Editor,
I attended the press conference Wednesday in the Lobo room where Vice President of Human Resources Helen Gonzales interviewed “witnesses” to the “mistake” made by Coach Locksley.
A neutral party, outside the Athletics Department, should have done the investigating. That was Athletics Director Paul Krebs’ bungle.
Gonzales said that Shannon Garbiso’s notes did not contain witness statements verbatim but were paraphrases from witness interviews. That was Garbiso’s bungling.
There is a difference of opinion on whether Locksley swung, choked, flailed his arms around, etc. New Mexico state code states battery, Section 30-3-4, “is the unlawful, intentional touching or application of force to the person of another, when done in a rude, insolent or angry manner.” Whoever commits battery is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
If my professor were so upset at President Schmidly during a heated departmental meeting that the professor got up and made contact with the president, would the professor get a 10-day suspension? I think not. Another bungle.
Then Schmidly talked about Gonzales and Krebs having the highest integrity, saying they didn’t cover anything up. I don’t think there is enough evidence to claim there was a cover-up. But anyone can see incompetence abounds at UNM.
The parties making the bunglings are Schmidly, Gonzales, Krebs, Locksley and Garbiso. And who is suffering now? — J.B. Gerald.
Back to Krebs. He stated at a news conference Sept. 28, “I do not believe this is a reflection of his dealings. It’s not a reflection of his character. This does not shake my faith in his leadership whatsoever.” He blamed it on the stress of coaching and said it was probably worsened by New Mexico’s winless start. But in Wednesday’s conference he said that the two issues (the “mistake” and the football record) have nothing to do with each other. Another bungle.
What side of his mouth is he going to speak out of next? I believe that some of the assistant coaches, some of the players and some of the student body have lost confidence in this system to effectively, competently lead. At what point do we stop the downward spiral, eliminate the incompetent and get UNM back to respectability again? That is when I will probably buy any UNM sports tickets again.
Daniel Skelton
UNM student
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