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If true:Source: the ESPN app on my phone.
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If true:Source: the ESPN app on my phone.
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1. This is good!
2. Actually, it's very good!
3. Maybe a sign that the school isn't too concerned about a certain legal situation?
Fitz and Collins both locked up for long-term deals today.
http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0648281238129350962-4
The 'Cats will be playing on Collins Court in Welsh-Ryan Arena by then.
I'm surprised both coaches received extensions. I barely pay attention to football, but wasn't Fitz generally wrapped up for a while before the extension?
My cheap guess is this is the beginning of the end for Phillips and he's making sure his guys are taken care of.
What input signals are you using to make this assertion?
You've really never seen Phillips' name associated with another job? If you don't understand the signals, you might want to limit the comments.
Here's a little hint: his next job will not be at a university. There are bigger things than NU and he has the obvious talent to do it.
Oh man... I was just staying in a hotel right around the corner from there. Now I'm at the airport getting ready to leave this great city. I would have gone for sure.Joint news conference at 2pm EDT/1pm CDT tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Under Armour store in downtown Chicago, according to Daily Northwestern and Philip Rossman-Reich.
And the infinity billion dollars a year they get from the Big Ten Network. We should remember that next time we have a weird start time I guess.Teddy says Chris got more than $3M/year. That's eye-popping money for NU ... credit to Dr. Jim for coming up with it.
And the infinity billion dollars a year they get from the Big Ten Network.
Good to have u back Turk! Both are great coaches! We ain't ever beating Alabama,but I love Fitz and Collins. In hoops,we can win it all! Collins is awesomeI think Fitz is a real blockhead. I think he would agree. I"d prefer a blockhead more than an asshole coach. I'm an asshole but I'm not a coach.
That said, he is good for College Football, a great coach, and damn good for NU. Kudos to Dr Phillips.
Collins seems like an academic type coach, smart guy. Toss in passion and intensity and we have a coach who is driven to excellence and probably sometimes wakes up with nightmares of mediocricity. What he did was phenomenal and what he is doing makes me feel great to be along for the ride. Dr Phillips did well for locking him up. We have a great AD and a solid guy in Morty. Steve {the money guy} is a big supporter as well. It's good to see all the pieces in place instead of jerkoffs like Rick Taylor who tried to take credit for 1994 & 1995 as if he was some sorta Theo Epstein. Dr Phillips doesn't have to take credit, doing his job with his passion and beliefs is what he does.
We have a really interesting future at this school with the BB and FB programs. I'm tentatively optimistic and only so due to the negative history. But it does seem like the school is moving out of the geek/caveman era and finally supporting its kids, coaches and programs. It may be a bit purple of me but I think last year will be the minimum bar for BB and FB moving forward. Don't get me wrong, I'd love even a NIT appearance and think it to be success as a cat fan, and winning any bowl in football would be fine by me and not a disappointment, but I think both programs are actually on to better and bigger things. If they can accomplish that without getting some terrible bad eggs then that will be the Holy Grail. I've just often seen teams start doing great and then some kid, who is wrong for the program, bites them, the fans, and the school, in the ass.
Hopefully, Fitz and Collins don't compromise on 5 stars that don't fit here. Thus far, both coaches seem as if they have integrity and are driven to academic excellence as well. For that reason, color me a solid cat fan. But if we start allowing our success to go after punk kids who get in trouble then I might as well follow OSU again.
I'm a cat fan due to my desire to follow programs that don't compromise. Granted, there are some thin years but I would lose all interest if Fitz or Collins compromised and we decided to do it like other coaches like Tressel, Calipari, etc.
Go Cats!
... ease up on the tone ...
I'm surprised both coaches received extensions. I barely pay attention to football, but wasn't Fitz generally wrapped up for a while before the extension?
My cheap guess is this is the beginning of the end for Phillips and he's making sure his guys are taken care of.
Was intended humorously, but I can see how it might offend. I apologize.So you think the statement, "I think you desperately need a happy meal," was filled with positivity?
There's a grade school cliche that fits wonderfully here.
Move along.
Was intended humorously, but I can see how it might offend. I apologize.
So you think the statement, "I think you desperately need a happy meal," was filled with positivity?
That's a rare classy act out here. Thanks. I'm also sorry for being an online d*ckhead. It's a side I like to embrace ... probably a little too often.
There will always be sources. He has accomplished a great deal while here and as long as CCC stays, how much is there left? Maybe upgrading the FB stadium but everything else has been accomplished. Winning FB program and HC locked up, check, new FB practice facilities bringing us up to average or above so we can actually compete in recruiting, check, hiring BB coach for the future and get to NCAA check, new BB facilities check. Do we upgrade Ryan field? That is about all that is left of a major nature for the next 20 years in sports, so Phillips is left with either resting on his laurels or looking for bigger fish. Basically he will soon outgrow us. He is still a relatively young man so I can see a time when it is appropriate for him to move on. He still has 3 years to move toward getting things done with Ryan Field if BIG commissioner is his next position. I think that the only way NU holds on to him for much more than 3-5 years is as Morty's replacementAny sources you care to cite? I haven't seen Dr Jim in the news of late, but I also haven't been searching for I think.
Also, ease up on the tone... I think we're in the same side here. We'd love to see Dr Jim at NU for a long time.
I agree he has been great for NU but with almost everything major, done, I am not sure how he stays more than another 3-5 years unless he is named as Morty's replacement because after that, the position will be more that of a caretaker and I do not see him as being satisfied with that role.Thanks as well! I'll check out the sources. Really hope he stays... he's been a godsend for NU.
Source: the ESPN app on my phone.
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Don't get me wrong. I don't want to see Phillips leave. He's brought NU into the real world of college athletics, especially after the do-nothing Murphy years.
But he also has bigger and better talent.
To do a Trump and double-down on my lack-of-insider-knowledge theory, anybody else think Fitz sounded like an AD-in-training yesterday?
I thought he was very nervous. Rambling answers to questions. Collins seemed much more confident.To do a Trump and double-down on my lack-of-insider-knowledge theory, anybody else think Fitz sounded like an AD-in-training yesterday?
I thought he was very nervous. Rambling answers to questions. Collins seemed much more confident.