Are you kidding me? Ole Miss hires Quentin Hillsman

[HuskyNan]

Ugh.

Three years after ugly departure from Syracuse, Quentin Hillsman hired by Mississippi as assistant coach

Hillsman left Syracuse amid an investigation into accusations of bullying and other inappropriuate behavior.

www.syracuse.com

 

[Blueberries]

Not Mississippi State, University of Mississippi.

 

[TheFarmFan]

You ought to check out coach Yo's statement - it was ludicrous.

So let me translate:
I won't listen to any criticism, no matter how reasonable or constructive.
Moral relatavism is convenient for me.
I exercise no discretion in the company I keep and the people I value.
I'm a walking HR/legal nightmare because apparently I don't realize that as a supervisor "see no evil" doesn't cut it as a legal defense when the employees I supervise violate the law.

Cool cool cool.

 

[AmeriConn]

 

[dws3665]

There are several posts on this in the coaching carousel thread.

Even Shakira Austin is laughing at the hire.

 

[cancontent]

You ought to check out coach Yo's statement - it was ludicrous.

To top up my reply to this post on the other thread, I wouldn't call that a statement. That was jibberish. All posturing for her followers before the news comes out but it has absolutely no substance.

 

[dws3665]

Voepel has now come out and blasted the hire, too.

Going great!

 

[MSSportsGuy]

Not Mississippi State, University of Mississippi.

I appreciate when people outside the area recognize we are two different schools.

 

[hoopsnloops32]

Coach Yo has been very sus on social media recently. Doesn’t surprise me in the least.

 

[KY Card Fan]

I appreciate when people outside the area recognize we are two different schools.

One of my dear friends is an Ole Miss grad (he's really big on football) but I'm Miss State all the way because I'm a huge fan of Sam Purcell.

Back on topic - that is a horrible hire. Who would want their daughter (or in my case granddaughter) to be associated with that guy?

 

[Dillon77]

The allegations unearthed against Coach Q in the independent report were indicative of a coach who clearly had not been aware of the sign' of the times changing...or wasn't interested in them. Has he recognized he needed to change? Taken courses, sought counseling? Enough to be trusted with coaching young women on a day-to-day basis? That's one aspect of this case.

The other is the doubling down by the Ole Miss administration and Coach Yo. Their responses could be considered farcical if it didn't affect peoples' lives. Coach Yo offered 4 tidbits of advice to others. I'll focus on two (with my comments in):
1. Normalize not speaking to me if you speak about me negatively.
(And that includes my program. I don't care if I'm a highly paid state employee. Don't dare question me.)

4. Don’t tell me what you heard! I’m good not knowing
(Heard? How about reading a report that got Coach Q let go from Syracuse? BTW, as @TheFarmFan and others have noted, that attitude will cost your HR and legal team millions when a suit is launched)

I'm hoping (praying?) Coach Q has turned a corner. What concerns me just as much -- if not more in this case -- is Coach Yo and Ole Miss do not seem to care and that might impact the young women she's supposed to help grow.

 

[dws3665]

Yo's post, and other of her social media pronouncements, definitely give a "high on my own supply" vibe: I'm successful, how dare you question me.

Pride goeth ...

 

[Dillon77]

Yo's post, and other of her social media pronouncements, definitely give a "high on my own supply" vibe: I'm successful, how dare you question me.

Pride goeth ...

Yes, the B-52's touched on that condition: "You're living in your own private Idaho..."
Their song was farcical...too bad this situation isn't.

 

[MSSportsGuy]

I’ve been very pleased with the trajectory Ole Miss has been on with Coach Yo and I will cheer for OM in situations like the tourney despite the rivalry (too many family and friends on that side). Im against this like most people and believe the optics are even worse. Q may have learned his lessons but the doubling down by the school makes it worse.

Yes OM hired Beard for the men’s team and it remains a bad look but to me this is worse. I suspect push back will continue to happen.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Coach Yo has been very sus on social media recently. Doesn’t surprise me in the least.

Something about Coach Yo just doesn't sit right with me.

 

[Sargassoc]

I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that Q won't actually keep this job once the heat turns up on Ole Miss.

From the Athletic article:

"Ole Miss shouldn’t be held up as a moral compass given it’s the same athletic department that hired Chris Beard, who was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence (felony domestic charges were ultimately dismissed), to coach its men’s basketball team and D.J. Durkin — after he was placed on administrative leave and fired by Maryland following the death of one of his players — to assistant coach its football team. McPhee-McCuin has difficult questions to answer about why Hillsman — three years removed from a resignation at Syracuse amid a third-party investigation that found “a concerning number of players and managers” who described “an unhealthy environment and culture” — was the right person for this job."