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Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 5:50 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
http://www.goviks.com/news/2014/11/26/F ... 43117.aspx

Getting rid of Burton is a good move, IMO. PSU fans seem surprised since he had another year on his contract & there are rumors about football getting canned in the near future. Maybe they've got June Jones ready to go or something?

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:28 pm
by Grizalltheway
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Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:48 pm
by SuperHornet
:cry:

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:48 pm
by kalm
Jody Sears has already coached half the teams in the Big Sky. That's my prediction.

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:51 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
Fun quotes about Burton on eGriz…

What a mess that place is. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Every D Lineman in the BSC has something to be thankful for tomorrow....
I heard the AD didn't fire him. I heard they brought in an AD from the other side of town and had him Blindside Burton 3 times with a crackback block until he could't coach anymore.

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:29 pm
by JALMOND
Mvemjsunpx wrote:Fun quotes about Burton on eGriz…

What a mess that place is. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Every D Lineman in the BSC has something to be thankful for tomorrow....
I heard the AD didn't fire him. I heard they brought in an AD from the other side of town and had him Blindside Burton 3 times with a crackback block until he could't coach anymore.
Funny. :ohno:

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:35 pm
by clenz
After next season they fire their entire program...

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:35 pm
by JALMOND
http://www.oregonlive.com/collegefootba ... ry_package" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Early list of candidates for the job. I'm unsure how accurate it is, if it is just a wish list or what. Wiewel supposedly met with the football team earlier this month and voiced his support for the continuation of football at PSU. I think this is a strong indicator towards that. If Burton would have stayed, more speculation would have been added about football disappearing after next year. As no coach would want to come in to a situation where they are out after a year or two, I think this shows Wiewel's support for football staying at PSU.

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:59 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
JALMOND wrote:http://www.oregonlive.com/collegefootba ... ry_package

Early list of candidates for the job. I'm unsure how accurate it is, if it is just a wish list or what. Wiewel supposedly met with the football team earlier this month and voiced his support for the continuation of football at PSU. I think this is a strong indicator towards that. If Burton would have stayed, more speculation would have been added about football disappearing after next year. As no coach would want to come in to a situation where they are out after a year or two, I think this shows Wiewel's support for football staying at PSU.
If they were willing to buy out his final year, I'd think that's for at least one of two reasons: 1) They have a better &/or higher profile candidate they think they can get now. 2) There was about to be some sort of revolt or exodus against Burton.

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:03 pm
by grizzaholic
Hey SH...Your sig image is "code" 404

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:49 pm
by SuperHornet
I see that, grizza. I have no clue what happened. They must have disappeared from the Internet or something....

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:52 pm
by SuperHornet
Looks like they did. Three were sports icons designed by Willie from eGriz, but apparently his site went under, taking those icons with them. I'll replace the Ashley Martin pic....

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:38 am
by dal4018
Mvemjsunpx wrote:http://www.goviks.com/news/2014/11/26/F ... 43117.aspx

Getting rid of Burton is a good move, IMO. PSU fans seem surprised since he had another year on his contract & there are rumors about football getting canned in the near future. Maybe they've got June Jones ready to go or something?
Why is the school removing the program is it financial????

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 4:05 pm
by bobwoodshed
The university had been subsidizing the football program to the tune of $800k or so a year while the university itself ran into the red as well. The new mandate is that football needs to become self-sufficient. Since nobody comes to Portland State games, that's going to be a tall order without playing two FBS teams every year.

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:49 pm
by JALMOND
A list of coaching candidates and general info on both the AD search and coaching search, courtesy of Kerry Eggers of the Portland Tribune.

http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports ... ng-options" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The first half is about both searches. The rest is other Oregon sports topics.

Re: Portland State Fires Nigel Burton

Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:54 pm
by kalm
JALMOND wrote:A list of coaching candidates and general info on both the AD search and coaching search, courtesy of Kerry Eggers of the Portland Tribune.

http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports ... ng-options" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The first half is about both searches. The rest is other Oregon sports topics.
Some good names there.