Back off wrote:
McNulty is really getting it on this thread. Makes me wonder why anyone would even want to coach? I am sure Coach McNulty was as surprised as anyone to get this job offer. Who wouldn’t make a move from Transylvania to Dartmouth? A coach has a lot of responsibility in training athletes, doing what you can to keep them healthy, and trying to get a program to progress and athletes to improve. With all of these student-athletes are currently hurt, yes, Coach McNulty would need to take some credit for that. Any coach worth their salt would understand that. But man, this thread is making it seem like this guy set out with the goal to hurt all of his athletes. Unless a story comes out about him suggesting running on sidewalks in spikes, taking a sledgehammer to their quads to build physical toughness, or adopting the training of Gerry Lindgren, then I will start pointing fingers. It honestly sounds like a bad string of injuries related to the sport.
And I am not McNulty, his wife, a guy on the team, Ben True, etc. Just have been following this thread and feel like there needs to be some semblance of balance in this assessment.
Right on. Don't hate the player, hate the game. In my response, I tried to make it clear I wasn't slagging on him. Of course, anyone would jump from Transylvania to Dartmouth. The hire is inexplicable though. To get a job like Dartmouth, I'd think there would have to be years of demonstrated success at every level you've coached at, including good D1 results, or he'd have t be really connected to the program in some way. None of that here. I wish him (and his athletes) luck. Hopefully he can turn things around. I wonder who else applied. There had to have been several good coaches from around NE that did.