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Post by Sons of Vaval on Dec 12, 2022 17:58:47 GMT -5
I thought HC was a liberal arts college offering solely undergraduate education. Or, are you guys proposing changing the academic profile/philsophy of the college to benefit the football team. Huh? The tail wagging the dog? Peace. We can have players redshirt and pick up a double major. Good athletics doesn’t mean bad academic.
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Post by efg72 on Dec 12, 2022 18:05:14 GMT -5
I thought HC was a liberal arts college offering solely undergraduate education. Or, are you guys proposing changing the academic profile/philsophy of the college to benefit the football team. Huh? The tail wagging the dog? Peace. We can have players redshirt and pick up a double major. Good athletics doesn’t mean bad academic. Agree, but we must have a plan and maintain our 180 year commitment to academic excellence, I am confident it will not suffer or be compromised in our effort to deliver athletic excellence and spiritual growth based on the mission of the Jesuits.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Dec 12, 2022 18:05:16 GMT -5
Less than an average of $80k would be my guess Get them to $150k Chesney to $750k We will hold them until they get offered a head job at 1AA, or OC/DC at 1A, and Chesney until the right opportunity to presents itself Thanks. Makes a lot of sense to me and I’d support it financially.
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Post by efg72 on Dec 12, 2022 18:06:02 GMT -5
Ditto
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 12, 2022 18:07:03 GMT -5
It sounds good to me! HC is certainly getting its money's worth through their tireless efforts. I would hope that following this amazing year, discussions along these line are already underway.
(PS: I bet the Yankees wish they had made their first offer a better one, instead of waiting until they were competing with others and paying much more in the long run.)
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 12, 2022 18:12:39 GMT -5
Less than an average of $80k would be my guess Get them to $150k Chesney to $750k We will hold them until they get offered a head job at 1AA, or OC/DC at 1A, and Chesney until the right opportunity to presents itself Double the next MBB head coach's salary and his budget for Assistants, too? And finance it by cutting fat in Athletic Administration? I think the FB specific fundraising is going well but not to the extent to be able to support the ongoing annual additional spending you are suggesting. Two pay games next year will help. HC should expect success to lead to some staff advancement while trying to manage it to maintain a balance of experienced staff closer to moving up with just arrived staff after moving up from elsewhere.
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Post by efg72 on Dec 12, 2022 18:17:25 GMT -5
Working on it as we talk
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Post by mm67 on Dec 12, 2022 20:28:10 GMT -5
Cutting fat(Which I do agree with) is like me trying to lose fat on a diet. HA!!!!
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Post by efg72 on Dec 12, 2022 20:33:18 GMT -5
And when you get old cutting fat is more difficult--ugh
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Post by timholycross on Dec 13, 2022 9:27:09 GMT -5
Sad situation- Mike Leach has passed away.
No disrespect intended, but there certainly will be a lot of speculation about who gets that job.
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 13, 2022 9:28:11 GMT -5
That is sad to hear. May he rest in peace.
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Post by sader81 on Dec 13, 2022 10:00:58 GMT -5
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Post by cmo on Jul 10, 2023 20:38:13 GMT -5
Didn’t see a 2023 thread, so posting this here :
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Post by princetoncrusader on Jul 10, 2023 20:58:39 GMT -5
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Post by cruskater31 on Jul 10, 2023 21:59:57 GMT -5
Very sad to see after such a decorated career largely built (seemingly) on character and leadership. ESPN reported that it coups not be proven that Fitz knew the about the allegations but the President felt the "buck stops here."
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 10, 2023 22:11:44 GMT -5
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jul 11, 2023 7:18:36 GMT -5
Seems to me they would look to hire from outside for new head guy instead of the interim DC.
Wonder who top candidates would be?
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Post by efg72 on Jul 11, 2023 7:26:06 GMT -5
Replacing Pat Fitzgerald Bruce Feldman The Athletic July 11
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.
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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, Iowa 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 Iowa State to its best season ever, finishing No. 9 in 2020. The last two seasons Iowa 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 Creighton, Eastern Michigan head coach
Creighton 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.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jul 11, 2023 7:32:40 GMT -5
Thats a pretty solid list of candidates.
Resting easier now.
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Post by timholycross on Jul 11, 2023 9:10:41 GMT -5
If Fitzgerald turned a blind eye to the problem, how many assistants did as well? NU is pretty much forced to keep an overwhelming majority of the staff in place at this late date; but who's going to be in charge is a tricky one. Might have to give Chryst or the like (an available retread) a serious look.
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Post by hcpride on Jul 11, 2023 11:34:04 GMT -5
Northwestern, unsurprisingly, is struggling in the NIL era. Over the last two years their record is 4-20. And Athlon predicted dead last (14/14) for the upcoming year before the scandal broke. Recruiting continues to be their greatest challenge.
On the upside, it is BIG 10.
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Post by Ignutz on Jul 11, 2023 13:39:41 GMT -5
Northwestern, unsurprisingly, is struggling in the NIL era. Over the last two years their record is 4-20. And Athlon predicted dead last (14/14) for the upcoming year before the scandal broke. Recruiting continues to be their greatest challenge. On the upside, it is BIG 10. Wondering if there might be a commit who'd rather wear his purple and get his first-rate education further East - with a program that's on much more solid ground, and that will produce more Ws. Ya' never know!
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 11, 2023 13:43:40 GMT -5
Northwestern, unsurprisingly, is struggling in the NIL era. Over the last two years their record is 4-20. And Athlon predicted dead last (14/14) for the upcoming year before the scandal broke. Recruiting continues to be their greatest challenge. On the upside, it is BIG 10. Wondering if there might be a commit who'd rather wear his purple and get his first-rate education further East - with a program that's on much more solid ground, and that will produce more Ws. Ya' never know! Like going to Duke to wear the blue down there instead? ;-)
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Post by necfbfan on Jul 11, 2023 14:39:56 GMT -5
Northwestern, unsurprisingly, is struggling in the NIL era. Over the last two years their record is 4-20. And Athlon predicted dead last (14/14) for the upcoming year before the scandal broke. Recruiting continues to be their greatest challenge. On the upside, it is BIG 10. The job will pay well and the expectations will be low, but man could that destination be a career-killer.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 11, 2023 15:03:17 GMT -5
Northwestern, unsurprisingly, is struggling in the NIL era. Over the last two years their record is 4-20. And Athlon predicted dead last (14/14) for the upcoming year before the scandal broke. Recruiting continues to be their greatest challenge. On the upside, it is BIG 10. The job will pay well and the expectations will be low, but man could that destination be a career-killer. Yes, a few years of $4 or $5MM a year and he should be okay if the career ascent is terminated. Invest the nest egg and Coach D3 if you want to stay active and the family will still get fed.
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