OK let's have some gallows fun imagining the future Fitz, 5 or 10 years later.
Growing up in a family of Hoosier fans, I watched Bobby Knight get hoisted - he was clearly an abusive guy yelling at the world, accountable to nobody. He had to go, although Hoosier fans at the time didn't agree. It was something to see him come back to Bloomington in 2020.
Fitz is a far, far better man. That's obvious, regardless of whether he had to go or not.
Where might he go and how might he morph?
Growing up in a family of Hoosier fans, I watched Bobby Knight get hoisted - he was clearly an abusive guy yelling at the world, accountable to nobody. He had to go, although Hoosier fans at the time didn't agree. It was something to see him come back to Bloomington in 2020.
Fitz is a far, far better man. That's obvious, regardless of whether he had to go or not.
Where might he go and how might he morph?
- Will he take all the flag waving and American fun, and anger metastasise into MAGAism? In this scenario he joins the battle against woke with Ron Desantis. Stranger things have happened. He is respected by our red-state rivals for sure, and I'd bet that a lot of republicans are on the "He shouldn't have been fired" side of the ledger.
- Will he go into media and be a football commentator. This is the easy path - just let the noise abate for a while, then trade off his brand. If his brand is not damaged....
- Another college coaching gig? Again, I would have to imagine red state, but private. Maybe Vanderbilt?
- NFL? Our recent record does him no favours in this regard
- Or, a triumphant return to NU after Shill and Gragg are out? (shouldn't be long).
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