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The chance won’t come again (Dylan)

the more we dig, the more we unearth. Disappointing scuttlebutt out of Annapolis now tells a tale of shame (if it's accurate). The story i have been hearing is that Coach Ken was fired in the locker room after an emotional double OT loss to Army....that's unacceptable for a Coach who carried himself with dignity for 15 years and never put the Academy or his players in an embarrassing light. The story goes that Chet Gladchuck marched into the locker room and fired Coach Niumatalolo within earshot of his players....that's bush league Steinbrenner / Jerry Jones crap....we are better than that. To add insult to injury Coach Ken pleaded for 1 more year.....offered to coach for Free, and to voluntarily resign after next season if they didn't want him back....he felt the team was finally coming out of the pandemic and was on the doorstep of a return to glory. ( I stated here that the team played bad in Sept, better in October and flawless in November, i too felt they were heading in the right direction) AD Gladchuck did not agree.

The pushback was fast...a petition was started this past week to FIRE Gladchuck and Reinstate Coach Ken , after 3 says it had 4,000 signatures...Chet, fearing backlash tried to say that this was building over 4 or 5 years and had nothing to do with the loss to Army....but the truth is he would never have been able to Fire the Coach after a WIN over Army.....so that begs the question....was Chet rooting against the Mids so he could justify firing coach K ? at the end of the 2015 Season the Coach, a devout Mormon; took an interview at Brigham Young.....he later withdrew from consideration for the job....but i believe the damage was done.....and Chet just waited until the Coach was down and out to kick him in the stomach.

everyone involved in this story will move....Coach K may take another job eventually....Chet will relish his 15 minutes of fame and wine and dine replacements on the taxpayers dime, the players will be left with a feeling of responsibility for the untimely demise of a belove coach.....but alas i remember the words of my Wall St Mentor..."Time Wounds all Heels"

And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’