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ATLIEN
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8 months 1 week
# | Sorta OT: Pat Fitzgerald Reaches Settlement with NW, Absolves Any Wrongdoing Hard NO to Pat Fitzgerald.
- He has no experience allocating an NIL budget
- His last four non-Covid seasons were four wins or less. And after he left the team got notably better
- As others have said, either he was involved with the wrongdoing, or it was going on, and he was unaware. Either way it says a lot about him as a leader.
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i do think some of the pushback that comes on Chesney is JMU related, just like there are folks that say LSU won't hire Sumrall because he's Tulane's coach.
Oh, I feel the opposite. If everything else about Chesney is the same, but he's at Georgia Southern instead of JMU, he gets a fraction of the interest from VT.
At the end of the day, the VT admin wants/needs a coach who can lead them back to relevancy. There's no evidence that Chesney can do that.
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STRANGER IN THE ALPS
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8 months 1 week
# | Sorta OT: Pat Fitzgerald Reaches Settlement with NW, Absolves Any Wrongdoing A former colleague's son got a full ride to NW back in 2018 and after redshirting was slated to get playing time at corner the next year but decided to transfer back home to I think a FCS program here in Dallas (UT Arlington I think?). His dad told me he did not like the cold up there and I remember thinking he must be crazy to leave behind a full ride to NW. When the news broke I texted his dad about it and he was just like no I have not seen the story and then just left it at that. I'm thinking the real reason his kid left there was he probably went through some bullshit and then noped the fuck out of there (can't blame him).
You could say the Badgers have found themselves in quite a Fickell Pickle
Actually pretty shocking that Wisconsin will keep Luke Fickell, unless they don't like where the market currently stands
NEWS: Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell will return to coach the Badgers in 2026, athletic director Chris McIntosh tells ESPN. The move comes with significant increase in financial investment. https://t.co/8S4JlAIBJH— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) November 6, 2025
BIG WIFE GUY
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8 months 1 week
# | Sorta OT: Pat Fitzgerald Reaches Settlement with NW, Absolves Any Wrongdoing Good for him I guess. But I don't want a HC whose most recent headline is "cleared of wrongdoing"
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I think most of our fans are in agreement, but he will get another job. Probably at the G5 level to work his way back up if he can. If he learned his lesson great, if not everybody will be watching his program like a hawk anyway.
As for performance, it wasn't good enough for Tech to look at him.
A decade later? I'm sorry but that is not true at all. The success they are having is from the New Mexico State transfers Jerry Kill brought with him
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And that he has or is having conversations with his preferred assistants to set that bar.
Oh I do too. I think we have met every ask. I just think he's not sure if VT is big enough for him.
...if we pay top dollar for Franklin with no room for a good staff, that's going to be disappointing.
I'm willing to bet the farm that part of his ask includes significant dollars for top-flight coordinators/assistant coaches.
MEH. 😕
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8 months 1 week
# | Sorta OT: Pat Fitzgerald Reaches Settlement with NW, Absolves Any Wrongdoing This captures where I am on Fitzgerald. A solid no, from me, dawg.
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HOKIE HOOPS WIZ
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8 months 1 week
# | Sorta OT: Pat Fitzgerald Reaches Settlement with NW, Absolves Any Wrongdoing Very hit or miss and last couple seasons were big miss with combined 4-20. 2015-2018 he did well, going 10-3 twice and a 9-5. The 9-5 season they went 8-1 in conference but lost their entire OOC slate.
After the portal started in 2018, it was pretty downhill. 2019-2022 they went 1-8 in BIG 10 three out of four seasons. I believe the school wouldn't make exceptions for athletes for academics which made recruiting the portal pretty hard.
What coach comes to VT when they can make more just about anywhere else. Mullen is G5 and makes $3.5. If they are successful then they will be offered way more to leave. Basically you're not hiring a coach with FBS experience and as soon as they get it they will leave, either for more money or fired.