r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 3h ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Northwestern Defeats Michigan State 24-21

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Northwestern 3 7 3 11 24
Michigan State 7 7 0 7 21
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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jacksonville State • Arkansas 3h ago

Why did Pat Fitzgerald get another HC job again

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u/JtotheC23 Illinois Fighting Illini • Marching Band 3h ago

I legit think the hazing overshadowed how badly his teams performed in his last few years. If NU didn't screw up by first trying to throw it under the rug for him instead of firing him right away, I highly doubt he would have gotten his wrongful termination lawsuit settled out of court and been able to coach again.

Instead, he somehow benefited from a sexual harassment scandal that happened in his locker room.

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u/demo4 Northwestern • Land of Lincoln … 2h ago

To me, the hazing scandal getting him canned was probably a blessing in disguise for the program in the long run. He was terrible in the end of his tenure and before that definitely was carried by Hankwitz.

I really don't know what it would have taken results wise to get the university to fire him. He was so tied in that I feel like no one ever talked about the future without him even though his coaching and coordinator hires were bad.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Cut3144 Northwestern Wildcats 1h ago

Before the hazing scandal, I always figured that the eventual solution at NU would have been to promote him to a cushy assistant AD job.