It's more than a little difficult for me to trust the word of someone who literally made an account yesterday claiming to have all of this inside info about the inner workings of a coach who notoriously doesn't leak any details to anyone. Monitoring this for now, but will lock the thread if it devolves into unfounded speculation. We've got enough problems as it is this season.
Rumor from friend who works in athletic department
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Thanks for this. Need more of it on this board. Too much nonsense and obvious trolling has been tolerated in the past, which has made the free board almost unreadable. I’d bet my bottom dollar this is Turk or Shakes with nothing better to do than to stir up the board with a bunch of made up information.
This is clearly a troll job. I’m now convinced it’s not Turk (not enough typos; no references to Ned), it’s definitely one of the funnier trolls we’ve had in years.
The problem here is that the outward appearance of Fitz *should* be absolute confidence in JON and Bajakian until he pulls the plug on them.
That's the proper way to act; act as if you're all in on these two turning it around, and then switch on a dime when it's time to change course.
So it's no surprise at all to me that anybody looking at the program from the inside should see Fitz acting like this.
Of course, with JON the time to change course already started well before now, so it's overdue at this point. Question is just how long Fitz is willing to bear with these results.
He's a competitive guy; he hates to lose. But the program is more important than any coach, including Fitz. And if we keep losing like this, JON will be gone and Bajakian as well sooner than later.
Results matter, and football is the flagship program. Spending $1.1 billion on football facilities and then the salaries these guys are earning means they have to produce results.
That's the proper way to act; act as if you're all in on these two turning it around, and then switch on a dime when it's time to change course.
So it's no surprise at all to me that anybody looking at the program from the inside should see Fitz acting like this.
Of course, with JON the time to change course already started well before now, so it's overdue at this point. Question is just how long Fitz is willing to bear with these results.
He's a competitive guy; he hates to lose. But the program is more important than any coach, including Fitz. And if we keep losing like this, JON will be gone and Bajakian as well sooner than later.
Results matter, and football is the flagship program. Spending $1.1 billion on football facilities and then the salaries these guys are earning means they have to produce results.
To be totally honest it doesn't matter if OP is legit or not. Anything and everything can change in a minute. Imagine Ohio State breaks 100 points in Evanston.
The reality is, Fitz is not an enigmatic coaching personality. He's obviously a more conservative coach who doesn't like the speed at which college football is changing. We see a million examples of "so-and-so legendary coach would have been fired in his second season with the same expectations" and I think Fitz latches onto things like that. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that he's not ready to fire anyone after 2-3 seasons, no matter how bad it goes - for better or worse he doesn't have the stomach to fire guys and then look their wives and kids in the face afterwards and tell them they have to move. We just all need to hope that his approach turns out to be right, given the consequences of if it isn't.
Likewise, we have to hope his recruiting strategy yields some wins. He's got the biggest coaching staff he's ever had with dedicated recruiters, and the most resources at his fingertips, but I think NIL and the Portal have changed the game. I would hope that transfers who have done halfway decent college work would be easier to get by admissions than unproven high school kids - gotta use that to our advantage.
The reality is, Fitz is not an enigmatic coaching personality. He's obviously a more conservative coach who doesn't like the speed at which college football is changing. We see a million examples of "so-and-so legendary coach would have been fired in his second season with the same expectations" and I think Fitz latches onto things like that. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that he's not ready to fire anyone after 2-3 seasons, no matter how bad it goes - for better or worse he doesn't have the stomach to fire guys and then look their wives and kids in the face afterwards and tell them they have to move. We just all need to hope that his approach turns out to be right, given the consequences of if it isn't.
Likewise, we have to hope his recruiting strategy yields some wins. He's got the biggest coaching staff he's ever had with dedicated recruiters, and the most resources at his fingertips, but I think NIL and the Portal have changed the game. I would hope that transfers who have done halfway decent college work would be easier to get by admissions than unproven high school kids - gotta use that to our advantage.
If what you say about him not having the stomach to fire anyone after 2 or 3 seasons is true then he should not be in this business. He has an obligation to the program and not any one coaches family. As harsh as that sounds that's the way it is. If that truly is his stance(I'm not saying it is) then he is doing a disservice to the program and specifically the players who bust their asses on a daily basis.
A lot of how he seems to think seems pretty clear. I mean we have watched what he does for over 15 years and he seems pretty consistent.
Bummer.
So depressed to hear this news.
It's like when someone goes MIA, suspected KIA, but you hold out hope for a miracle. But, now you find out your worst fears are realized. Not a surprise, but still difficult to bear.
So depressed to hear this news.
It's like when someone goes MIA, suspected KIA, but you hold out hope for a miracle. But, now you find out your worst fears are realized. Not a surprise, but still difficult to bear.
Tbh, if the picture you paint of Fitz is correct - and there isn’t a particularly good reason or evidence to assume your account via your friend is worth a hill of beans, no offense, but let’s go with the idea - then frankly he needs to be fired
Power is seductive.You're just dying to try out your new powers, aren't you!!??
But not as seductive as Salma.
The OP may be unfounded speculation--"a VERY close friend who he spoke to for only 10 minutes about this?" Sounds pretty made up to me, but then that is only unfounded speculation.
I was going to blame you. I figured you created some new paid account to demonstrate how your promotion has driven membership numbers up
And why, ultimately, PF could become the worst coach in NU history based on record. Long live ‘more to football than winning.’
@CappyNU how about starting a new tradition / approach with your new powers. Nate as of destroying threads, maybe just ban or timeout users, delete a post or two but let the good discussion live.
Losing so many good threads due to banter between two guys or some bizarre crap out of left field really sucks. This is a legit thread now with or without the dessert.
Losing so many good threads due to banter between two guys or some bizarre crap out of left field really sucks. This is a legit thread now with or without the dessert.
If this was true then it says Fitz is more concerned with his buddy than being a leader of young men
The man was a DC for two different NFL teams. He obviously knows something and impressed some people.
Based on his record at the two different NFL teams, he obviously didn't impress them.
Do yourself a favor and google JON, some great articles on his "performance" in the NFL.
Well Fitz knows him really well and obviously is impressed by him. I met Coach O’Neil once (briefly). Seemed like a pretty articulate guy. Perhaps his system is a bit too complex for this group of players.
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