They’re embracing their notoriety, but as you note, it’s unlikely to be a career enhancer. Gutsy move, but why stop with tee shirts? Remember the old movie, “Car Wash”? Theme song has a catchy beat that was clapped out in the opening scene. Their Marching Band could perform it at halftime with the color guard in orange jumpsuits. Play either the movie track or the Jim Croce version in the locker room for motivation.
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Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Joel Goodson
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100% orchestrated
Entirely. Only the titles are the same.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
The constitutional law department doing about as well as the public relations department over there.
I think NW has to bring in an established big name HC to get control of the football program. The acting HC is in way over his head. If the AD does not act his job will be next on the chopping block.
I would spead dialing the following coaches who retired in 2022/23 to try and get them to take over program next week as 1 year interim HC
David Cutliffe (Duke)
David Shaw (Stanford)
Ken Niumulatolo (Navy)
Herm Edwards (ASU)
Bryan Harsin (Auburn/Boise State)
Clay Helton (USC)
Nick Rolovich (WSU -fired for refusing to follow CV19 rules)
NW needs to clean house on assistant coaches. I would fire anybody who they have photo wearing the t-shirt. There will be portal losses but you want the bad apples who support hazing to leave anyway.
I would spead dialing the following coaches who retired in 2022/23 to try and get them to take over program next week as 1 year interim HC
David Cutliffe (Duke)
David Shaw (Stanford)
Ken Niumulatolo (Navy)
Herm Edwards (ASU)
Bryan Harsin (Auburn/Boise State)
Clay Helton (USC)
Nick Rolovich (WSU -fired for refusing to follow CV19 rules)
NW needs to clean house on assistant coaches. I would fire anybody who they have photo wearing the t-shirt. There will be portal losses but you want the bad apples who support hazing to leave anyway.
No disrespect to you at all, but I’d rather NW keep their current approach and suck for the rest of my lifetime.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
This^^^
Perhaps it's unduly pessimistic, but the value around Chicago in elite employment circles/bars/cocktail parties/Ravinia concert picnics of the opening line "I played for Pat Fitzgerald at Northwestern" seems to have plummeted faster than the frozen concentrated orange juice futures price at the climax of Trading Places.
too late to clean house now, the staff knows they are gone after this season, hence the t-shirt protests.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
"I'm playing my team in a way I can explain in job interviews next winter."
It will be interesting to see, as the season progresses, whether the team and staff eventually unravels because no one will remain on staff after November.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
BB and Ryan Walters as they call a truce and enjoy the carnage in That Program Up In Evanston:
MustangWally
- Mayfield
Moneyball. Great movie.
The aliens are coming out of the woodwork! I can just hear Oprah yelling "And here's a lawsuit for you, and a lawsuit for you, and one for you . . . "
Someone should make some T-shirts with something like this on 'em. Give them to all the other teams in the West. Or maybe just Illinois.
It is bad when you have players suing you. Then you compound that with coaches suing you. Seems like an athletic department issue rather than being isolated to a single person
Marching Band playing "Carwash". That's brilliant! Maybe we can have the Marching Illini learn it for the NW game.
Fun to imagine every B1G opponent playing it in the red zone as their offense gives them a car washing. Maybe too cruel though.
sbillini
- st petersburg, fl
we're (rightly) giving the NW coaching staff a hard time for their tone-deaf t-shirts, but then suggesting we should very publicly and formally make light of what is essentially sexual assault? No thanks.
When WSU Basketball coach Ernie Kent was found having taken a trip to Mexico with a girlfriend to cheat on his wife … the Dawg Pound (UW students section) all wore sombreros for the next game against the Cougs in Seattle.
If Northwestern is going to refuse the high road on this and instead attempt to lean into it, then to my mind opponent mockery is also now in play.
There is no such thing as too cruel in college sports. Opponent mockery of character flaws exposed is required.
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sbillini
- st petersburg, fl
In my 10+ years on this board, I'm pretty sure i've never disagreed with a statement more than this.
Yes...yes there is a too cruel. And this falls into that bucket.
Agreed, but still fun to imagine.
Keep in mind these are the same players who signed a letter denying their own misdeeds, so it’s not just defiant coaches’ tee shirts. They all remain in denial. Humiliation lies ahead on the field, no words or tunes needed. Will they then adjourn to the locker room to flog one another? Seems to be their culture.
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