Northwestern parts ways with head football coach Pat Fitzgerald amid hazing scandal: report

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BREAKING: Northwestern University has reportedly parted ways with head football coach Pat Fitzgerald as investigators look into hazing incidents involving the school’s team.

spoke with Chicago Sun-Times sports writer Steve Greenberg to get his thoughts on everything.

"It's [Fitzgerald's reputation] going to be irreparably damaged. It's a question of how much. And when things like this happen, there's an inclination more all the time - this is my opinion, you may or may not agree - but to define someone in extreme terms, polar terms. You're either this or you're that. You're good or you're bad," Greenberg said.

"He's done a lot of good. He's got a lot of people who back him who's live he impacted. Whatever happens here, that's still true and I still see that part of it, but you have to own your mistakes." Over the weekend, Northwestern University President Michael Schill said he "may have erred" in his punishment for Fitzgerald, with it just being a suspension. Schill had said he would work with the board of trustees to determine a new penalty.

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