Days without a Missouri coaching controversy: 0

It had been a while. Since the Mizzou Softball controversy of 2016 had died down, things had been pretty quiet on the Mizzou coaching front. New pieces at football, basketball, and baseball were doing their thing, and Mizzou’s Learfield Cup standing has never been higher.

There was evidently something pretty big brewing beneath the surface, however.

Definitely read KOMU’s Target 8 report on Mizzou Gymnastics and head coach Shannon Welker. We’ll see how Welker and the athletic department respond — all we saw last night was a prepared statement that did very little to address the situation — but, well, there’s a lot to respond to. It’s pretty damning. A taste:

Several athletes said once they…