I wonder how much controversy it will take before the Big Ten Conference says it has had enough of Rutgers antics! Â Yet again, Rutgers University is making headlines for an abusive coaching style. Â However, Mike Rice is not the one at fault. Â Julie Hermann was recently hired as Tim Pernetti’s replacement and she has brought her own drama to the Garden State. Â Hermann was a former volleyball coach at Tennessee for 16 years and apparently her coaching style was also called into question. Â Her players submitted a letter claiming that Hermann used mental abuse as a coaching technique. Â When Hermann was questioned about this letter claimed she did not recall it. Â There was also reports that Hermann had fired an assistant coach when she became pregnant and then filed a discrimination suit in 1997.
This is clearly not the fresh start that Rutgers was hoping for. Â Instead it just further shows the ineptitude of those in charge of the university. Â Â Somehow, n Barchi kept his job amid the Mike Rice scandal, but it does not appear that was a wise decision. Â Barchi has come back under fire for the hiring of Hermann and for not looking into her past abuse allegations. Â It always seems that Rutgers takes one step forward and then four or five back.
