Ahh too true. Have enjoyed my time off here due to work vacation but this one is too true to avoid comment. The MAGA-like King Fitzy cult can't handle a dose of truth and (like MAGAs) are unreachable.
Sneaking in a little Rant Board material, eh? Fitz like MAGA? Bit of a stretch.
Texas players get paid more. Which is the change you were hoping for. NU football is doomed to die a slow death.
The funniest part of that whole thing is that this is what passes as clever in certain circles.
I almost liked this. Then I realized I agree with it, but I don’t like it.
Compared to what? That's like saying its the nicest car in a junkyard. He also presided over some of the most humiliating losses in the modern era.
Yeah Fitz is terrible. He's the only coach to win a bowl game
My statements are pointing out a few facts I think are interesting, trying to avoid speculating too much based on them but still thinking about possible implications, and waiting to see how those data points conform with new information we may earn later. If you think shooting from the hip makes more sense, fine. If you have a different opinion on which facts are interesting, want to mention facts I don’t know, or have a different perspective on possible implications of all those facts, I’d love to hear your thoughts, that’s why we’re here.
Agreed! Missed a ton of tackles! He will have a Bowser like campaign!
I think he is in the portal for two reasons. Players want 1) to win and 2) enhance their professional stock. He feels somewhere else is better for both of those outcomes. The real money is in the NFL.
I think you are both right. Fitz is without a doubt the best coach NU has had but the bar wasn’t really high. And his extreme loyalty to his staff and stubbornness to not adapt concepts and predictable/boring style of play calling has led to some pretty embarrassing losses. With the facilities and support that football now has bowl games should be expected. I expect 5-6 wins every year as a floor and that we are at least respectable. 2021 was unwatchable and I’m shocked we aren’t seeing more changes for 2022.
I'd take Gary Barnett any day over Fitz.
I’m not about just being a WLP regurgitator, but their analogy of NU as a Disney kingdom with a benevolent and loved but totally unaccountable monarch was totally spot on. We love our leaders in Aryndale, and sometimes things are good, but yeah sometimes they accidentally freeze the entire kingdom into a perpetual winter for a generation. You win some you lose some.
No doubt that Fitz deserves the credit for all of those successful seasons. But you can't ignore or minimize the importance of Hank during that period. We won games mainly on our defense over the last decade or so.
Yes he was given a job at a historically poor program. He has parlayed that success into contracts and facilities. So do you get paid for success and no accountability for the failures? Therefore, we should expect a division title in 2022?
I love Fitz, but let’s be real; he’s one of the least accountable coaches in the country. He has almost no media coverage and half of media there are powerless, reader-less students that he can give non answers to to his hearts content. He has an extremely long term contract that makes him extremely difficult to fire (even if that weren’t a dumb idea). He’s totally insulated from criticism of his posoitional coaches (no other school in the country would have seen McCall last like that, and JON would already be gone at the vast majority).
Ignorant, stupid comment. You’ll notice I didn’t say he doesn’t do things to keep himself accountable. What I said are simple, observable, and frankly obvious facts. Fitz simple doesn’t have to face any public music like nearly any other coach in the country does. That is a massive portion of the accountability most coaches face. I also pointed to several decisions on assistants that simply would never happen at other schools.
Which is why I hope an AD with a spine and a new President not loyal to Fitz might help. The AD can fire all the asst coaches if he wants, replace with his own. He can add co-head coach. He can make PF miserable. True, this is nuclear option and I never see it happening. But I can see the AD firing asst coaches. At that point, PF will have to make the tough choice - walk away from millions by quitting or learn how to place nice with others - especially when those others have power too.
Guess we will see. I’m betting on a man that closed his way to AD and a new and athletically ambivalent president. Should be an interesting 12 months.
Like how you changed “no man is replaceable” with “no man is easily replaceable”. Hiring a football coach at a power 5 school isn’t easy but it is definitely doable. Fitz struck gold with Hank. He struck out with JON.
Delusional and unreachable.
Things where we agree: a) I trust Fitz to (eventually) do the right thing. b) we don't truly know how accountable he is and c) He has a stock of trust or "goodwill" upon which he can draw.
