05/13/2026
A story like this hits different when you have kids in Tomball ISD.
Coach Codutti is under investigation. That’s it. That’s where we are right now.
Not convicted. Not exonerated. Under investigation.
And yet the comments are already split between “burn him” and “she waited 6 years, that’s suspicious.” Both camps decided before a single fact was confirmed. That’s the problem.
The media has a job to do. Report the story. I get it. But we’ve never been worse at consuming it responsibly. We treat headlines like verdicts now.
Here’s something that gets thrown around constantly that I genuinely can’t stand: “Perception is reality.” No. It’s not. It never was. Perception is just the angle you’re standing at when you first see something. Reality is what’s actually there when you walk around it and look at the whole thing. Those are not the same, and pretending they are is lazy thinking dressed up as wisdom.
I don’t know if Nick Codutti is a villain or a victim of a bad accusation. Neither do you. Neither does anyone in those comments right now.
What I do know from experience in leadership, business, and situations closer to home than I’ll get into publicly is this: reacting without facts has real consequences. Financial. Professional. Personal. Reputational. For everyone touched by the situation, not just the person the headline is about.
So before you pick a side, ask yourself if you actually have enough information to stand there confidently. Because once you say it publicly, you own it. And the facts have a way of showing up late and making people look real foolish.
Wait for the facts. Then decide where you stand.
