'09 IL OL Chris Watt (ND Verbal 7/13/08)

[TheChosen1]

@Alex_Flanagan: Former Notre dame guard Chris Watt taken into training room on cart during chargers practice. SD GM has been impressed by his consistency

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Hope all is well. Prayers for Chris.

 

[TheChosen1]

Looks like it's probably heat exhaustion

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Looks like it's probably heat exhaustion

That makes sense in SanD. We used to fall over with heat exhaustion when it was 75 degrees, with a nice breeze! It is possible, especially, I imagine if you don't remove your helmet, often.

 

[dublinirish]

SD prolly has the coolest TC location temperature wise though dont they?

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

Starting at C today

 

[Teomonsternd]

Just pancaked Wilfork on the last play. Not bad for someone who never played center.

 

[Nick Setta]

Just limped off the field.

 

[NDRock]

Just limped off the field.

And Trevor Robinson replaced him, didn't realize Robinson was in San Diego.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Great comeback for the Chargers. Watt didn't look good limping off the field...I'm guessing torn ACL

 

[yankeehater]

Great comeback for the Chargers. Watt didn't look good limping off the field...I'm guessing torn ACL

Watt's injury was reported last night as an ankle. Have not seen any updates today.

 

[dublinirish]

yeah looked more like a gimpy ankle to me

 

[Grahambo]

Watt's injury was reported last night as an ankle. Have not seen any updates today.

yeah looked more like a gimpy ankle to me

All I could find was a left ankle injury.

Coincidentally, he was replaced by Trevor Robinson.

 

[BobbyMac]

Fantastic news!

RTDB

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Expect to see a familiar face when Notre Dame opens spring practice tomorrow morning: former LG Chris Watt, who has joined the Irish as a GA on the offensive line.</p>— Matt Fortuna (@Matt_Fortuna) <a href="https://twitter.com/Matt_Fortuna/status/1235262555465166849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[BobbyMac]

No Ramen Noodles and 4 roommates in this GA's future.

#LuckyAzzMF

 

[BobbyMac]

The next OL Coach?

 

[dublinirish]

The next OL Coach?

At Alabama?


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[BobbyMac]

At Alabama?


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Do they need an OL Coach like ND?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

What qualifies him besides being an alum? He's coached two years at Tulane.

In all seriousness, because as soon as the news broke about Harry, I figured the Chris Watt train would get rolling.

Why him in this moment?

 

[ColinKSU]

What qualifies him besides being an alum? He's coached two years at Tulane.

In all seriousness, because as soon as the news broke about Harry, I figured the Chris Watt train would get rolling.

Why him in this moment?

And he was very bad at Tulane. Notre Dame can do leagues better than Chris.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

And he was very bad at Tulane. Notre Dame can do leagues better than Chris.

It doesn't always have to be an alum.

 

[nsisk157]

Anyone serious knows he aint it, yet

 

[ThePiombino]

If the rumors of friction between MF and TR are true, why on Earth would MF hire Tommy's boy to replace Tommy's boy? Spoiler alert: he won't!

 

[CanadalovesND]

Watt isn’t ready for the position. ND cant just handout positions to any because they were under the tutelage of another coach.

ND OL coach is one of the top five OL jobs in America. Freeman will get a guy. Maybe Watt stays, takes a new job, or is told to bounce.

 

[BobbyMac]

Loy reporting he'll move on to the Colts in an Assistant OL Coach.

 

[StPaul_Irish]

Loy reporting he'll move on to the Colts in an Assistant OL Coach.

Good for him, get some reps, get a P5 or NFL job down the road. Maybe back at ND 1 day

 

[Old Man Mike]

This situation is one of those things where one would really need inside information to know what's going on. Indianapolis just hired an OLine coach. But that guy, Tony Sparano, Jr, has never been a head OLine coach. He played defensive end in college, but has tagged along with his dad and several other head coaches as an assistant.

The Colts notoriously need their OLine to be fixed (other than Big Q). This SHOULD be a priority hire --- but why this particular guy? The only thing that I've found is that Rex Ryan liked him, and has been quoted with high praise. Still, I wonder.

Hiring an Assistant OLine coach in these circumstances would then, to me, ALSO be a high priority for this team which really needs to get this right. It makes me think that Watt is also highly regarded, as is my intuition here. My guess is that Chris Watt is very good, and it won't take long to get a head OLine coaching job somewhere.