The University of Maryland announced earlier this week that they were keeping head football coach DJ Durkin before ultimately letting the public make the final decision, and Tim Tebow believes the way school administrators handled the situation was shameful.
While he would not say whether or not he agreed with Maryland firing Durkin, Tebow ripped the university on ESPN’s “First Take” Friday morning for coming to a decision and not standing by it.
.@TimTebow went off on Maryland for firing DJ Durkin shortly after reinstating him. pic.twitter.com/vxhKuEyyni
— First Take (@FirstTake) November 2, 2018
“It shows that people are so afraid to have conviction and to believe in something when they make a decision, that they’re like, ‘Oh my goodness, social media’s against us. We’re gonna fire him now.’ You just made a decision to keep him,” Tebow said. “If that’s your decision, if you believe that’s what’s right for the program, it shouldn’t matter what I say. It shouldn’t matter what social media says.”
Tebow said Maryland should have had the “courage” to stick with their decision rather than allowing the public to dictate the outcome.
“So many people want to be liked instead of being respected. I think more universities need to stand by what they believe is right,” he said. “I’m not saying their decision is right, but they need to have courage to say, ‘You know what, I would rather be respected than liked.'”
If you remember, Tennessee agreed to hire Greg Schiano as its next coach last year before caving to backlash from fans. Tebow compared that situation to the one with Maryland. While he did not share his opinion on what should have happened in either case, he feels there’s something wrong with school officials allowing fans to do their jobs for them.
