Northwestern president says he ‘may have erred’ with 2-week suspension for football coach Pat Fitzgerald
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That is an astounding flame out. Fitz stuff is surprising because he's a pretty well respected coach for many years now.
“Racist” can be a horribly subjective (and inappropriate) term. Skin color, how you wear your clothes and hats to how the school prepares your training table food…..It’s a catch’all……Sometimes a young teenager who is homesick or having “girl friend troubles” can see racism in everything. Some times we can just be too sensitive to our surroundings…….I hope some here are paying attention because “it” can happen to anyone. For anything.
They dry humped freshman after rushing them in ‘purge’ like masks and tying them up. Also rumors of tying them up naked to poles and everyone slapping the freshman dicks. It all sounds really sexual assaulty
Decent chance that fan is right.Northwestern already lost 5% of the fanbase over this:
NW probably ****ed the duck
When? Friday when they announced a 2 week unpaid suspension for this exact thing or today when it blew up instead of going away quietly?
Today. Obviously don't have details. Maybe it's something really explosive. I'd lean towards that not being the case, however. Ain't easy to win at NW
Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald 'relieved of duty' after hazing claims | CNN
Northwestern University has parted ways with head football coach Pat Fitzgerald, the school announced Monday. The move comes after allegations of hazing within the Wildcats football program.
The theory is the current administration tried to dump this on Friday with the punishment. Evidently some more details got around to alumni. And the Board of Trustees stepped in. Thus the change in the President saying he may have erred.
Fitz bringing in Dan Webb. Big time lawyer. NW could really eat it.
He saw Dan’s performance in the Dominion case and said, that’s what I want.
Gettin' juicy...
www.espn.com
A current Northwestern player, who asked to remain anonymous, also told ESPN on Sunday that the former player, whose hazing allegations late in 2022 launched the investigation, informed him of a detailed plan with the sole objective to take down Fitzgerald. The current player on Sunday relayed a conversation he said he had early this year with the former player to Northwestern trustees and other influential university figures.
"He just kept emphasizing, 'Yeah, it'll be OK. I'm just trying to get Coach Fitz fired,'" the current player told ESPN. "I don't think he ever acknowledged what he's saying is not true. It was just like, 'I might embellish or exaggerate to get Coach Fitz fired.' He said his sole goal was to see Coach Fitz rot in jail.
"The truth is none of that stuff happened in our locker room."
The current player said the former player told him he would go public with detailed allegations if the university's investigation did not result in Fitzgerald's dismissal and referenced the 2021 situation involving athletic director Mike Polisky, who stepped down amid media and public pressure nine days after being promoted. Polisky had been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a former Northwestern cheerleader.
"He was thinking he could do the same with Coach Fitz, if he went to The Daily Northwestern and went public with it," the current player said.
Ex-player calls for Fitzgerald ouster after inquiry
A former Northwestern football player on Sunday detailed his hazing allegations that sparked a university-commissioned investigation and said Pat Fitzgerald should no longer be the coach of the program.
A current Northwestern player, who asked to remain anonymous, also told ESPN on Sunday that the former player, whose hazing allegations late in 2022 launched the investigation, informed him of a detailed plan with the sole objective to take down Fitzgerald. The current player on Sunday relayed a conversation he said he had early this year with the former player to Northwestern trustees and other influential university figures.
"He just kept emphasizing, 'Yeah, it'll be OK. I'm just trying to get Coach Fitz fired,'" the current player told ESPN. "I don't think he ever acknowledged what he's saying is not true. It was just like, 'I might embellish or exaggerate to get Coach Fitz fired.' He said his sole goal was to see Coach Fitz rot in jail.
"The truth is none of that stuff happened in our locker room."
The current player said the former player told him he would go public with detailed allegations if the university's investigation did not result in Fitzgerald's dismissal and referenced the 2021 situation involving athletic director Mike Polisky, who stepped down amid media and public pressure nine days after being promoted. Polisky had been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a former Northwestern cheerleader.
"He was thinking he could do the same with Coach Fitz, if he went to The Daily Northwestern and went public with it," the current player said.
Fritz will need the money. Former players are going to sue him as well. Doubt Northwestern will try to protect him either.
Who the hell knows what's true right now. As fast as NW acted you would assume they had something really well verified and substantial... if not... they may be in for a pounding.
As an Iowa fan? It's all good.
I would happily represent NW pro bono. Coach ball sack has no chance. Most employment contracts have automatic termination clauses for moral terpitude. Coach no neck knew this was going and I'm sure other players, acting as whistle blowers, have said he knew it and maybe even tacitly approved of the practice. See you in court counselor.
I hope Fitz sues their ass off. 100 million to Fitz!
If Fitz beats’em in Court, NW has the wherewithal to pay “kazillions”.....they just completed a record breaking $6B fund raiser for the school....no school anywhere in the world has raised that much money for the dear old alma mater in history.
I’m just thinking in the deepest recesses of my mind that Fitz is getting railroaded here. Maybe not and it is NWs problem....
I am always reminded of my favorite Ralph Miller story."...One day during a basketball practice, Ralph realized his paycheck, his professional future and his family’s well-being was running up and down the basketball court in the jock strap of an 18 year old kid.
Might be a case of over reacting to fallout from their slap on the wrist with the original 2 week suspension.
To go from that to a firing in around 3? days would point to that.
I don't think that'd be enough time to actually verify some of the new allegations.
Would have been better to suspend him indefinitely while they do an investigation to corroborate the new allegations...
To go from that to a firing in around 3? days would point to that.
I don't think that'd be enough time to actually verify some of the new allegations.
Would have been better to suspend him indefinitely while they do an investigation to corroborate the new allegations...
From what I understand, these weren't new allegations, but rather details that came to light after the announcement of the suspension.
The investigation couldn't prove or disprove that the HC knew about the hazing, but did conclude that he should have known. That's enough to warrant a firing in my book.
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No no, Bins is going to need to know EVERY detail of the hazing before he can make an accurate judgement on if this was a just firing.
If it was known it's pretty amazing the original punishment was a 2 week suspension. Couple more heads should roll.
Spaceman.....do you think it is possible that a player or two “had it in for Fitz” as alleged by some and Fitz is a victim of a lie?
I have seen this first hand back in “work days”....it can happen! Not saying it did....but the standard for firing a person should be based on the same criteria as might get one suspended or found “innocent”....
Yeah, you would think that some of the assistants would get the boot, too.
The president should be in hot water for his handling of the situation.
Six month long investigation, resulting in a two week suspension, dialed up to a firing after three days of media pressure,... Doesn't look good.
I might be wrong but I thought the NCAA eliminated that stipulation. I believe, however, players can be granted a waiver for mental health reasons. So if a Northwestern player could show that he was one of the victims of the hazing then he might be eligible to transfer.
Probably pepsi - haven't read all the posts in this thread - but just saw news updates that NW fired Fitz due to the incident.
Alright, just saw this news broke last night. In my defense, my phone's wifi was f*ed up for most the day yesterday & finally fixed it this morning. I get all my sports updates from there, so that's why I didn't see it until about 10 minutes ago.
Alright, just saw this news broke last night. In my defense, my phone's wifi was f*ed up for most the day yesterday & finally fixed it this morning. I get all my sports updates from there, so that's why I didn't see it until about 10 minutes ago.
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Coach Prime went to Colorado, implemented a bunch of rules very similar to what Ferentz was doing at Iowa, and people said he was going to run a tight ship. No racism there.
