What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? I am just disgusted and ashamed of some of the negative things I've read here in the past day about coach Fennelly. This is a serious situation that even if ISU wins this lawsuit will still leave doubts in some minds and potentially will have an effect on the program and sadly there are some people who are almost looking at that as a positive hoping it leads to a coaching change. If you are a true Iowa State fan and believe that then quit singing the fight song because you definitely aren't embracing the "loyal sons forever true, and we will fight the battle through" part.
There are so many holes already being shot into Moody's lawsuit and I think the biggest one was Chassidy Cole who was named in the lawsuit coming out and defending coach. You'd think if you were going to name another player you would have run that by her before doing it because now it just looks stupid to make that claim when the player in question is not going to agree with it. The more facts we are hearing about this such as the EO investigation and former players including some that played with her not taking her side is showing that what looks like one thing on the surface is not the entire story or even true when you hear what people who were actually part of the team are saying. The interview that Ch13 did with Kidd you could tell she was holding back on just how angry she was with the accusations, almost as if she had to stop herself from saying how she really felt about Moody than she already did.
Anyone here that feels that these accusations actually hold some truth to them, before you pass final judgment let this play out some more because even since the story has broke a lot has already come out that has changed the tone of the story because a lot of the claims in the lawsuit are looking like exaggerations or misinterpreted intent. I think Travis and Heather summed it up well on the morning rush today basically saying "this just sounds like 2 people that didn't like each other and wasn't racially motivated." Coach Fennelly took this program where maybe 50 people came to games when he arrived and put Iowa State on the women's college basketball map and he didn't do that by being a horrible person or being racist. He did it by doing things the right and honest way, by teaching his players both on and off the court and preparing them for life after college, and when you see just how many former players have already come out in support of him I have no doubt in my mind that this lawsuit of Moody's is absolute garbage and just her way of trying to damage the reputation of a good man who she didn't see eye to eye with. I think the majority here support coach Fennelly in this battle but I would hope anyone here wouldn't see this as an easy out or "opportunity" to remove him as coach because the man deserves a lot better than this and Cyclone Nation needs to rally their support around fellow Cyclone right now and show everyone that this program is bigger than a bitter and selfish ex-player is.
