Report on McNair's death and Maryland culture will be out soon

By "old days" do you mean before there was, like, paper?

This would have always been a story.

And women were kept in their place.

And slavery wasn’t frowned upon. 

And only property owning white men could vote. 

And it was ok to beat yer kids.

Ahh, the good ole days. 

yeah, let's go back to the good ole days when people died senselessly and we didn't even pretend to care or try to prevent it from happening again.

Even in the old days when men were men and blah blah blah, it was never OK for a player to die on the field.  Player death has always been beyond the pale.

It was during the Teddy Roosevelt administration that college football underwent major rule changes to make the game safer.

Your takes are near universally bad.

It's better than Josh Groban sing alongs

"...and animals killing each other."

There's a certain kind of personality that enjoys dog-fighting. Seems like DJ Durkin has it.

I kind of got a "scumbag vibe" from him in the short time that he was here.

Seriously, fuck that guy. The events that took place under his watch were disgusting as is anyone who defends them.

Someone during the game thread was saying they missed him as our DC.  Even by the ultra-low standards of in-game posting, how the hell do you pine for a guy with blood on his hands?

That would be ok as long as you clean up after yourself.

He might have to adjust his smile to accommodate 

From Mr Miggle's linked story:

Another player interviewed said McNair didn't look ready for the training session, and according to Walters' report, McNair gained 16 pounds between April 9 and his final workout May 29. McNair also told trainers he hadn't eaten since having a bowl of cereal the morning of the conditioning test, and his gallon of water provided by the team was later found unopened in his locker.

Walters said McNair's heatstroke was "atypical" but pointed to several significant mistakes made by trainers, such as failing to take his vital signs and waiting for more than an hour before calling 911 after he first was symptomatic.

"As much as we hate to say this, Jordan didn't do what Jordan was supposed to do," Jaklitsch said. "A trainer like Wes Robinson thinks a kid's properly hydrated and runs a drill set up for kids that are properly hydrated, and when the kid didn't drink the gallon he knew he had to drink, that's going to send the wrong signal to the person running the drill."

With all the abuse trainer's were giving players for being overweight, it's reasonable to assume McNair ate and drank very little to shave a few pounds for his weigh-in to avoid the bullying.  It's too bad the boosters don't seem to understand this, but I'll bet whatever judge or jury sets a dollar amount in the civil suit won't just blame McNair for his heat stroke.

They're nuts.  From a PR standpoint, Durkin is radioactive now.  The guy's had a player die under his watch, other parents publicly complain about the culture of his program and his own school investigate him for misconduct.  His greatest strength is supposed to be in recruiting, but you can bet that just got a lot harder.  They can find another up-and-comer without all that baggage.