Gerad Parker - Troy Head Coach :)

[Jiggafini19Deux]

That is a little surprising. Of course no offensive stat is complete without…

88. Alabama

I would have had to scroll over to the second page to them. LOL.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Let's lower our big name expectations and interview some up and coming like the guy promoted at Tulane or Pete Carroll's son at AZ or for sure up and coming at sub-FBS schools. Maybe go after CW Jr. at Ole Miss? Would he leave Kiffen? Would he come to ND after the way his dad was booed out?

I don't consider Ludwig or Klein "big names", but I would have considered them realistic. Jason Candle or Sean Lewis probably isn't.

Slade Nagle from Tulane? 100% realistic. Maybe he's not interested but they could at least reach out. He might be ready for an HC job seeing has how he's been at Tulane since 2016.

My hope is that they're creative and try to extend their reach a bit when the time comes, and that time might not be this offseason for all we know. If things continue like the last three games, I suspect we could see a move made. Maybe worse. At the moment, focusing on USC is really all they can do. Winning that game would really rejuvenate the season for everyone.

 

[Giddyup]

Not gonna lie, I would kill for Tommy as OC right now. He did a great job scheming guys open with terrible qb’s.

Give him Sam, big things

 

[Lberry]

Not gonna lie, I would kill for Tommy as OC right now. He did a great job scheming guys open with terrible qb’s.

Give him Sam, big things

I miss his pre snap motion but that is all.

 

[NDWarrior]

I don't consider Ludwig or Klein "big names", but I would have considered them realistic. Jason Candle or Sean Lewis probably isn't.

Slade Nagle from Tulane? 100% realistic. Maybe he's not interested but they could at least reach out. He might be ready for an HC job seeing has how he's been at Tulane since 2016.

My hope is that they're creative and try to extend their reach a bit when the time comes, and that time might not be this offseason for all we know. If things continue like the last three games, I suspect we could see a move made. Maybe worse. At the moment, focusing on USC is really all they can do. Winning that game would really rejuvenate the season for everyone.

Maybe Nagle ready to be a coach but this is only his 2nd year as OC (1st year apparently unofficially the play caller behind a figurehead OC who's now gone). There could be a cascade of movement out of Tulane - we'll see - with the announcement of AD going to Washington, but don't know how important that is to their coach who is on record saying he wants to complete his career there.

 

[Giddyup]

Not sure if Tommy can develop or recruit smart, but give him a portal qb all day long. He can call a good game

 

[NDMatt91]

Slade Nagle from Tulane?

Can he bring Michael Pratt with him?

 

[Giddyup]

I miss his pre snap motion but that is all.

Well he does that to create pre-snap gaps in the D. It’s a pretty important thing schematically

 

[Free Manera]

He does it to determine if the defense is in man or zone, which basically everyone (except Parker) does all the time. Including me when I used to play Playstation lol.

 

[Giddyup]

Yeah that’s one purpose but not the only one in real football

 

[Giddyup]

We have a former Yale quarterback as an assistant up in the box. Give him a try if we suck this game.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Maybe Nagle ready to be a coach but this is only his 2nd year as OC (1st year apparently unofficially the play caller behind a figurehead OC who's now gone). There could be a cascade of movement out of Tulane - we'll see - with the announcement of AD going to Washington, but don't know how import that is to their coach who is on record saying he wants to complete his career there.

Whatever. I'd like for ND to beat SC, win as many games as possible this year and see Parker keep his job. Feels like the best case scenario in all of this, but does that play out I have no idea. The offense has looked incredibly bad in the last three games.

 

[Wild Bill]

They said something about how the admin won’t pay two OC’s. I assume Parker has a contract?

Opting for cheap options can sometimes lead to expensive outcomes.

 

[Sea Turtle]

If I remember correctly, I believe that the QB room said they did not connect with him and that ruled him out. He may have entered as choice 1, but did not leave it as choice 1...

It's good to know that our players are still picking our coaches. Good grief. We have the most coddled players in all of football.

Chuck Long was mean to me.
We want Freeman. He's nice.
We don't want Klein. We didn't click on our first date.

How about we're going to do what's best for the program and if you don't like it, kick rocks.

 

[tko]

I miss Tommy Touchdown as a player scanning the LOS and talking back to purple face.

 

[Hammer Of The Gods]

What about Tom Herman...according to google he is making 750k as the head coach at FAU. I Think there are some guys who are meant to be Coordinators and not head coaches and he is one of those guys IMO

 

[NDQuebec]

I miss Tommy Touchdown as a player scanning the LOS and talking back to purple face.

And then proceeding to throw an interception from the three-yard line to lose the game at Tulsa. But, but, purple face ordered me to throw it....

 

[Luckylucci]

Not gonna lie, I would kill for Tommy as OC right now. He did a great job scheming guys open with terrible qb’s.

Give him Sam, big things

My hot take would be we're undefeated if Tommy was our OC this season.

While we were all cheering his demise in Tuscaloosa. We didn't realize we were in the midst of our own, without him.

 

[Deirishpisser]

My hot take would be we're undefeated if Tommy was our OC this season.

While we were all cheering his demise in Tuscaloosa. We didn't realize we were in the midst of our own, without him.

i have thought same thing. i think he could be creative with this qb. could he identify qb talent, no

 

[Luckylucci]

i have thought same thing. i think he could be creative with this qb. could he identify qb talent, no

His vision is what brought us Hartman.

 

[Irish4life]

 

[MacIrish75]

It's good to know that our players are still picking our coaches. Good grief. We have the most coddled players in all of football.

Chuck Long was mean to me.
We want Freeman. He's nice.
We don't want Klein. We didn't click on our first date.

How about we're going to do what's best for the program and if you don't like it, kick rocks.

First date clicks matter. My wife and I clicked three times on our first date. That’s how I knew she was the one.

 

[rtrn2glory]

The fact he will still be calling the offense Saturday makes me vomit

 

[ThePiombino]

The fact he will still be calling the offense Saturday makes me vomit

They were never going to make any changes prior to the bye.

 

[PutuporShutup]

My hot take would be we're undefeated if Tommy was our OC this season.

While we were all cheering his demise in Tuscaloosa. We didn't realize we were in the midst of our own, without him.

I realized this as Alabama was showing improvement and we started falling off a cliff

We’d be undefeated and I’d be a bit disappointed with him…

Instead there’s where our offense is trending

 

[IrishTusker]

My hot take would be we're undefeated if Tommy was our OC this season.

While we were all cheering his demise in Tuscaloosa. We didn't realize we were in the midst of our own, without him.

There's a long list of OCs who would have us undefeated, I think.

 

[Ndaccountant]

There's a long list of OCs who would have us undefeated, I think.

Exactly. Greg Hudson called a better defense in 2016 after BVG was fired. Doesn't mean he was an excellent coordinator though.

 

[Crazy Balki]

IB was saying yesterday that Parker will not get fired in the off season.

That's a load of bull.

Unless there is a drastic turnaround, Parker needs to go. Point blank period.

Contract or not, there's too much riding on this to stick with a clearly failing coach and system.

We can't afford to bring Freeman down because the admin isn't willing to buy out of Parker's contract.

By hanging onto a clearly failing OC, you are just setting Freeman up to fail, which just means you are compiling the wasted resources.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

My hot take would be we're undefeated if Tommy was our OC this season.

While we were all cheering his demise in Tuscaloosa. We didn't realize we were in the midst of our own, without him.

I’m seeing a lot of “hot takes” like this from ND so you’re not alone. I agree as well. Rees had the misfortune of going to Bama when they had to break in a new QB from a group where one couldn’t seize the position & they had to face a tough OOC foe early in the season. That usually happens at ND. Now he’s learned how to best scheme Milroe to take advantage of his strengths & minimize his weakness. The dude is a good play caller w/ a high ceiling.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

I assume he’s talking about the Tyree fumble on the 3rd & short? I like the idea of misdirection & counters b/c Parker has been way too predictable. The problem w/ that play was that UL had the box loaded to defend the sneak or run up the middle for the short gain so the DL was already pressing the LOS. Look how close the exchange was to the OL as the DL was getting pressure. There still needs to be a clean handoff & maybe it does go for a big play but reminded me of the screen play on ND final drive vs OSU that may have gone for a huge gain but the risks were too high and it ended up costing ND.