Link: D.J. Durkin Helping Behind the Scenes at Alabama
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I don't think a rehab analyst stint is gonna wash him clean of his priors. Would rather he stay well off the field if he's going to be here and definitely nowhere near the player's S&C.
Fairly certain we have a handle on practice tempo and player Safety, so I'm sure he's consulting in regards to another matter.
How great is it to have the best college football coach in modern history, who also understands that he doesn't know everything about football and is willing to learn more?
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How great is it to have the best college football coach in modern history, who also understands that he doesn't know everything about football and is willing to learn more?
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I live close to the U of Md. The very lengthy investigation found that Durkin was NOT responsible and did NOT have a toxic culture. His trainer and another assistant coach were completely negligent in pushing the player to exhaustion and not getting him hydrated or to the hospital for many hours after he began to show severe symptoms. But Durkin was involved only to the extent he was the top man...thus the backlash to hold him accountable. Can't see how having him as an analyst or even an assistant would pose a danger to any of the players. He is a very sharp coach and great recruiter.
^^^ THIS ... if he's proven anything, he's proven he knows how to utilize persons that have had controversial/trouble at outer programs for the best of the program. The only one to my knowledge who could have been problematic while here was CLK ... but that was the best honestly we could have expected from CLK with any program.
Agreed. Kiffin is a misfit at just about every program. He's perfect where he's at right now (FAU). I wouldn't put Durkin or the other coaches mentioned into his category.
Careful with this. Remember, Ohio State released a similar statement about Meyer. Sometimes you find what you want to find, and I am pretty sure that the committee at OSU found a lot less than you or I would have found.
Yeah. I remember a tweet about the report that said something along the lines of "If you have to release a 192 page report to prove you don't have a toxic culture, you probably have a toxic culture."
There was enough referenced that pointed to Durkin being at fault more than they publicly acknowledged.
I don’t think UM should have fired him anyway. There have been many deaths due to heat throughout the history of football and I don’t ever remember the head coach getting fired, until now.
Our culture is just very vengeful right now. Every incident/accident must end with someone paying a huge price. The investigation found that he was not negligent but, he still got fired because of the angry mob. I don’t think that is right and I’m getting sick and tired of this part of our culture.
Anyway, since I don’t think he should have been fired in the first place, I’ve got no problem with him helping Bama.
Our culture is just very vengeful right now. Every incident/accident must end with someone paying a huge price. The investigation found that he was not negligent but, he still got fired because of the angry mob. I don’t think that is right and I’m getting sick and tired of this part of our culture.
Anyway, since I don’t think he should have been fired in the first place, I’ve got no problem with him helping Bama.
The reality - he did not get fired because this player died. He was fired because he directly delayed treatment, which led to his death. Everyone here understands the risks of heat injuries, but there was a clear failure in this program, and this death might have been prevented.
He was found not responsible. Still, for this to happen so soon is a bit weird, but Coach Saban does these thing so I’m unconcerned.
What happened at Maryland was absolutely tragic. A player dying with today's technology is ridiculous. But the reality is, and guys who have played football know, locker room cultures are brutal. It's an alpha male sport and sometimes people cross the line. Bullying cultures exist everywhere in the sport. I know because I've experienced it first hand when media coverage wasn't so prevalent.
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