Maryland AD staff on leave after football player's death

The ESPN story has a lot more detail than the WaPo story.  The WaPo article did have a section on the appropriate treatment of heatstroke, and the protocol was not followed at the Univ. of Maryland.   This would implicate the training staff.

Durkin sent a letter to parents yesterday.

www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terps/tracking-the-terps/bs-sp-maryland-dj-durkin-parents-letter-20180810-story.html

The letter is not reprinted in full, but the Sun excerpted several paragraphs,
The phrase 'focus on unity within the program' is problematic, and why have a parent contact the director of recruiting if they have a question for the head coach?

David Wilczewski is not a coach, his bio.
www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=29700&ATCLID=211052490

I assume he was identified because, by his position, he is not tainted or potentially tainted by the investigation.

I think the merde hits the fan when the Maryland state legislature gets involved, which they will.

Figures—not Saban ?

Go to Holy Cross

This sort of tragic death can be devastating to more than the player and his family. It is one of the things that may keep caring coaches awake at night.
As head of the teacher's association of a NJ high school, I was called on several times to defend the head football coach against charges of using harsh treatment of players and foul language to athletes and parents (even to a tirade against the head of the Parent-Teacher Organization). I told him that I would be sure he had his rights under the contract protected, but that I did not personally approved of his conduct. One of his worst comments came at the expense of a wide receiver. In a practice he would throw passes just out of reach of the receivers. He expected them to dive after them and wanted to see how close they could come to reaching the ball while "toughening them up" as they hit the ground.
One of his best receivers was Asian-American. After he dove for a ball but could not reach it, he yelled at him (with parents and the rest of the team listening)..."How did you miss that? Are your eyes too slanted?" The coach had a winning record so nothing was ever done to him. He eventually took a head coach position at another high school. His behavior was the worst I have even been directly connected with and I was relieved when he moved on (but sad or his next team).
When my son was playing for a local parochial high school, the heat and humidity at a preseason scrimmage were brutal. The coach pushed the players and did not give them water on breaks. Some other fathers joined me in mixing some cold gatorade, using the empty school coolers - brought to the scrimmage but never filled. The coach sid to the players that they were not to touch the drinks. Another father, an attorney, said, "Coach, if you do not allow them to drink on a day like this, I will report this to the place and see that you are charged with abuse." The coach relented. If he had ot, it could have been tragic.
Please remember to keep the Maryland player and his loved ones in your thoughts and prayers.

The head coach was placed on leave. The others identified as being placed on leave are Court, the strength and conditioning coach, an athletic trainer, and the Assistant AD for training.

www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2018/08/11/maryland-football-program-under-fire-in-wake-of-reports-on-toxic-culture/?utm_term=.799e53961e0b
^^^ From WaPo

If the timeline presented in the article is accurate, waiting an hour to call an ambulance is indefensible. Clearly you won't see who was responsible for that around College Park no more

Ralph Friedgen, who Anderson fired immediately upon becoming Maryland AD, had an overall record of 75-50 and an ACC record of 43-37.       Edsall and Durkin combined have an overall record of 32-49 and an ACC/B10 record of 15-37.   

For the two to catch Friedgen, Durkin will have to win 43 of his next 44 games - and 28 straight B10 games.    I'm betting against it.

This is one of the problems with these ridiculously high salaries being paid the head and assistant coaches (down to the trainers) in the power conferences. The lowly schools are collecting the huge tv checks for being a member (in this case of the Big 10), and they are expected to WIN. But how do you move Michigan, Ohio St, Wisconsin and Mich St. from the upper echelon of the league (with recruiting classes ranked well below those schools) ? You somehow have to outwork them and get more out of your lesser quality players by pushing them beyond their limits.

Rutgers is having the same problems with w's and l's, as is BC in the ACC. But, thankfully what happened in College Park is a very unfortunate singular occurrence

College football is a cesspool.

The Maryland football program under Durkin is a cesspool.

Fr. Brooks did many great things for the school, but he was not correct to think that the school he molded could compete in D.1 athletics with a need-based athletic grant model. That failed miserably and set back our athletic program to a place we are still recovering from 30 + years later. Just see the lack of a single winning program in the 2017-18 season. For all his wisdom, he did not evaluate properly his theory (hope) that the Patriot League model could compete with the Ivies.

Layer over that fact that the school 'consciously' did not invest in adequate facilities to even compete successfully in the PL, and you have our present condition. Yes, we're finally on the right track now with the Luth. Let's hope it's not too late to resurrect our once proud program.