Navy Coach Niumatalolo Fired

[GreenLantern]

He gone.

https://thespun.com/college-football/na ... ball-world

[greenie78]

I was gonna use the term honorably discharged.

Wonder if it was "A Few Good Men" situation.

"I want the truth!!"

"You can't handle the truth!!"

[DfromCT]

I feel bad for the RB that fumbled inside the 1 yard line in OT yesterday. It's bad enough he has to live with yesterday's loss, but this firing as well. Beat Army and there's no way he's fired today. And yes, I know without his long TD run to open the scoring, Navy isn't in the OT, but he had a lot on his shoulders before this.

[Tulane1111]

Great coach and runs a great program. Really enjoyed watching his teams thru the years.

[anEngineer]

I can't call him a great coach or a great guy when he obviously encouraged his players (future Naval officers) to cheat during games by faking injuries to slow down teams that ran up-tempo offenses. It was a disgusting display that happened several times over a couple of years.

[greenie78]

Also, while we're talking about Navy, I wish the AAC would give them the boot.

[oliveandblue]

Also, while we're talking about Navy, I wish the AAC would give them the boot.

They are a top five brand in the conference. Hell no. There are 7 programs that should get the boot before we consider that.

[Wave755]

I can't call him a great coach or a great guy when he obviously encouraged his players (future Naval officers) to cheat during games by faking injuries to slow down team’s that ran up-tempo offenses. It was a disgusting display that happened several times over a couple of years.

+1, he was known as a cheater for his players feigning injury to stop the clock when Navy was either out of timeouts or he simply wanted to stop the other team’s momentum for a drive. He is one of the principal reasons we have the “10 second runoff rule” today. https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/c ... lty-injury
Too bad we didn’t play Navy this year, we would have beat the Hell out of them as a goodbye present to Ken. His cheating was completely contrary to the Navy ethos for honor.

Goodbye and good riddance Niumatalolo.

[Dave breslin]

I wonder if he’d have been fired if the y didn’t fumble and beaten army?

[GreenLantern]

Tough to win at the military academies with the current college environment (easy transfer rules, NIL, post-grad transfers). Here's from the Athletic:

Navy and service academies generally do not add transfers, due to the service requirements. There is no graduate school to add veteran players. Additionally, athletes cannot receive name, image and likeness deals. It’s technically illegal, as service academy players are considered government employees.

[Show Me]

Former Tulane AD Chet Gladchuk raised $28 million for their new Academic and Training facility. First class all the way. Next coach going to really enjoy that facility.