Gerad Parker - Troy Head Coach :)

[calvegas04]

The hire is done, no use shitting on the guy now it isn't his fault he was hired. Let's try and support him until it's time to tear him down.

 

[ThePiombino]

The hire is done, no use shitting on the guy now it isn't his fault he was hired. Let's try and support him until it's time to tear him down.

Literally the only thing that qualifies Parker for the job is that he is available. That's it.

 

[Irish4life]

Has anyone built the "you have a Ludwig at home" meme yet?

 

[calvegas04]

Literally the only thing that qualifies Parker for the job is that he is available. That's it.

Okay? Doesn't change the fact he is our most qualified OC hire in years.

 

[ThePiombino]

Okay? Doesn't change the fact he is our most qualified OC hire in years.

Smartest kid on the short bus. Cool. Also, Chip Long was WAY more qualified.

 

[Irish4life]

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Aight now I get it. Marcus simply couldn't say no to Gerad "War Daddy" Parker as our OC. Makes sense!

 

[calvegas04]

Also, Chip Long was WAY more qualified.

Being the TE coach at ASU and Memphis?

 

[ThePiombino]

Being the TE coach at ASU and Memphis?

Sampson's tweet is disingenuous at best. Long was Co-OC under Norvell at Memphis. Also, it wasn't an unimaginative, lazy hire like this one.

 

[INLaw]

Sampson's tweet is disingenuous at best. Long was Co-OC under Norvell at Memphis.

Yeah why spin and run back to the company line when you were completely cut out of this hiring cycle and no matter how much you spin for the school the old level of gug insight is not coming back

 

[ThePiombino]

Yeah why spin and run back to the company line when you were completely cut out of this hiring cycle and no matter how much you spin for the school the old level of gug insight is not coming back

Agreed. My guess is that's their MO tho.

 

[pumpdog20]

Fuck it, let's roll with the men we have. Go Irish

 

[INLaw]

Fuck it, let's roll with the men we have. Go Irish

Well what choice do we have in the matter

 

[Irish4life]

Sampson's tweet is disingenuous at best. Long was Co-OC under Norvell at Memphis. Also, it wasn't an unimaginative, lazy hire like this one.

Memphis isn't P5

 

[pumpdog20]

Well what choice do we have in the matter

Plenty of other teams. I've vented all day, but what's done is done and at the end of a long day, I'm still ride or die ND.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Sampson's tweet is disingenuous at best. Long was Co-OC under Norvell at Memphis. Also, it wasn't an unimaginative, lazy hire like this one.

Okay?

Still less than Parker. And Long didn't call plays under Norvell.

Parker, at the very least, has a few games as a play caller under his belt, as well as being an interim head coach for a spell.

Not to mention, by all accounts, Parker isn't a complete prick.

 

[bkess8]

This is BS by the everyone involved in this hire. BOT don’t care about winning and JS has some blame in this also.

Looking forward to another season of inexcusable bs but I will do my best this upcoming season not to let it ruin a whole weekend.

GP isn’t in the top 25 of any potential up and coming OCs in the NFL or NCAA and look who we have. If that doesn’t show you the university doesn’t care then I don’t know what does.

I’ll quit rambling and go back to reading this bs.

 

[Irish4life]

Parker could be mediocre as all hell, and the ND offense would still be good in 2023.

 

[ThePiombino]

Okay?

Still less than Parker. And Long didn't call plays under Norvell.

Parker, at the very least, has a few games as a play caller under his belt, as well as being an interim head coach for a spell.

Not to mention, by all accounts, Parker isn't a complete prick.

Wow, impressive resume. Demoted as OC at WVU and 0-6 as interim HC at Purdue.

 

[Crazy Balki]

I guess what bothers me about Parker’s hiring is that from day one, when MF was introduced to the team as their new head coach with that arm swing and walk to embrace the players, was that he seemed different.
He was a guy who seemingly got ND, embraced the uniqueness of ND, and the challenges of ND, but saw them as an opportunity. He was the anti-Burnt Ends.
He would work tirelessly to recruit players, and demand his staff did the same. If he didn’t know something, he would figure it out. In short, he would work his ass off to give ND, the players, and the fans every opportunity to win.
Then he preached is mantra of “challenge everything.”

Now, he’s met some obstacles, and seemingly has abandoned why so many of us fell in love with the him by making the easy hire. What’s he challenging by hiring Parker? Is he really working his ass off by hiring Parker? Is he embracing all the opportunities of what ND has to offer by hiring Parker?

I hope Parker is great and the team wins. But this hire can’t help but feel like a Burnt Ends hire that is safe, easy, comfortable…and gets him back out on the golf course as fast as possible.

Man, you are reaching something fierce on some of these takes.

Now, apparently Marcus Freeman is abandoning his mantra and the very reason everybody fell in love with him in the first place...because he hired Gerad Parker. Because he went with the so-called "easy hire"...

How has ANYTHING about this situation been "easy"? The easy hire would've been just promoting Parker after Rees left. He wouldn't have spent all this time scouting coaches, doing interviews and chaperoning them around if he was just going to hire Parker all along.

I think people need to come to grips with the idea that Parker was a legitimate candidate all along. I know, shocking... He may not have been the primary candidate, but he was one that Freeman was always going to heavily consider. It's a reason why he brought him here, because he trusted him to coach up to his mantra. The one you said he apparently betrayed.

He wanted Ludwig. He wanted him because I'm sure he felt his offensive philosophy was exactly what he wanted to run. But because of the admins, that was no longer an option. Could be that through all the names, Parker was the next best candidate for what HE wanted to do? Seems evident that Freeman has a particular philosophy in mind for the offense. If he trusts Parker to implement that philosophy, it makes the hire a lot easier to understand. Sure, a hire like Sean Lewis may have been the sexier hire. But Lewis doesn't run the type of offense Freeman wants. He wants to play to what is often the strengths of ND's roster, the line and the run game.

It's not always just about getting the sexy name. There's something to be said about staff cohesion and everybody being on the same page. I've seen unknown hires like this turn into home runs and I've seen what should've been sure-fire home runs end up complete disasters.

This situation has been a complete train wreck from the admin. Freeman is trying his best to clean up their mess. At a time when the admin basically left him out to dry, I can't really blame him for filling his staff with guys he trusts.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Wow, impressive resume. Demoted as OC at WVU and 0-6 as interim HC at Purdue.

And Chip Long is...where exactly?

Also, Neal Brown is pretty notorious for being extremely tough to work with and while WVU's offense was mediocre under Parker. It was still a substantial improvement from before he was hired, when they were one of the worst offenses in the Power 5.

Not to mention, probably the most successful run of offense under Brown at WVU was when Parker was calling plays.

 

[ThePiombino]

And Chip Long is...where exactly?

Also, Neal Brown is pretty notorious for being extremely tough to work with and while WVU's offense was mediocre under Parker. It was still a substantial improvement from before he was hired, when they were one of the worst offenses in the Power 5.

Not to mention, probably the most successful run of offense under Brown at WVU was when Parker was calling plays.

Long was successful before he was here and then he came here and set the record for PPG in a season. Oh, and he recruited his ass off. Who gives AF where he is since he got launched for being a JO..

 

[Irish4life]

Wow, impressive resume. Demoted as OC at WVU and 0-6 as interim HC at Purdue.

No coach would look good with post Hazzell fired Purdue or a WVU team with Jarret Doege at QB.

 

[ThePiombino]

No coach would look good with post Hazzell Purdue or a WVU team with Jarret Doege at QB.

These are fair points you're making. But it still begs the question - what has Parker done to warrant the OC job?

 

[Crazy Balki]

Long was successful before he was here and then he came here and set the record for PPG in a season. Oh, and he recruited his ass off. Who gives AF where he is since he got launched for being a JO..

How was Long successful before he was here? Had 1 season at Memphis as an OC, and wasn't the play caller. Norvell was. Before that, coached TEs at Arizona State.

That's hardly an accomplished resume to brag about. The first time he called plays at when he got to ND.

You say he recruited his ass off. By all accounts, Parker also recruits his ass off. And better yet, he isn't a prick, so he's more likely to not drive his players off.

 

[ThePiombino]

How was Long successful before he was here? Had 1 season at Memphis as an OC, and wasn't the play caller. Norvell was. Before that, coached TEs at Arizona State.

That's hardly an accomplished resume to brag about. The first time he called plays at when he got to ND.

You say he recruited his ass off. By all accounts, Parker also recruits his ass off. And better yet, he isn't a prick, so he's more likely to not drive his players off.

Parker recruits his ass off because spin city called him a war daddy? Who's his crown jewel? Cooper Flanagan? He couldn't do better than that at TEU. Tell me more about how qualified he is.

 

[Crazy Balki]

These are fair points you're making. But it still begs the question - what has Parker done to warrant the OC job?

What had Clark Lea done to warrant the DC job?

What had Tommy Rees done to warrant the OC job?

Your question seems to drive the notion that a coordinator cannot be a viable candidate without extensive experience with success.

Of course, you also defended Chip Long, despite him also not really having done much to warrant the OC job that he got in 2017.

That's not how things work.

 

[ThePiombino]

What had Clark Lea done to warrant the DC job?

What had Tommy Rees done to warrant the OC job?

Your question seems to drive the notion that a coordinator cannot be a viable candidate without extensive experience with success.

Of course, you also defended Chip Long, despite him also not really having done much to warrant the OC job that he got in 2017.

That's not how things work.

Lea apprenticed under Elko for a number of years. Rees was another lazy hire. He underperformed and we're where we are today because of him. Terrible examples..

And Freeman was the one who identified EXPERIENCE as a prerequisite, not me.

Long was Co-OC for a team that ran a potent offense in 2016. What potent offense did Parker ever run or co-run?

 

[irishog77]

Man, you are reaching something fierce on some of these takes.

Now, apparently Marcus Freeman is abandoning his mantra and the very reason everybody fell in love with him in the first place...because he hired Gerad Parker. Because he went with the so-called "easy hire"...

How has ANYTHING about this situation been "easy"? The easy hire would've been just promoting Parker after Rees left. He wouldn't have spent all this time scouting coaches, doing interviews and chaperoning them around if he was just going to hire Parker all along.

I think people need to come to grips with the idea that Parker was a legitimate candidate all along. I know, shocking... He may not have been the primary candidate, but he was one that Freeman was always going to heavily consider. It's a reason why he brought him here, because he trusted him to coach up to his mantra. The one you said he apparently betrayed.

He wanted Ludwig. He wanted him because I'm sure he felt his offensive philosophy was exactly what he wanted to run. But because of the admins, that was no longer an option. Could be that through all the names, Parker was the next best candidate for what HE wanted to do? Seems evident that Freeman has a particular philosophy in mind for the offense. If he trusts Parker to implement that philosophy, it makes the hire a lot easier to understand. Sure, a hire like Sean Lewis may have been the sexier hire. But Lewis doesn't run the type of offense Freeman wants. He wants to play to what is often the strengths of ND's roster, the line and the run game.

It's not always just about getting the sexy name. There's something to be said about staff cohesion and everybody being on the same page. I've seen unknown hires like this turn into home runs and I've seen what should've been sure-fire home runs end up complete disasters.

This situation has been a complete train wreck from the admin. Freeman is trying his best to clean up their mess. At a time when the admin basically left him out to dry, I can't really blame him for filling his staff with guys he trusts.

We get it. Admin bad, Freeman good. Admin wrong, Freeman right. Admin to blame, Freeman blameless.

It’s starting to sound like the repeat record of giddyup taking about Watt.

 

[Crazy Balki]

We get it. Admin bad, Freeman good. Admin wrong, Freeman right. Admin to blame, Freeman blameless.

It’s starting to sound like the repeat record of giddyup taking about Watt.

Apparently you don't get it, because you keep repeating crap like Freeman has "abandoned his mantra" and took the "easy hire".

 

[Crazy Balki]

Lea apprenticed under Elko for a number of years. Rees was another lazy hire. He underperformed and we're where we are today because of him. Terrible examples..

And Freeman was the one who identified EXPERIENCE as a prerequisite, not me.

Long was Co-OC for a team that ran a potent offense in 2016. What potent offense did Parker ever run or co-run?

Long got to Memphis in 2016. The year prior, in 2015, Memphis finished 11th in scoring offense, and 27th in offensive FEI. They were a very good offense prior to Long and Norvell getting there, so there was a solid foundation to work off of.

Parker got to WVU in 2020. The year prior, in 2019, WVU finished 116th in scoring offense and 96th in offensive FEI. They were one of the worst offenses in CFB.

Not even remotely comparable situations.

I'm sure Freeman wanted experience and put a major premium on it.

...Guess that's why he wanted Ludwig. Hmm...

Also, experience is A pre-requisite. It's not THE pre-requisite.