Mike Ellis resigns from the Gophers

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I didn't get the letter in my email, but here it is from Iris Perez.

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GopherLady said:
I didn't get the letter in my email, but here it is from Iris Perez.

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Don't you just say I resign? What is with all the self absolution stuff? All I can say is when one is a low life loser, your friends often, not always, are the same. Not say'in, just say'in.
 

He really missed a chance to make this go viral by not taking a left turn right after "On a personal note..."
 




It will be interesting to see where he ends up. As I read it, he is saying the "porn on phone" stuff is untrue. Wouldn't the university be able to verify this through a forensic analysis of the phone?

I could see it being untrue. The most amazing part of the Teague situation is not that he was a pig, it is that he acted on it in a university environment. Same (on a much lower level) for Ellis. Who in 2015 shows porn to anyone at work and thinks it is acceptable?
 

This all may have been done as part of a back room deal. Ellis might have been told by the U we'll give you some time to find a new job and the opportunity to resign but if you don't, we'll fire you. Assuming this is what happened, a letter like this makes sense. The U saved money and further bad press by not having to go the discipline/legal route. Ellis saves himself the embarrassment and opportunity to keep his employment record "clean." Win/win.
 

MNGoldenGophers1 said:
This all may have been done as part of a back room deal. Ellis might have been told by the U we'll give you some time to find a new job and the opportunity to resign but if you don't, we'll fire you. Assuming this is what happened, a letter like this makes sense. The U saved money and further bad press by not having to go the discipline/legal route. Ellis saves himself the embarrassment and opportunity to keep his employment record "clean." Win/win.
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Just did this for a misbehaving executive. Very plausible. Also get him to sign a hold harmless and a non disclosure agreement on the u's end.

Everyone's a winner!
 



Or since he was brought in by one of the most hated guys in the state, and any investigation may only come up with "we couldn't prove anything either way" he just wanted to get the hell out of town.

Which, other job possibilities or not, seems like a damn good idea.
 

If you are Mike Ellis, do you want this email public? And if you are Mike Ellis, why wouldn't you mail a snail mail paper letter to Beth? I'm not impressed with Beth that this is public. Is Ellis dirty? I have no idea...but to me, voluntarily distributing the letter is. It is addressed to Beth, not to, to whom it may concern, not the University, not the world.
 

60's Guy said:
If you are Mike Ellis, do you want this email public? And if you are Mike Ellis, why wouldn't you mail a snail mail paper letter to Beth? I'm not impressed with Beth that this is public. Is Ellis dirty? I have no idea...but to me, voluntarily distributing the letter is. It is addressed to Beth, not to, to whom it may concern, not the University, not the world.
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Clearly this is public because Ellis wants/needs it public. He wants it on record that he did nothing wrong. Was it negotiated with the U? Likely, as he is very specific on what he is owed by the university and it is not much. Even so, this is a much more amiable break than most.
 

60's Guy said:
If you are Mike Ellis, do you want this email public? And if you are Mike Ellis, why wouldn't you mail a snail mail paper letter to Beth? I'm not impressed with Beth that this is public. Is Ellis dirty? I have no idea...but to me, voluntarily distributing the letter is. It is addressed to Beth, not to, to whom it may concern, not the University, not the world.
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My guess is text boy and Mike are two pees in a pod. Guys who could not grow up past 14 laughing and touching themselves sharing porn with each other. Mike is an idiot, bye bye.
 



60's Guy said:
If you are Mike Ellis, do you want this email public? And if you are Mike Ellis, why wouldn't you mail a snail mail paper letter to Beth? I'm not impressed with Beth that this is public. Is Ellis dirty? I have no idea...but to me, voluntarily distributing the letter is. It is addressed to Beth, not to, to whom it may concern, not the University, not the world.
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Since it was Mike Ellis' attorney doing the talking, I think it is safe to assume the attorney was the source of the letter. A resignation letter by a contract employee would be public anyway. The letter's nicely done in my opinion.
 

60's Guy said:
If you are Mike Ellis, do you want this email public? And if you are Mike Ellis, why wouldn't you mail a snail mail paper letter to Beth? I'm not impressed with Beth that this is public. Is Ellis dirty? I have no idea...but to me, voluntarily distributing the letter is. It is addressed to Beth, not to, to whom it may concern, not the University, not the world.
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Huh?
 

Huh?

Mulligan said:
Huh?
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The greeting on the letter to me is personal to Beth. It doesn't say Beth Goetz, athletic director etc. The content to Beth, to me, is personal. Obviously, he is addressing his personal business concerns within the letter. I'm saying if it was me and I wrote the letter intending for it to be public....I would have written a different letter.

If it was intended to be personal it reads genuine to me. Like a guy concerned but caring. To me, who it was written for determines my reaction to it. If he knew it was going public it sounds phony to me, too slick, insincere like it was written by an attorney. And I'm sure that doesn't satisfy anybody as an explanation. It is just my reaction to it. It becomes two different letters for me.

I do agree, he evidently intended it to be public like you guys are saying. And that being the case it colors my suspicion of any innocence in Mr Ellis. I understand, I am in the minority
with my interpretation of the letter.
 

I have a tough time believing that Goetz wasn't aware of what was going on with Woody and Ellis. Why the U would even consider hiring from that culture is dumbfounding.
 

kellyleeks said:
I have a tough time believing that Goetz wasn't aware of what was going on with Woody and Ellis. Why the U would even consider hiring from that culture is dumbfounding.
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Whether she knew her boss was a d-bag or not doesn't mean she's complicit. You don't fire the whole department because it was rotten at the top. All that said, I doubt she gets the job. They'll want someone clean from the outside.
 

This is kind of an aside, but he sure loves to use commas.
 

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