[NU Sports] What needs to be said...

[DPENDERG at aol.com]

We all want Fitz to succeed, but at this point it really does seem  that he's 
in over his head. Cats have been out-coached in  every game they've played 
(excluding the opener perhaps).  This season is  done.  With our schedule, we 
will be lucky to win one more game and that  may be a stretch (MSU desperate now 
for a W and Illinois is improved).  
 
Of course, Fitz's job is secure for now (anybody know length of his  
contract??), but if the team is performing at the  same level at midpoint next season, 
then his future will really be  under serious review.  I don't care that he's 
one of the best ever to  wear purple?  I don't care that he's an engaging, 
enthusiastic  guy?  He may have -- as some of us feared last July -- simply 
taken on  too much too soon.  Admittedly, he is not getting help from his 
assistants  and I expect we'll see major staff changes after the season.  That may  be 
a step in the right direction.  I hope so, but it will not suppress my  
disappointment with the play of a Wildcat team that had most starters  returning 
and which should have generated a much better record than the  2-10 or 3-9 where 
we are now headed.