re: Pat Ivey out

There's a good thread about Ivey on the TB. LINK

It later devolved into a Michael Brown debate, but the first post seemed like a good guess as to what happened.

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I listened to his entire interview with Feldman. If the recent crap on campus bothers you, you should do likewise. I was previously an admirer of Ivey due in large part to his commitment and methods to develop young men in body, mind, and spirit. I still am. Ivey was disturbed when a young black player from St. Louis told Ivey he had no faith in some good advice because it came from a white person. Ivey knew the kid was poisoned by the Ferguson big lie but also jaded by legitimate concerns (the north St. Louis political/criminal justice system has problems). Ivey wanted to do something about it. He wanted his players to grow beyond limitations arising from prejudice. He tried to start with identification of root causes, knew to fix it he had to be able to see the world form the perspective of the jaded kids. He initiated dialogue. That is admirable. It got emotional - is there any other way? When the Ferguson-derived infection of the MU campus reached epidemic proportions and the emotionally-vulnerable MU athletes got played by the hunger strike hoaxer, Ivey found himself in over his head. He wasn't a strong enough swimmer to keep his players and himself from getting sucked down the toilet bowl of sleazy activism, liberal campus politics, race baiting, PC run amok, and corrupt-spineless-and/or inept MU power brokers. It is completely understandable that Ivey was swept away, it was a powerful and disgusting downward spiral. It wasn't his fault. Did he behave perfectly in the crisis? It was BS to salute the notion the hoaxer's life was in danger, but at that point, the "we support our players who had a heart-felt concern" spin was about the only way to keep the MU football program from a fatal crash. The crash was still bad. In the eyes of the boosters, Ivey was damaged goods; he had to go to facilitate the repair job.

Bad things sometimes happen to good people.

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