[82lsju]

Of course, if CTCard's post is accurate (I haven't followed it back to the original thread), if Rittman did in fact lead to a major violation and the NCAA went so far as to place a "show cause" penalty on him, then Muir's decision to fire him wasn't a decision at all; he basically had no choice.  And, in light of what Bob has mentioned about the subsequent coaching search, his decision to hire her was very constrained by the desirability of the job.

BC

Stanford self-reported these violations in 2014 and took corrective actions that included ending the summer offseason housing program that led to the football violation. Softball Coach John Rittman was asked to resign and his assistants were not brought back after those violations were discovered. The school also imposed limits on practice time.

The NCAA accepted those punishments , fined Stanford $5,000, issued a public reprimand and gave a one-year show-cause penalty against Rittman that place restrictions on his ability to be hired by another school.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp...story.html

[82lsju]

Of course, if CTCard's post is accurate (I haven't followed it back to the original thread), if Rittman did in fact lead to a major violation and the NCAA went so far as to place a "show cause" penalty on him, then Muir's decision to fire him wasn't a decision at all; he basically had no choice.  And, in light of what Bob has mentioned about the subsequent coaching search, his decision to hire her was very constrained by the desirability of the job.

BC

Stanford self-reported these violations in 2014 and took corrective actions that included ending the summer offseason housing program that led to the football violation. Softball Coach John Rittman was asked to resign and his assistants were not brought back after those violations were discovered. The school also imposed limits on practice time.

The NCAA accepted those punishments , fined Stanford $5,000, issued a public reprimand and gave a one-year show-cause penalty against Rittman that place restrictions on his ability to be hired by another school.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp...story.html