Auburn is currently dealing with the fallout from a huge scandal with its softball team, involving alleged sexual misbehavior, emotional abuse and physical abuse committed by former coach Clint Myers and assistant Corey Myers.

Clint announced his retirement last month, but many on campus aren’t happy with the way AD Jay Jacobs and Meredith Jenkins, athletics executive associate director and senior women’s administrator (as well as a Title IX deputy coordinator), handled the entire affair.

On Wednesday, Auburn’s student newspaper — The Plainsman — published a scathing editorial calling for Jacobs and Jenkins to either resign or be removed from their positions:

But good intentions aside, Jacob’s handling of the allegations has been at best negligent and at worst crooked, and he needs to step down or be removed from his position so Auburn can move forward. Jenkins, who appears not to have done her job as an advocate for victims, should go with him.

The problems stemming from the Myers should’ve been dealt with long ago — before March when the younger Myers left the team and especially before this past August when the elder Myers followed suit. Six months is far too long for complaints to be circulating and far too long for nothing to have been done about either of the coaches.

Allowing these coaches to stay on staff for so long may have been helpful with respect to maintaining a winning softball team — it could have ruined the season if both coaches left — but the role of the Athletics Department is not only to maximize a team’s record.

Obviously, the newspaper’s editorial board felt the school prioritized wins over the well-being of student-athletes, which is unacceptable.

Whether any significant changes are made to the Auburn administration in the wake of this scandal remains to be seen, but it is very clear where The Plainsman stands.