[NU Sports] Fitz: The Future is Now

[John A. DeGroat]

You've got that right.

John DeGroat

NEONRye at aol.com wrote:

>I think it is really important to understand that this would have been a  
>tough year even if these tragic events had not transpired.  The loss  of Basanez 
>alone means a big step back for the offense, not to mention the other  
>graduated seniors.  I have no doubt that every team we play will stack the  "box" to 
>try to stop Tyrell Sutton and dare our new QB (whoever it turns  out to be--a 
>big decision right off the bat for Fitz) to pass in the Spread  (which Fitz 
>said emphatically he will retain).
> 
>Our new HC, his staff and their players need our support now more than  ever. 
> I hope that the tone on the "List" will be upbeat and positive,  regardless 
>of the outcome of individual games or in-game decisions by Fitz with  which 
>members disagree--e.g., going for a "2-point" conversion to win a game,  rather 
>than kicking the "Extra Point" and going into Overtime.  I am not  suggesting 
>censorship or anything close to it.  Rather, let's give the  squad a 
>"honeymoon" in which to mourn, move forward, and coalesce around  Fitz.  It may take 
>the entire season--or longer--but if Fitz turns out the  way we all hope and 
>expect he will, the payoff may be well worth it.   
> 
>One last point:  Fitz mentioned reaching out to his "mentors"--one of  whom 
>is obviously Coach Barnett.   Notwithstanding all of the bruised  feelings he 
>left behind (and I am not taking up his cause here; I thought he did  a great 
>job and then left NU horrendously, which disappointed me, like everyone  else 
>who ever met him and liked him), isn't it time to now "bury the hatchet"  with 
>GB?  Fitz may need to lean on his old Coach in the days to come.   In fact, RW 
>was such a confident and assured individual that he invited GB to  observe 
>Spring Practice, as was talked about a few months ago.  If he could  welcome GB 
>back, shouldn't the entire NU community do likewise?  I know  this will 
>provoke controversy among those who will never forgive him, but I hope  that in the 
>end, most of my friends on this List will agree with me that it is  time to 
>turn the page and remember all the good that he did and the glory that  he 
>brought to NU.  Why not?  He recruited Fitz, didn't he?:-)  So  let's thank him for 
>that--and for Pasadena and Orlando and the Big Ten  crowns too.
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>Paul Levinson
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