So what did Joseph do?

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What's the old joke. Guy graduates from law school and returns to his hometown as the only attorney in town but is poor as a church mouse. Another lawyer moves to town and they both get rich.
 
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g0lftime said:
Not technically. You are correct but she has an attorney with some sort of inequity charge. Either way it's all about how much she can get out of GT. Probably will not make it to court with some sort of CDA and $. Question is what's her price and does she want whatever she is investigated for by GT to become public.
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I think this is a key point. If she got into a disagreement about something completely internal to GT, that is something she might be happy to have out in the public. But, GT has to be otherwise pretty happy with her handling of the program, so there must be something pretty serious that happened. GT clearly believes she is probably at fault. Maybe not completely convinced about specifics, but more than just curious about the facts. If she did something that is more than likely against the rules at every college, she might want to keep that quiet.

Look for a settlement where GT agrees to wording her personnel records in a way that gives her room to deal with the fallout, but does not actually lie about the reason she was separated. In exchange, she will give up money GT might otherwise owe her.

I agree with those who say she is not coming back to coach the team, so this has to be about how the separation will be handled.
 

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She probably wants to have a chance to continue to coach somewhere so good chance this is all handled with a CDA in place. Her charge of gender inequity may or may not have anything to do with the reason for her suspension.
 

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Most large corporations will not divulge personnel issues or give references. They will only state that a person was previously employed there without a reason for no longer being employed there. Even if the person was a stellar employee and got caught up in a resource action.
 
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g0lftime said:
Most large corporations will not divulge personnel issues or give references. They will only state that a person was previously employed there without a reason for no longer being employed there. Even if the person was a stellar employee and got caught up in a resource action.
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Yeah but there’s a huge difference between GT publicly announcing she got ousted for porking a player and/or covering it up and a handshake agreement for everyone to zip it, take the money & run. First case you’re nuclear & nobody wants to touch you. Second scenario you can make up a story regarding internal conflict or claim you were mistreated & hope somebody whose program sucks hires you.
 

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g0lftime said:
It will be interesting if the reason ever sees the light of day.
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The reason has to come out, especially if you are Tech. Tech suspended her, probably cost the team an NCAA bid. If Tech was correct in suspending her, why should Tech buy her out, you fire her for cause. If they weren't they have to have an explanation to the supporters of the program and to any future coach, other wise it looks like she was suspended at the whim of the AA management and who would want to work in that environment.
 
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Wrecked said:
The reason has to come out, especially if you are Tech. Tech suspended her, probably cost the team an NCAA bid. If Tech was correct in suspending her, why should Tech buy her out, you fire her for cause. If they weren't they have to have an explanation to the supporters of the program and to any future coach, other wise it looks like she was suspended at the whim of the AA management and who would want to work in that environment.
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Sometimes the cost to settle of out court coupled with the possibility of losing is less than the cost of having it go to trial. Add into that juries don’t always decide who’s right and in this case you only need to be 51% right not 100%, sometimes they just feel sorry for someone. Make no mistake this is a business decision. GT lawyers will calculate the lowest cost option and pick that one.
 
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Sarrick said:
Coach Jo has just been fired per AJC.

Still curious as what prompted all of this
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A final report on the investigation was submitted by Littler Mendelson on March 20. Among the findings were that every student-athlete reported “concerns regarding alleged emotional or mental mistreatment” by Joseph, and that student-athletes described the environment around the team as “toxic,” “suffocating,” “unhealthy” and “hostile” and described Joseph’s conduct as “bullying” and “emotionally, mentally and verbally ‘abusive.’”

Additionally, several student-athletes reported allegations that, if true, may constitute violations of NCAA rules, Littler Mendelson concluded. Georgia Tech has initiated a review of these allegations with the NCAA.
 
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THE FLATS – Georgia Tech women’s basketball head coach MaChelle Joseph has been dismissed, Georgia Tech athletics announced on Tuesday.

Joseph’s dismissal comes following an independent investigation by Littler Mendelson P.C. Employment and Labor Law Solutions Worldwide. Georgia Tech retained the services of Littler Mendelson on Feb. 25, 2019, after women’s basketball student-athletes brought forward concerns about player and staff mistreatment by Joseph.

Joseph was placed on leave on Feb. 27 while the investigation took place. As part of the investigation, Littler Mendelson completed 40 interviews. Individuals interviewed included Joseph, the team’s 2018-19 assistant coaches, all 13 members of the 2018-19 team, various administrators and support staff, as well as parents of student-athletes.

A final report on the investigation was submitted by Littler Mendelson on March 20. Among the findings were that every student-athlete reported “concerns regarding alleged emotional or mental mistreatment” by Joseph, and that student-athletes described the environment around the team as “toxic,” “suffocating,” “unhealthy” and “hostile” and described Joseph’s conduct as “bullying” and “emotionally, mentally and verbally ‘abusive.’”

Additionally, several student-athletes reported allegations that, if true, may constitute violations of NCAA rules, Littler Mendelson concluded. Georgia Tech has initiated a review of these allegations with the NCAA.

Joseph was given the opportunity to respond to the report. Her response was received on March 25. After reviewing the report and Joseph’s response, Georgia Tech director of athletics Todd Stansbury made the decision to dismiss Joseph on March 26. Stansbury informed Joseph of the decision during an in-person meeting.

“After learning of the concerns of women’s basketball student-athletes about Coach Joseph’s conduct, Georgia Tech retained the services of Littler Mendelson to conduct an investigation of the allegations,” Stansbury said. “The findings outlined in the report have left us no choice but to dismiss Coach Joseph.

“Student-athlete well-being will always be the top priority of our athletics department,” Stansbury said. “I am disappointed and saddened to learn that the well-being of our student-athletes was being compromised. The findings of the independent investigation make it clear that the dismissal of Coach Joseph is necessary to restore the well-being of student-athletes as the No. 1 priority within our women’s basketball program.”

Georgia Tech will immediately begin a national search for the sixth women’s basketball head coach in program history.
 
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GTLorenzo said:
THE FLATS – Georgia Tech women’s basketball head coach MaChelle Joseph has been dismissed, Georgia Tech athletics announced on Tuesday.

Joseph’s dismissal comes following an independent investigation by Littler Mendelson P.C. Employment and Labor Law Solutions Worldwide. Georgia Tech retained the services of Littler Mendelson on Feb. 25, 2019, after women’s basketball student-athletes brought forward concerns about player and staff mistreatment by Joseph.

Joseph was placed on leave on Feb. 27 while the investigation took place. As part of the investigation, Littler Mendelson completed 40 interviews. Individuals interviewed included Joseph, the team’s 2018-19 assistant coaches, all 13 members of the 2018-19 team, various administrators and support staff, as well as parents of student-athletes.

A final report on the investigation was submitted by Littler Mendelson on March 20. Among the findings were that every student-athlete reported “concerns regarding alleged emotional or mental mistreatment” by Joseph, and that student-athletes described the environment around the team as “toxic,” “suffocating,” “unhealthy” and “hostile” and described Joseph’s conduct as “bullying” and “emotionally, mentally and verbally ‘abusive.’”

Additionally, several student-athletes reported allegations that, if true, may constitute violations of NCAA rules, Littler Mendelson concluded. Georgia Tech has initiated a review of these allegations with the NCAA.

Joseph was given the opportunity to respond to the report. Her response was received on March 25. After reviewing the report and Joseph’s response, Georgia Tech director of athletics Todd Stansbury made the decision to dismiss Joseph on March 26. Stansbury informed Joseph of the decision during an in-person meeting.

“After learning of the concerns of women’s basketball student-athletes about Coach Joseph’s conduct, Georgia Tech retained the services of Littler Mendelson to conduct an investigation of the allegations,” Stansbury said. “The findings outlined in the report have left us no choice but to dismiss Coach Joseph.

“Student-athlete well-being will always be the top priority of our athletics department,” Stansbury said. “I am disappointed and saddened to learn that the well-being of our student-athletes was being compromised. The findings of the independent investigation make it clear that the dismissal of Coach Joseph is necessary to restore the well-being of student-athletes as the No. 1 priority within our women’s basketball program.”

Georgia Tech will immediately begin a national search for the sixth women’s basketball head coach in program history.
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This is crazy. Kinda what I was expecting though after the "no staff contact with players" rule that the administration put out. Hopefully we are able to retain our players, especially the ones that didn't play the last few games. We have the talent to make a legitimate NCAA tournament run next year if we hire the right coach.
 

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This may account for what has been perceived as underachievement by the WBB. This year's team has some very good players and yet the record was not up to expectations and hasn't been for some time.
 
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