'10 OH QB Andrew Hendrix (Notre Dame Signee)

[IrishLax]

Hamilton kinda a douche for asking all the backups about leaving. Haven't seen this done to any other team... or am I just not paying enough attention and this is standard protocol?

 

[Irish Insanity]

Kansas? lol

 

[Pachuco]

I'm always curious to know how college coaches handle this sort of situation. Hendrix is obviously a talented athlete, and he wants to play. At some point, do the coaches suggest a positional change or do they continue to encourage him to improve at QB? Hendrix has been a ND guy all the way, and while his competition is pretty fierce, he has the tools to succeed. Hope he stays at ND.

 

[irishbird]

Hamilton kinda a douche for asking all the backups about leaving. Haven't seen this done to any other team... or am I just not paying enough attention and this is standard protocol?

I think that writeup, is by Eric Hansen of South Bend Tri.

 

[Irish YJ]

Same goes for Rees IMO. I love Hendrix and glad he's here, but selfishly or unselfishly, I'd love to see him play somewhere and do well. The MAC would be a great landing spot. Rees is a baller. I think GK takes over as #2 or becomes 1b in 2013. While I love having a battle tested guy in the wings, I'd also love to see him be able to play somewhere and kill it.

 

[DomeLover3]

Won't be heartbroken if he leaves. Its his life, can't fault him if he wants to see the field

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

Here is the Hansen notes from the media session, gives a little context.

http://www.southbendtribune.com/spo...decision-public-20130105,0,3731161,full.story

 

[Emcee77]

Here is the Hansen notes from the media session, gives a little context.

Notre Dame football: Wood will wait to make decision public - southbendtribune.com

Thanks, GITF.

He hasn't made any decisions yet, but he's definitely considering transferring. Asked about the future:

“It’s hard to say,” he said. “Right now I’m just doing the best with the situation that I’ve been dealt right now. I’m only two plays away from playing, being the guy in the national championship game, and I’ve prepared like that’s the case.

“It’s hard to think big picture when there’s all this going on right now, and after the season I’ll assess where I am. It’d be hard to leave this team with a year left. Obviously, I would take that into consideration, but I’ll cross that bridge when I get there. The coaches will be honest with me about where I stand. They always have been.”

 

[Junkhead]

I can't blame him for wanting to play, and right now, it isn't looking that likely.

 

[kmoose]

Oh well. He earned a free education from ND and now he can pursue his football playing days at another institution. Good luck to him, I wish him the best if and when the time comes. Sad to say but it's a business. On to the next one! I have a cousin at tOSU who will be a junior DB and if he doesn't start this year, he will be in the same boat. It's not personal but a business. That is how the real world of BIG TIME college football works.

It's not how ND works. ND offers 4 year scholarships, requires athletes to take real classes, and integrates athletes into the general student body. ND is about more than making money and running their football team like a business. It's one of the many things that sets ND apart, and is a big reason why I, and many others, root for the team. Because they do it right, even when doing right isn't easy.

 

[BGIF]

Oh well. He earned a free education from ND and now he can pursue his football playing days at another institution. Good luck to him, I wish him the best if and when the time comes. Sad to say but it's a business. On to the next one! I have a cousin at tOSU who will be a junior DB and if he doesn't start this year, he will be in the same boat. It's not personal but a business. That is how the real world of BIG TIME college football works.

Will he complete his degree requirements by May? I didn't see that mentioned in the couple of paragraphs about him in the SBT article.

IF being a college football starter is his life goal by all means transfer if you can't beat out the other guys. But let's be candid if he can't beat out Golson and Rees, he's not playing on Sunday's in the future unless it's a chose up touch game.

IF his career goal is still medicine 3 years at ND and a degree issued by S.W. State U isn't going to win any points with a med school admissions officer. I don't know of any med school that considers where you played football, starter or backup, but they do evaluate the quality of the undergraduate program where you received your degree.

Strikes me as foolhardy for anyone to pass up that academic opportunity so they can say 20 years from now, "But I started in college."

Personally I though he gave a very astute answer to a B.S. question asked the day before a national championship game. That question could have been asked Tuesday or next Spring.

 

[Irish To The Core]

I hope Andrew sticks around because he could still be very valuable. First off injuries happen. Secondly, I think a time might well come when Hendrix is a better option than Tommy, he just has physical tools that Tommy cannot match, it is reading the d's where he is lagging behind. If he gets that down and a couple injuries hit the qbs, he could end up the next man in.

Even if he doesn't, I have thought for quite some time that Andrew would be a great Blake Bell qb, he is mobile like Everett, but he brings a bit more weight to pound out the hard yards. It would laso save Everett from some head shots and he has had a concussion.

I would understand if he headed elsewhere but there might be opportunities lurking around the corner next sesaon.

 

[Buster Bluth]

If he can graduate in May, I would probably transfer if I were in the same situation. He's an Ohio boy, so I would love to see him at Toledo. It just happens to have a med school too...

If he can't graduate in May, then there is absolutely no reason to transfer. A Notre Dame degree is worth more than a year of inferior football.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

I am of the belief that hendrix is good enough to start for a solid D1 team. For example, as a purdue student I can tell you he has the skills to start for a team at purdues level. And even some teams a tier above us. Urban wanted hendrix for a reason. Kid is a gamer.

 

[ThePiombino]

This will come down to his willingness to compete for the same job next year. I can't see the coaching staff telling him that he will be the #2/3/4 guy next year. They will likely open things up again in the spring and it will be up to the QBs to determine where the chips fall. Hendrix needs to seriously evaluate where he thinks he can be. HOPEFULLY, he believes he can be the guy. If not, I think we'll see him transfer. But I definitely don't see the staff telling him he's 1a or 1b just to placate him and keep him around.

Personally, I see him coming in at #4 on the depth chart:

1 - EG
2a - GK coming in during mop up duty
2b - TR coming in during key situations when EG is hurt or "pulled" (I don't anticipate him being pulled for performance)
4 - AH getting a couple snaps during senior day
5 - MZ "red-shirting"

This has nothing to do with skills, but more to do with team needs. GK and EG are the future so they will get the lion's share of meaningful snaps. TR is our "break in case of emergency QB." There's just not enough playing time to get AH the ball as well. It sucks.

 

[Irish8248]

Free article about it from II ... Sounds like he's gone

IrishIllustrated.com - The next next man in

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - Andrew Hendrix is two plays away from playing in the BCS National Championship Game against Alabama on Monday night. For now, that’s all that’s on the mind of Notre Dame’s No. 3 quarterback.

By the start of the spring semester back in South Bend, that may change.

“Big picture, we’ll look at it after the season, but right now we’re just focused on playing for the national championship,” Hendrix said. “You have to assess things logically. Obviously Notre Dame is an unbelievable place. Anything can happen, you have no idea.”

The junior, studying to go to medical school after graduation, said he’s two or three semesters from earning his diploma depending on his course load during the next round of summer school. Hendrix admitted leaving the University before reaching that finish line wouldn’t make much sense, even if playing time doesn’t come in South Bend.

Hendrix has played in just three games this year, completing 5-of-7 passes for 55 yards. He’s also rushed eight times for 41 yards. He played against Navy, BYU and Wake Forest. Tommy Rees was suspended for the opener against the Midshipmen, with Everett Golson sidelined by concussion against the Cougars.

“The season couldn’t have played out any better for our team,” Hendrix said. “We’re in the national championship, undefeated. I’m so happy to watch all our hard work pay off and everyone on our team is a part of this. No one feels left out. Obviously you’d like a bigger role on the field. But it’s not anything to worry about for me.

“We have four great quarterbacks on this team. I don’t know if there’s a logjam like this anywhere else.”

That logjam will grow during spring practice when Gunner Kiel jumps up from the scout team and Malik Zaire enrolls. That could make work harder for Hendrix to get than it’s been this season after Golson beat him out for the starting job in August.

Because Hendrix took a red shirt season as a freshman, he’d have the option to spend his fifth year at another program after graduation without sitting out.

“At the very least, (playing my fifth year elsewhere) would be a fine situation, you can’t argue with that,” Hendrix said. “Again, there’s so many options that you can explore. We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. Just to leave here with a degree, that’s unebelieveblae.”

Despite the lack of work, Hendrix said staying involved in the Irish offense hasn’t been difficult.

“Coach (Chuck) Martin, he’ll call on me, expect me to know everything,” Hendrix said. “If I don’t, I’m going to get yelled at too. I have to be ready and they know that.”

 

[Rocky2820]

Free article about it from II ... Sounds like he's gone

IrishIllustrated.com - The next next man in

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - Andrew Hendrix is two plays away from playing in the BCS National Championship Game against Alabama on Monday night. For now, that’s all that’s on the mind of Notre Dame’s No. 3 quarterback.

By the start of the spring semester back in South Bend, that may change.

“Big picture, we’ll look at it after the season, but right now we’re just focused on playing for the national championship,” Hendrix said. “You have to assess things logically. Obviously Notre Dame is an unbelievable place. Anything can happen, you have no idea.”

The junior, studying to go to medical school after graduation, said he’s two or three semesters from earning his diploma depending on his course load during the next round of summer school. Hendrix admitted leaving the University before reaching that finish line wouldn’t make much sense, even if playing time doesn’t come in South Bend.

Hendrix has played in just three games this year, completing 5-of-7 passes for 55 yards. He’s also rushed eight times for 41 yards. He played against Navy, BYU and Wake Forest. Tommy Rees was suspended for the opener against the Midshipmen, with Everett Golson sidelined by concussion against the Cougars.

“The season couldn’t have played out any better for our team,” Hendrix said. “We’re in the national championship, undefeated. I’m so happy to watch all our hard work pay off and everyone on our team is a part of this. No one feels left out. Obviously you’d like a bigger role on the field. But it’s not anything to worry about for me.

“We have four great quarterbacks on this team. I don’t know if there’s a logjam like this anywhere else.”

That logjam will grow during spring practice when Gunner Kiel jumps up from the scout team and Malik Zaire enrolls. That could make work harder for Hendrix to get than it’s been this season after Golson beat him out for the starting job in August.

Because Hendrix took a red shirt season as a freshman, he’d have the option to spend his fifth year at another program after graduation without sitting out.

“At the very least, (playing my fifth year elsewhere) would be a fine situation, you can’t argue with that,” Hendrix said. “Again, there’s so many options that you can explore. We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. Just to leave here with a degree, that’s unebelieveblae.”

Despite the lack of work, Hendrix said staying involved in the Irish offense hasn’t been difficult.

“Coach (Chuck) Martin, he’ll call on me, expect me to know everything,” Hendrix said. “If I don’t, I’m going to get yelled at too. I have to be ready and they know that.”

Very level-headed kid. Can't find fault in his logic here at all. I wish him well regardless of his pursuits, though I'm happy to hear that he'll at least stay in South Bend to earn that esteemed ND degree.

 

[BGIF]

Free article about it from II ... Sounds like he's gone

Where's the part that sounds like he's gone?

What benefit to a medical career is playing a 5th year anywhere. Graduate from ND and move on to pursue his medical career. He has enough years of focused study and hard work ahead of him. Why sidetrack it? His words, "Big picture".

“Big picture, ... “You have to assess things logically. Obviously Notre Dame is an unbelievable place."

The junior, studying to go to medical school after graduation, said he’s two or three semesters from earning his diploma depending on his course load during the next round of summer school. Hendrix admitted leaving the University before reaching that finish line wouldn’t make much sense, even if playing time doesn’t come in South Bend.

 

[Rhode Irish]

I didn't read anything in that article that would lead to the conclusion that "it sounds like he's gone." Actually, sounds like the exact opposite - at least for next year. I wouldn't be surprised to see him put off med school for a year to get a grad degree in something else so he can get a season to play somewhere, though. He has the rest of his life to be a doctor, but only one more chance to play football.

 

[Praytorian]

I wanted this guy to start for us this season. The kid has grown into a man, and he must do what will make him (not us) happy. I still want him to start at times when I watch some games but I want him to live his life as he see's fit.
Good luck to you in whatever you decide for yourself (hopefully its here 8D). May you have a blessed life. If you choose to leave ty for being irish.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

I didn't read anything in that article that would lead to the conclusion that "it sounds like he's gone." Actually, sounds like the exact opposite - at least for next year. I wouldn't be surprised to see him put off med school for a year to get a grad degree in something else so he can get a season to play somewhere, though. He has the rest of his life to be a doctor, but only one more chance to play football.

Exactly how I read it.

 

[scUM Hater]

Will Charlie take him?

 

[Emcee77]

I didn't read anything in that article that would lead to the conclusion that "it sounds like he's gone." Actually, sounds like the exact opposite - at least for next year. I wouldn't be surprised to see him put off med school for a year to get a grad degree in something else so he can get a season to play somewhere, though. He has the rest of his life to be a doctor, but only one more chance to play football.

Yep, I totally agree. In fact, he probably can't apply to med school while he is in school and playing football. From what I recall of the process my college friends went through in applying to med school, there's an interview component which begins in the fall, i.e. during football season, when there won't be time for him to fly all over country for med school interviews. I highly doubt Hendrix applies to med school until after his football career is over.

Also, there are many excellent one-year master's programs, in things like anatomy and physiology, specifically designed for students who intend to apply to med school and are looking to boost their applications. If I were Hendrix, I would get my degree from ND and then transfer for my 5th year to a school that needs a QB and has a special master's in physiology or something like that. Then, after my football career was over and I had my master's, I'd find a job (hopefully in a field related to medicine but not necessarily ... I know people who waited tables while applying to med school) and go through the app process. My $0.02.

 

[Domina Nostra]

Hendrix is 6'3", 220 lbs, fast, and not shy of contact. He should try to switch to ILB.

 

[dublinirish]

ahhh when i saw his thread bump i thought he had transferred!

 

[Irishnuke]

Hendrix is 6'3", 220 lbs, fast, and not shy of contact. He should try to switch to ILB.

I wish he could get involved more. Maybe some goal line wildcat like Blake Bell.

 

[CHIDomer9]

Hendrix is 6'3", 220 lbs, fast, and not shy of contact. He should try to switch to ILB.

Cause we need a 4th string linebacker with no defensive experience?

As a QB, he's not good enough at what he is supposed to be good at: being the Blake Bell type running QB. He is very tackleable and does not throw a good ball.

 

[Domina Nostra]

FOOTBALL TALK!!! I love it.

Cause we need a 4th string linebacker with no defensive experience?

We need someone.

As a QB, he's not good enough at what he is supposed to be good at: being the Blake Bell type running QB. He is very tackleable and does not throw a good ball.

I'm not sure I agree with this. That's like saying Tebow is "supposed" to be good at QB. Everyone that scouts him likes him as a H-back, FB, or TE.

Hendrix is a suprisingly good athlete but, like 99% of good athletes, is not an outstanding QB. So what do you do with him. The obvious answer is H-back, full-back, or TE, but QBs often translate well to a number of positions because they have such a good grasp of what is going on already.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

I wish he could get involved more. Maybe some goal line wildcat like Blake Bell.

I like this idea

 

[tko]

I like this idea

don't you have a meeting to get to?