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BuffsNYC said:
USA Today has the RichRod scoop.

"Rodriguez's personal behavior toward Wilhelmsen led her first to seek, unsuccessfully, a job in another university position and later to resign her job as the coach's assistant, the claim says. Among the allegations:
  • The coach called her into his office in January 2017 when he began discussing his marital problems and then grabbed her, “embraced her, touched the side of her breast, and tried to kiss her.” She managed to pull away. Two weeks later, he called her back to his office and said he wanted to "take care of her." Rodriguez handed her $300 in cash, but she refused the money.
  • In February 2017, he called her into his office, and while talking she saw him "grasping his penis beneath his basketball shorts."
  • Rodriguez asked Wilhelmsen to get him underwear from the equipment area. After she found a male staff member to bring them to him, Rodriguez told her how "his preferred style of underwear ‘visually enhanced’ his genitalia when worn."
  • Rodriguez timed his workouts so would walk back to his office shirtless in front of Wilhelmsen.
  • A coaching assistant made a comment that when Wilhelmsen raised money for the football program she did it by rubbing her breasts on donors. Rodriguez laughed at the comment.
  • Rodriguez asked Wilhelmsen to come to his home alone to help him with his dog. Wilhelmsen texted the coach that she and her husband could come, but she would not come alone. “You know I love you,” Rodriguez texted back, with a kissing-face emoji.
  • On Wilhelmsen’s last day of work on Aug. 11, 2017, Rodriguez’s wife cornered her in the office and demanded to know the truth about her husband’s affair. Wilhelmsen said she apologized for not informing his wife sooner.
Wilhelmsen also expressed concern about a so-called “Hideaway Book” that was written by Rodriguez and given annually to coaches and football operations staff. The goal was to "establish secrecy within Rodriguez’s inner circle and establish complete control of the group."
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Not good if those allegations are even half true.
 
BuffsNYC said:
USA Today has the RichRod scoop.

"Rodriguez's personal behavior toward Wilhelmsen led her first to seek, unsuccessfully, a job in another university position and later to resign her job as the coach's assistant, the claim says. Among the allegations:
  • The coach called her into his office in January 2017 when he began discussing his marital problems and then grabbed her, “embraced her, touched the side of her breast, and tried to kiss her.” She managed to pull away. Two weeks later, he called her back to his office and said he wanted to "take care of her." Rodriguez handed her $300 in cash, but she refused the money.
  • In February 2017, he called her into his office, and while talking she saw him "grasping his penis beneath his basketball shorts."
  • Rodriguez asked Wilhelmsen to get him underwear from the equipment area. After she found a male staff member to bring them to him, Rodriguez told her how "his preferred style of underwear ‘visually enhanced’ his genitalia when worn."
  • Rodriguez timed his workouts so would walk back to his office shirtless in front of Wilhelmsen.
  • A coaching assistant made a comment that when Wilhelmsen raised money for the football program she did it by rubbing her breasts on donors. Rodriguez laughed at the comment.
  • Rodriguez asked Wilhelmsen to come to his home alone to help him with his dog. Wilhelmsen texted the coach that she and her husband could come, but she would not come alone. “You know I love you,” Rodriguez texted back, with a kissing-face emoji.
  • On Wilhelmsen’s last day of work on Aug. 11, 2017, Rodriguez’s wife cornered her in the office and demanded to know the truth about her husband’s affair. Wilhelmsen said she apologized for not informing his wife sooner.
Wilhelmsen also expressed concern about a so-called “Hideaway Book” that was written by Rodriguez and given annually to coaches and football operations staff. The goal was to "establish secrecy within Rodriguez’s inner circle and establish complete control of the group."
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Rich Rod's Official Response:


(not to make light of a potentially serious situation)
 
BuffsNYC said:
USA Today has the RichRod scoop.

"Rodriguez's personal behavior toward Wilhelmsen led her first to seek, unsuccessfully, a job in another university position and later to resign her job as the coach's assistant, the claim says. Among the allegations:
  • The coach called her into his office in January 2017 when he began discussing his marital problems and then grabbed her, “embraced her, touched the side of her breast, and tried to kiss her.” She managed to pull away. Two weeks later, he called her back to his office and said he wanted to "take care of her." Rodriguez handed her $300 in cash, but she refused the money.
  • In February 2017, he called her into his office, and while talking she saw him "grasping his penis beneath his basketball shorts."
  • Rodriguez asked Wilhelmsen to get him underwear from the equipment area. After she found a male staff member to bring them to him, Rodriguez told her how "his preferred style of underwear ‘visually enhanced’ his genitalia when worn."
  • Rodriguez timed his workouts so would walk back to his office shirtless in front of Wilhelmsen.
  • A coaching assistant made a comment that when Wilhelmsen raised money for the football program she did it by rubbing her breasts on donors. Rodriguez laughed at the comment.
  • Rodriguez asked Wilhelmsen to come to his home alone to help him with his dog. Wilhelmsen texted the coach that she and her husband could come, but she would not come alone. “You know I love you,” Rodriguez texted back, with a kissing-face emoji.
  • On Wilhelmsen’s last day of work on Aug. 11, 2017, Rodriguez’s wife cornered her in the office and demanded to know the truth about her husband’s affair. Wilhelmsen said she apologized for not informing his wife sooner.
Wilhelmsen also expressed concern about a so-called “Hideaway Book” that was written by Rodriguez and given annually to coaches and football operations staff. The goal was to "establish secrecy within Rodriguez’s inner circle and establish complete control of the group."
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Also:
  • ...some instances during this time period where football players sent Melissa screen shots of their genitalia and illicit overtures via text. When she asked Rodriguez to intervene, he ignored her.
  • Rodriguez’ demand for secrecy included doing nothing about a player that needed help. On August 8, 2016, football player Zach Hemmila was found dead from a painkiller overdose.
    The evening before, Matt Dudek had taken Zach to Rodriguez telling him that something was wrong with Zach and needed help. But Rodriguez did nothing simply saying, “he’ll be fine.”
  • On April 5, 2017, Melissa attempted to make a second appointment with Mike Ketcham to discuss transferring departments. She received no response. Eventually Mike told her, “We can’t take yon; Coach [Rodriguez] would be pissed.”

Those are all taken form the text of the notice of claim posted on the Phoenix Business Journal.

This is from the claim as well:
Jason, a former Marine and DEA agent, feels emasculated by what Rodriguez has done to his wife. For as long as he can remember, Jason has seen himself as a protector of the innocent and helpless who was always willing to put himself in harm’s way to save those who couldn’t save themselves. He didn’t realize that Melissa needed saving, until it was too late. When he sees what has happened to Melissa, he sees it as his own failure to be a man. Rodriguez has taken this away from Jason, perhaps forever.
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This is all foreign to me, is this "loss of manhood" or whatever you would call it claim the sort of thing that finds it's way into these sort of documents. It seems overly dramatic. I'd understand if the claim said that Rich Rod caused harm to the husband by causing extreme marital strife and there was some sort of damage to be sought there, but this just seems like language meant for Maury Povich not the judicial system.

FWIW, the claim has more than a few typos in it as well. None of this makes me think her allegations are less valid, just that this lawyer kind of sucks at this part of his job.
 
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jkppkjjkp said:
Also:
  • ...some instances during this time period where football players sent Melissa screen shots of their genitalia and illicit overtures via text. When she asked Rodriguez to intervene, he ignored her.
  • Rodriguez’ demand for secrecy included doing nothing about a player that needed help. On August 8, 2016, football player Zach Hemmila was found dead from a painkiller overdose.
    The evening before, Matt Dudek had taken Zach to Rodriguez telling him that something was wrong with Zach and needed help. But Rodriguez did nothing simply saying, “he’ll be fine.”
  • On April 5, 2017, Melissa attempted to make a second appointment with Mike Ketcham to discuss transferring departments. She received no response. Eventually Mike told her, “We can’t take yon; Coach [Rodriguez] would be pissed.”

Those are all taken form the text of the notice of claim posted on the Phoenix Business Journal.

This is from the claim as well:


This is all foreign to me, is this "loss of manhood" or whatever you would call it claim the sort of thing that finds it's way into these sort of documents. It seems overly dramatic. I'd understand if the claim said that Rich Rod caused harm to the husband by causing extreme marital strife and there was some sort of damage to be sought there, but this just seems like language meant for Maury Povich not the judicial system.

FWIW, the claim has more than a few typos in it as well. None of this makes me think her allegations are less valid, just that this lawyer kind of sucks at this part of his job.
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That letter was less a legal document and more a press release. Not the best way to handle it since now he's blown most of her leverage.
 
BuffsNYC said:
USA Today has the RichRod scoop.

"Rodriguez's personal behavior toward Wilhelmsen led her first to seek, unsuccessfully, a job in another university position and later to resign her job as the coach's assistant, the claim says. Among the allegations:
  • The coach called her into his office in January 2017 when he began discussing his marital problems and then grabbed her, “embraced her, touched the side of her breast, and tried to kiss her.” She managed to pull away. Two weeks later, he called her back to his office and said he wanted to "take care of her." Rodriguez handed her $300 in cash, but she refused the money.
  • In February 2017, he called her into his office, and while talking she saw him "grasping his penis beneath his basketball shorts."
  • Rodriguez asked Wilhelmsen to get him underwear from the equipment area. After she found a male staff member to bring them to him, Rodriguez told her how "his preferred style of underwear ‘visually enhanced’ his genitalia when worn."
  • Rodriguez timed his workouts so would walk back to his office shirtless in front of Wilhelmsen.
  • A coaching assistant made a comment that when Wilhelmsen raised money for the football program she did it by rubbing her breasts on donors. Rodriguez laughed at the comment.
  • Rodriguez asked Wilhelmsen to come to his home alone to help him with his dog. Wilhelmsen texted the coach that she and her husband could come, but she would not come alone. “You know I love you,” Rodriguez texted back, with a kissing-face emoji.
  • On Wilhelmsen’s last day of work on Aug. 11, 2017, Rodriguez’s wife cornered her in the office and demanded to know the truth about her husband’s affair. Wilhelmsen said she apologized for not informing his wife sooner.
Wilhelmsen also expressed concern about a so-called “Hideaway Book” that was written by Rodriguez and given annually to coaches and football operations staff. The goal was to "establish secrecy within Rodriguez’s inner circle and establish complete control of the group."
Click to expand...
Well, since her name is now in the USA Today...

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She had to know that Rich Rod didn't hire her for her secretarial skills, right? :ROFLMAO:

I understand why UA fired him. Sounds like he's a pig who ran his organization in a way that was going to be a breeding ground for problems.
 
Buffnik said:
She had to know that Rich Rod didn't hire her for her secretarial skills, right? :ROFLMAO:

I understand why UA fired him. Sounds like he's a pig who ran his organization in a way that was going to be a breeding ground for problems.
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Meanwhile, at the UA basketball offices...
 
Buffnik said:
She had to know that Rich Rod didn't hire her for her secretarial skills, right? :ROFLMAO:

I understand why UA fired him. Sounds like he's a pig who ran his organization in a way that was going to be a breeding ground for problems.
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Well done.
 
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Reset FINAL of the Final (I thought I was done until RichRod tried to be the Harvey Weinstein of CFB)
Filled jobs:

fUCLA- They strike hard and fast, grabbing the brass ring and landing Chip Kelly. h/t Jens.
UF- Mullen is in, per ESPN.
Ole Miss- Matt Luke it is. h/t nik. 2 year bowl ban, loss of schollies
MSU- Joey Moorhead, OC at Penn. St. takes over in Starkville. h/t cmgoods
ASU- Herm Edwards. Strange hire. ASU installing an NFL model, run by a the future P12 champ in free association. The P12S cheers this hire. (h/t Jens)
aTm- Jimbo leaves FSU h/t Serenity Buff UPDATE: $7.5 MM a year. He damn well better win.
Oregon St.- Cal OC Beau Baldwin was tapped for the job. h/t nik UPDATE: Washington OC Jonathon Smith nabs the job.
NU- The nubs get their man, Frost it is. (h/t Jens)
UCF- Josh Heupel, fmr. Mizzou OC, with Randy Shannon as DC. (h/t AeroBuff and Jalapeno)
FSU- Taggart leaves the Ducklings. (h/t Serenity Buff and Hokie)
Arky- fmr. SMU HC Chad Morris gets the gig.
Rice- Stanford OC Mike Bloomgren gets the job.
Tennessee- The most amusing search of the year ends. Bammer DC Jeremy Pruitt, with CSU OC Will Friend and Secondary AC Terry Fair in tow.
UTEP- Dana Dimel the new HC. (h/t SerenityBuff)
So. Alabama- Central Arky's Steve Campbell is the man.
Oregon- Uncle Phil hires Mario Christobal as HC. h/t Serenity Buff.
SMU- Hired Sonny Dykes as HC. h/t onealcd

Open jobs:
Arizona- RichRod goes full predator, allegedly, and gets shown the door. Mark Helfrich, Mike Norvell and Ted Tedford looking for sloppy seconds.

The Who cares jobs I haven't bothered to see if filled division:

Kent St.- Paul Haynes out. h/t mdelpizzo
Ga. Southern- Tyson Summers out. Tee Martin has shown interest ( I forget who posted this, so h/t to somebody)
UL-Lafayette- Who knew?

Other news:

TCU- Extended GPat trough 2024 h/t nik
TTU- KliffyK safe h/t onealcd
KU- Beaty confirmed to be back next year.
Mizzou- Barry Odom set for extension.
ISU- Campbell signs extension
Auburn- Malzahn signs extension which basically means he is in the clear until next October.
OSU- Gundy gets a $700K raise after jerking UT's chain. (h/t buffs 35)
CU- Brian Lindgren moves on to Oregon St., with Mike Riley as his QB coach, that ought to be fun. (h/t Serenity Buff).
Memphis- Norvell signs an extension
Pitt- Narduzzi signs an extension
Mizzou- former Buff Ryan Walters elevated to DC (h/t Jeric)
UNLV- fmr. Buff DC Baer and secondary coach LaRussa canned (h/t Jeric)
Oregon- Leavitt stays, pulls even more bank from the sweatshop crew.
Ole Miss- Making a play for Charles Clark as DB coach.
fUCLA- Helfrich an OC candidate, Paul Rhodes DB's.
KjSU- Bill Snyder, born when FDR was President, decides for one more year....he hopes.
 
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I don't think Helfrich will ever get a sniff again at a top half P5 program without:
1) A HC stop at a bottom feeder P5 program
2) A G5 school as a HC
3) A successful stint as an OC NOT tied to Chip
 
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