CC: Pat Fitzgerald
Haven't seen his name mentioned that much so I thought I'd throw it out there for discussion.
Pros
- Young (39) and energetic
- Maximizes talent, always seems to do more with less
- Recruits to a school with high academic standards
- Is on the AFCA's Ethics Committee
- Seems flexible when it comes to QB style - pocket passer (Siemian), primarially a runner (Kolter), dual-threat (Persa)
Cons
- Might be hard to pry him away from his alma mater
- Hasn't actually won anything (i.e. a division or conference title) other than a few bowl games
- Some people aren't fans of his sideline antics. I don't really care; I'll take someone who might look like a bit of a prick over Hoke and his dazed and confused sideline demeanor.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:38 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^
Watch this video. You'll learn something.
October 6th, 2014 at 1:35 AM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 8:39 PM ^
count me in the group that thinks we should bundle these all into one thread per day like we did at the end of the Rich Rod era.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:37 PM ^
October 6th, 2014 at 10:37 AM ^
I'm willing to make exceptions for Snake Plissken and Voldemort.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:40 PM ^
Fitz is a god in Evanston. Sure, the school is not an athletics mecca, but he has presidential and department support, student support, alumni support, and can pretty much write his own check for whatever he wants. He's not leaving NU. Period.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:43 PM ^
Plus, he knows he can have a bad season here or there and the majority of fans won't be calling for his head.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:48 PM ^
He could do that here too though. Wait...
October 5th, 2014 at 8:53 PM ^
...he's also kind of a tool
October 5th, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 8:57 PM ^
What?
October 5th, 2014 at 8:59 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 9:01 PM ^
Got it. Good point.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:59 PM ^
Whatever you were trying to type could not have been better than whatever that is. Autocorrect got it right.
October 6th, 2014 at 6:36 AM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
I went looking for that, but I was pretty sure someone would have already posted it, heheh.
October 5th, 2014 at 10:11 PM ^
Yeah, I remember that day. He was celebrating that NW "actually got a call" since he thought they were being robbed all day. I really can't stand the guy.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 8:43 PM ^
Never leaving NU. (Might have gotten fired if he'd tanked this year, but I'm not sure that's a reason to hope...)
October 5th, 2014 at 8:45 PM ^
No, not nearly good enough.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:06 PM ^
Bahahaha I saw this and just started cracking up. 2010 called, it wants its hot coaching candidate back.
Sad we've fallen this far
October 5th, 2014 at 8:45 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 11:39 PM ^
But I thought this thread was about a coach OTHER than Brady Hoke.
October 6th, 2014 at 1:45 AM ^
lol the delusion
October 5th, 2014 at 8:46 PM ^
Fitzgerald as head coach and Narduzzi as defensive coordinator.
/S
October 5th, 2014 at 8:58 PM ^
GERG as head coach with Narzuzzi as defensive coordinator *head explodes*
October 5th, 2014 at 8:47 PM ^
Are we going to get new CC threads (inevitably repeating the same guy several times) until Dec 1? Goodness. Too much.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:47 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 8:47 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 8:49 PM ^
You forgot one thing. He's not that great of a coach.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:47 PM ^
Fitzgerald is a rare find in college football these days. If he was ever going to leave Northwestern he would've done it by now. The only way he leaves is when he retires.
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October 5th, 2014 at 8:48 PM ^
I've heard he would never leave for another college job.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:49 PM ^
HELL no.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:52 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 8:54 PM ^
HELLZ NO. I'd take Schiano over him (and I hate Schiano)
October 5th, 2014 at 8:55 PM ^
October 5th, 2014 at 8:58 PM ^
Northwestern lifer. They'll carry him out of his office in a pine box. The school is perfectly content with his record. He's already venerated for dragging them out of the dregs of the CFB world. You don't need to be great to be a good coach for Northwestern. There's no way he's headed to Ann Arbor.
October 5th, 2014 at 10:02 PM ^
That was Gary Barnett. Seriously, Barnett's 1995 team that lost the Rose Bowl was the first winning team Northwestern had since 1971. After two good years, though, Barnett's last two teams had losing records.
After Barnett left, both Randy Walker and Pat FitzGerald have been up and down. Fitzgerald has done a little better, taking them to a bowl game five years in a row, but last year's team wasn't bowl eligible.
October 5th, 2014 at 8:58 PM ^
I know, Kirk Ferentz!. How 'bout we package him with Gruden, Sarkisian, Mora, and Stoops in one thread just to condense all the candidates we don't want or are highly unlikely to come here?
October 5th, 2014 at 9:00 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 9:33 PM ^
I proposed that we do a "CC: Tom Brady" in a comment over on the "NE-Cincinnati" open thread.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:01 PM ^
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October 5th, 2014 at 9:03 PM ^
Fitz wouldn't leave Northwestern for anything, least of all Michigan.
October 5th, 2014 at 9:04 PM ^
Next......
October 5th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
A lot of naive posts on here. Fitzgerald has done well with what he's been able to recruit at NW, which isn't much. Put him at the head of a program attractive to top tier recruits and you've got a totally different perspective. I think he is a good CC, and I would take him. Im not sure he'll leave NW though. All of you on here saying the next hire must be a home run or bust, every candidate you're hoping for is more than likely far fetched...Just saying. Harbaughs are out, Miles is out. Who will be a HR?