RE: Oh, Poor Larry Nassar Feels Uncomfortable Hearing His Victims' Testimony
January 19, 2018 at 10:20 am
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2018 at 10:21 am by c172.)
I'm a bit closer to that situation than I'd like to be.
I never met Larry Nassar. But I did go over to MSU, from Pittsburgh, for a meet (against Pitt). I used to like to make little road trips to follow Pitt gymnastics: Maryland, Penn State, WVU, NCAA regionals at Michigan and a couple other places.
I had met one of their assistant coaches at the time, Katie Teft, who I had seen on TV a bit, and liked, during her career. She never made an olympic team, but did go to trials and barely lost out. I liked her more than some of he more glamorous ones of the time. Dominique Moceanu, Shannon Miller, Amanda Borden. When I had heard that she and her Michigan State team would be coming to Fitzgerald Fieldhouse at Pitt (this was the year before I went on that trip), I got all fangirlish and came with a sign, like I'm some 12-year old girl or something. But she came over and chatted for a good ten minutes or so, and she was the most charming person ever. When I went over to MSU for a meet, as stated earlier, people I chatted with at the meet described her as a "lovely young lady". I met her three times and saw her a fourth time at a meet at Cal State Fullerton when I moved back out here to CA. She knew me on a first name basis that second and third time.
So, this whole Larry Nassar thing has been disturbing for me. I have watched all the testimony that you can find on YouTube, and there's several hours of it. It is absolutely draining, and it's kind of shaken me in a way, because I had known Katie, their assistant coach in that time, and it made me wonder if she's somehow guilty of something. It just amazes me how people can work alongside (kind of, I guess) him and not have some inkling of what is going on. I did meet head coach Kathie Klages once (she was mentioned by one of the survivors as a guilty party in all this). She didn't give me a good vibe. Seemed to have a harshness to her that I didn't find in Pitt's head coach.
Katie Teft (Minasola) is now the head coach at Eastern Michigan. I do follow them on Insta. I just really hope no surprises come to light. The most evil people sometimes have quite a knack for fooling those closest to them.
I never met Larry Nassar. But I did go over to MSU, from Pittsburgh, for a meet (against Pitt). I used to like to make little road trips to follow Pitt gymnastics: Maryland, Penn State, WVU, NCAA regionals at Michigan and a couple other places.
I had met one of their assistant coaches at the time, Katie Teft, who I had seen on TV a bit, and liked, during her career. She never made an olympic team, but did go to trials and barely lost out. I liked her more than some of he more glamorous ones of the time. Dominique Moceanu, Shannon Miller, Amanda Borden. When I had heard that she and her Michigan State team would be coming to Fitzgerald Fieldhouse at Pitt (this was the year before I went on that trip), I got all fangirlish and came with a sign, like I'm some 12-year old girl or something. But she came over and chatted for a good ten minutes or so, and she was the most charming person ever. When I went over to MSU for a meet, as stated earlier, people I chatted with at the meet described her as a "lovely young lady". I met her three times and saw her a fourth time at a meet at Cal State Fullerton when I moved back out here to CA. She knew me on a first name basis that second and third time.
So, this whole Larry Nassar thing has been disturbing for me. I have watched all the testimony that you can find on YouTube, and there's several hours of it. It is absolutely draining, and it's kind of shaken me in a way, because I had known Katie, their assistant coach in that time, and it made me wonder if she's somehow guilty of something. It just amazes me how people can work alongside (kind of, I guess) him and not have some inkling of what is going on. I did meet head coach Kathie Klages once (she was mentioned by one of the survivors as a guilty party in all this). She didn't give me a good vibe. Seemed to have a harshness to her that I didn't find in Pitt's head coach.
Katie Teft (Minasola) is now the head coach at Eastern Michigan. I do follow them on Insta. I just really hope no surprises come to light. The most evil people sometimes have quite a knack for fooling those closest to them.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
