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re: As The Red Beans Boil: Formal request for Coach O to testify at April 8 hearing
Posted on 4/1/21 at 6:15 pm to TigerLunatik
Posted on 4/1/21 at 6:15 pm to TigerLunatik
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It would be a terrible look for him if he denies to show up.
Probably so but it would be much riskier for him and the University to agree to show up. Kind of catch 22 but mitigating damage is the more responsible play for him here. Let’s be real, they’re there to vilify him and the school even further. He has nothing to gain by willfully agreeing to appear and testify.
Only way I see him doing it is if his bosses compel him to, but even I’m sure his lawyer will advise him not to
This post was edited on 4/1/21 at 6:18 pm
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Posted on 4/1/21 at 6:27 pm to lsufball19
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He has nothing to gain by willfully agreeing to appear and testify.
Only if he is absolutely certain he has nothing to hide.
And even then, I doubt any lawyer would advise him to go. It just opens him up for a whole lot more questions about whatever they choose to ask him about.
It's not a courtroom with a judge presiding deciding what questions are allowable. They can literally ask him anything they want. Not that he has to answer but why go? He's not a politician who has to run for re-election.
He knows that for any Power 5 coach, especially in the SEC, he needs to stay focused on the bottom line: wins and losses. That's the one thing he knows for certain will cost him his job. Everything else is noise. Yeah, that noise could sink him but that's why you have a lawyer to deal with that shite for you.
Posted on 4/2/21 at 12:02 pm to lsufball19
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Only way I see him doing it is if his bosses compel him to, but even I’m sure his lawyer will advise him not to
I'm not getting into the 'did O call her or not' question. That's a he said/she said that almost certainly (unless someone can produce call logs - and they're LONG gone at the provider level) can't be proven.
I also agree that O isn't going to voluntarily agree to testify.
Google, however, tells me that the Louisiana legislature has subpoena power. They've apparently thus far chosen to not use it and instead extend a simple 'invitation' to testify.
Am I reading it correctly about their subpoena power?
It would be interesting to see what happens if they decide to subpoena him. It still won't resolve this lady's claim. He'll just testify that he has no recollection of ever calling her and that's the end but IMO his effectiveness or lack thereof (and I have no idea how he'd do under questioning) would have a big influence on the direction this particular claim swings.
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