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Some crazy behavior that he allowed. He seemed like an ethical guy who ran a clean program. I guess you never can tell.

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Former NU football player details hazing allegations

Content warning: This article contains mention of hazing, sexual assault and suicidal ideation. A former Northwestern University football player told The Daily some of the hazing conduct investigated by the university involved coerced sexual acts. A second player confirmed these details. The...
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Surprised he was fired, expected a cut in pay and rehabilitation program forced to attend .
When the NU President admitted his giving the 2 week suspension was to light after talking to the ex-players an their families I felt more punishment would be cumming, but not this.
Kudos to Northwestern for doing what it felt best.
Just hope the charges weren't exaggerated
 
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I mean there’s always a fair share of gay stuff that goes on in the locker room, but that’s a bit much….
 
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Scarlet Blind said:


Others mention Brian Hartline.
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That’s just silly and unlikely serious. A current HC isn’t leaving this close to the season and NW isn’t likely going to hire anyone til after the season or near the end of it at least, if it ends up being a currently unemployed HC.

Edit: looking at the comments, someone said it’s satire from this guy whoever he is
 
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czxqa said:
Candidate list from Bruce Feldman at the Athletic

Mike Kafka, Giants OC plus a bunch of the usual suspects- Campbell, Clawson, Elko, Fritz, Chryst, Chris Chreighton from EMU, Sherrone Moore the Xichigan OC, Tommy Rees from Bama. Says the sense is that they'll use an interim coach for the season and ramp up the search in Nov.

https://theathletic.com/4682087/2023/07/11/northwestern-coach-candidates-nygiants-iowa-state/
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Agree with the timetable and thought about Clawson and Elko myself, maybe Fritz too. They seem like the profile necessary, guys who can potentially do more with less. I'm not sure if Campbell would leave to NW unless the money was a big factor for him.

I've seen Shaw mentioned too but he wasn't doing well at the end of his tenure at Stanford so I don't see that myself.
 
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rutgersal said:
www.espn.com

Northwestern fires Fitzgerald amid hazing claims

Northwestern fired longtime coach Pat Fitzgerald amid allegations of widespread hazing within the football program. Defensive coordinator David Braun is expected to be named the Wildcats' acting coach, sources told ESPN.
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Besides bad PR, what changed between the suspension and the firing? The article mentions some pretty bad acts perpetrated on players. Did the "investigators" miss them the first time around? Or was it ignored?

The President , and probably the AD, got cold feet on a cover up is my thinking. They realized folks would keep digging and they'd be found out. I'd fire them both for the now aborted attempt.

Reading some posts on this board about what amounts to "what's wrong with a little nude pile up?", boys will be boys etc., makes my skin crawl.

Know what a senior captain did for me when I was an underclassman? After a brutal 2 a day he saw me struggling carrying tackling dummys (which was our task) and came all the way back from the locker room to help me. I never forgot it. THAT is a leader. I'd have run through a wall for him.

That same guy and our other leaders, including me when I became one, would have beat the **** out of anybody trying violate a young guy.

This hazing stuff strikes me as rich, white, frat boy crap. I'm sure it happens elsewhere but it seems to be a common denominator. Can't imagine anybody standing by and allowing it. Forget about participating.

Demoralizing others is done by the weak.
 
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This all reminds me of former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice and then AD Tim Pernetti.

Cases like these should be studied by athletic directors everywhere on how to handle these situations.

In both cases, the AD tried to minimize/reduce the penalty and ultimately financial losses. It backfired drastically and in turn, put pressure on the ADs themselves.

Lesson to be learned: fire the head coach immediately if abuse is involved. Stop the fire before it spreads.

It is only worse if you're in a large media market (NYC metro are and Chicago metro area). Lots of coverage.
 
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jay_hq said:
This all reminds me of former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice and then AD Tim Pernetti.

Cases like these should be studied by athletic directors everywhere on how to handle these situations.

In both cases, the AD tried to minimize/reduce the penalty and ultimately financial losses. It backfired drastically and in turn, put pressure on the ADs themselves.

Lesson to be learned: fire the head coach immediately if abuse is involved. Stop the fire before it spreads.

It is only worse if you're in a large media market (NYC metro are and Chicago metro area). Lots of coverage.
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RU and NW get less coverage than SEC football teams
 
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jay_hq said:
This all reminds me of former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice and then AD Tim Pernetti.

Cases like these should be studied by athletic directors everywhere on how to handle these situations.

In both cases, the AD tried to minimize/reduce the penalty and ultimately financial losses. It backfired drastically and in turn, put pressure on the ADs themselves.

Lesson to be learned: fire the head coach immediately if abuse is involved. Stop the fire before it spreads.

It is only worse if you're in a large media market (NYC metro are and Chicago metro area). Lots of coverage.
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Thought the same thing, schools with no experience in this situation don't handle it very well. Lessoned learned for RU and now NU.
 
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MoreCowbellRU said:
Besides bad PR, what changed between the suspension and the firing? The article mentions some pretty bad acts perpetrated on players. Did the "investigators" miss them the first time around? Or was it ignored?

The President , and probably the AD, got cold feet on a cover up is my thinking. They realized folks would keep digging and they'd be found out. I'd fire them both for the now aborted attempt.

Reading some posts on this board about what amounts to "what's wrong with a little nude pile up?", boys will be boys etc., makes my skin crawl.

Know what a senior captain did for me when I was an underclassman? After a brutal 2 a day he saw me struggling carrying tackling dummys (which was our task) and came all the way back from the locker room to help me. I never forgot it. THAT is a leader. I'd have run through a wall for him.

That same guy and our other leaders, including me when I became one, would have beat the **** out of anybody trying violate a young guy.

This hazing stuff strikes me as rich, white, frat boy crap. I'm sure it happens elsewhere but it seems to be a common denominator. Can't imagine anybody standing by and allowing it. Forget about participating.

Demoralizing others is done by the weak.
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Only White guys haze. Gotcha.
 
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