[mlizzy]

That Whitlock guy who writes an online column for the Fox Sports website has been calling for the Notre Dame head coach to be fired over this incident.

I can understand his comments on that. I mentioned that to my husband and he said it's Declan's immediate boss who is at fault. That the coach can't be doing every job on the field, or he wouldn't be able to coach. Clearly, someone wasn't thinking regarding this tragedy. The University is going to get sued to the hilt (which they should).

[Alberta's Child]

I agree. Whitlock's point was that the Notre Dame head coach shouldn't have even been holding the practice in those wind conditions. He cited the case of Ohio State's head coach, who moved the team's practice indoors that day specifically because of his concerns about the dangers of high winds.

Something to keep in mind here is that the incident didn't occur on what was just a very windy day in Indiana. There were high-wind advisories and tornado warnings all over that part of the Midwest, with some places reporting sustained winds of 40-50 mph and gusts of over 70-mph (that's hurricane strength).