Dave Duerson's blind loyalty to Willingham can be attributed to the fact that Willingham brought in his son, Tregg, who was a zero star recruit, and didn't have any notable offers.
The fact that Tregg Duerson was even offered shows how low Willingham had sunk.
Duerson, I can understand, though
Replies to: "Duerson, I can understand, though"
- pretty tough article 15 years ago toward kevin white/ ND Football [NT]
[LINK]
- DonMiller - 12:20pm 6/14/22
(21) [View All]
- There's context around that article, specifically the date it was written. - jakers - 6:09pm 6/14/22
- Always amazed when people think Ty’s firing was unjustified. [NT]
- WestCoastIrishFan - 12:51pm 6/14/22
- His posts suck? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:28pm 6/15/22
- AKA the volunteer assistant for the Leland Stanford Junior University Cardinal Women's golf team? [NT] - ND521 - 9:59pm 6/14/22
- The reality is, his hiring was far more unjustified than his firing. [NT]
- Chrisb - 6:26pm 6/14/22
- Agreed completely - ndunabomber - 1:24pm 6/15/22
- I remember Zorich, Duerson, Rocket, & Brady Quinn all went public with their displeasure. [NT]
- ELP - 2:54pm 6/14/22
- Understandable at the time - ndunabomber - 10:33am 6/15/22
- I understood Quinn defending him. But the others? Absurd. [NT]
- jakers - 6:10pm 6/14/22
- Duerson, I can understand, though - ndunabomber - 10:36am 6/15/22
- Lost respect for those guys. Willingham was dereliction of duty pure and simple. I wanted him to - TakethetrainKnute - 3:29pm 6/14/22
- He was afforded every opportunity - ndunabomber - 11:01pm 6/14/22
- Very typical for some players current and ex to stick up for a prior or current coach. [NT]
- THEISMANCARR - 4:51pm 6/14/22
- I get why...but Willingham was ignoring certain basic responsibilities so blatantly... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 5:20pm 6/14/22
- I've rarely seen a coach more humbled than after his flameout at UW - humbaba - 1:49pm 6/14/22
- Ty was obviously in over his head. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 4:52pm 6/14/22
- surprised Jesse didn’t try to shakedown the Catholic church [NT]
- WestCoastIrishFan - 1:53pm 6/14/22
- Was that before or after his secret luv chile was discovered? Hypocritical race man! [NT] - Irishize - 4:01pm 6/14/22
- Kevin White was woke before it was fashionable. He used the race card when Ty got fired. [NT] - Irishize - 12:54pm 6/14/22
- ... especially in light of his performance post ND. [NT] - Curly1918 - 12:53pm 6/14/22
- Jenkins knocked it out of the park when he fired Lionel. - Irishize - 12:37pm 6/14/22