16 ex-Michigan hockey players sue over alleged sexual hazing
Michigan Hockey Scandal
It’s all about Culture... what kind of cultural and behavioral framework do you set down and create for your program. Or any group or organization.
A good culture is going to spread out over an entire organization. And a bad or toxic one will do the same. Why? Because the vision and ethical framework is all emanating from the same (central) source and place that controls the organization. And whatever kind of culture you create is going to expand upon itself and become reinforced and multiplied.
When a scandal of any kind arises from any organization it is most likely not the only shady thing going on there. It just might be the one thing that happens to get out into the public awareness. And in the case of some organizations (as we have already seen)... multiple events do sometimes become publically known and the culture that exists there becomes common knowledge.
You can’t fake Culture. You live it. And if you have the power to set down the entire tone of an organization... you have a great responsibility to all those who exist within that organization and all those outside of it that you effect.
You can win with class or without it. You can lose with class or without it. You can run your program ethically or not.
And you can sometimes 'win' games when time magically appears out of nowhere to allow you to ‘win’ when you never should have.
A good culture is going to spread out over an entire organization. And a bad or toxic one will do the same. Why? Because the vision and ethical framework is all emanating from the same (central) source and place that controls the organization. And whatever kind of culture you create is going to expand upon itself and become reinforced and multiplied.
When a scandal of any kind arises from any organization it is most likely not the only shady thing going on there. It just might be the one thing that happens to get out into the public awareness. And in the case of some organizations (as we have already seen)... multiple events do sometimes become publically known and the culture that exists there becomes common knowledge.
You can’t fake Culture. You live it. And if you have the power to set down the entire tone of an organization... you have a great responsibility to all those who exist within that organization and all those outside of it that you effect.
You can win with class or without it. You can lose with class or without it. You can run your program ethically or not.
And you can sometimes 'win' games when time magically appears out of nowhere to allow you to ‘win’ when you never should have.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
It’s pretty clear that being a “Michigan man” means you care nothing about winning on the field. Nothing else matters, and your behavior in other areas of life doesn’t matter as long as you win on the field.
SHOCKED, I say, I am shocked!
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Fixed my typo. Auto correct at it again.
Round up the usual suspects.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
I have a young colleague (late 20s) who's a Michigan alum. Great guy, very smart, high human capital. We regularly talk college ball. I hadn't seen him all week until late Thursday. I asked him about his Labor Day weekend and he brought up the WMU game. There followed a long discussion of Michigan's serial, and seemingly unending, scandals. They obviously have a serious problem vetting hires in the AD and, generally, have had rocky leadership lately at the presidential level (Santa Ono was an exception until he bolted for Florida only to fail to get that job.) I hadn't heard about the latest scandal in hockey until he told me.
Money quote from my colleague: "We've got a real problem: an arrogant 'we're the best' attitude that doesn't bear scrutiny. It's embarrassing."
Money quote from my colleague: "We've got a real problem: an arrogant 'we're the best' attitude that doesn't bear scrutiny. It's embarrassing."
