Well. Apparently at least one person in East Lansing has his head screwed on correctly.
His name is Mitch Lyons, and he's a member of the Michigan State University board of trustees, and Saturday night he fired the first shot in what's about to become a firestorm: He called for President Lou Anna Simon to resign in the wake of revelations that university officials knowingly shielded a sexual predator for close to 20 years.
Included among those officials who received reports about Larry Nassar, the aforementioned predator, was Lou Anna Simon. And so of course she should resign, because anyone with a scrap of sense knows that's the endgame for her anyway, and better for Michigan State and its soiled reputation if it's sooner rather than later.
As Lyons so clearly pointed out.
A shame no one else on the board was as astute.
This from the head of the board, Brian Breslin: "Yesterday, a unanimous Board of Trustees stated that we continue to believe President Simon is the right leader for the university and that she has our support. Regrettably, Trustee Mitch Lyons announced his intention to call for President Simon's resignation. Importantly, all of the other trustees continue to support President Simon."
Three sentences. Entire worlds of cluelessness.
"Regrettably" one clear-eyed member of the board is calling for Simon's resignation?
"Importantly" all the other trustees have chosen to back an irretrievably tainted president, further sullying the university's image with yet another horrendous optic?
As we said not all that long ago about Penn State and Jerry Sandusky: These people do not get it.
Do. Not. Get it.
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