NU has some massive donors, but the problem is that Evanston is a town that isn't very in to college football. Most of the place hates loud noises at night and yells at clouds.
Northwestern has fired coach Pat Fitzgerald
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NU has some massive donors, but the problem is that Evanston is a town that isn't very in to college football. Most of the place hates loud noises at night and yells at clouds.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Yeah, that’s what I was trying to say. I’m not saying there aren’t huge donors (their endowment is massive), but the money has never really flowed toward athletics.
I’ve seen it mentioned several times in this thread, but am not sure what the source is. Do we know that NW isn’t going to participate in the the NIL world? Why wouldn’t they? It’s legal, and while they have a small alumni base (I would guess smallest in the conference) there are a sizable number of wealthier alums.
Yeah becuase the best invetigations are free.
Academic requirements and NIL tend to butt heads.
If there is a flicker of a bright side, whomever decides to accept the full time job as football head coach, he could possibly be heralded as a savior and a walker on water (assuming icing over on Lake Michigan). Just win 6 games and that will really help. One wonders, having been around a BiG FB program, what take the coach will have on running the team. Be a hardass? A yeller and screamer? Impose Lombardi-esque discipline? Perhaps be more moderate use other methods to motivate? What to do with the upperclassmen ringleaders. Will they have their tails between their legs? What will the majority of the team think of these guys this season?
Oh boy. A good ol' academic vs athletics turf war for NW! That always serves to strengthen a university when all is said and done
Unfortunate for all involved, especially students and alumni who always lose out in these situations.$800 rebuild sounds about right.
Eh, I think this is a bit overstated. Evanston itself tends to support the high school more as the college is somewhat thought of as a separate entity (which it is), but since the Gary Barnett era, I'd say the greater northern Chicagoland era would support/rally around the Wildcats for football when they were doing well. At least it always felt there was more of a buzz there for them than anything Illini football related (in fairness, we haven't had much to get buzz for). Northern Chicago has been a Northwestern Football and Illini basketball supporter area for at least the past 30 years from what I recall, but this incident could certainly change things.
They shouldn’t have a hard time finding a donor for that. Lol
Good point. Mostly general principles. Arrogance.
But you are correct that I'd place others much higher on my list of wishing troubles on. Purdue definitely doesn't make my list. Iowa occupies the first three spots.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
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altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
No: because often such "investigations" are window dressing to support a predetermined course of action, primarily political and institutionally-preserving.
Rounds to $1000 if you include the bucket of whitewash they slapped on the original story and investigation.
Captain 14
- The Last Best Place
That'd be a bad look
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
I think he's toxic for a year
He would be wise to take the year off and try to get a gig in a pro level league next year , if he wants to coach again.
can he rehab somewhere in 2024 and then get back into D1 down the road at a place like USF or Tulane ? maybe
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Express car wash should be his gig for a couple of years..........clothes optional................................
Can we now make sure the Big 10 Linebacker of the year is no longer named after him?
it really never should have been the Butkus-Fitzgerald award in the first place. It always bugged me.
There are so many more deserving linebackers than Fitzgerald. I can even name a number of Illini more deserving like Dana Howard, Kevin Hardy, John Holecek.
it really never should have been the Butkus-Fitzgerald award in the first place. It always bugged me.
There are so many more deserving linebackers than Fitzgerald. I can even name a number of Illini more deserving like Dana Howard, Kevin Hardy, John Holecek.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
Im no closeted nor an outed fan of Fitz. I think he was a jerk towards us
But I dont think he was racist. for every disgruntled former player o fhis who thinks he was., my guess is there are 10 times more players who think the opposite
just my opinion. The race card against coaches is pulled out as often as the "he didnt let me play on the 1 or 2 deep' card
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
so in other words, they all had no idea what was going on and are not being held accountable
real narrative: we are holding our noses and letting these guys continue , even tho its wrong, because otherwise we we for sure would finish 0-12.
Even though they will anyway.
the Players will start leaving soon
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