Plus legal expenses which would be high, Otherwise he is paying a lot just to get the money he was owed
Fitz Suing NU Trial
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Cannot help you from getting lost but he had the 23 team set to win. He had gotten rid of his problem hire. Plus we would likely kept that class of recruits and others that transferred helping the last couple years
It was one very bad hire which he saw the error of and replaced at the first logical opportunity
I have been going to NU football games since 1955, so I think I know something about NU football as well as you or Corbi. I also know that Fitz hired his buddy O’Neil which was disastrous and that the Coach that brought NU out of the desert was Barnett.
Fitz would not have been there or had the success he had had not Barnett done what he did, But he did lead NU to more continued and consistent success than Barnett did. The hiring of O'Neill was indeed terrible. Fitz did see the error in his ways and did replace that disasterous hire with Braun who we have seen was a solid move. In 23 the team was set up for success. Don't know what would have happened after but highly likely we would not have seen the mass exodous that crippled the program last year and looks like at bare minimum will be felt for at least a couple more years
Who cares?
Fitz is an Iowa fan now.
And there is little evidence he actually cared about his players for the past decade plus.
His antics will be revealed in court soon, and they would have gotten him fired at most white collar jobs in America - where he would made far less than the fortune he did from NU.
He got fired. He deserved it. Braun is the real deal.
They will likely settle while keeping the $$$ amount private.
As a person who survived what I thought was a temporarily toxic environment in the 2000s: I now wish I had skipped football and just been a normal NU student like most of our fans here.
Buzz off Jeff, Your one year as a walk-on football player who couldn't cut it as a player doesn't really add much to your credibility. Fitz' oldest son remains at NU, where, by all accounts, he's doing nicely.
I’m glad Fitz’s son is doing well. As a father, I have no ill will towards any child; and I spoke out, provided evidence, and hope to protect kids like him.
Your attack on me is tried and tired - do better. Things happened, not enough people were held accountable, and hopefully the court battle goes the distance so we avoid the settlement prediction and get a full story from both sides in front of judge & jury.
We’ll see what happens.
FWIW, while gathering evidence my HS coach confirmed they were going to offer me a scholarship had I not quit.
Given the beating I took freshman year, concussions / other stuff, and the impact on my health… it wasn’t worth it.
Football is a dying sport at the youth level for a reason.
I’m not mad at Fitz - we all have faults, and he has a right to sue. However, you are out of touch with today’s working world from your retirement (remember: Big Ten football players are professionals
.If this goes to trial, you won’t be happy with how he comes off.
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Of course there is an excuse or justification for any criticism of Saint Fitz. Some people do not have rose colored glasses on, they are just blind
