He didn't fucking murder him.

He didn't fucking murder him.

Pretty shocking that they kept him on board. Usually schools only bend over backwards to retain successful coaches.

A player on his team died as a result of how he was running the program. Pathetic for Maryland.

I don't think this story is over but supposedly they couldn't fire him for cause. That could indicate that the administration turned down requests for medical staff or some other factor.

I don't think this story is over but supposedly they couldn't fire him for cause. That could indicate that the administration turned down requests for medical staff or some other factor.

So I guess the thought here would be that if there is ample medical staff around, it is more acceptable to force a 19 year old kid to run to the brink of death in the pursuit of beating Rutgers? And this is OK because there are medical professionals there to prevent the death?

Brick, I don't know the language of Durkin's contract, so if you tell me that he couldn't be fired for cause I'll take you at your word.

Whether with cause or not, Durkin should be gone. Sure, maybe Maryland has to pay a huge buyout, but the lesson there, as in many cases, is do the hard work up front and don't hire an asshole, it will save lots of time, energy, and money in the long run.

I agree with you. I have to think this eventually brings them all down though.

Well, anyone can be fired for cause. The question was how do you justify it. If he had been denied safeguards for things like this they could be liable for huge damages for firing for cause. Look at Rick Pitino and what Louisville is facing.

No doubt. Maryland has to get rid of him. I'm not even sure what the plan is for them. I guess they could be hoping he messes up or something.

Under Armor has deep pockets.
I remember hosting a conference and a delegation from Maryland showed up in head to toe under armor gear. Everyone else is in business attire and there they were in tracksuits or UA polos with track pants.

To this point, at what time do citizen taxpayers demand accountability from their institutions of higher education? I don't know if that is even possible, or how that manifests itself, but on some level you would think that citizen taxpayers who fund higher education as a means of developing, attracting, and retaining highly educated citizens for their state are going to be embarrassed and appalled that institutions designed to educate young men and women are beholden to corporate interests.

Under Armour should just buy the next NFL franchise for sale if it wants to own a football team. I'd speculate that UA doesn't want to do that because they'd be beholden to the other NFL owners, whereas at Maryland they can run their fiefdom as they see fit.

On this last point, what right minded parent would ever let their child play for this man.

I'd say that of the responsibilities of a football coach, keeping your players alive is an unspoken, and quite important responsibility. It's also probably the easiest to accomplish. If this guy can't even keep his players alive, what does that say for his interest level in a child's education, personal development, emotional development, etc.? I think a small percentage of college coaches are invested in these listed ideas, but at least they can plausibly lie about them to parents of recruits.

Not sure how any parent would allow their son to be recruited by Durkin, much less believe that he's "Really concerned about the education that Johnny is going to get at Maryland"

Brian Kelly killed a kid too.

Something similar happened at Northwestern when Randy Walker was the head football coach.

My understanding was that the university refused to fire him due to the lawsuit filed by the family of the deceased student, Rashidi Wheeler.

But here the University president has already "resigned" after essentially admitting liability and apologizing profusely to the poor kid's family. How they haven't already settled with his family and canned the $2.5MM clown coach is beyond me.

Maryland will be stuck with 1-2 star recruits at best for as long as the Durkin stink lingers, which means that Rutgers won't finish last.

I have just read two articles about this and am missing something important. Why is it the coach that is getting everyone's ire and people want him jailed or not working anymore? It sounds to me that some liken him to Bobby Knight monster or something but the facts are missing on this case.

I am no big fan of college football and coaches but all the stories and the statements have the University accepting blame on behalf of the training staff. The accounting of that day's events are all involving trainers and doctors. Beyond that the strength and conditioning coach gets named.

Yes I am sure the coach has overall responsibility and has the players running gassers but it seems to me a failure of more than the head coach as the statement today said.

Fire whom ever you want I don’t care. It just seems to me as the report says it’s not all at his feet. To listen only to the score prior to my reading today you’d think the coach choked him to death and threw him out a fifth story window.

Fire whom ever you want I don’t care. It just seems to me as the report says it’s not all at his feet. To listen only to the score prior to my reading today you’d think the coach choked him to death and threw him out a fifth story window.

Fire whom ever you want I don’t care. It just seems to me as the report says it’s not all at his feet. To listen only to the score prior to my reading today you’d think the coach choked him to death and threw him out a fifth story window.

If he chokes him to death, throwing him out a window seems like a dumb move.