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FOX Sports columnist Jason Whitlock has weighed in on the death of Notre Dame student Declan Sullivan and writes that head coach Brian Kelly should be fired for his negligence in the situation.
Kelly should not coach the Irish on Saturday when they take on Tulsa.
We don’t need a thorough and exhaustive investigation to recognize Kelly’s negligence. A coach’s most important job, particularly at the amateur level, is to take every reasonable precaution to ensure the safety of the young people under his control.
Kelly failed in the worst way possible.
Mitigating circumstances do not matter. Notre Dame’s video coordinator should not be held responsible. Declan Sullivan, who tweeted before and during practice the weather conditions were terrifying and life threatening, certainly isn’t to blame.
The head football coach has final say over everything that transpires on the practice field. Everything. That’s why Ohio State’s Jim Tressel moved the Buckeyes’ practice inside on Tuesday when wind gusts made conditions unsafe.
Whitlock goes on to write that he understands why Kelly had his team practicing outside and also takes time to rip AD Jack Swarbrick for essentially making sure that the media knew he wasn’t at the practice long enough to tell Sullivan to come down.
I don’t know. My emotions say yes, fire Kelly and Swarbrick for their irresponsibility and extreme negligence. Sullivan should have never been on the lift in the first place and if Kelly thought it was dangerous enough to keep his team inside the day before because of a tornado warning, then he should have known not to have students filming practice from that high up during swirling winds. It was absolutely moronic for anyone to ok Sullivan being up on that lift.
That said, do we have the full details here? Do we know who was actually responsible for sending the young man up there? Was it Kelly, someone on his coaching staff, Sullivan’s boss, who? Did someone force him to go up there? If someone forced him to go up there, then done deal – someone has to lose their job. But if this was just a case of people not using their heads (as in, Sullivan went up there as he normally would and nobody thought to tell him to come down), then it’s up to the University to decide what the right course of action should be. Don’t follow up one irresponsible decision with another by firing people without compiling all the details.
Either way, a young man lost his life and for the time being, everyone should be morning his passing and not trying to assess blame. I imagine there will be plenty of time for that later.
Think that Howie, Terry and Jimmy spend an inordinate amount of time laughing at and with each other? They do, if you think 11% is too much.
…an analysis of the CBS and Fox pregame shows before Week 5 shows that the hosts do spend a lengthy amount of time laughing—sometimes at nothing, sometimes at their own jokes and, occasionally, at things that are funny.
The amount of time they laugh, though, is what sets them apart. The five hosts on Fox’s show—Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson—had a combined laughing time of two minutes, 22 seconds. That’s about 11.6% of the 20 minutes, 27 seconds they were shown on set together. Mr. Bradshaw was easily the laughing leader, going for about 92.4 seconds—including 2.5 seconds at the start of the show before anyone said anything.
I don’t watch the Fox pregame show that much anymore. I’m usually watching the ESPN fantasy football pregame, listening for any late-breaking fantasy news while trying to avoid making any last-minute decisions based on Matthew Berry’s advice. Part of what turns me off about the Fox pregame show is its size (there are too many commentators) and how they’re always fake-laughing at each other. Now we have numbers to prove it.
Here’s a shock: there are conflicting reports coming out of Minnesota about Brett Favre.
Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune says that head coach Brad Childress is leaning towards starting Tarvaris Jackson against the Patriots on Sunday. But ESPN’s Ed Werder reports that Childress wants to start Favre (who is dealing with a bum ankle).
While I would normally side with the beat writer who covers the team on a weekly basis (that being Zulgad), I find it hard to believe that a man who has allowed Favre to get away with murder since arriving in Minnesota last year would sit Brett against his will. When push comes to shove, Childress will always submit to Favre so if Brett wants to play, he’s going to play.
That said, if Favre is too injured to play, I wouldn’t be surprised if he handed the ball off to Adrian Peterson on the first play of the game and then pulled himself out to protect his consecutive starts streak. Your majesty will probably hobble off the field and tell the media later that he intended on playing the full game, but re-injured the ankle on the first play.
Either way, the Vikings’ quarterback situation looks bleak for Sunday. If Favre plays, that ankle can’t be in too good of shape to make it through an entire game and there’s a reason Childress sold his soul to bring Brett to Minnesota two years ago. If Favre is too injured to play, will the Vikings keep him active as Jackson’s backup or will he be inactive? If he’s inactive, who would be Jackson’s backup – Bernard Berrian? (Remember that Sage Rosenfels was traded to the Giants earlier in the year.)
It should be an interesting scene in Foxboro come Sunday afternoon.
We’re not there yet, but I’m driving straight into patheticville with my NFL picks this year. After a 1-3 Sunday in Week 7 (thank you Chargers, Saints and Cowboys for showing up in your respective games), I’m now 10-13-1 on the year. It’s getting to the point where I can’t even look at myself in the mirror anymore.
Fade me at will…
Redskins @ Lions, 1:00PM ET
I love the Lions this Sunday. Matthew Stafford (shoulder) is back to full health and is reportedly “unleashing 70-yard bombs” in practice. The Redskins’ secondary can be hit or miss, even though DeAngelo Hall is coming off a four-interception game against the Bears and Jay Cutler last week. This will also be Washington’s second-straight road game and the Skins have their bye coming up, so there’s a chance they could get caught flatfooted. This Lions team has a different feel to it this year and is definitely playing with more confidence offensively. Assuming Stafford doesn’t suffer another setback with his shoulder, I like Detroit by a touchdown.
THE PICK: LIONS –2.5
Titans @ Chargers, 4:05PM ET
The Chargers burned me last week against the Patriots but I’m going right back to the well this Sunday because I’m not that smart. Despite what the final score read, their defense played extremely well against New England last week and if it weren’t for a slew of mistakes by the offense, they probably beat the Pats soundly. No matter – I see them scooping up a win this Sunday against Tennessee. Vince Young hasn’t played a full game in three weeks and he may need a quarter or two to shake off the rust. I see San Diego controlling Chris Johnson and forcing the Titans into a shootout, which is something they don’t want with Young back under center. As long as the Bolts figure out a way to slow Kenny Britt, they should rebound from last week’s debacle.
THE PICK: CHARGERS –3.5
Seahawks @ Raiders, 4:15PM ET
Their 59-point effort last week was a mirage, but the Raiders are better than people think. When healthy, Darren McFadden can be an elite back as he showed last week in Denver. I don’t have a ton of confidence in Jason Campbell or Oakland’s shoddy defense, but their lambasting of the Broncos last week should give them confidence moving forward. On the other side, the Seahawks have won two in a row but I’m still not convinced that this team can win on the road consistently. Despite their win in Chicago two weeks ago, I think the Hawks revert back to their losing ways away from Seattle.
THE PICK: RAIDERS –2.5
Steelers @ Saints, 8:20PM ET
This may fall into the category of a trap, but I actually think the Saints are this bad without Pierre Thomas and Reggie Bush. Their offense lacks that punch that won them a Super Bowl a year ago and they’re in trouble with Pittsburgh coming to town. It’s true that the Steelers can be had through the air, but they don’t give up points inside the red zone. They lead the league in points allowed and Drew Brees had all kinds of trouble in the red zone last week against the Browns. He’s pressing, which is unlike him, but I don’t see any signs of him shaking out of it either. I think New Orleans is in legitimate trouble this year and another loss would put them two back of the Falcons in the NFC South. Not good.
THE PICK: STEELERS +1
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