Manhattan Buckeye;540623 wrote:Was he the operator of the lift? Did he try to tell people he felt unsafe (I read something about a twitter post or something that said he did)? What would have happened if he had the opportunity to move the lift back and the ND coaches disagreed?

If this isn't 100% ND's liability, it is 99.99999% their liability. Coaches run the practice. period. They screwed up royally by putting the kid in a dangerous situation (even if they were fully unaware of the danger). It is crazy to me to even insinuate that he's at much fault, if any. He was doing his job.

Manhattan Buckeye;540632 wrote:So if a team is practicing with a thunderstorm brewing, the players are the ones liable to tell the coaches they should stop practicing, and if they don't and one is struck by lightning, well damn its partially their own fault for not being so adamant with the coach about their safety?

I don't see the difference. I don't get why people are blaming this kid at all.

WebFire;540702 wrote:Anyone who thinks Kelly has anything to do with the videographer and weather is pretty ignorant, IMO. Div. 1 football employs 100's of people, and there are people in charge of this. This probably was never even in Kelly's mind as he conducted practice and did the job he is paid to do.

Some heads should roll, but not the head coach's.

queencitybuckeye;540733 wrote:The head coach is responsible for everything related to the football program.

WebFire;540737 wrote:Give me a break with that shit. It's not even possible.

queencitybuckeye;540824 wrote:The person in charge of an organization is accountable for everything that happens at all levels of the organization. It's true at organizations far larger and more complex than a college football program.

Speedofsand;540771 wrote:so whats the deal with Lynch ? I heard it yesterday, didn't realize it was breaking news. I heard he is tight with Prestwood and going to F$U. They will have a helluva class with Jimbo and the Bag Man Eddie Gran.

karen lotz;541002 wrote:Then that would land at Swarbrick's feet. The video department is under the entire athletic department, not just the football team.

sjmvsfscs08;540650 wrote:How far into practice did this happen? Five minutes? Ninety minutes?

Would anyone really be surprised if Sullivan's family was enraged and demanded Brian Kelly's resignation? This is the sort of thing that costs people their jobs easily.

karen lotz;541002 wrote:Then that would land at Swarbrick's feet. The video department is under the entire athletic department, not just the football team.

karen lotz;541005 wrote:The deal with Lynch is he decommitted and was supposedly crying when he did so, according to his mother. He is opening recruiting with Florida, FSU and Miami all in the mix and he won't consider ND anymore. I would be shocked if there was any shady recruiting going on in Florida...

Tiernan;541019 wrote:Maybe the family will demand a clean sweep of both Kelly and Soreprick is appropriate.

sjmvsfscs08;541171 wrote:HE SPREAD HIS GRANDFATHER'S ASHES AROUND THE STADIUM DURING HIS VISIT. Who does that and then decommits?! WHAT THE FUCK.

A friend said Sullivan never expressed concerns about working in the lift and questioned whether Sullivan actually feared for his life when he posted a messages on Twitter describing the wind gusts and saying it was "terrifying" to be on the tower.

"Knowing him, that was definitely not the case," said Shane Steinberg, 20, a junior from New York City.

"There's a misunderstanding in general of our social networking culture and what it all means. I think that the sarcasm of it all and the playfulness about them is falling through the cracks," he said.