teappotts Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 It's on the twitters Quote They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ---Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teappotts Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Administrative leave? Quote They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ---Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teappotts Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Seems like a crappy time to make a change. Aggie board saying multiple AD personnel being let go. Quote They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ---Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teappotts Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 https://www.ksl.com/article/51058977/report-blake-anderson-out-as-utah-state-football-coach Quote They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ---Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyobraska Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 That's rough timing for sure. Hopefully the Aggies don't have an exodus in the portal and the DC can keep it all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoFasZz Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Probably cuz he hired a murderer and tried helping cover it up Quote http://s3.amazonaws.com/newscloud-production/newscloudcms/2013/09/5223f4947e85e85e0b00161e/photos/cam4476904/gallery.jpg?1378094250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfrog Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 He has had a tough run the last few years. His first wife dies from cancer. His son dies from suicide and now this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude G Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 This now opens up the 30-day transfer window for Utah State players now. Trouble is, most roster spots on Division one teams have been filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevadaFan Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 On 7/2/2024 at 10:19 AM, Claude G said: This now opens up the 30-day transfer window for Utah State players now. Trouble is, most roster spots on Division one teams have been filled. Norvell must be licking his grubby chops. Haha. Nevada, pick up the phone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevadaFan Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 On 7/2/2024 at 10:08 AM, masterfrog said: He has had a tough run the last few years. His first wife dies from cancer. His son dies from suicide and now this. I watched something on ESPN?? It was freggin horrible. So sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsurvive Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 He gets fired over something that happened last year? Why would they wait another year before firing him, especially in July, right before the MW media days? https://www.usu.edu/today/story/usu-makes-significant-changes-in-football-program/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevadaFan Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 On 7/2/2024 at 11:10 AM, justsurvive said: He gets fired over something that happened last year? Why would they wait another year before firing him, especially in July, right before the MW media days? https://www.usu.edu/today/story/usu-makes-significant-changes-in-football-program/ Sounds like he had a relationship with an employee. Just a guess. This could be completely wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie84025 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 On 7/2/2024 at 12:35 PM, NevadaFan said: Sounds like he had a relationship with an employee. Just a guess. This could be completely wrong. Not all reports are out but there 3 alleged players who were accused of sexual assault reported to the title 9 office. It sounds like Blake and few others including the interim AD did not follow proper protocol in dealing with those allegations as it pertains to title 9 policies. Just plain stupid to not follow proper protocol in these type of cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoFasZz Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 On 7/2/2024 at 11:35 AM, NevadaFan said: Sounds like he had a relationship with an employee. Just a guess. This could be completely wrong. Sounds like you don’t know how to read Quote http://s3.amazonaws.com/newscloud-production/newscloudcms/2013/09/5223f4947e85e85e0b00161e/photos/cam4476904/gallery.jpg?1378094250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Convert Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 He needed to go. He doesn’t know how to lead young men regarding respect for women. Simple as that. He’s been horrendous with that, and it’s obvious that they’re seeing signs that nothing has changed or worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmartigan Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 No way to paint this positively. A really bad look for USU. We've had an outsized amount of scandals in the AD the past few years. Embarrassing. Quote There are only two things I can't stand in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utgrizfan Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Welp depending on how the D-Coordinator does (honest doesn’t look good) who'd be a good hire? Weirdly I think there is a Chance Coach Ken Niumatalolo could be a target despite being at SJSU. His character is flawless, devout Mormon and was considered for the BYU job a few years back so a job in Utah could be attractive to him. Outside of that I'd have to say Jay Hill (who destroyed USU in his last year as HC at Weber State) who is now BYUs D-Coordinator and a few Big Sky coaches (Idaho, MSU, Montana etc.) might be in the mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teappotts Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Why do coaches keep doing this? Just kick it up the ladder to the appropriate authorities and be done with it. I would much rather someone else deal with it anyway. Is this really that difficult? 2 Quote They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ---Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trvitmvnz Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Bryan Harsin time baby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueAg Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 DC Nate Dreiling was already named the interim head coach and will remain the head coach through the 2024 season. There are several others in the AD being let go as well as a result of the independent investigation results. Supposedly it all revolves around the same lack of proper protocol for reporting the sexual assault incident in 2023. Anderson has already hired a lawyer who made a statement about how it's going to be very difficult for USU to fire Blake with cause since he claims he did what he was supposed to do as coach but his superiors failed to take the proper action. The 30 day transfer window is not open to players because Anderson is on adminstrative leave, not officially fired yet. The closer it comes to Fall practice, the less openings there will be for players to jump ship. I still expect to see some player change over. I also expect Anderson will settle with the University out of court and each will go their separate ways. Many people feel the new AD, who commissioned the investigation with the backing of the USU president, had her hands tied by the results but also isn't personally saddened by the loss of Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
