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(Duplicate) Defensive Coordinator Luke Fickell (official thread)

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scooter1369;2050037; said:
Akron is hiring, so is UAB.
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My nightmare is that Fickell does not land one of these openings, instead it's MSU's current DC Pat Narduzzi that takes a HC job, so Dantonio is left looking for a qualified, young DC that can recruit Ohio ...
 
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Coach Fickell, you are valued and loved much more then the outsiders will ever know. The men inside your locker room testify that every day! I hope you will be given the opportunity to be our DC, and most importantly, I hope you accept.

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I felt bad for Fickell at the beginning of the season because he was almost set up to fail. They lost a lot of talent last year and he faced unrealistic expectations. I'm not sure if Tressel could have done much better than 7-5 with this team. He just lost too much leadership and talent. The whole time though, Fickell held his head high and fought through all the jackasses. He is a true gentleman of the game. A gentleman that was set up to fail in my opinion. He did a great job this year and that's saying something with all the distractions around him. Kudos to you Luke and good luck with wherever life takes you.
 
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To me, in these circumstances, Luke Fickell goes down in my book as a top 10 coach at tOSU - all kinds of adversity, all kinds of controversy, all kinds of distractions and he still managed a .500 record with only one game we were really out of. I mean, honestly, he could have just as easily had just one loss.

Kudos Coach Fickell - you're a class act - I hope you stay with tOSU but I (and I would hope everyone else) would fully understand if you did not.
 
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Great news.

He was handed a tough scenario and performed well under the scrutinty. I think he can eventually develop into a HC under Urban and eventually take over the team when Urban is ready to retire.

He took one for the team so to speak. Not to many people now a days would do that, which makes me respect him even more.
 
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