Maryland: Durkin Fired

[Upstate]

 

[Frozen]

How can Durkin expect these kids to play for him? There’s gonna be a shidt-ton of turmoil in College Park next season. Good for SU.

 

[HOFCeluck]

So the president is forced out but the HC and AD get to stay?

Huh.

 

[cusefan88]

Do they have any DT's that want to leave? Please come to Cuse.

 

[HOFCeluck]

I’m having an awful tough time coming up with a pitch to use to recruit against Maryland.

Hmmmmmm. Hmmmmmmm.

 

[Cusefan0307]

LOL. You guys are surprised?

 

[Hoo's That]

Obviously, they're getting rid of the president (who was pretty universally reviled) for the wrong reason. There was speculation (WaPo?) that since the Regents couldn't fire Durkin or the AD, they were going to have Loh do it and then fire Loh. This is ... amazing.

I still don't understand why Loh was hired in the first place. Loh is a lawyer. The UMd Law School is in Baltimore and part of UMAB, the University of Maryland at Baltimore (along with the Med, Nursing, and Social Work schools). UMCP has liberal art, engineering and business schools. What would possibly make them want to have a lawyer in charge there?

 

[longtimefan]

Obviously, they're getting rid of the president (who was pretty universally reviled) for the wrong reason. There was speculation (WaPo?) that since the Regents couldn't fire Durkin or the AD, they were going to have Loh do it and then fire Loh. This is ... amazing.

I still don't understand why Loh was hired in the first place. Loh is a lawyer. The UMd Law School is in Baltimore and part of UMAB, the University of Maryland at Baltimore (along with the Med, Nursing, and Social Work schools). UMCP has liberal art, engineering and business schools. What would possibly make them want to have a lawyer in charge there?

Our guy is a lawyer too. He doesn't have a PhD.

I would guess this is a tough time for Chancellor Syverud--he clerked for Sandra Day O'Connor at the Supreme Court.

 

[Jake]

I’m having an awful tough time coming up with a pitch to use to recruit against Maryland.

Hmmmmmm. Hmmmmmmm.

We won’t kill your son and pretend it didn’t happen.

 

[HOFCeluck]

We won’t kill your son and pretend it didn’t happen.

Yeah. That’s crazy enough to work.

 

[PAcuse]

They all should have. I can’t imagie allowing one of my kids to be coached by this piece of trash.

 

[CuseLegacy]

 

[Whitey23]

They can’t afford his buyout and the family’s civil lawsuit payout.

 

[Whitey23]

 

[orange79]

They can’t afford his buyout and the family’s civil lawsuit payout.

Sadly, I think this played a large role in the decision, no matter how much they may deny it.

 

[Roger N]

This is where a good lawyer comes in. Sue their pants off. Tie Durkin up in depositions. Sue the Board of Regents or what ever you call them.

Maryland and Ohio State are getting the coaches they deserve.

 

[NKR1978]

We won’t kill your son and pretend it didn’t happen.

All I think about with that poor kid is that in his last moments of life some meathead coach was screaming at him that he was a p***y.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

And a child shall lead them.
I smell boycott

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

They can’t afford his buyout and the family’s civil lawsuit payout.

I think killing a kid is just cause for termination. They will need his money to pay the family.

 

[Whitey23]

 

[Whitey23]

I think killing a kid is just cause for termination. They will need his money to pay the family.

They blamed the trainer for everything and bought him out for 315k. Cheaper that way.

 

[Chip]

Maryland’s pitch is do you hate your kid? Send him here. We’ll either fix it or well, either way he won’t be a problem anymore.

 

[Finwad32]

I honestly hope that tomorrow I read news of the players coming together and protesting in some manner. Durkin doesn’t deserve the chance.

 

[Hoo's That]

Our guy is a lawyer too. He doesn't have a PhD.

I would guess this is a tough time for Chancellor Syverud--he clerked for Sandra Day O'Connor at the Supreme Court.

Our new president is a lawyer, too. That's not the point I'm trying to make. The College Park campus doesn't have a law school; only the Baltimore campus does and it has its own president (he's an MD because of all the health sciences stuff is there). If Loh had been president at the Baltimore campus, OK. But why would he want to be president there and why did the Regents pick a lawyer to head a campus without a law school?

 

[leftytg]

I see a lot of the worst of humanity in my line of work and have developed a pretty thick skin over the years. Not much surprises me when it comes to bad decision making and human capacity for depravity.

I was absolutely flabbergasted to read that Durkin was reinstalled as coach. I can't believe how much outrage I feel at this decision. Sickening and cowardly. Just awful.