Woof.

Newly hired offensive coordinator Morris Berger was suspended by division two Grand Valley State University after dropping this scorcher of a take in an interview with the school newspaper.

Via The Grand Valley Lanthorn’s sports editor, Kellen Voss:

KV: So you graduated from Drury with a degree in History, you’re a history guy. If you could have dinner with three historical figures, living or dead, who would they be? And I’m ruling out football figures.

MB: This is probably not going to get a good review, but I’m going to say Adolf Hitler. It was obviously very sad and he had bad motives, but the way he was able to lead was second-to-none. How he rallied a group and a following, I want to know how he did that. Bad intentions of course, but you can’t deny he wasn’t a great leader.

KV: The way he was able to get people to rally around him was crazy.

MB: Yeah, that’s definitely one. You have to go JFK, his experience with the country and being that he was a good president and everything. And this might sound crazy, but Christopher Columbus, the ability to go on the journey he was on and his emotion into the unknown. Think about putting yourself in the setting of that unknown, and then to take it all in as you arrive is crazy.

Here’s my reaction after reading that first response:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uHBFiAnpZs

I think we all get what the guy is trying to say, but probably best to just leave the Hitler topic alone.

GVSU says they are now investigating the matter while Berger is suspended.

Statement: