I knew what you meant and you are still very wrong. This was a $50 million + decision. If he
You’re naive. Desperate people will do almost anything for money.
They fully expect Schill to roll over and throw money at them to settle because of the stance he took. What, is Schill now suddenly going to fight their allegations in court?
Not sure. There are multiple suits. One may settle, the other seems to want a trial. Fitz hasn’t filed yet. Schill may be forced to fight or at least come clean with the deets of the internal investigations. Discovery and taking of witness statements is when all the dirty laundry will come out. Victims will name names and perps will flip. Maybe deals made. Scholarships are on the line and university discipline is waiting behind the legal system. Gonna git bumpy for a lotta folks.
Well, there are going to have to PROVE Fitz knew and even the players that clearly couldn’t stand him have yet to produce a shred of evidence to support he knew!
Maybe. The lawsuits aren’t just against Fitz. Admins (past & present) and other coaches included. The university may have to prove that it was Fitz‘s responsibility to know. It’ll all become clear in time. Beauty of the legal process. If settlements are forced, I’m not sure NU will want to cover both victims and Fitz. That could lead to mutual defense cooperation or counter suits from the various parties involved. A very Gordian knot without a sharp sword.
It’s really comical, in retrospect, to read the initial release. No mention of running. No mention of car washes. Nothing about masks or d*cks. Just ‘hazing activities’.
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I think you are correct. No quick lawsuit here by PF. Doesn’t mean it isn’t coming. But they might be waiting to see what shoes drop. And who those John Does might be.
Here you are wrong. IL is not a state that grants attorney fees easily. It’s one of the best strong arm tactics a litigant had in low level litigation - the amount the defendant will spend just to get to a judgement.
Not true as far as we know. Very possible the contract could be written that he should have known. I haven’t seen the contract but can envision boiler plate type language. Do you have inside information?
Didn’t know that. All states are different. At this point, not sure what I want to see more; the initial report or Fitz’s contract? 😂
And there are plenty of craptastic (sorry, I meant to 'opportunistic') lawyers out there serving up the snake oil to encourage those said people.
See, this is where releasing the report would (hopefully) clear up any potential nusindersstanding. Did people do naked pushups? If yes, were they forced to? If yes that’s a problem, if no then it’s not.It’s really comical, in retrospect, to read the initial release. No mention of running. No mention of car washes. Nothing about masks or d*cks. Just ‘hazing activities’.
And even as he’s being suspended, Fitz’s quote is about NU being better than other programs — upholding the highest standards.
Being that he’s been named in lawsuits as having witnessed naked pull-up sessions, I wonder if MacPherson was interviewed.
No proof that any coaches knew — but I wonder if we had any interviews that indicated ‘it wasn’t a secret’ — after all, running was common knowledge even among a first-year manager who wasn’t even allowed in the locker room.
What a colossal f*ck*p.
Northwestern announces actions to prevent hazing following football investigation
Northwestern University today announced significant actions to address and prevent hazing within its football program, following the completion of an independent investigation into allegations received after the end of the 2022 season.
Maybe Schill and Gragg and Fitz will be welcome to audit a class in the fall:
Crisis Communications - IMC Full-Time - Medill - Northwestern University
Crisis Communications provides students with strategic approaches to manage how organizations respond to crisis.
The intrepid @lou v nailed it with this column, published ~3-6 hours before Fitz was fired.
Lou's open letter to Schill and Gragg ended with this sentenceThe intrepid @lou v nailed it with this column, published ~3-6 hours before Fitz was fired.
An open letter to Drs. Michael Schill and Derrick Gragg
WildcatReport says it's time -- past time -- to release the investigation report.northwestern.rivals.com
It’s so dumb.
You, and others, want to look at things in isolated bubbles. That’s not life.
After 15 years with Fitzgerald as head coach, NU had gone to 10 bowl games (and won 5).
Again, agree to disagree. Was it Fitz or Hank that really deserves the credit? Regardless, who stubbornly held onto JON, and Cushing and Springer?
With JON specifically, it makes sense to me that after the first year was terrible, Fitzgerald gave him one more year because thats what normal people do. It was fair. After history repeated itself, Fitz had to fire JON - and did. Yes, it was a mistake to hire JON - probably the biggest mistake of Fitzgerald's career.
What about the perpetrators? The fact that Fitz is the only coach to be fired and no players suspended/expelled is a huge red flag.
Their day will come. Wheels of justice grind slowly. I expect names will be named at some point. The question will be whether legal or university disciplinary repercussions hit first.
Ok - that responds to the first part of the first paragraph. Leaves plenty of good reason.
That just makes too much cents.
I didn't respond to your statements that Fitzgerald
Really? In the recent years, his approach to media has been the face you want to be that of the university? Seriously?
Buy out his contract if it's about performance.
Ok - I’m down w that too. Quite frankly, I’m thinking there may not be a lawsuit from fitz. Again, the discovery process can be unkind. If I was NU, I would start deposing players on every roster. Penalty of perjury is a thing. If a few high level guys take the fifth or worse….
They wouldn't give me a straight answer on whether they knew the players dry-humped each other. I asked them directly, multiple times, and they would not answer. So I don't really know what exactly they knew, because they wouldn't tell me.
This is nonsense. To dimiss the previous 15 years of what Fitz brought to this program and base everything on the last two years is the height of ignorance.
Actually three of the last four and this wasn’t looking good for this year. Again, either performance or cleanest program. He offered neither.
As a point of reference... When Joan Esposito filed a lawsuit against Eddie and Jobo and their network it was filed by Webb 6 months and multiple further stupid statements later by them despite it being well known that she had retained Webb. Time is in Fitz's favor here... The coaching carousel resumes in the winter. Webb may be waiting to secure damages. Also, the ebb and flow of the media narrative favors time
We won 3 B1G titles over a span of 6 years before Fitz. In 17 years we had zero B1G titles, despite him saying that was our goal every year. We had some good defenses, shitty offenses, and once Hank retired, we were shitty on both sides of the ball. 4-20 in our last two years. I’d say it was a fail. And no the expectations were not too high. Effing 4-20. 110’s ranked offenses and defenses. Big fat F.
Don’t worry Bob was calling for Collins head for years. Pretty sure he’ll be doing it again with Collins as soon as NU isn’t contending for the B1G.
