.
I am not going to speculate. I have absolutely no idea who the accuser is referring to or what happened 20 years ago. I'll just link to a Duke Chronicle media article that there was a Duke Men's basketball walk-on player on that team who had a public problematic history with sexual harassment that ruined his career. He talked about the problematic culture at that time.
https://www.dukechronicle.com/articl...171120-ko-edit
And we just don't know, so no rush to judgment here.
Last edited by richardjackson199; 02-09-2019 at 12:00 PM.
Wow... not sure what to say, other than echoing the sentiments of patience until we know as many facts as possible.
The accuser said this happened in 1999, but not specific to which part of the year. So it could be either the 1998-99 team or the 99-00 team.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Duke is neither the only campus to host the infection of campus sexual crimes, nor is it immune to it.
The social spotlight that has been shone upon this issue over the past (half?) decade has been a very positive trend in helping people everywhere become "woke" to the problem, the #metoo movement has been a huge help as well.
Hopefully this situation will result in some positive growth as well.
Thank you for linking the article. Another (not-so) shocking article was linked within the article you posted:
University survey reveals ‘startling’ sexual misconduct statistics
I used to have the Chronicle bookmarked. I think it's time I do so again.
Of course I hope this isn't true. If it is true, I hope K had no knowledge of it. If he had knowledge of it, I hope he acted appropriately.
If it is true, and K had knowledge, and didn't act appropriately I will be profoundly disappointed.
I will wait patiently to make any judgment, but this is a heap of "not good" regardless.
May we please let this play out and quit the speculation?
Well, that may be so, but it doesn't erase one person's admission of culpability and past. Regardless of the specifics of whatever this allegation may be, Caldbeck seems to own his role and be interested in healing his past and creating a more positive and safe environment on campus. Of course this excuses nothing, but is a much more impressive reaction than most people seem prone to (denial or minimalizing impact).
Can't change what has already happened - do the right thing now.
"This is the best of all possible worlds."
Dr. Pangloss - Candide
My assumption, unless there is specific information to the contrary, is that both Duke and the basketball program acted appropriately in the alleged incident. As this is a public board, I encourage each of you to make the same assumption.
Kindly,
Sage Grouse
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013