Time for Coach Pat Fitzgerald To Leave Northwestern University Football ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern does not need a football team.

I can give you 90 million reasons why it does.

[Anonymous]

(OP here)

As I expected & hoped for, Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald has been let go. This is good news for the Northwestern University football program.

[Anonymous]

(OP here)

Possibly the best candidate to replace the fired Northwestern University head football coach is Wisconsin's Jim Leonhard.

[Anonymous]

Now the daily Northwestern has an article about the baseball team. As an alum, I am embarrassed.

[Anonymous]

List of 3 possible replacements for Pat Fitzgerald:

https://saturdayblitz.com/2023/07/11/northwestern-football-ideal-head-coach-replacements-pat-fitzgerald/3/

The 3 listed are:

David Shaw--former head coach at Stanford

Tommy Rees--Alabama's Offensive Coordinator. Came from Notre Dame.

Chris Creighton Eastern Michigan Head Coach

[Anonymous]

Pat Fitzgerald's salary buyout could be in the range of $50 million:

https://thesportsdaily.com/news/could-northwestern-fire-football-coach-pat-fitzgerald-over-hazing-scandal-given-his-salary-contract-buyout/

[Anonymous]

Interesting article regarding possible legal actions:

https://sportico.com/law/analysis/2023/northwestern-fires-pat-fitzgerald-1234730138/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now the daily Northwestern has an article about the baseball team. As an alum, I am embarrassed.

As an alum, I'm embarrassed sports are even a thing there. I attended NU back when we celebrated the longest losing streak in all of college football history, for any college, ever. Students did not give a damn about football other than as the source of jokes. It was awesome not to be at a college locked into worship of sports programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now the daily Northwestern has an article about the baseball team. As an alum, I am embarrassed.

As an alum, I'm embarrassed sports are even a thing there. I attended NU back when we celebrated the longest losing streak in all of college football history, for any college, ever. Students did not give a damn about football other than as the source of jokes. It was awesome not to be at a college locked into worship of sports programs.

Sports just create additional recreational options for students and others associated with any particular school.

I attended a large Southern university during a time when it won a national championship in football. Some enjoyed football, while others did not pay any attention at all to the football program & games.

I have lived in sizeable US cities with many pro sports teams, yet rarely--very rarely--ever attended a pro sports game or even cared about the teams. But, sports are a large part of American culture; college sports--especially big time D1 football produce income for the school & generate bonding & excitement for the school community.

If Northwestern doesn't want to offer big time college sports, it can take a huge pay cut & join the Ivy League or the Patriot League. Nevertheless, when Northwestern football does well, donations to the university by alimni increase in a significant way.

[Anonymous]

Wondering if this scandal will have any ramifications for the proposed upgraded stadium, currently a rather heated town-gown controversy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now the daily Northwestern has an article about the baseball team. As an alum, I am embarrassed.

As an alum, I'm embarrassed sports are even a thing there. I attended NU back when we celebrated the longest losing streak in all of college football history, for any college, ever. Students did not give a damn about football other than as the source of jokes. It was awesome not to be at a college locked into worship of sports programs.

what? No one agrees with you. Stop it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if this scandal will have any ramifications for the proposed upgraded stadium, currently a rather heated town-gown controversy.

Some at the university have requested a pause in the upgrade until all the investigations are completed

[Anonymous]

Northwestern University sports programs add variety to the campus culture--which has been increasing in academic intensity over the past decade. My suggestion is to add ice hockey as another outlet for the very serious student body. The Big Ten has only 7 ice hockey teams--including Notre Dame. Adding an 8th ice hockey program would serve both the individual school--Northwestern--and the Big Ten Conference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wondering if this scandal will have any ramifications for the proposed upgraded stadium, currently a rather heated town-gown controversy.

Some at the university have requested a pause in the upgrade until all the investigations are completed

Probably because Pat Fitzgerald led the fundraising campaign for this $800 million project.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now the daily Northwestern has an article about the baseball team. As an alum, I am embarrassed.

As an alum, I'm embarrassed sports are even a thing there. I attended NU back when we celebrated the longest losing streak in all of college football history, for any college, ever. Students did not give a damn about football other than as the source of jokes. It was awesome not to be at a college locked into worship of sports programs.

+1

While it has been fun to watch the rise of the football program at NU, it's an embarrassment that the program has this level of hazing and racial issues.
It was fun attending football games and the highlight was who you could hit with a marshmallow