Editor,
Athletics Director Paul Krebs stated that this recent behavior of head coach Mike Locksley — hitting his assistant coach — was not indicative of Locksley’s character. How a person behaves is certainly indicative of his character. By the way, the definition of battery is an unlawful attack upon another person by beating or wounding, or by touching in an offensive manner.
I have never hit anyone in my life, because it is indicative of my character. I have 250 sets of eyes watching me daily, and had I ever hit anyone in my past 15 years at UNM, I would have been history, plain and simple. No questions asked. As a coach, Locksley is a mentor to the impressionable young players that look to him as an example, and what a pitiful example he is. It’s time for him to step down, and time for the Athletics Department to hire someone with a sterling reputation as its football coach. Part of being a coach is not necessarily all about wins and losses, but what we learn in the process, and how we are respected as another human being, whether it be in the locker room, on the field or at a coaches meeting.
Coach Locksley has tarnished the honor and reputation of the University and should be removed pronto. We can only hope that the Human Resources investigation concurs.
Lowell Gibbs
UNM staff
