Tracey Claeys OUT at Minnesota
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Those were my thoughts as well. Kudos to the Minny administration. They made the right long term call for their reputation.
My guess is he would rather continue coaching in the pros. He would be a fantastic OC.
No one wants him in the pros at this point, particularly with the rep he has developed with some African American players. Come to think of it, that rep may make him a harder sell at the college level. I think his best chance is to come back to the college level but I think that move will not be as easy as you would think.
They have the lowest ranked class in the B1G. Andries is the crown jewel and who knows if he stays or not. We recruited their kicker verbal, but subsequently got a kicker.
Claeys had a great year on the field, but I don't think his recruiting would have been able to sustain the upward swing. In the long run, get the right coach and they may get better. This team will be a train wreck in the short term.
Oops...read an old story and did notloo the date.
Oops...read an old story and did not look at the date.
Seems like Fleck has a skeleton or two in his closet as well. Just maybe that's why he hasn't received any top power 5 offers.
Not sure you should take them off the list just yet. I listened to the ADs remarks and it was all about FB performance (not beating WIS, no West champion, etc.) and lip service to the social issues and nothing about citizenship. And with regard to FB performance, in his one full year at the helm, all he did is get 9 wins, a winning record in the BIG and a bowl win. Being let go for performance is a joke. Recruiting, maybe. Being let go for the social and citizenship issues, I would have respect for.
Almost like they want to just make the whole rape situation go away, eh? If you don't talk about it, it is more likely people won't talk about it.
That is pretty amazing that the AD treated it that way. It has to be like GCG said. The powers-that-be (maybe not just the AD) made a conscious decision to not mention it in the midst of recruiting.
While we are on this topic...
Baylor did the right thing way too late.
Minnesota did the right thing but seems ashamed of it.
Vanderbilt did the right thing but should not have been recruiting kids that put them in that position.
Other schools (FSU, Tennessee etc.) still appear to be trying to skirt the issue. And so far are doing it.
On the flip side of things. Harvard completely disbanded their men's soccer team for creating a list which rated the women's soccer team members by physical attractiveness.
Is Harvard maybe a little bit... out there? Of course, boys-will-be-boys does not and should not excuse rape or assault but making a list?
Speaking of Jerry Kill... he angry... VERY angry (click here for full article on The Scoop):
“I was shocked,” Kill told the ESPN Radio affiliate in Minnesota, via NJ.com, “and I think the coaching profession was shocked.”
“I won’t be stepping foot back in the stadium and I won’t stepping foot back at the university,” Kill said. “My wife and I. They are building a new complex and we had a lot to do with that, and we won’t ever see it.”
“The thing that disappoints me the most is going back over the last six years is he threw us all in there,” Kill said. “I feel like he threw me in there. We have done nothing but represent the state of Minnesota.”
“Players don’t know the guy, coaches don’t know the guy,” Kill said. “To call people out like that, I don’t think that’s professional.”
“I won’t be stepping foot back in the stadium and I won’t stepping foot back at the university,” Kill said. “My wife and I. They are building a new complex and we had a lot to do with that, and we won’t ever see it.”
“The thing that disappoints me the most is going back over the last six years is he threw us all in there,” Kill said. “I feel like he threw me in there. We have done nothing but represent the state of Minnesota.”
“Players don’t know the guy, coaches don’t know the guy,” Kill said. “To call people out like that, I don’t think that’s professional.”
What is absolutely amazing is the quote "a number of coaches have reached out to a Football Scoop to register universal disgust at a coach being fired after a 9-win season."
Disgust?
Seriously? Is this an article in The Onion? Of all the words to use in this context, I think "disgust" is incredibly ironic. It was something disgusting that led to his firing. The other coaches could be upset, disappointed, even angry... but disgusted?
