Art Briles Got What He Deserved, But How Do Others on Baylor Staff Escape Blame?

A new court filing provides the strongest evidence yet that former Baylor coach Art Briles has been lying all along about the ugly truths involving his players."The football program was a black hole into which reports of misconduct such as drug use, physical assault, domestic violence, brandishing of guns, indecent exposure and academic fraud disappeared," according to a detailed narrative filed last Thursday on behalf of school officials.Quoting from what it said were texts between Briles and other athletic officials, the filing offers numerous nauseating examples of coaches doing the wrong thing to protect their winning program. The only comfort one can take after reading the filing is that Briles likely has used his good-ol'-boy "I knew nothing" shtick for the last time.Here's one exchange:In reference to a player who was arrested for assault and threatening to kill a non-athlete, a football operations staff member "tried to talk the victim out of pressing criminal charges," the document states.The correspondence, from Sept. 20, 2013, quotes Briles in a text to then-athletics director Ian McCaw, "Just talked to [the player] -- he said Waco PD was there -- said they were going to keep it quiet -- Wasn't a set up deal ... I'll get shill [assistant athletic director Colin Shillinglaw] to ck on Sibley." (Sibley was in reference to Waco attorney Jonathan Sibley.)It states that McCaw responded, "That would be great if they kept it quiet."  Continue reading...