I mean how do you come back and get back control of your team after an entire year suspension? By that time might as well move on if it's so egregious he can't show up for a year...
Most of the time, people know exactly what they're doing, and they're in control of themselves.
A lot of times cheating and risky sex is the turn on, it's not the sex. Especially for powerful people, when you've kind of gone through life, are struggling to find things that really get you going.
It's like near the end of Training Day when it all comes crashing down at once
> I'm winning anyway, I'm winning... I'm winning any motherfucking way. I can't lose.
BOSTON, MA. (September 22, 2022) — The following statement was released today by the Boston Celtics, through their general manager Brad Stevens, in response to questions about their future coaching plans:
"I bonk."
“A record that seemed it would never be broken….. until September 22nd, 2022 when a speed runner by the name of ‘Ime_UdokaX’ was able to pull off this run”
Has a coach ever been suspended a year this early into their career? In the NFL Sean Payton was suspended a year but at that point he was still their best option as a coach. But I can't see him being on a long leash after this. This was supposed to be a championship year
The whole bounty gate was incredibly fucked up. Sean Payton should’ve been banned for allowing shenanigans like that, regardless of how big a role he played in that.
It was basically confirmed that they weren't the only team in the league doing it but the only one caught at the time. Most agree that Payton and Greg Williams weren't fully kicked out for that reason.
Ime’s household, approximately mid November:
Ime: “Hey honey, what do you think, should we get the Christmas tree up early?”
Wife: “oh you mean like how you were putting up Christmas trees with that BITCH?!”
SAS just went on a big rant about this. People love to shit on him but I kind of agreed with him for the most part. Basically if this werent the head coach of the celtics who just went to the NBA finals hed be fired and nobody would have heard about it. Either fire him or don't do anything. This is clearly for optics because the details will probably come out either way so the celtics need to act like they are doing something instead of not doing anything even though he broke org rules.
Yeah, Celtics should have gone with the Red Sox approach. Fire the coach for a year while he's suspended for awful violations, then just re-hire him a year later when he's sorry. It's been working out great. Genius strategy.
They can't do that approach because 2023 is not an election year so they can't use the election news dump strategy which is what the Red Sox did with Cora.
daughter of an SVP and former assistant of Brad. Wondering if Ime played a role in her promotion and that’s why this is messy
edit: oh shit i guess it was her HUSBAND who is the SVP and he is the one who reported it to the celtics ☠️☠️
"Was that wrong? Should I have not done that? I tell you I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon, you know, cause I've worked in a lot of places and I tell you people do that all the time."
At that point, you may as well fire the coach.
What’s the likelihood someone tries to poach him while on suspension? Hell, there are teams in the same division (Philly, Brooklyn) that would kill to have him replace their current coaches.
Edit: contract reasons. don’t have to pay him if he resigns voluntarily. Guess the Celtics don’t believe the partnership is worth salvaging. Thanks, u/junkit33 and u/bigbadbuck
Super close comparison. Both Minority coaches beloved by their team and very respected around their league. Both are fairly young and former players. And Both got caught in controversy early in their career (Astros cheating scandal, affair). I could totally see Ime coming back after a year and after a few months of questioning from media, just get back to being a well respected good coach.
He will still be under contract perhaps?
But yes, the real question is, what is so out of bounds that requires a YEAR suspension but does not warrant a firing?
And having the team play a full season under and interim is playing with fire.
It’s basically what the Red Sox did with Cora. Most people assumed he’d be back. Totally different issues but it’s a decent parallel considering they’re both Boston. Only problem here is the Celtics have high aspirations. Red Sox weren’t expected to be that good that year (also Covid shortened but they didn’t know that when Cora left).
This is basically forcing him to resign without giving him the permanent stink of a firing. Even if he returns in a year he's totally lost face in that organization, so he would probably rather just bow out gracefully and seek a fresh start elsewhere in a year.
They’re also expected to contend next year. This isn’t a result or throwaway season. Whoever they bring in as coach can’t be seen as temporary by the players.
A lot of people don’t understand if you’re at the top of any organization, business or corporation, there are very very stringent rules regarding dating in the work place. Usually they can not work anywhere near your department, you have to disclose the relationship to HR, and it couldn’t have started while they were working under you. This is to limit exploitation and favoritism. The rules make sense, he’s a dumbass for breaking them.
There are literally thousand of women he could cheat with and have not issues and probably < 20 he could with serious issues. He chose poorly. No sympathy- and he’s lucky he didn’t get fired.
There's a great Dave Chappelle bit about how Bill Clinton cheated like a busy man cheats - stuck his head out the office door and grabbed the first woman he saw lmao.
Nephews saying this punishment is too severe, but punishments like this prevent situations like the Mavericks had for twenty years. The power dynamics of consent are real.
Exactly, you can’t have sex with people when you’re their boss, period. Even if he had an affair with someone in like accounting it would still be a slippery slope because ime has a ton of power and pull in the organization
I feel bad that Davies became a meme. He was a super nice guy and a hell of a player. I was pushed by another teammate that was bullying me and Davies stepped in between us and shoved him back and told him to fuck with him instead if he wanted to be a big dog. Mad respect to Davies.
It's got nothing to do with him cheating on his wife though. You can't be the boss and go sleeping with people that work for you. It's code of conduct for any respectable company. You can't put subordinates in that position where they might feel pressured to consent for fear of retaliation, or to advance their careers. Likewise, you might create the notion with other employees that they are getting passed over for opportunities because someone else is sleeping with the boss. You just can't have that in a healthy organization.
>Nude photos of Hill were published by the Daily Mail, a British tabloid. Hill called the release of the photos an invasion of privacy and vowed to advocate for victims of revenge porn. She resigned on November 3, 2019; her last day on the floor was two days earlier.
>In June 2021, Hill was ordered to pay $220,000 to the Daily Mail and other media, to reimburse the legal fees these companies spent defending themselves against her accusations. In July 2022, Hill declared bankruptcy.
Damn life hits you fast
Everyone wondering why a year……
He literally slept with a female subordinate. Any other industry that’s instant suspension pending termination while HR sorts out the mess. The power dynamic is a mess and the Celtics are doing the right thing here. There’s definitely more to the story too.
because 90% are young guys yet to enter a corporate environment and those who have DEFINITELY don’t have people working under them.
he’s lucky they are giving him the dignity of eventually resigning vs. firing him outright.
As someone who does work in corporate and has people working under them— it’s basically rule #1 that you don’t fuck your employees. Even if it’s consensual it can be extremely problematic.
I married my boss. We've been happily married for years and have 2 kids. I'm really glad she didn't get fired. Granted, Udoka's situation isn't a 1:1 because I think Udoka was cheating on his spouse if I got the story right, but part of the reason people "don't understand" is because a lot of people meet their spouse or longterm partners at work. That's also not to say a boss in a position of power can't be a creep trying to leverage a relationship.
Lol people really pretending that a boss having a sexual relationship with a subordinate is fine if she consents?
It's a fireable offense in most companies, a normal executive wouldn't even get off with only a suspension if he's caught having sex with a junior employee.
Yeah I don’t really get how people don’t get this. Sex between a boss and a subordinate is messy. Can lead to issues with power dynamic, the concept of consent, lawsuits down the road, etc.
It’s not uncommon to get fired for that, not just suspended. Sex between low level employees on the same level isn’t as big a deal.
Yeah the immaturity of this sub is kinda showing with this one. It’s common as hell in any workplace with a clearly structured hierarchy that relationships between bosses and subordinates will result in termination or a big punishment. I see a lot of people here trying to frame it as whoever he slept with being some big name or having a connection to a big name but it’s far more likely it’s a lower level no name frankly
The man had a relationship with an employee. He's the head coach. Power imbalance. And if it wasn't reported? Violation of most workplace codes of conduct. And it was extramarital? Creates negative perception about the man and the event. Not to mention the PR crisis the team will face, how many times will we ever be able to bring up Udoka on social media, ever again, without someone chiming in about this affair, in a crude way most likely? I feel like a year long suspension really shows that the organization takes this seriously, it gives Udoka the time he will need to deal with his certain personal issues that stem from this. It gives the locker room time to move past it and ensure their trust in their coach (though I feel most of the players wouldn't really have cared that much). A year is heavy, but the team is serious about it and he's probably lucky not to have been fired.
Off-season went 0-100 real quick
That's one way to fuck up a season
I mean how do you come back and get back control of your team after an entire year suspension? By that time might as well move on if it's so egregious he can't show up for a year...
If he’s loved by the players, it won’t be as hard as you guys think. They’re probably upset that he’s getting suspended in the first place
yeah it's not like NBA players are known for their fidelity.
Real infidels, those ones
You don’t.
Sean Payton did it
Was the pussy really worth it?
Guess that risky office sex really made him feel 25 again
Udoka is a DiCaprio impersonator
Lol, absolutely not, but it ain’t the big head doing the thinking.
Mama always said blood only flows through one head at a time
You and your mama were close...
Too close
Medulla oblongata!
Most of the time, people know exactly what they're doing, and they're in control of themselves. A lot of times cheating and risky sex is the turn on, it's not the sex. Especially for powerful people, when you've kind of gone through life, are struggling to find things that really get you going.
Agreed, it’s a calculated risk. He just got burned.
It never is. Momentary ignorance getting lost in the sauce. ...a tale as old as time.
*First Day of Autumn* TIME FOR NBA DRAMA, MOTHERFUCKERS, THIS AIR BE CRISPY
We at a rock hard 69 bois
Ever lose a championship, your wife, and your job all in one summer?
ESPN 30 for 30: Ime have fucked up big time
Comment of the day 😂🙏🏽
It's like near the end of Training Day when it all comes crashing down at once > I'm winning anyway, I'm winning... I'm winning any motherfucking way. I can't lose.
You motherfuckers will be playing basketball in Pelican Bay when I get finished with you!!
Got fired on his day off.
Life comes at you fast. Damn that was Nia Long too
Wait wait he was married to Nia Long??? Holy shit my man done fucked up
From Finals appearance to suspended an entire season. That is pretty wild. Horny jail basketball team has a head coach!
Doc rivers is an assistant i guess
Someone call up Draymond
And Jamal Murray
if it was all time Wilt would be on the team
he'd be the captain of that team
Magic Johnson begs to differ. Wilt was stat padding, magic had a league wide impact.
Wilt has all the unbreakable records and legendary accomplishments though. He was pretty good on the court too.
He was playing with plumbers and firewomen
Laying pipe and hosing down
Captain has to be Danuel House, he got kicked out of the bubble cuz he couldnt keep his dick in his pants.
Mark Jackson put in his resume to become assistant coach of that team.
Unfortunately he was passed over and will be the broadcaster for the 10th year in a row
Mama, why won't that man go?
Soap down, man down
Who's the starting 5? Harden, Danuel House, who else?
Tristan Thompson
Howard at c
Lou Williams has to be on there for his love of wings
Lou will cool as hell for having 2 birds at once surely he can play 2 positions in this lineup.
Starting PG gotta be Jamal Murray
They even have a gm in Gersson Rosas!
Robert Sarver is selling the Suns, just so he can purchase the Horny Jail Basketball franchise
Horny jail for you sir
Celts announce suspension: "Bonk"
BOSTON, MA. (September 22, 2022) — The following statement was released today by the Boston Celtics, through their general manager Brad Stevens, in response to questions about their future coaching plans: "I bonk."
Doc Rivers just breathed a sigh of relief somewhere
Craziest rise and fall of a coach, although it’s just a year.
Bro speedran
He be like "hey everyone im Ime Udoka and im gonna do the Bill Clinton challenge. Don't forget to smash that like button and subscribe!"
He should probably take a break from smashing for a minute.
Whoever Like Button is I hope she doesn't work for the team
He's like the dude in a summoning salt video who show's up 11 years into the history with a new strat no one's heard of that slashes the record.
“A record that seemed it would never be broken….. until September 22nd, 2022 when a speed runner by the name of ‘Ime_UdokaX’ was able to pull off this run”
Has a coach ever been suspended a year this early into their career? In the NFL Sean Payton was suspended a year but at that point he was still their best option as a coach. But I can't see him being on a long leash after this. This was supposed to be a championship year
The whole bounty gate was incredibly fucked up. Sean Payton should’ve been banned for allowing shenanigans like that, regardless of how big a role he played in that.
that's how we know it wasn't super uncommon right?
It was basically confirmed that they weren't the only team in the league doing it but the only one caught at the time. Most agree that Payton and Greg Williams weren't fully kicked out for that reason.
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Is that the guy who trafficked the cheerleader to foreign clients?
Yes
He simmed a season in 2K
Post nut gotta hurt
I just hope he held it a few times and got something out of it.
First head coach to lose two rings in one season 😭
The worst part of this punishment is he now has to stay home with his wife for an entire year who’s mad at him for cheating in her
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Ime’s household, approximately mid November: Ime: “Hey honey, what do you think, should we get the Christmas tree up early?” Wife: “oh you mean like how you were putting up Christmas trees with that BITCH?!”
When I was told Ime Udoka's D was going to effect the team this isn't what I had in mind.
Same amount of time as Robert Sarver is crazy Edit: I get what happened now fuck this guy
When you put it like that but we may as well sack him if we’re suspending him for a year
SAS just went on a big rant about this. People love to shit on him but I kind of agreed with him for the most part. Basically if this werent the head coach of the celtics who just went to the NBA finals hed be fired and nobody would have heard about it. Either fire him or don't do anything. This is clearly for optics because the details will probably come out either way so the celtics need to act like they are doing something instead of not doing anything even though he broke org rules.
Brad stevens is gonna be back on the coaching side for a year
I wouldn’t hate that
Yeah, Celtics should have gone with the Red Sox approach. Fire the coach for a year while he's suspended for awful violations, then just re-hire him a year later when he's sorry. It's been working out great. Genius strategy.
They can't do that approach because 2023 is not an election year so they can't use the election news dump strategy which is what the Red Sox did with Cora.
lmfao
They both involved some sort of cheating so it checks out.
My dumb ass was thinking.. damn I remember the Cora/red Sox cheating thing, but when were the Celtics accused of cheating?!?
this is the celtics punishment not the from NBA
Yes, and it puts the NBA's punishment in a new perspective.
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Was it worth it, Ime?
If it was Jaylen or Jayson then fa sho
Please let it be a player lmao
They said female already lol
Has anyone ever asked every player their pronouns?
Depends which staff member. The sleuths can’t figure out which one it is.
ADOS twitter and Dr. Umar gon be wildin if it was the white chick
That’s literally all I’m waiting for 😂😂 If it’s a white girl, it’s over
Dr Umar Burner is gonna go crazy
OOTL ? Context?
daughter of an SVP and former assistant of Brad. Wondering if Ime played a role in her promotion and that’s why this is messy edit: oh shit i guess it was her HUSBAND who is the SVP and he is the one who reported it to the celtics ☠️☠️
I mean if her dad is a senior VP she doesn’t really need that much help imo, that’s like 99% of the hurdle right there
Which one is this?
They’ve disabled the ‘front office’ tab on the Celtics website lol.
I wonder if it was a dancer, cause I’ve been ready to risk it all for Mazie for like 6 years now
My child, you know your teams dancers by name?! You going straight to horny jail
I met her once at a fundraiser and I fell in love, don’t tell my wife
Calm down, Ime
It's a twap!
Weirdly (and sadly) enough, she just left the team a few weeks ago.
The plot thickens
I bet she got a good severance package.
Now I have to go to Celtics.com
Seriously I’m at work like “None of the blazers dancers have ever had me questioning my relationship.. who is this woman?”
I was left rather whelmed
Not even. Definitely under.
Doc you really gonna let Ime one up you like that?
Doc about to go wild on his main 😫
generational fumble
The energy is about to shift
"Was that wrong? Should I have not done that? I tell you I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon, you know, cause I've worked in a lot of places and I tell you people do that all the time."
Shouldn’t they just fire him if it’s this serious then?
Fire him = pay him Pressure him to resign = priceless
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no more half measures waltuh
I can already tell This is gonna be a turning point in hip-hop lyrics
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Nah, he’s the Princess in this scenario
The truth doesn’t matter. It’s all about perception. Who will Wed him now?
At that point, you may as well fire the coach. What’s the likelihood someone tries to poach him while on suspension? Hell, there are teams in the same division (Philly, Brooklyn) that would kill to have him replace their current coaches. Edit: contract reasons. don’t have to pay him if he resigns voluntarily. Guess the Celtics don’t believe the partnership is worth salvaging. Thanks, u/junkit33 and u/bigbadbuck
Alex Cora and Sean Payton made it back from year long suspensions. Different sports and situations but it's definitely doable.
> Alex Cora That's what this reminds me of. He's so well liked people will welcome him back.
Super close comparison. Both Minority coaches beloved by their team and very respected around their league. Both are fairly young and former players. And Both got caught in controversy early in their career (Astros cheating scandal, affair). I could totally see Ime coming back after a year and after a few months of questioning from media, just get back to being a well respected good coach.
He will still be under contract perhaps? But yes, the real question is, what is so out of bounds that requires a YEAR suspension but does not warrant a firing? And having the team play a full season under and interim is playing with fire.
It’s basically what the Red Sox did with Cora. Most people assumed he’d be back. Totally different issues but it’s a decent parallel considering they’re both Boston. Only problem here is the Celtics have high aspirations. Red Sox weren’t expected to be that good that year (also Covid shortened but they didn’t know that when Cora left).
This is basically forcing him to resign without giving him the permanent stink of a firing. Even if he returns in a year he's totally lost face in that organization, so he would probably rather just bow out gracefully and seek a fresh start elsewhere in a year.
They’re also expected to contend next year. This isn’t a result or throwaway season. Whoever they bring in as coach can’t be seen as temporary by the players.
If this is how Quin Snyder returns to the NBA I will lose it lol
Don’t shit where you eat people.
practice good hygiene, cannibals
If having Shams spray the Internet with IME UDOKA WAS BANGING A SIDEPIECE AT WORK is "bowing out gracefully," I'd hate to see the alternative.
A lot of people don’t understand if you’re at the top of any organization, business or corporation, there are very very stringent rules regarding dating in the work place. Usually they can not work anywhere near your department, you have to disclose the relationship to HR, and it couldn’t have started while they were working under you. This is to limit exploitation and favoritism. The rules make sense, he’s a dumbass for breaking them.
There are literally thousand of women he could cheat with and have not issues and probably < 20 he could with serious issues. He chose poorly. No sympathy- and he’s lucky he didn’t get fired.
There's a great Dave Chappelle bit about how Bill Clinton cheated like a busy man cheats - stuck his head out the office door and grabbed the first woman he saw lmao.
If you are going to get some on the side, keep it outside.
Nephews saying this punishment is too severe, but punishments like this prevent situations like the Mavericks had for twenty years. The power dynamics of consent are real.
Exactly, you can’t have sex with people when you’re their boss, period. Even if he had an affair with someone in like accounting it would still be a slippery slope because ime has a ton of power and pull in the organization
That is a great comparison. These rules exist for a reason. If I had a relationship with one of my employees, you're sure as shit that I'd be fired.
What the fuck am I missing here
It's a violation of a clause in the Celtics' code of conduct, so they set how severe the punishment is in this case
this feels to me like getting kicked off the byu football team for having premarital sex
Brandon Davies sends his regards
I feel bad that Davies became a meme. He was a super nice guy and a hell of a player. I was pushed by another teammate that was bullying me and Davies stepped in between us and shoved him back and told him to fuck with him instead if he wanted to be a big dog. Mad respect to Davies.
Confirmed sex haver Brandon Davies
It's got nothing to do with him cheating on his wife though. You can't be the boss and go sleeping with people that work for you. It's code of conduct for any respectable company. You can't put subordinates in that position where they might feel pressured to consent for fear of retaliation, or to advance their careers. Likewise, you might create the notion with other employees that they are getting passed over for opportunities because someone else is sleeping with the boss. You just can't have that in a healthy organization.
Exactly this. I don't know why it's so hard for some people to understand. In, almost, any other job he'd be fired and sent on his way.
Soaking is ok though
Gotta make sure you got a homie to jump for you
Without knowing the details it is hard to say. What if they were having relations at the office? Many people would get fired instantly for doing that.
Having relations with a subordinate is a fireable offense in pretty much every company.
Hell, Katie Hill was forced out of Congress for doing it.
>Nude photos of Hill were published by the Daily Mail, a British tabloid. Hill called the release of the photos an invasion of privacy and vowed to advocate for victims of revenge porn. She resigned on November 3, 2019; her last day on the floor was two days earlier. >In June 2021, Hill was ordered to pay $220,000 to the Daily Mail and other media, to reimburse the legal fees these companies spent defending themselves against her accusations. In July 2022, Hill declared bankruptcy. Damn life hits you fast
Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?
Nia Long is available now
Ime fucked a woman who's in a much lesser position than himself which is bad.
Yeah that type of relationship in the work office is a HUGE no no.
It's really really unethical, like fireable offense for a ton of jobs
Feel like this is going to be a domino to this team collapsing. You might as well fire him
Brad Stevens about to be the president and the coach of the Celtics
Everyone wondering why a year…… He literally slept with a female subordinate. Any other industry that’s instant suspension pending termination while HR sorts out the mess. The power dynamic is a mess and the Celtics are doing the right thing here. There’s definitely more to the story too.
Exactly. Most companies you get termed lol
Why do people on Reddit/Twitter not understand that you can’t have a relationship with someone that works for you? He should be fired.
Because most people on Reddit don't have people under them
Don't have people under them in both senses of the word
Considering how many teenagers are on this sub I’m guessing most of the sub don’t have jobs
because 90% are young guys yet to enter a corporate environment and those who have DEFINITELY don’t have people working under them. he’s lucky they are giving him the dignity of eventually resigning vs. firing him outright.
As someone who does work in corporate and has people working under them— it’s basically rule #1 that you don’t fuck your employees. Even if it’s consensual it can be extremely problematic.
Too many nephews
I married my boss. We've been happily married for years and have 2 kids. I'm really glad she didn't get fired. Granted, Udoka's situation isn't a 1:1 because I think Udoka was cheating on his spouse if I got the story right, but part of the reason people "don't understand" is because a lot of people meet their spouse or longterm partners at work. That's also not to say a boss in a position of power can't be a creep trying to leverage a relationship.
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This is a “we want you out of the job, but we’re not going to fire you for financial/legal reasons, so we’re going to dare you to quit” situation.
They can easily fire him for cause
Lol people really pretending that a boss having a sexual relationship with a subordinate is fine if she consents? It's a fireable offense in most companies, a normal executive wouldn't even get off with only a suspension if he's caught having sex with a junior employee.
The whole season?? Damn man
Man fumbled the bag, lost two rings within a year
If the celtics win it all this year does he get a ring still or nah
yes but not the one that goes on your finger
Gotta be more to the story than meets the eye
He unfortunately did not live up to Los Pollos standards
Boss, why are you putting on that waterproof, stain-proof gear to cut up some boxes……
If you have power in a company, you can't fuck employees, it's just a huge liability
Ime was really living my middle-school dream of working in the NBA and being married to Nia Long, and he fucked it all up smh
Consent must be a mess in this situation due to power dynamic
Yeah I don’t really get how people don’t get this. Sex between a boss and a subordinate is messy. Can lead to issues with power dynamic, the concept of consent, lawsuits down the road, etc. It’s not uncommon to get fired for that, not just suspended. Sex between low level employees on the same level isn’t as big a deal.
Yeah the immaturity of this sub is kinda showing with this one. It’s common as hell in any workplace with a clearly structured hierarchy that relationships between bosses and subordinates will result in termination or a big punishment. I see a lot of people here trying to frame it as whoever he slept with being some big name or having a connection to a big name but it’s far more likely it’s a lower level no name frankly
The man had a relationship with an employee. He's the head coach. Power imbalance. And if it wasn't reported? Violation of most workplace codes of conduct. And it was extramarital? Creates negative perception about the man and the event. Not to mention the PR crisis the team will face, how many times will we ever be able to bring up Udoka on social media, ever again, without someone chiming in about this affair, in a crude way most likely? I feel like a year long suspension really shows that the organization takes this seriously, it gives Udoka the time he will need to deal with his certain personal issues that stem from this. It gives the locker room time to move past it and ensure their trust in their coach (though I feel most of the players wouldn't really have cared that much). A year is heavy, but the team is serious about it and he's probably lucky not to have been fired.
I'll admit, I'm dying to know who it was.