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Post by sader1970 on Jul 9, 2023 5:08:29 GMT -5
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 9, 2023 7:59:36 GMT -5
Yes, the photo was taken by the Class Correspondent for the Class of 1970. Excellent photos on the site that I discovered last night. Believe the Class Correspondent should take up a new career as a sports photographer. đ
I will edit my post to provide the proper attribution.
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 9, 2023 14:46:43 GMT -5
The 1970 Class Correspondent was the unofficial photographer and videographer for Community Prep School in Providence for 2 years while an IVC volunteer during field trips, school plays, other school events and, thusly, had some practice. Also helps when you've been friends with the former football coach for 20+/- years. Just didn't realize you had access to the picture, Crucis! While I've taken this thread down a detour, your original point is well taken. Not every coach who left the College involuntarily seeks a pound of flesh.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 9, 2023 16:14:18 GMT -5
Milan left with the same class he coached with.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 9, 2023 16:14:26 GMT -5
A former Holy Cross Head Coach returned to campus without acrimony or threaten litigation and showed a fist bumped with a smile to his successor on the field that he spent 14 seasons. He picked himself up, and continued with his career. Even today, I believe FHC TG bleeds Purple, and would not take any actions to show the institution in a negative situation. Photo courtesy of the Class Correspondent of the Class of 1970, Sader1970.. I am pretty sure Chesney and FHCTG have worked together at camps, recruiting events, and so on so that they are at least friendly. Chesney has been in New England as a coach since 2010.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 9, 2023 16:15:21 GMT -5
Well, you could have least attributed the photo to the Crossporter who took that picture as it wasn't Foley. View Attachment No money in the Patriot League to afford me ;-)
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 9, 2023 18:07:07 GMT -5
Still it was nice to see TG again in person at Fitton. Hope he finds a nice landing spot for the remainder of his career.
Sader1970, excellent web page for your class. It is informative in catching up with the people I knew.
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 9, 2023 18:31:12 GMT -5
oh, cr@polla! I knew I should have put a sign-in requirement! Now anyone can go on there and see our Class secrets! [Thanks for the compliment]
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 9, 2023 18:43:16 GMT -5
I had double secret access given to me by the powers to be at the Google machine. Only those with a need to know have access. Your secrets are safe from anyone, and everyone, except me. đ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Ł
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Post by newfieguy74 on Jul 11, 2023 14:31:43 GMT -5
It was bound to happen. Article in the Telegram today. I didn't post the article because it's just a rehash of everything that's been discussed here.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 11, 2023 14:50:54 GMT -5
'Serious fraud': Judge tosses former Holy Cross coach's lawsuit over false evidence
WORCESTER â A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against the College of the Holy Cross by its former womenâs basketball head coach, William P. Gibbons, ruling that false evidence and testimony Gibbons gave to support his claims constituted âserious fraudâ upon the court.
âFor the rule of law to prevail in society, this type of fraud cannot be tolerated,â Worcester Superior Court Judge Valerie A. Yarashus wrote in a six-page decision in which she ticked off multiple fabrications of evidence to which Gibbons ultimately admitted.
The fabrications, which were discussed at length at a court hearing in March, included Gibbons doctoring emails from prospective employers to further his cause, as well as, Yarashus noted, in one instance sending the Telegram & Gazette a sympathetic letter under a fake name that was published.
âAfter a review of all material, the court concludes that the appropriate sanction is dismissal of all claims in the case, with prejudice,â Yarashus wrote.
Dismissal with prejudice means the case cannot be refiled. Yarashus declined to order Gibbons to pay any damages to Holy Cross, citing his ultimate admission to the fraud and his lawyerâs ârepresentationâ of his financial status.
âThe court notes that there is no evidence whatsoever that either Gibbonsâ prior counsel or current counsel was (contemporaneously) aware of this fraudulent conduct,â Yarashus wrote.
Holy Cross declined to comment on the ruling Tuesday. Gibbonsâ current lawyer, Janet Ruggieri, issued a statement saying he is weighing an appeal.
âCoach Gibbons stands by his complaint filed, which was never heard on its merits," Ruggieri wrote.
Why Gibbons alleged Holy Cross defamed him
Gibbons alleged in his lawsuit that Holy Cross had defamed him, among other counts, by failing to adequately dispel unfounded rumors that his exit from the school was tied to allegations of sexual wrongdoing.
Gibbons was the women's basketball coach at Holy Cross for 34 years before he was suspended in January 2019 following an internal investigation into what the school labeled a personnel matter. Months later the school announced he would not return as the coach.
Gibbons argued that Holy Cross had defamed him by not specifying in a Jan. 31, 2019, news release that his suspension was unrelated to a violation of the sexual misconduct policy or because of a student issue.
At the time of Gibbonsâ suspension, the campus was wrestling with allegations of sexual misconduct by other faculty/staff. Just the day before Gibbonsâ suspension, the college placed a philosophy professor on administrative leave amid sexual assault allegations.
Gibbons said the school subsequently added a line to the press release on its website to say his suspension did ânot pertain to any sexual allegation,â but alleged it didnât resend the release to media outlets or do enough to dispel rumors he said had percolated online.
Fabricated evidence
After leaving the school, Yarashus wrote, Gibbons proceeded to add or delete lines in emails from prospective employers in a way that would have supported the case made in his lawsuit, and then lied about it under oath until he was confronted with the âstrength of the evidenceâ from Holy Crossâ lawyers.
In a sworn affidavit he ultimately gave the court, Gibbons admitted to altering the emails and to sending emails under eight fake names to further his cause. Many of the emails were sent to Holy Cross, he said, while others were sent to the T&G.
Gibbons wrote that he didnât know altering emails would be âconsidered misconduct,â and that he was âacting out of desperationâ to âclearâ his name.
âI acted irrationally and cannot justify what I did,â he wrote, adding, âWhen I realized what I had done was wrong I panicked and lied in my deposition about it.
âAgain, I take responsibility for this.â
In a footnote of her ruling, Yarashus wrote, âThe court notes that the defendantsâ reason for suspending and then deciding not to renew the plaintiffâs employment contract was not due to alleged sexual misconduct.â
In her statement Tuesday, Ruggieri alleged that an âegregious overreaction of the College in 2019 has harmed and damaged the sterling reputation of Coach Gibbons, who loyally served Holy Cross for nearly four decades.â
Ruggieri continued: âThe impact Bill had on his student athletes, thousands of young campers, and the Worcester community on behalf of the College, was exemplary. His 620 wins, many championships, the only NCAA [Tournament] win in league history (over Maryland), as well as countless community service awards for the programs he ran while Coach, should not be forgotten.â
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 11, 2023 15:46:19 GMT -5
If people followed Bill's career over the years, even just through the T&G sports section, they can put this in perspective. Serious misconduct in a lawsuit but decades of positive contributions.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 11, 2023 18:03:53 GMT -5
If people followed Bill's career over the years, even just through the T&G sports section, they can put this in perspective. Serious misconduct in a lawsuit but decades of positive contributions. I hope he and his attorney think this through carefully before pursuing an appeal.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Jul 11, 2023 18:37:47 GMT -5
If people followed Bill's career over the years, even just through the T&G sports section, they can put this in perspective. Serious misconduct in a lawsuit but decades of positive contributions. I hope he and his attorney think this through carefully before pursuing an appeal. Appellate courts disfavor the dismissal of cases because it denies someone their day in court, but the behavior here was particularly egregious. Even if BG were to win an appeal it just puts the case--weak as it is--back on a trial track, with the possibility that at trial HC's lawyers could cross-examine him about this dishonesty. Appeals are also expensive. Hopefully BG will cut his losses and let this all end.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 11, 2023 22:40:26 GMT -5
Said better by an atty. than my attempt to say it.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 12, 2023 8:05:25 GMT -5
I hope he and his attorney think this through carefully before pursuing an appeal. Appellate courts disfavor the dismissal of cases because it denies someone their day in court, but the behavior here was particularly egregious. Even if BG were to win an appeal it just puts the case--weak as it is--back on a trial track, with the possibility that at trial HC's lawyers could cross-examine him about this dishonesty. Appeals are also expensive. Hopefully BG will cut his losses and let this all end. From the T&G article, Assuming the lawyer's representation was truthful, that ought to be sufficient deterrent, but then again, BG may be stubborn and determined.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Jul 12, 2023 8:54:20 GMT -5
Many people come to lawyers fired up to do something, but their zeal often gets tempered by a.) the cost, b.) the time it takes, and c.) the unexpected stress of litigation. Given what's happened it's hard to imagine BG's lawyers are enthused about pressing on.
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Post by Tom on Jul 12, 2023 9:59:34 GMT -5
The school announced Coach Gibbons was suspended. The announcement had no hint of sexual impropriety. The next day the school issues an announcement specifically stating the suspension was not about sexual impropriety. The second announcement was not as widely distributed as the first. IIRC, it was reported locally in the T&G.
If rumors start because people make false assumptions even when there was zero implication that would support those assumptions. To what degree is an entity responsible to dispel false rumors that they didn't start
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Post by newfieguy74 on Jul 12, 2023 10:49:01 GMT -5
The school announced Coach Gibbons was suspended. The announcement had no hint of sexual impropriety. The next day the school issues an announcement specifically stating the suspension was not about sexual impropriety. The second announcement was not as widely distributed as the first. IIRC, it was reported locally in the T&G. If rumors start because people make false assumptions even when there was zero implication that would support those assumptions. To what degree is an entity responsible to dispel false rumors that they didn't start Exactly, BG's position seems to be that HC defamed him by not saying something to stop people from inferring something that HC didn't imply.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 12, 2023 11:24:45 GMT -5
I believe it was 38 straight years combining MBB Assistant Coach and WBB Head Coach, the last 34 in leadership with the protection of continuously renewed employment contracts, with no lay-offs, strikes, reorganizations, mergers, buyouts, downsizing, off-shoring, relocations, etc.
It's doubtful any jury member would have experienced as stable and secure a 38 year stretch of employment as that. Since every penny of compensation was paid to the plaintiff, it struck me as an uphill climb to win this case. Perhaps requiring testimony from actual employers stating they reversed an actual hiring due to inferences not vigorously enough defused by HC.
"We were waiting for a billboard on Rte. 290 at the S curve refuting the inferences claimed to be caused by an unrelated announcement regarding a different employee in a different department. When the billboard didn't happen we went in another direction."
Again, great appreciation for Coach's career at HC, hope he feels a hundred pounds lighter with this case over with even though it didn't end in his favor. I support any recognition of his long overall career that BG and HC can agree on, and HC reaching out to initiate it.
If it won't offend any upstanding past coin tosser on the board, perhaps tossing the coin at the Polar Park FB game vs Harvard might make sense to bolster town/gown relations. He's already thrown out a first pitch at the Park.
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Post by alum on Jul 12, 2023 11:42:12 GMT -5
No matter how wrong he was about the merits of the case and falsifying documents, HC should still have let him attend the dinner after Togo's funeral. They could and should have made that exception to their decision to bar him from the campus.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 14, 2023 20:57:11 GMT -5
A statement exonerating BG of any sexual abuse charges had to be made carefully, given the racial overtones of the actual charge. At least HC didn't step on that land mine.
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Post by HC92 on Jul 14, 2023 23:17:44 GMT -5
According to her LinkedIn bio, Coach Parks is on her 5th job since leaving HC in 2020. None of those have involved coaching basketball.
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Post by Tom on Jul 16, 2023 9:00:52 GMT -5
According to her LinkedIn bio, Coach Parks is on her 5th job since leaving HC in 2020. None of those have involved coaching basketball. Anyone who did any due diligence on their hire wouldn't go anywhere near Coach Parks as a coach
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Post by rgs318 on Jul 16, 2023 10:03:57 GMT -5
I am afraid I still don't know exactly what Parks did. I would appreciate some details. PM if you prefer. Thanks in advance for any help.
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