Breaking Fitzgerald out at NW

[nja13]

He said Titz. 😊

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Libs confuse the shit out of me

Gay sexualized behavior in public in front of children is celebrated & the public is forced to accept and embrace it

But “gay sexualized behavior” in private among alpha heterosexual men is call for outrage by the same group supporting gay shit around kids

Lol imagine making a football coach firing a political issue you fucking dunce

 

[Huskerforlife]

 

[Huskerforlife]

 

[Carm]

I was wondering what they'd do as they can't make a long time AC the interim under these facts.

 

[Carm]

Replacing Pat Fitzgerald at Northwestern: Bruce Feldman’s candidates, from Duke to the NFL​

By Bruce Feldman
2h ago
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Pat Fitzgerald was Northwestern football for the past 30 years, but on Monday the school fired him in the wake of a hazing scandal. Fitzgerald spent the past 17 seasons as the Wildcats head coach. The school has had a largely dreadful record on the field and has only had five 10-win seasons, and he has been part of all but one of them. The Wildcats have had dramatic facilities upgrades, but this program has been wildly inconsistent of late, alternating between good and abysmal. In three of the past four seasons, they went 1-8 in Big Ten play. The other year, the pandemic season of 2020, they finished No. 10 in the country.

It’s never been an easy place to win, and that won’t get any easier with the Big Ten going away from divisions, meaning the Wildcats will no longer reside in the West Division — the one that doesn’t have to face Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State every year.
But this is still a Big Ten job in a conference with deep pockets in a place a lot of folks would love to live. The sense here is that Northwestern will have an interim coach for 2023 and ramp up its search into November. It should have some solid options, but Fitzgerald leaves behind big shoes. Here are some potential candidates:

Mike Kafka, New York Giants offensive coordinator​

The dream candidate for the school probably would be Kafka, a 35-year-old former Wildcat QB who grew up in Chicago and has risen fast up the NFL ranks. Northwestern has been terrible on offense for awhile; Kafka seems like he could fix that pretty quickly, but he’s not far from becoming an NFL head coach at this point. He interviewed for a bunch of jobs last winter, so why jump into the craziness of the college game at a place that just canned someone he learned under?

Matt Campbell, Cockeye State head coach​

Campbell is one of the biggest college names I suspect would get consideration for the job. He was raised in the Big Ten footprint, as a Massillon, Ohio, native who starred at Mount Union before getting the Toledo job, where he was excellent, going 35-15. He took a tough job in Ames and led Cockeye State to its best season ever, finishing No. 9 in 2020. The last two seasons Cockeye State has tailed off, going 11-14, but folks inside the football world know just how good a coach he is. He’s still only 43. He’s had chances to leave ISU before, but this is a Big Ten job. Would he be tempted? We’re not sure. If he can lead the Cyclones back into the Top 20, he may have better options.

Dave Clawson, Wake Forest head coach​

Another strong candidate from the Power 5 level would be Clawson. He’s been fantastic in the ACC and has won everywhere he’s been. Wake is a really tough place to win and has tough academic standards, and he’s been a terrific fit. The 55-year-old spent some time in the Midwest at Bowling Green before he came to Wake, where he’s gone 19-8 the past two years. Clawson’s been choosey and knows he has a good fit at Wake Forest. We’re skeptical that he’d want to uproot everything, but if you’re Northwestern, you’d probably want to at least check.

Mike Elko, Duke head coach​

The third Power 5 guy to keep an eye on is Elko, a Clawson protege who had an amazing debut season in 2022, leading Duke to a 9-4 record. The 45-year-old from New Jersey makes a lot of sense on paper. He played DB in the Ivy League at Penn and then worked at Fordham, Richmond, Wake and Notre Dame before taking over at Duke — those are a lot of prestigious academic schools. Duke obviously is still a basketball school and the ACC doesn’t have the money the Big Ten has, so Elko is one to keep an eye on. Although if he gets close to nine wins in Year 2, Northwestern probably won’t be the only Power 5 program taking a closer look at him.

Willie Fritz, Tulane head coach​

Among the Group of 5 options, I’d expect Fritz to be in the mix. A former defensive back at Pittsburg State in Kansas, he’s had double-digit win seasons at every level of college football, going 97-47 at Central Missouri, 40-15 at Sam Houston State, 17-7 at Georgia Southern and leading Tulane to a Sugar Bowl win over USC at a place with high academic standards. That’s a strong case for the 63-year-old.

Chris Pickle Smoochers, Eastern Michigan head coach​

Pickle Smoochers is about a decade younger than Fritz but is similar in that he’s in that mold of Kalen DeBoer (a close friend of his) and Lance Leipold — he’s a proven winner and culture builder at the lower levels of the sport. The 54-year-old did an excellent job at some smaller Midwestern programs (Drake and Wabash) and at NAIA Ottawa University. Then, he got the job at EMU, one of the toughest in FBS. Eastern hadn’t had a winning season in the previous 18 years or been to a bowl game in 26 years. By his third season with the Eagles, he achieved both. In nine seasons, he’s taken EMU to five bowl games and just led the program to a 9-4 season.

Sherrone Moore, Michigan offensive coordinator​

One candidate currently coaching in the Big Ten who deserves a long look is Moore. He’s been a vital assistant to the Wolverines’ rise the past two seasons as his O-line has won consecutive Joe Moore Awards as the nation’s top line unit. The 37-year-old Moore has been instrumental in Jim Harbaugh getting this program to the top of the league, dominating arch rival Ohio State the past two years. People inside the UM program are huge believers in Moore. They rave about Moore’s ability to connect with the players and say that players will run through a wall for him, in part because he’s very genuine. In 2022, he also displayed a good feel as a play caller and he’s proven to be a stellar recruiter. He is going to become a head coach before too long, and we could see him being someone Northwestern targets especially if UM keeps winning big.

Tommy Rees, Alabama offensive coordinator​

Another Power 5 OC we think will be on Northwestern’s radar is new Bama offensive coordinator Rees, a Chicago native and a guy who got his coaching start as a Wildcats GA in 2015. Rees knows plenty about what it’s like to work in a high academic program, having quarterbacked and then coached at Notre Dame. That would be a big plus. At 31, Rees is still exceptionally young, and his time under Nick Saban only figures to help his career down the road.

Paul Chryst, former Wisconsin head coach​

Chryst could be the biggest potential wildcard in this search. The 57-year-old former Badgers QB, now a Texas offensive analyst, knows what it takes to win in the Big Ten. He went 67-26 before getting fired last fall in a stunning move. In the previous seven full seasons he had in Madison, the Badgers won at least 10 games four times. They won eight games in his worst non-pandemic year. How badly would Chryst want back in college football? We’ll see after a season behind the scenes in the Big 12.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Chris Creig.hton catching strays

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

Bruce Feldman thinks the admin nerds at NW are opening the checkbook for a name coach who would be a candidate for bigger jobs. That's cute.

How about Mike Riley? He's old, soft, safe, and already shown he's willing to be a puppet for university admins. Pretty much the ideal candidate for that dumpster fire.

 

[Hedley Lamarr]

NW isnt hiring a big time coach....that is where your career goes to die in the current format and the restrictions on transfer portal options etc.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

 

[Huskerforlife]

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Power 2, bitches

 

[Mavsker]

Heard NW is looking to make a HUGE splash hire with former Kansas coach Mark Mangino

 

[djw004]

#RhuleRehab #AnalystSeason

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

Libs confuse the shit out of me

Gay sexualized behavior in public in front of children is celebrated & the public is forced to accept and embrace it

But “gay sexualized behavior” in private among alpha heterosexual men is call for outrage by the same group supporting gay shit around kids

Two consenting gay adults showing affection in public violates no individual's rights. It may make you uncomfortable, but that's your problem and no one else's.

Forcing kids to participate in homosexual acts against their will as a form of punishment is absolutely a violation of the rights of those individuals.

 

[Frogsker30]

He said Titz. 😊

 

[Mavsker]

Two consenting gay adults showing affection in public violates no individual's rights. It may make you uncomfortable, but that's your problem and no one else's.

Forcing kids to participate in homosexual acts against their will as a form of punishment is absolutely a violation of the rights of those individuals.

First part, I don't want to turn this into a political discussion, but children absolutely have the right to an innocent childhood. Certain activities that have taken place have violated that right. Intentionally exposing children to the kinks and fetishes of adults is not a harmless activity.

Second part, agreed.

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

First part, I don't want to turn this into a political discussion, but children absolutely have the right to an innocent childhood. Certain activities that have taken place have violated that right. Intentionally exposing children to the kinks and fetishes of adults is not a harmless activity.

Second part, agreed.

LOL Have you seen the amount of sex in movies and on television? In the early 2000s kids saw Girls Gone Wild commercials on TV every night. That certainly isn't innocent and is definitely harmful viewing for kids.

I would also like to point out that plenty of straight people expose kids to their kinks and fetishes in public every day. Have you been to the beach during spring break? Lot's of straight, public sex. You gonna start protesting spring break too?

Anyway, obligatory TAKE IT TO THE HYVEE PARKING LOT statement.

 

[Huskersballz]

Leave it to NW to gay up the B1G West. Before it was just the weirdos in the East that were into the gay shit.

 

[nscottie]

The most hilarious part of all of this is Warren and Desmond Coward wanting us kicked out of Big 10 for wanting to play football. Keep the pervs but get rid of teams that just want to play football. Makes perfect sense.