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It's Northwestern. He's as good a coach as they are legitimately getting -- he's a hometown legend and they have always been a bottom 5 job

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Jul 8 '23, 14:08

before he showed up on the team back in '95.

If they fire him, which he likely deserves, they go back to being Kansas or Duke levels of shitty instead of only moderately mediocre.

That's a consideration for them because football does pay some of hte bills and 7-5 and 5-7 are a lot better paying than 1-11.

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He's making $5.7 a year. With the new training facilities and new stadium planned, they can find somebody to call plays and proper timeouts. - zunk takes things literally Jul 8, 14:25 2
- And yeah they make money off the network money. Selling tickets to the games depends more on who they're playing and how many of those fans show up. - . Jul 8, 15:26
- The new stadium may be a bit farther off than initially thought. The neighborhood isn't happy. - . Jul 8, 14:41

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It's Northwestern. He's as good a coach as they are legitimately getting -- he's a hometown legend and they have always been a bottom 5 job

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