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This is what gets me about how NW has handled this.
The allegations became public about a month ago. That's horrible timing for the upcoming football season, but when the entire coaching staff is implicated in something like this, it calls for drastic measures. Instead they slow played it and Fitzgerald's staff coming off a 3-9 season and 1-11 season is listed at o/u 3.5 wins in Vegas.
Instead, the university could have acted swiftly and fired or demoted the AD and replaced him with someone from outside athletics and fired the coaching staff. Drastic move but hear me out. They could have pulled a Baylor and hired a respected retired coach or old former coach on some other staff as head coach. That coach could have quickly pulled together a staff of underemployed vets, young position coaches, and grad assistants. They could have released any player who wanted to leave and filled the roster with walk-ons or any late transfers they could figure out how to get.
How many games would that team win this season? Probably 1-3. But that's not much worse than they'll do with the dick rubbers and at least they could do it with their heads held high as a way to transition into a better future.
The allegations became public about a month ago. That's horrible timing for the upcoming football season, but when the entire coaching staff is implicated in something like this, it calls for drastic measures. Instead they slow played it and Fitzgerald's staff coming off a 3-9 season and 1-11 season is listed at o/u 3.5 wins in Vegas.
Instead, the university could have acted swiftly and fired or demoted the AD and replaced him with someone from outside athletics and fired the coaching staff. Drastic move but hear me out. They could have pulled a Baylor and hired a respected retired coach or old former coach on some other staff as head coach. That coach could have quickly pulled together a staff of underemployed vets, young position coaches, and grad assistants. They could have released any player who wanted to leave and filled the roster with walk-ons or any late transfers they could figure out how to get.
How many games would that team win this season? Probably 1-3. But that's not much worse than they'll do with the dick rubbers and at least they could do it with their heads held high as a way to transition into a better future.