Northwestern Fitzgerald suspension / Dave Braun

[IndyBison]

I'm not so sure this is going to be an all rosy situation for Braun. It sounds like the players are all pissed either that Fitzgerald was fired or the way Fitzgerald was fired since they all found out via social media. There's going to be a huge issue with team morale potentially with players leaving/quitting and he's going to have an administrative microscope on him from the Northwestern brass to make sure everything about the program is being ran on the up and up. Not exactly an ideal situation for a guy sitting in the big seat for the first time in a situation he was likely completely unprepared for in the first place. I'd guess he's going to lean on Entz quite a bit for advice and such.

He's not the interim coach. He's just managing things until they name the interim.

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[Professor Chaos]

He's not the interim coach. He's just managing things until they name the interim.

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I know I'm just assuming if he is named interim coach.

[bisonaudit]

I'm not so sure this is going to be an all rosy situation for Braun. It sounds like the players are all pissed either that Fitzgerald was fired or the way Fitzgerald was fired since they all found out via social media. There's going to be a huge issue with team morale potentially with players leaving/quitting and he's going to have an administrative microscope on him from the Northwestern brass to make sure everything about the program is being ran on the up and up. Not exactly an ideal situation for a guy sitting in the big seat for the first time in a situation he was likely completely unprepared for in the first place. I'd guess he's going to lean on Entz quite a bit for advice and such.

Seems like perhaps a bunch of players leaving the program could be a good thing. 1 they weren’t very good 2 the culture clearly needs a reboot 3 how good could morale actually have been in the first place?

[scottietohottie]

I'm not so sure this is going to be an all rosy situation for Braun. It sounds like the players are all pissed either that Fitzgerald was fired or the way Fitzgerald was fired since they all found out via social media. There's going to be a huge issue with team morale potentially with players leaving/quitting and he's going to have an administrative microscope on him from the Northwestern brass to make sure everything about the program is being ran on the up and up. Not exactly an ideal situation for a guy sitting in the big seat for the first time in a situation he was likely completely unprepared for in the first place. I'd guess he's going to lean on Entz quite a bit for advice and such.

Portal some Bison eh?

[GreenfieldBison]

Portal some Bison eh?

Don't be giving any ideas there bro!!! Shhhhhhhhh!

[THEsocalledfan]

dailynorthwestern.com

The top 4 stories there are all about what a disaster the football program is including now alleged incidents of racism.

You can believe whatever you want.

And espn said no evidence found he knew. That is a lot more believable to me.

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...tzgerald-cause

Note he still is responsible, so not saying he is innocent..... he just did not know.

[scottietohottie]

I'd be willing to bet most 1-11 teams are a complete shit show behind the scenes eh.

[bisonaudit]

And espn said no evidence found he knew. That is a lot more believable to me.

https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...tzgerald-cause

Note he still is responsible, so not saying he is innocent..... he just did not know.

I think the report said that they couldn’t prove he knew, that’s not the same as no evidence. And, yes, he’s responsible either way.

[ByeSonBusiness]

As audit says, a lack of evidence isn't the absence of knowledge. Idk if he knew or not. That's a them problem, not a me problem. Northwestern may just want to start over, not exactly a football factory trying to win the Big Ten.

I hope he was unaware of the details. If he was, bad deal for him. Hazing is fine, this seems to have went a couple steps further than it should have.

[56BISON73]

As audit says, a lack of evidence isn't the absence of knowledge. Idk if he knew or not. That's a them problem, not a me problem. Northwestern may just want to start over, not exactly a football factory trying to win the Big Ten.

I hope he was unaware of the details. If he was, bad deal for him. Hazing is fine, this seems to have went a couple steps further than it should have.

Bingo

Its called a loss of institutional control. Pete Carrol can tell you all about it.