Applause, Applause

Here is a well written article from the Nevada Sagebrush that calls out the Athletic Department Administration for their responsibility in former golf coach Rich Merritt's improprieties.  It also includes other examples of mismanagement by Groth.

"Merritt got away with his crass acts under the athletic department’s watch because he wasn’t properly monitored. Such lax monitoring policies are dangerous for a program just a few blocks from several casinos."

"During the tsunami warnings last month when two Nevada teams were in Hawaii, Groth only communicated with one team — the men’s basketball team.  The rifle team, also in a hotel on the Oahu coast, wasn’t contacted during the state’s first coastal evacuation in 16 years. Groth said she didn’t even have rifle coach Fred Harvey’s cell phone number."

Groth's statement does not ring true since every coach has to file a travel manifest with all their contact numbers before they leave on team travel.  She also could have tried the hotel number. 

Then again, student-athlete welfare has never been Groth's concern . . . as noted by her retention of Coach Merritt after Groth knew that Merritt jeopardized the eligibility and welfare of his student-athletes.

 

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