Somebody lawyered up....
Northwestern has fired coach Pat Fitzgerald
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If I was the ACC I would want to know what he knew and if he knew anything was occurring during his tenure at NW
Football hazing allegedly went on for multiple years. Also baseball, cheerleading, and volleyball have had stuff said about them. If the behavior crossed multiple sports you can’t say it was an isolated incident. That sounds like a cultural issue starting from the top. Hard to think no one within the administration did not hear rumors and did nothing
BZuppke
- Plainfield
I played HS football and we had zero systemic hazing and nothing sexual like this. I was in a fraternity in Champaign and the same thing (abuse usually involved alcohol). I’m sure this is not isolated (hope I’m wrong) and it is horrific and chilling to me. College football is by far my favorite sport and I hope every major football program takes strong steps to eradicate hazing of all types. It’s hard for me to say but if this is widely accepted then shut the whole operation down.You can give your email and set up a free account to read:
‘There’s a significance to ritual’: How a hazing culture evolved at Northwestern’s Camp Kenosha
What might have started as crude behavior during Pat Fitzgerald’s playing days grew increasingly toxic across multiple coaching tenurestheathletic.com
This is some borderline weird sex cult.
Yeah as I posted earlier, stuff like freshmen carrying pads, setting up equipment/cleaning etc is a whole different animal than whatever was happening at Northwestern.
What happens at Northwestern is what happens when the culture becomes bigger than the people involved. To me it's a "You made it into this exclusive club so it's time to pay your dues" kind of thing and not a "earning the respect of your teammates" kind of thing.
I doubt very much that hazing to this extreme is just a football thing. I suspect it's far more common at universities who are just like Northwestern in general. The "rules no longer apply to me" mentality so to speak.
Frankly, I wouldn't be shocked if Northwestern dropped FB altogether... With this developing into a MAJOR situation, plus the rising cost of insurance to cover injuries, and a declining endowment fund, it should be considered by their board of trustees..
They also were reportedly talking to Skip Holtz as well. Here's Wanny's explanation of what happened:
Wait until I bust out the dad jokes.
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Maybe it was a different smell you remember…wasn’t that floor called Hopkins’ Highest?…I was on that floor in 1980.
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At Iowa, that's just called pimpin'.
Seems more like 2 decades.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
Where’s the meme of his kid?
Yes, it was. Named after my next door neighbors, I believe.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Considering he is 71 years old now, I doubt he will really want to coach at any high level again (especially at a dumpster fire job). He seems to have the perfect schtick going on television and radio.
Perfect fit, he don't care, they don't care!
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
yes
a joke
NFW does Lovie even sniff a HC gig at a high school anymore
he’s too old . he no energy nor fight left in him
Not sure how much of a deal this is in a civil matter, but it might make being hired by Bama a lot more difficult.
Yeah - Lovie was the Ted Lasso hire to get the Texans the #1 pick and he even failed at that!
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