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Northwestern Wildcats (Official Thread)

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BB73 said:
Yeah, for those who don’t know him, Dan Webb was the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. He successfully prosecuted dozens of corrupt judges and politicians in Chicago back in the 1980s (It was Chicago, so there were many to choose from). He was also the Special Counsel in the Iran-Contra investigation, and questioned ex-President Ronald Reagan for 7.5 hours, video testimony that was part of a trial that convicted a few guys in 1990. He’s currently the co-executive chair of an international law firm.

If you‘re in a courtroom and he’s on the other side, it’s probably not going to go well for you,
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NU better just get out their wallets and STFU. :lol:

www.espn.com

Attorney: Northwestern fired Fitzgerald for cause

Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald for cause, his attorney told ESPN's Adam Rittenberg on Tuesday.
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Dave Clawson, Wake Forest head coach
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??? - I don't get this move at all.
Yes, NWU is a bigger program with better facilities in a richer league. But the Clawfence is up and running at WFU.
Winston Salem is beautiful, he's far exceeded all expectations of the Wake Faculty and administration. He recruits well from the south and goes to bowl games.
Why rebuild for an uphill climb?
 
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$42M buyout, so "with cause" makes sense from their end I guess. I just have to wonder whether there's a lot more to this behind the scenes. Donor unrest over on the field results? Clashes between Fitz and the administration?

And I'm not against the anti-hazing movement. It's hard to partially draw the line, so zero tolerance is probably best. What might seem innocent in the NW locker room is inherently no different than what gets idiot frat boys sent to the morgue with Huggy levels of booze in their system. That said, I don't think firing with cause was either the right nor the smart thing to do here.
 
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How do coaches not know? How did Tress not know that guys were trading jerseys and award bling for tats? How did Joe not know about water sports in the shower room? How did MSU, Michigan, and Ohio State coaches not know know about physicians with grabby hands?
 
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Chicago dudes or Legal types - is this Dan Webb just an absolute ball buster of the highest level?
I've read his wiki and it clearly has mucho gravitas but it would seem like he's nearing retirement age and would try and avoid this type of high level of public scrutiny situation.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
$42M buyout, so "with cause" makes sense from their end I guess. I just have to wonder whether there's a lot more to this behind the scenes. Donor unrest over on the field results? Clashes between Fitz and the administration?

And I'm not against the anti-hazing movement. It's hard to partially draw the line, so zero tolerance is probably best. What might seem innocent in the NW locker room is inherently no different than what gets idiot frat boys sent to the morgue with Huggy levels of booze in their system. That said, I don't think firing with cause was either the right nor the smart thing to do here.
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This. Anti hazing and the firing of Fitgerald are not the same thing (as much as the 2 brain celled media types seem to want to make it so).
 
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