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SquishMitten

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  1. Yeesh. Have to imagine there's going to be plenty of visual evidence then. Bite marks are pretty easy to identify, and they don't fade very fast (at least not when my kids bit each other they didn't...always easy to determine who was the culprit.) Although, with a few small changes in the wording and reading it in a sensual tone, it could be out of Fifty Shades of Gray. Maybe it's all just a big, sexy misunderstanding!
  2. You think there's a substantial difference in the court of public opinion between firing him today, potentially putting the university at risk of a major lawsuit and/or having to pay his buyout vs. waiting a day or two and doing it correctly? Like years down the line, people are still gonna be looking back at us and tsk tsking that he was fired on a Thursday instead of Monday?
  3. No one is moving the goalpost except you. Every discussion here is premised on him being fired for cause. All the talk about due process and whatnot is because we don't want to have to pay a buyout or deal with a wrongful termination claim. I guarantee you, regardless of what his contract may or may not say, if we terminate him now and he is ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing, there will be a lawsuit (or a settlement to avoid it). As I've said a few times today, there is no upside to firing him right now, only downside.
  4. Saw that, and I was a little confused by it. Actually thought about it for a bit before scrolling away. I think it's probably because of the first part of your statement. Saying he should be suspended pending an investigation is perfectly rational. Once the school has somewhat of a grasp on what actually went down, 99% chance that's going to happen unless Beard calls up CDC and says "yeah, I beat the shit out of her, and her throat was a solid bruise when the cops took pictures of her." In which case, they skip the suspension and move to the firing. But everyone here is getting tired of people jumping way too far on the conclusions mat. I think you got lumped into that group by saying you "know what happened." You don't actually know that though. You only know he got arrested for some sort of DV. Also, calling it an embarrassment to the university, while not entirely true in my opinion but I don't totally blame you for feeling that way, isn't avoidable. Actions can't be taken on those grounds alone, at least not yet. It's going to remain as such unless he is able to totally clear his name, and that's unfortunately something we just have to deal with over the next few hours/days. While employers don't have to presume innocent until proven guilty, the university still has to gather more details and provide some sort of due process. By your posting, I think you agree with that.
  5. Posters defending him on this thread are fucking delusional. He’s 1000% gone and better be. Well, first of all, nobody here is defending Beard. Secondly, nobody knows what happened. Is he gone? Seems highly likely. But any stance that he should've already been fired is asinine. Lastly, this is one of 1604's tamer comments on this thread. Once you go down the path of insane shit-posting, everything else in that same vein is likely to get negged as well.
  6. That's not limited to employment law. All attorneys will consider who the opposing side is. We don't have an obligation to accept every client that walks through our door. If we perceive taking on representation in a case may be damaging to our future earnings, that provides easy grounds to decline them as a conflict of interest. I feel like I'm derailing this thread, but it's not like there's any new shit coming to light right now. I'll stop if @immamac wants to keep this more on track, but I'll still clarify legal questions that are mostly on topic.
  7. Bro. Take a second look at your meme here, and walk away from the keyboard. This doesn't end well for you. Even if he ultimately gets fired your take is wrong AT THIS TIME. You don't have any of the facts, and the school doesn't have all the facts. They can't fire him "for cause" when they don't know what, if anything, he even did. People that actually have degrees from the University of Texas should understand that. The people running said university understand that. And the attorneys advising said people absolutely understand that. If he beat up his fiancee, he will be fired in due course. There is no upside to firing him now, only downside.
  8. No. That's an old wives tale. May have been a common law rule way back in the day, but I'm not even sure about that. Timing doesn't matter. It can happen much faster than that, or it might not happen for 30 years. The most important factor is "holding yourself out as married." Which could consist of something as simple as telling everyone you're married. Putting it on forms, like making them your emergency contact identifying them as your spouse is a good example, but even just regularly referring to the person as your spouse in conversation can be enough. If you do that, and actually agree amongst yourselves that you're married, the only other requirement is that you live together. So, it could technically happen the very first day a couple moves in together.
  9. Over/under on how many times he says "choke" if we stumble at the finish line like Illini? Hopefully it's several and he gets fired for it.
  10. That's pretty wild. You'd think someone with that much clout (i.e., Beard and/or his attorney) could get in front of a judge faster than this.
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  12. Best part for me was the end when he chomps down on the shark’s tail. Shark noped out of that real quick.
  13. I’ll let the facts play out, but if it turns out to be true it absolutely merits firing. Doesn’t matter if it’s β€œonly” a first offense.
  14. You mean from the dogs, right? And by mouth, you mean butt?
  15. Even as an attorney, stuff like this still doesn’t make much sense to me. I understand being out on bond previously…you’re innocent until proven guilty and all that. But he has now been found guilty. And he’s looking at potentially spending the rest of his life in prison. Doesn’t matter how compliant someone was when they still had hope they’d get away with it. At this point, I just assume anybody in that position is looking into every possibility of getting out of the country. Unless he truly believes he might get off with something like 5-10 years, there’s not really any downside to making a run for it. We’ll see if sentencing makes me eat my words on this. But either way, the point still stands. Does an extra 14 days on bond really outweigh the potential costs of him going on the run for a while?
  16. Not sure I agree with your analysis there, Lou. You saying he would’ve been justified smashing the dude’s skull in while he was already concussed on the ground?
  17. I got you, fam. Kids are weighing their options. Can we make competitive offers vs. what they can get in the NFL or from another school? TLDR: We don’t know shit about fuck. And we won’t know shit about fuck until fuck is known.
  18. I have not seen that. Doesn’t seem like anything that would be worth having as an app
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  20. Appreciate the feedback! Anybody have recs on paint sprayers?
  21. So, I got a pretty sweet 6-gallon Dewalt air compressor as a gift, but it wasn’t something I really thought I had a use for. Trying to figure out what accessories are truly best for that kind of system, as opposed to something that works just as well without having to drag around a tank. I currently have a decent electric paint sprayer. It works fine for smaller jobs indoors, but I need to stain about a 1000’ of fence, so I’m thinking a good sprayer would be worth it for that task. Anybody got advice there? Also, interested in anything else y’all might have gotten that turned out to be super helpful as air-compressed. I do have a nail gun for it, so no need to get into those suggestions.
  22. I’ve had a pair of Brazos boots from Academy for at least a decade, and they’re still in great shape. They’re on the heavier side, but when I’m in the mud and thorny brush, I consider that a fair trade off for the extra thickness. Guess it depends on what you need them for. I’d go with something much lighter if it was dockside/boating work. And I’d say Hunter boots are the most comfortable I’ve ever worn, but I really only wear them when I’m doing family-type chores in heavy rain (taking to school, trip to the pharmacy, etc). Can’t attest to their durability through heavy mud, brush, concrete, and other more rugged needs.
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