Thank you Dan G. for making this a speedy yet classy firing of Coach Dorrell.

Thank you Dorrell for cleaning up our program, making a brave (however unsuccessful) attempt to bring our football program to excellence, and most importantly, being a fellow Bruin.

Thank you Bruins Nation for setting a high standard for our beloved school and making tangible progress to ensure a better future for all our student-atheletes!

Good Post.

"While this may come as a surprise to most readers, the writers of BN believe that the termination of Karl Dorrell's employment as UCLA's Head Football Coach is not a cause for celebration, gloating, or cheering"

You guys can do what you want, but this Party Hat will stay on for quite some time!!!!!!!!!!

I appreciate your passion for this University.  Go Bruins!!!

I too take no joy in the firing of Karl Dorrell. He is, was and will be, a Bruin...forever.
What I rejoice in now is that our players...although sad for the Seniors...our players will now get a better opportunity to develop, grow and succeed.
I thank the players who signed on for this adventure and stuck with it for the five years. I am sorry that for many of them, this experiment just didn't work out.
To the new commit's and incoming freshmen know this, this change is a good thing. Trust in that this needed to be done. Take advantage of this and make the most of this chance.
If DG does his job right and gets us the HC that UCLA deserves, be ready to play in-front of 90,000 screaming fans at the Rose Bowl for the real deal.
This University is STARVED for success in Football and is ready to explode with support and energy and enthusiasm for the team. It's gonna be fun again in Saturdays! GO BRUINS  

The first concrete step has been taken to improve the football program. An inept, yet fellow Bruin, has been terminated. My feelings are the same as when Lavin left, "maybe the school is getting it right now and will move in a positive direction"..... so now the seond all important step, finding a right successor. I feel good because we are doing something to improve the lot of the football players themselves, the school AD, and the fan base.
Bill

efforts?

Now that the business at hand has been taken care of...what will happen to DumpDorrell.com?

The BN moderators have consistently been fair to CTS.  When credit was due, it was given.  Since credit was rarely due, most of the comments were critical.  Most of the grown-ups on the site were likewise critical of CTS.  But almost always (I would say 99% of the time), the criticism from the grown-ups was fact based, and backed by data.  The opinions were invariably labeled as such.  Contributors were encouraged to back up their contributions with data, solid or otherwise.

Now, at the end of the Reign of Error, the moderators and many of the contributors took the high road with CTS.  Mr. Guerrero took the high road.  Most of the comments have been quite respectful, as would be expected from the ladies and gentlemen of the BN.

There was only one person who took a parting shot.  That was CTS.  He had to throw in a shot at Toledo.  That was totally unnecessary and not the mark of a gentleman.  Just as he could have elected to walk away from the racism bait thrown out by Mr. Steeter, he could have told the person who drafted his statement to take no shots at anyone.

If CTS has made his statement as a comment at the BN, he would have been asked to provide the factual support for his statement about leaving the program in better shape than he found it.  But he just takes the shot and walks away (with $2,000,000 of the tax payer's dollars.)

To me, that shows the ultimate consistency for CTS.  He is not a gentleman.  He lacks the class that I would expect from a Bruin.  Twice he had opportunities to take the high road.  Twice he failed.  And in these recent failures, he shows that his character is consistent with his coaching ability.  

Shakespeare said it well, as he often did:  "Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it."  It would have been nice to remember a departure with dignity.  Instead, I will remember him in a somewhat different light.

I agree with Fox 71 and think this "shallow" remorse is as shallow as Dorrell's statement.  I cannot forgive the man for destroying any enjoyment I had with Bruin football and compounding it with the "race card", comments like "I sleep well at night", and arrogance in sticking to a system that was proven wrong year in and year out, at almost any university where it was tried (WCO). I did not read many laments with the yearly Dorrell firings of Assistants (who had to take the hit for Dorrell's incompetence). I also believe that the crack at Toledo was classless.  While there was no doubt that Toledo had to go, it is unclear to me how the program has improved.  The hiring of Scott (under dubious circumstances) is no better than the parking sticker nonsense...

I have been a supporter of this site and agree with most of the things you guys have to say (including the bulk of this post).  That being said I have to say that the tone and sentiment of this post seems a little insincere and unnecessary.  

For putting into words what many of us feel.  For all his failures on the field, KD is a Bruin and did clean up the program a lot.  He is a good and classy guy, but just wasn't a good HC.

I hope DG and the selection committee do a thorough search for our next HC.  I'll throw the official party of Paul Johnson is hired!

Not to pile on, but I agree we should not have engaged in the name calling. My policy in posting to any site (principally BN and DD) was to never refer to the now-former head football coach as anything but "Dorrell" or "Mr Dorrell" or "Karl". (I believe I only violated that once.) But, to do otherwise would have detracted from the credibility of any point I wished to make.

That having been said, there are a lot of people on this site and DD who are very fervent on the topic of competent leadership for UCLA athletic teams and programs. To us/them, paraphrasing Red Sanders, this is not about life and death, it is much more important than that.

May of us have been in disagreements with friends loved ones where, in the heat of battle, unkind remarks were carelessly made and regretted later. In most cases,, expressing regret at our choice of words. But we are human; The same God that gives us the passion to argue with fervor gives us the love and respect to make amends.

I am glad this is now over and we can turn our attention to the prospect of having a new football coach at UCLA. As for Karl Dorrell, my only misgivings are about the enormous sum of money that UCLA will have to pay. However, a deal is a deal; it works both ways and, in a way, Karl Dorrell sort of earned the money.

As I said in an earlier post somewhere, he is also the recipient of the entry "HEAD FOOTBALL COACH, MAJOR UNIVERSITY, 5 YEARS" on his resume. That is probably more valuable than the money he will be paid over the next several years. If he is smart, he will find a position at some university who will be more than glad to have him as their coach. Hopefully there he can work to correct the mistakes he made at UCLA and become a good football coach in 10 years. Hopefully, he will realize what an opportunity he squandered in his youth.

..perhaps it is well for us to forget the past five years and only remember the highlight films of his excellent TD catches in the numerous games (regular season and Rose Bowls). Perhaps, after several years, this enmity will pass and the images on those highlight films will become fond memories again.

Criticisms of Dorrell's coaching were justified.

Condemning his tendency to publicly name his players for their errors (and blame others for his failures) was necessary.

The name-calling did not honor UCLA.

Amillennialist

http://amillennialist.blogspot.com

KD is gone, we can go back to focusing all our hatred and invective on the one rightful target

Everyone needs to stop being so darn "PC" and just say what you really feel.  Come on, no one really knows who you are on these boards, why hold back?  Are we now afraid of "virtual scorn"?  Heck, I could not stand Dorrell, I am excited that he is gone, it makes me feel good, he ruined something that I hold dear to me, I could care less what he does from here on out, good riddance, don't come back.  He was not classy until the end, that was a prepared statement, he threw his players under the bus actually.  I am so happy that we get to watch a team get rebuilt (and we still have some pretty good talent that can be groomed ny a good coach)and hopefully be really successful in the next few years.  There is no pressure now, we can relax and ENJOY UCLA FOOTBALL AGAIN.  We can now post on the positive developments coming out of camps, etc. rather than argue about what we hate most about a coach.  This is truely a great day!  

One of my professors spoke about KD's firing today in class. She's a history professor (so she would know a thing or two about athletes and their academics). She said that the academics under Dorrell have GREATLY improved from Toledo's days. As far as other off the field problems, I think we're all familiar with the handicap placards, DUI's, etc. Were those big enough issues to fire Toledo? Well, that's up to all of you to decide. However, one things for certain, it didn't bring good publicity. As far as players are concerned, Dorrell did "clean up" the program.

Please don't attack me for giving Dorrell some credit. We're all (at least here at BN) perfectly aware of his ineptness as a coach, but at least he did something positive. That is all.

After listening to DG's press conference via the internet, I'm sure I speak for all of you when I say I'm glad that this is finally all over. Not to mention, Guerrero specifically said that we "need to hire the best candidate" AND that we "will hire a consulting firm" to "help evaluate the talent pool." This has just made my day and possibly my week.

Additionally, Guerrero stated that "this is not just a place for any coach" and that all the speculation about possible replacements is just that, speculation. This also brings relief because that means that candidtates that have not been mentioned in the media are still in the running. I have complete confidence in Dan Guerrero. Thank you Dan.You have brought UCLA football back!

is just words. But what KD did to Bruin football...Nevertheless, let us, as the current phrase goes, move on with our lives. KD is in the rear-view mirror, his image rapidly receding. I, no doubt aided by a touch of senile dementia, can hardly remember Wyoming, Utah, Notre Dame, etc., etc., though a certain amount of pain and humiliation still lingers. My thanks to the managers and major contributors to BN. They did what they had to do.

I'm happy he's gone and not apologizing to anybody for it.  After 5 years of wandering aimlessly in the wilderness, we now can see the Promised Land, and that to me is cause for celebration.  We could still stumble and not make it to the Promised Land, but being able to see it is a whole lot better than the wandering.