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Some of the items in this discussion are seemingly expressed opinions of the authors.  For instance, "flagrant".  If someone can provide NCAA or Stanford use of that word regarding Rittman's activities, it would be illuminating.  Until that is provided, such a word is just someone's opinion.

I looked around for information on Rittman, the situation that happened at Stanford, and the subsequent (quick) hiring of him at Kansas. 
The NCAA public announcement is at
  http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/medi...35990526=1

This indicates that "Stanford University did not monitor countable athletically related activity for its softball program".
"The former head softball coach did not promote an atmosphere of compliance when he directed, supervised and had knowledge of countable activity violations in his program"

I do not see "falsification or records" or "flagrant" in the NCAA's report.  The "show-cause order" was
"During that time [one year], if an NCAA member school hires the coach, it must conduct compliance education sessions for the coach."

The best article I found was
  http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Coach...325754.php
Again, the words are the reporters opinion:

Judging from the transcript [of the meeting between some active & former players & parents with Muir], the meeting was long on opinions critical of Rittman, his staff and the medical treatment some players received, but short on examples of the coach’s shortcomings. There was vague talk of coaches bad-mouthing players, urging players to change class schedules for practice needs and overworking pitchers. Players described feelings of depression and disputes with coaches over financial aid. At times, the discussion bordered on the trivial: Rich and others said the coaches made a point of greeting some parents at games and ignoring others
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The university found that Rittman conducted practices slightly beyond the NCAA limit of 20 hours a week, several players and parents said.

  (Obviously there is more than this in that article.)

By the way, I found a number of KU articles on Rittman, none of which mentioned any NCAA "show cause" orders (nor even the controversy at Stanford). 


In my own opinion, I am not critical of Muir.  The situation on the team had deteriorated badly before the meeting with Muir.  Whether the disgruntled parents & players were a majority is not important.  They were more than a few.  Whether Rittman was essentially blameless or culpable, the team was fractured.  There was no clean way to resolve this.  If I were in Muir's shoes & looking for a coach, I'd be looking for someone that ALL the players would be able to accept & work with & hopefully mend together.  Oh yea, if that person can coach softball, that would be good too.  I'd first ask if the current coach has gotten the team onto an even keel and prepared for the future.

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Some of the items in this discussion are seemingly expressed opinions of the authors.  For instance, "flagrant".  If someone can provide NCAA or Stanford use of that word regarding Rittman's activities, it would be illuminating.  Until that is provided, such a word is just someone's opinion.

I looked around for information on Rittman, the situation that happened at Stanford, and the subsequent (quick) hiring of him at Kansas. 
The NCAA public announcement is at
  http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/medi...35990526=1

This indicates that "Stanford University did not monitor countable athletically related activity for its softball program".
"The former head softball coach did not promote an atmosphere of compliance when he directed, supervised and had knowledge of countable activity violations in his program"

I do not see "falsification or records" or "flagrant" in the NCAA's report.  The "show-cause order" was
"During that time [one year], if an NCAA member school hires the coach, it must conduct compliance education sessions for the coach."

The best article I found was
  http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Coach...325754.php
Again, the words are the reporters opinion:

Judging from the transcript [of the meeting between some active & former players & parents with Muir], the meeting was long on opinions critical of Rittman, his staff and the medical treatment some players received, but short on examples of the coach’s shortcomings. There was vague talk of coaches bad-mouthing players, urging players to change class schedules for practice needs and overworking pitchers. Players described feelings of depression and disputes with coaches over financial aid. At times, the discussion bordered on the trivial: Rich and others said the coaches made a point of greeting some parents at games and ignoring others
...
The university found that Rittman conducted practices slightly beyond the NCAA limit of 20 hours a week, several players and parents said.

  (Obviously there is more than this in that article.)

By the way, I found a number of KU articles on Rittman, none of which mentioned any NCAA "show cause" orders (nor even the controversy at Stanford). 


In my own opinion, I am not critical of Muir.  The situation on the team had deteriorated badly before the meeting with Muir.  Whether the disgruntled parents & players were a majority is not important.  They were more than a few.  Whether Rittman was essentially blameless or culpable, the team was fractured.  There was no clean way to resolve this.  If I were in Muir's shoes & looking for a coach, I'd be looking for someone that ALL the players would be able to accept & work with & hopefully mend together.  Oh yea, if that person can coach softball, that would be good too.  I'd first ask if the current coach has gotten the team onto an even keel and prepared for the future.