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You included the Valor, really?
They finished with 2 wins, made the playoffs, and still won the title
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They finished with 2 wins, made the playoffs, and still won the title
In a 4 team league. To bad the Wizards aren't in the AFL.
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Tragic, and unnecessary, situation but to say no one was held accountable is false. The D-bag strength coach who was at the heart of this entire debacle lost his job.
Also, its been reported that Ellis McKennie is one of the 3 players who walked out on Durkin.
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Clearly he had a good contract but he did lose his job.
*Edit* Court resigned before he was fired. Regardless, the person at the center of this debacle is no longer employed at UMD.
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One of the top 20 paid state employees, doesn't have to work, plus he can now market himself as this super intense personal trainer. Players are unpaid and if they talk back to the head coach that oversaw their friend's death and blamed the victim for not drinking enough water maybe they're kicked off the team.
The coach brought him to the program, so I disagree. Court isn't a part of UMD if Durkin didn't bring him and if you think Durkin didn't know how Court was going to operate I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
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The Valor only won because all 4 teams in the league (a four team league!!) make the playoffs. They were 2-10 in the regular season, finishing last in the league. They essentially got "hot" and won 2 games in a row for the league title. It's a perfect example of why a playoff tournament is a garbage way to decide a league championship.
Durkin is out, the Board of Regents faced huge pressure from lawmakers and probably donors, and they took all of one day to change their mind.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...tstroke-death-in-june/?utm_term=.93e276e72cbf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...tstroke-death-in-june/?utm_term=.93e276e72cbf
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So they re-instate the guy and fire him the next day? What a **** show.
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They clearly didn’t fire him for any principled reason. They fired him because they (inexplicably) didn’t realize how bad the public backlash would be after reinstating him.
It’s still a disaster and I hope this haunts their recruiting for a long time.
I don't know that I root for it to haunt recruiting for a long time because that hurts the kids in the program who have done nothing wrong and only want to represent the University of Maryland but yeah, it's a disaster.
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That seems overly harsh, twabs.
Loh grew a pair and said EFF it, I wanted to fire him, so I’m firing him.
He didn’t have the clout to do so before the public sentiment became ... so public. Once it did, he knew he could do what he felt as right and move on.
Anything (and I mean ANYthing) that surrounds money of this size takes massaging and politics. It just does in our world. We saw it on full display the past 48hrs, and I’m pleased of the outcome.
I’m not a UMD alum, but I grew up as a huge Terps fan/supporter within an easy jaunt of College Park. I spent many nights at old Cole Field House w my Dad and younger brother (who passed away last month unexpectedly from a heart attack at 46) watching Lefty’s Terps. It was an important time for us, as I look back. Those memories are huge for me...and for my Dad. There are a lot of people that have had similar experiences.....are a lot of new ones to be make for kids like that now. Who need the same.
So much has changed but that’s life. I’m going to continue to support the teams, as this is far from their first athletic nightmare to befall the program — I worshipped Lenny Bias and was devestated at 16 when he passed — and they will trudge on.
And it starts with this decision. Be happy that the right decision happened, not unhappy about how it happened.
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Sorry to hear about your brother, Rids. I have 2 younger bros and one is that exact same age. I can't even imagine.
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Maryland fires coach Durkin after reinstatement
Apparently the pressure from within was what tipped the scales, mainly from students. I suspect protests were planned and the situation looked to become ugly, and Loh knew he would likely be fired eventually so he just blew the whole thing up and is walking away.
Apparently the pressure from within was what tipped the scales, mainly from students. I suspect protests were planned and the situation looked to become ugly, and Loh knew he would likely be fired eventually so he just blew the whole thing up and is walking away.
I appreciate it... to everyone.
Best analogy I’ve heard (and felt) is it’s like losing a limb. You live, you learn to make due without it, and you can be just fine.
But you’re never the same. And never as good.
Anyway. Thanks again
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