This isn't about the legal system. Beard will likely not be convicted of anything and most likely shouldn't be convicted of anything.
This isn't about what actually happened. She admits she started it by breaking his glasses and I think Beard most likely was just trying to keep himself from being attacked.
This isn't about a pattern of being an abuser. We've seen no evidence of that.
People keep discussing these 3 things over and over again. They don't matter.
What matters is optics. How our program and athletics department as a whole is perceived. If Beard is retained this could, and would, be used against us in other sports in recruiting. This is why the clause was put in his contract that he can be terminated with cause for any conduct unbecoming his position, including just a felony arrest (regardless of a conviction).
If Beard comes back this year or next, and this doesn't come back at us in a negative way in any form, then my concerns will have been unnecessary and I will be proven wrong. So be it, but I hope we don't take that risk.