Jim O'Donnell: Some readers rage, while some support the decision to fire Pat Fitzgerald

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Jim O'Donnell: Some readers rage, while some support the decision to fire Pat Fitzgerald
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In Thursday's Daily Herald, it was suggested that Pat Fitzgerald has been victimized by both media overkill and Northwestern University Michael Schill's curiously untethered thinking. Readers have responded, with many questioning Schill's ways and vacillation while others backed the decision to fire Fitzgerald.

NINE DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL SALVO involving Pat Fitzgerald exploded at Northwestern, intense analysis of the disposition of the matter by university president Michael Schill rages on.

Unknown -- although there is now informed speculation that at least one individual above Schill in the Northwestern power vertical influenced it. IN THURSDAY'S DAILY HERALD, it was suggested that Fitzgerald has been victimized by both media overkill and Schill's curiously untethered thinking.A representative sampling :

"We as parents are befuddled as to how poorly the President and AD have been handling the whole affair. No communication -- written or verbal -- has been given. It is a scary time."•"Fitzgerald had to know about the hazing. If he didn't, he should have. It's his team.

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