UNM: Locksley-Gerald flap mishandled

his assistants-- as well as how the investigation was originally conducted. valerie castro is liv...  More »

his assistants-- as well as how the investigation was originally conducted. valerie castro is live at u-n-m-- in our top story. valerie? dr. david schmidly says there is no question that the university made several mistakes in its handeling of the incident between head coach mike locksley and assistant coach jb gerald. schmidly says minute thumbnail 12:30 pm the university is embarrassed that proper procedure was not followed in terms of investigating the incident. athletic director paul krebs says he didn't know the proper procedure because he's never dealt with an incident like this among his staff. instead of contacting the university's central human resources department when the incident first came to light, the athletic department's own hr team tried to handle it by themselves. schmidly says even though things were handled incorrectly, there was no attempt made to cover up the situation. "we have tried to deal with this in an honest open and transparent way, i realize that because of some of the misteps and confusion in police that the public would draw the conclusion that there could have been a cover....my integrity and integrity of the institution." minute thumbnail 12:31 pm a full hr investigation was eventually conducted. unm says that happened after jb geralds attorney contacted the university with an offer of continued media silence in exchange for a 5- hundred-thousand dollar settlement. schmidly says he outright refused the offer. gerald remains on administrative leave.  « Less