sportsline.com - 1/8/2009
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Jeff Jagodzinski called Boston College's bluff -- and the school fired him. Good call. (Getty Images)
boston.com - 1/7/2009
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boston.com —
Jeff Jagodzinski will be fired as the Boston
College football coach this morning in a meeting with...
athletic director Gene DeFillippo, according to sources close to the program. After meeting with the New York Jets yesterday in New Jersey regarding...
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BC will fire Jagodzinski
nypost.com - 1/7/2009
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nypost.com —
Boston College has fired head coach Jeff Jagodzinski
for interviewing with the Jets yesterday, a source close...
to the situation confirmed today. The school has called a 3 p.m. press conference to announce the firing. Jagodzinski infuriated...
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JAGODZINSKI FIRED BY BOSTON COLLEGE
sports.espn.go.com - 1/7/2009
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BC winning the PR battle
Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com —
... handled this situation in general, but one thing is clear: the administration won the PR battle. Sure some people took Gene to task for overreacting but most have gobbled up Gene's quotes and are now applauding his stand. Supposedly the Globe is prepping a piece that will bury Jags and make it look like he's been angling for any NFL job from Day 1. Here are some of Wednesday's reactions. Dan Wetzel thinks Gene did the right thing. Gregg Doyel takes an even stronger stand applauding BC. Kevin Armstrong agrees with me that this should have ...
Headlinin': Is Bradford's biggest game his last?
Dr. Saturday —
... and Gregg Doyel and hinting at a big story to come from the Boston Globe that will "bury" Jagodzinski as an unscrupulous climber from the start. What, ...
Future Biophysicists, Politicians From Harvard Stun No. 17 Boston College on Rough Day in Chestnut Hill
The Big Lead —
... back next year (no worries about their best player, Jeremy Lin, jumping to the NBA!), and the freshman are logging huge minutes and significant contributors. Won’t take much for Amaker to parlay this into some on-the-fence recuits who might have been looking elsewhere after this kerfuffle.
The BC loss capped a tough day on campus - football coach Jeff Jagodzinski was fired when he interviewed for the Jets job. We agree with some of today’s opinions - BC did the right thing (links swiped from Eagle in Atl). ...
Unverified Voracity Desires Legislation
mgoblog —
... by the best offense in college football history.
Florida, of course, got its ass kicked to the tune of 14 points.
Is Doyel stupid enough deploy those one-sentence paragraphs following that shot at an "arrogant assumption" without it being an attention-getting schtick? Eh… no. Doyel, more than any other sportswriter I've had the misfortune to stumble across, seems to glory in the hatred of all things.
So, yeah, Boston College fans should cower at this bad boy:
So stop the bellyaching about civil ...
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BC fires Jagodzinski
johnstrubel.com 1/7/2009 — The Associated Press is reporting the inevitable: Boston College has fired Jeff Jagodzinski because he interviewed for the New York Jets coaching job.
BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo said the decision was based on a “difference of vision for the future.”
Thank you Jeff Jagodzinski
atleagle.blogspot.com 1/5/2009 — As I did when TOB left , let me say thanks to Jags. Regardless of how this plays out, he did an excellent job over two years. He provided a boost of energy and passion we all desired and he clearly bought into what BC was about. I wish him the best of ...
BC fires Jagodzinski
news.bostonherald.com 1/7/2009 — eff Jagodzinski s days as the head football coach at Boston College are over. BC s athletic director Gene DeFilippo announced the firing at a press conference this afternoon. At the press conference held at BC s Yawkey Center, DeFilippo said ...
BC fires Jagodzinski
bostonherald.com 1/7/2009 — eff Jagodzinski s days as the head football coach at Boston College are over. According to a source, BC s athletic director Gene DeFilippo and Jagodzinski met face to face earlier today and DeFilippo fired the coach. The school announced that there ...
Jeff Jagodzinski potential Seahawks candidate
blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com 1/6/2009 — Jeff Jagodzinski currently has a head-coaching job (that would be Boston College). He's also a potential candidate for another head-coaching job (that would be the New York Jets).
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Jagodzinski jets toward split with BC football
sports.espn.go.com 1/5/2009 — Jeff Jagodzinski is going ahead with his interview with the Jets, and athletic director Gene DeFilippo made it clear Monday that doing so will bring an end to his brief tenure in Chestnut Hill.
BC Update: Jeff Jagodzinski isn't fired (yet), but he is past tense
rivals.yahoo.com 1/6/2009 —
Nothing is official yet, at least not until Jeff Jagodzinski goes ahead with the interview with the Jets tonight or Tuesday that will apparently lead to his termination as head coach at Boston College. But athletic director Gene DeFilippo doesn't ...
BC Fires Jeff Jagodzinski
thesportscorner.ca 1/8/2009 — Boston College shot themselves in the foot when they let Tom O’Brien walk away. Now BC Athletic Director Gene DeFilippo is cutting that leg off by firing Jeff Jagodzinski . Jagodzinski, a long-time NFL assistant coach, received the opportunity to interview for the New York Jets vacant ...