Some would likely be wrong, but now we will never know
Yeah, I was a huge fan of the Braun hire. I had no skepticism about the jump in level.
Some do argue it. Every week. It’s called The Rock.
Yep. Long way to go to catch Hungry Fitz but easy enough to catch Complacent Fitz.
It took Fitz 12 games to get to four. So the pace is good!
We have enough people doing stupid nicknames here, let’s not add another.Our QB recruiting has been ass since Thorson. Then another 4 (5?) Years back to Trevor. Essentially 3 functional QB recruits in 16 years.
A number of factors combined for us to have very poor seasons in 21 and 22. For example, in an alternative timeline, the Colorado state record holder for passing yards and passing TDs in a career, season, game, and half, and highly touted recruit at the QB position, could be in his 3rd year starting for the Cats after redshirting in 2020 behind Ramsey. He’s not. We’ve been a revolving door at the position, and we’re in the timeline we’re in.
Fitz is the past and he’s gone, not coming back. You can feel however you want to feel about it, but there’s no reason to denigrate what he did at NU. He’s our best ever coach, period.
YES SIR. 🫡
I am mostly responding to the 3 functional QBs comment. From 2007-2019 (not counting the actual 2019 season) the program put an above average to quite good QB on the field. It was hard to recruit under entrenched 4 year starter Thorson, yes, and we had misses and decommits.
Recruiting misses at heart of NU's quarterback problems
NU coaches can blame themselves for the mess at QB after landing just one top target since Clayton Thorson in 2014.northwestern.rivals.com
Meredith, who later decommitted from Northwestern, is now at Purdue.
If I recall correctly, Persa (and back) were Walker recruits. Sorry, I thought we were discussing the glory and/or shortcomings of St. Patrick. Also counting guys that actually matriculated and played. So Thor, Colter and Siemian. Then Sullivan I guess. Who did I miss
“Actually, quarterback recruiting since Thorson hasn’t been awful” is a very weird stance to take.
Im not trying to argue that he was perfect as a coach or person. I just don’t have some innate hate that seemingly some harbor and I’m willing to give him credit for some of the best football this program has seen. Performance wise, there was some bad luck, but he did make his bed. Fitz was on staff and recruiting coordinator when Persa and before were recruited, FWIW (maybe not much).
Yes everyone was excited about Hunter because he was a former 5* transferring from Clemson. We aren’t the ones who evaluated his talent poorly, offered him, and decided to start him.
Remember that Hunter was dealing with some difficult issues with his family at the time.
I’m sympathetic. His mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy in October 2019. I can’t imagine.
Wasn’t Hilinski also a highly rated transfer? And wasn’t there a QB that the Cats lost before signing Sully?
You are aware that titles to threads can be edited as well?
The comparison stuff had already started, so irrelevant at that point. (Also, it’s fun to read defenses of Fitz, and also it’s notable how they’ve dwindled.)
Fitz would have been rightfully crucified if he didn’t take a shot with Hunter. It wasn’t bad recruiting at all. Everyone would have took him as a transfer. It likely was terrible player development and maybe a miss on the intangibles but he clearly had more arm talent and athletic talent than what we had in the QB room.
