Todd Golden’s Controversial Continuation as Head Coach

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00:00I want to talk to him about this Todd Golden story that you ran.

00:09Listen, it's disturbing, right?

00:12Like I didn't know, like the more I read it, I was like, what is going on here?

00:17Am I to believe that this guy was harassing, allegedly, like co-eds, like college students?

00:24Well, we don't know for sure, but we know that there's been a Title IX complaint filed

00:29against him, and what is compelling to me, Scott, is that this is not a he said, she

00:35said situation.

00:36At that point, you really kind of have to let the whole process play out before making

00:42any judgment at all, but there are multiple complainants here, and that's one of the reasons

00:47why it's surprising that the University of Florida has allowed him to continue coaching.

00:53And remember, this isn't just about he coached against Grambling State on Monday night.

00:58This Title IX complaint was filed basically in advance of even practice beginning, and

01:05they've continued to allow him to coach the team.

01:08So either they know something that no one else knows, or they're just going to play

01:14it by the numbers until they have a ruling that would be negative to Golden.

01:20If they get a ruling that would be negative to Golden, they're going to continue in this

01:25direction.

01:27There supposedly is photographic evidence.

01:30I think that would be something that would be compelling as well.

01:35So whether any of it's true, we can't know until this plays out.

01:40But the fact that there were multiple complainants is certainly something that turned my head.

01:44Mike, I mean, there's I read your story.

01:47It was so disturbing.

01:49This guy's taking photos of himself naked, allegedly, and sending it to women, allegedly.

01:55And then the stalking allegations of him driving around taking pictures of people where

02:02they are and sending those said pictures to those individuals, kind of creeping them out

02:07that I know where you are, and here I am taking photos of you and sending them to them.

02:13That stuff's crazy.

02:16It is a very strange situation for sure.

02:20I don't know what the University of Florida sees here, that they're not at least interrupting

02:27the season relative to Todd Golden, but there's something that they're that they're standing

02:34behind him and allowing him to coach.

02:36So it's hard to say.

02:38But as I said, if this were one person who who alleged these things, and we've seen similar

02:45to this when one person alleged, and it's a lot of those circumstances that the allegations

02:50proved habitual.

02:52But this is this is multiple people.

02:56And to me, that's what that's what one of the reasons why I'm surprised he's continuing

03:00to coach.

03:01Not that he would continue to coach in the future.

03:04But with multiple complaints, I would have thought Florida said, hold on a second here.

03:08We need to we really need to look at this.

03:10But certainly the Title Nine office is looking at it.

03:14But the athletic department is allowing Todd Golden to continue coaching.

03:19Coached last night.

03:20I'm sure he'll be there the next time the Gators take the court.

03:25Because these processes, they don't they don't take a few days or even a month.

03:29They certainly take time.

03:30And so as long as Florida is saying, OK, then he'll be out there.

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