Bye bye DJ Durkin...
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Sounds kinda familiar. Makes one appreciate CTA and staff that much more.
Win at any cost, sad but true.
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Win at any cost, sad but true.
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These days (post M$U) I'm not certain anything can get a coach fired when the respective schools administration decides they're too important to keep.
In this case, Durkin probably hasn't won enough to merit the public relations effort to hang onto him but you never know.
Sounds like a real weasel...(Durkin)
At minimum MD's recruiting should take a serious hit with this stuff coming out right at the start of the season...
Our staff should take a good long look at who MD has committed (in my opinion)...
In this case, Durkin probably hasn't won enough to merit the public relations effort to hang onto him but you never know.
Sounds like a real weasel...(Durkin)
At minimum MD's recruiting should take a serious hit with this stuff coming out right at the start of the season...
Our staff should take a good long look at who MD has committed (in my opinion)...
Wow. Could have 2 coaches in the division get the axe right before the start of the season.
At some point there has to be checks and balances on the coaching staff. A player dying of heat stroke is criminal negligence. We are all familiar with heat exhaustion. The next step is heat stroke. When your body give up attempting to cool off by sweating it shuts down the internal radiator. No more sweating. You become more disoriented. Your skin turns dry and you literally slow cook. Every coach and trainer should know what to look for. Players should be educated too in case they end up with similar idiots as coaches.
Today I watched BTN's show on their Maryland stop.
GD, Howard, Long, and all the others either has ZERO clue any of this was going on, or intentionally ignored it.
These are the same people who criticize the administrators at MSU & PSU for either not knowing antthing was going on, or claming up about it. Oh the irony.
I happened to see Durkin discussing this kid's death both at BT Media Day and on the BTN tour. Both times I thought his affect was odd. He didn't seem as affected by the situation as one would expect. It reminded me of how B. Kelly talked about the kid who died in the tower collapse.
Bye bye Maryland Football, for all intents & purposes. For the near future anyway. They are so screwed, this is one of the worst story's I've read regarding a staffs behavior since, probably a similar "culture" at South Carolina back in the late 80's, if anyone remembers that. To do this now in this day & age though is just mind boggling, to think they thought they could just do this stuff & it would be ok. This is such a hyper sensitive era to abuse & bullying & the like. Wtf were they thinking? I know there are a lot of hardasses out there coaching, but I doubt there's another school with this extreme...old school "Marine Corps basic training" type of mentality.
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Oh no coach would survive this, not when his name is mentioned as much as Durkin's is here. Demonstrates a direct knowledge & INVOLVEMENT in the atrocious acts & mentality within the program. Heck, Durkin is alleged the agitator of this "culture". No doubt their class will get pillaged, & their roster to a degree, I suspect.
Sounds very CKW-esque, no? Glass took the moral path on a very similar circumstance and took some heat from some posters
This is the same stuff, although to a higher degree, that got Illini coach Tim Beckman canned.
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I never thought Durkin was quite right. Watching him on the sideline he just seemed off.
I was thinking the same. Wilson was always an enigma to me. He seemed cool and collected in interviews and on the sidelines. He was obviously hiding his true personality. Glad he is gone.
But multiple sources present at the workout told ESPN that McNair experienced physical problems toward the end of the workout and needed two teammates to help him complete the 10th sprint. Sources said after the 10th sprint that Robinson yelled, "Drag his ass across the field!"
"There were multiple people that said, 'Wow, Jordan looks f---ed up, he doesn't look all right,'" one player present at the workout told ESPN. "We knew he was really exhausted, but we didn't know he was in danger of his life. But that doesn't mean that a medical professional shouldn't know to put him in an ice tub."
"There were multiple people that said, 'Wow, Jordan looks f---ed up, he doesn't look all right,'" one player present at the workout told ESPN. "We knew he was really exhausted, but we didn't know he was in danger of his life. But that doesn't mean that a medical professional shouldn't know to put him in an ice tub."
Oddly enough an old friend of IU football may turn out to be the surprised recipient of a head coaching position when all is said and done over there.
Matt Canada is the only coach currently on staff that is new enough to have remained untarnished by this tragedy and culture of player abuse.
He's the obvious choice to take over and run their program (at least thru this season). He may get a season long Head Coach interview there...
His LSU stint withstanding, that would be a good interim choice
No it doesn't at all. From the accusations this is much more extreme.
Hard to believe Durkin can survive this. Hasn't built up enough coaching equity/success. Will make for bad PR for the school, difficult recruiting, etc. Media glare seems a bit too bright with this young man's passing, which seemed preventable.
Other than eyeballs on TVs in this market, MD to the BT hasn't brought much other than bad pub. They were absolutely giddy when they got the BT offer as they were something like $20 million in the red.
Other than eyeballs on TVs in this market, MD to the BT hasn't brought much other than bad pub. They were absolutely giddy when they got the BT offer as they were something like $20 million in the red.
I agree,the first thing I thought about was his expressions and gestures during our game last year.
Not sure how to explain it,his actions didn’t seem to jive with the situation,just seems a bit of an odd duck.
He (Durkin) appeared to have found the hit job on Ramsey knees humorous. Personally, I hope the guy finds himself in early retirement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...c897f17e185_story.html?utm_term=.948ce7502393
If this piece in the WaPo is any indication Durkin is toast. I doubt a new AD (with his own baggage [drunk driving while at Georgia]) will put his neck on the line for a guy he didn't hire...
If this piece in the WaPo is any indication Durkin is toast. I doubt a new AD (with his own baggage [drunk driving while at Georgia]) will put his neck on the line for a guy he didn't hire...
Losing to Maryland last year cost us a bowl game and I hope we beat them senseless this season. No excuse for losing that game last season. It's a shame they have Matt Canada because hes actually decent.
Maybe Freds plan is to stay the course and let the Big Ten East continue to shoot themselves in the foot with immorality.
Maybe Freds plan is to stay the course and let the Big Ten East continue to shoot themselves in the foot with immorality.
Matt Canada is a good guy and an even better coach. It’s a circus down in Baton Rouge.
Looks like Matts the guy...
Here's an article about MC:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ew-interim-head-coach/?utm_term=.924e989ee3b6
I was wrong about Durkin weathering the storm. He'll be lucky to ever find a job in FBS again...
Here's an article about MC:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ew-interim-head-coach/?utm_term=.924e989ee3b6
I was wrong about Durkin weathering the storm. He'll be lucky to ever find a job in FBS again...
Right, if he ever gets another job in football, it'll be awhile. It wouldn't surprise me if he & that caveman strength coach end up getting prosecuted at some point over some of the $#!+ they pulled.
Exactly right. When he was fired/resigned/philosophically different than Fred Glass, it immediately dawned on me that he must have one face he puts in front of the camera, & another much uglier one that shows his true colors, his real face. That is the obvious reality of that situation.
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I didn't say identical, I said "esque". And I'm spot on.
First Maryland recruit decommits:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...ll-parker-moorer-decommit-20180811-story.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...ll-parker-moorer-decommit-20180811-story.html
Well, that is one way Michigan can get
back to the top, eliminate the competition
before the season starts.
Many forget that Durkin is also a Harbaugh protégé. In fact, his most recent job prior to becoming a head coach was with Harbaugh...
Looking at Durkins resume closely, one has to wonder if he didn't learn his player abuse approach to coaching from Urban Meyer and Jim Harbaugh... Those two, along with Will Muschamp (currently the South Carolina head coach) would appear to have been the mentors for Durkins coaching career...
Makes you wonder what's going on in their programs...
Makes you wonder what's going on in their programs...
You're correct. CKW's idiocy was to a much lesser degree, thank goodness, but the basic pre-historic, neanderthal level personna was the same. Definitely needed to go, in hindsight. Of course, in additon to that, I also thought he needed to go because he was a terrible HC, brilliant at creating offense, but clueless at making decisions. I believe he actually is the worst coach I've ever seen at strategic decisions on 4th down. The fact that he was here, & that 5+ wins were an improvement over the status quo was the only way he got away with that ineptitude. Almost anywhere else he would have been fired based upon consistent mistakes in game that cost his team points & probably games.
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Regarding Wilson, it boggles the mind when you realize how good of an offensive mind KW has and at the same time be so scatter brained elsewhere.
However, I could make the case that Wilson was a Tom Allen hire away from taking IU to the top of the Big Ten. Plug Tom Allen into the DC role instead of Doug Mallory and Brian Knorr, you've got yourself one very good football team, IMO.
FWIW, KW should not be lumped in with Durkin. KW was a hard ass but didn't have a player die on his watch.
However, I could make the case that Wilson was a Tom Allen hire away from taking IU to the top of the Big Ten. Plug Tom Allen into the DC role instead of Doug Mallory and Brian Knorr, you've got yourself one very good football team, IMO.
FWIW, KW should not be lumped in with Durkin. KW was a hard ass but didn't have a player die on his watch.
In all fairness, Dinardo rarely had a clue what was going on as a coach, so I wouldn’t expect it from him as an analyst either.
imo this was never about adding more tvs, (and more cuts of the pie at the same time). i think Delany's real intent was to kill off the ACC, hoping UMd would be the 1st domino.
possibly the ACC thought so too, since they took on Cuse, Pitt, Louisville, (not schools the major conferences would normally go after), to possibly buttress their ranks against a hostile takeover bid.
same mindset with the B10, SEC, PAC, taking Neb, Mizzou, AM, and going after UT and Okl.
imo the real goal there was for the B10, SEC, and PAC, to kill off the B12.
we can argue if or how much adding UMd and RU will mean to the B10 long term, but the real money was in killing off the ACC and B12, and having Disney/ESPN, Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, having to bid against each other for 3 major conferences instead of 5.
concentration of power and negotiating leverage with suppliers and who they sell to is usually the driving force for consolidation and adding scale in most consolidations of industry.
the B10 was already in NYC and DC, and NJ and Md, with all their tv tiers including BTN. how much adding RU and UMd meant in negotiations is highly debatable, and a question no one, even Delany, will ever know the answer to.
the real money would have been in killing off the ACC and B12. imo, that was real goal in the consolidation play.
all that said, UMd to the B10 was a lateral move for UMd, even if for more near future money, made by non really UMd people in power at the school, and is probably meet with mixed reviews by the fan base. (PSU fans still have mixed feelings on being in the B10).
That explains a lot,the nut didn’t fall far from tree.
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