[NU Sports] Fitz and Penn State

[hakirsch at aol.com]

I would tend to agree about Fitz leaving.  I suppose they could wave a ton of money at him and  assistants of his choice,but that is not how PSU usually does things. (Joe Pa had what was then a lot of money waved at him by the Patriots in 1971 that he turned down to "stay with the kids")

 And while it's not Notre Dame, there would be a lot more  pressure on him to produce than at NU. I don't think PSU would put up with too many mediocre seasons before they would be calling for a relatively newcomer's head

And I can tell you that Morty just loves to talk about athletics. I must have spoken with him for about 20 minutes about our football and basketball programs during a busy graduation weekend this past June. He wouldn't let me leave ! Unlikely that he would let him go without a fight

Harry
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>
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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:53:12 
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Fitz and Penn State

My thoughts:

The fact that PSU fans think Fitz is a likely candidate is a huge compliment to 
Pat, and to the players, staff, and fans that have made the program so 
successful of late. PSU is on my very short list of schools you'd be honored to 
have show interest in the NU head coach.

However, I'd be really surprised if PSU didn't hire from within. 

And I'd be pretty surprised if Fitz left for, well, just about anywhere. I 
certainly couldn't blame him for taking the PSU job. But he does seem happy 
here, and as noted, NU seems like an almost uniquely perfect fit for Pat based 
on his comments about the program and about what college football should be 
about. Now that we're seeing the kind of commitment from the university need to 
take the program to the next level from an attendance and public interest 
standpoint, I'd really be surprised to see Pat look elsewhere anytime soon.

Tom

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