Opinion: Texas Tech athletic director needs to go after failing women's basketball players

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'What did (Hocutt) do at that crucial moment in his career? He did absolutely nothing, that’s what he did. He allowed those young athletes to twist in the wind. He failed them all, miserably,' writes cbrennansports for usatodaysports.

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. In his news conference, Hocutt offered a whole bunch of jibberish about what he did when, trying to explain away his inaction, but the bottom line is he did nothing to help his women’s basketball players until journalists told the sports world how bad things were at his school.Why does Hocutt still have his job?University leaders probably won’t do a thing, but they sure should. Over the past few days, we have learned a lot about Hocutt, a rising star in college sports whose $1.

Hocutt now has a record on this topic, and it’s one of inaction and neglect when student-athletes needed him most. “It was just the feeling of fear, anxiety, depression,” Mia Castaneda, who transferred away from Texas Tech last year, told USA TODAY Sports. “And it wasn’t just a few people – it was our entire team. They were breaking not just athletes, they were breaking people.”

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cbrennansports usatodaysports 1. If Hocutt would have nipped the sex harrassment in the bud, and other complaints ,things would have turned out different. 2. Marlene was good coach, improving team and winning, set records . The players were remarkably improved from season 1 to 2. 3. Brewer went to WNBA.

cbrennansports usatodaysports Yes! He must go too. To eradicate the disease, all of the diseased area must be removed.

cbrennansports usatodaysports Hocutt is a good AD that cares deeply about the program and student athletes. I'm confident that he was taking necessary steps for action before this article dropped. If you were around to see his character, you'd know your opinion is incorrect.

hlods cbrennansports usatodaysports A long career of ginned up outrage has made cbrennansports career.

cbrennansports usatodaysports If this was a male coach would the outcome have been different? Sometimes I think we forgot as a society that females can still “abuse” other females

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