There wasn't an open competition in the fall, but there was in the spring but anyone with common sense knew it was NOT buchner.
The tricky part is that adding a 4th scholarship QB for ND means accepting a grad transfer and no grad transfer worth anything would agree to come without being guaranteed the job. Which, might be fine in a scenario like last year when Buchner was decidedly not the guy. However, with Angeli, Minchey and Carr I think we want those guys legitimately competing for the job in the spring instead of going through a predetermined "competition."
No, but Angeli should get considerable playing time against Stanford. With that defense, there’s no reason Notre Dame shouldn’t score 50+.
Of course there wasn't, but the delta in experience/quality between Buchner/Pyne and Hartman was probably larger than the delta between Angeli/Minchey and whatever QB we bring in next. Because there isn't a Hartman out there this year, unless maybe if it's Pratt or the K State guy.
It's definitely an interesting situation really the staff can only answer
The reason that we very likely may not is that we underperform almost every time we travel to Palo Alto
ND blew Stanford out both the last two times ND played at Palo Alto, 45-24 & 45-14 (BK’s final game as HC at ND).
They can take players who are 1 year out of HS, so Johnson would probably be able to get through admissions. ND Football and ND Basketball have each taken 1 transfer from Northwestern who was more than 1 year out of HS but didn't have their degree. Brandon Joseph was at Northwestern for 3 years and didn't have his degree, and Julian Roper was at Northwestern for 2 years and didn't have his degree. That leads me to believe that ND is able to get non-grad transfers, who are more than 1 year out of HS, into school as long as they're from an elite academic institution like Northwestern. Riley Leonard wasn't a EE and will probably not have his degree in a few weeks, but there seems to be a lot of smoke that ND will go after him if he hits the portal. Since he goes to Duke, another elite academic institution, that would line up with how they got Brandon Joseph through admissions. I would assume the same could be said for any non-grad transfer who is more than 1 year out of HS from programs like Stanford and Vanderbilt, which are also elite academic institutions.
You sure about that?
I'd say yes, but the question is will Freeman involve the QB's in the room in the next OC search? Maybe they were joking, but the II folks were saying that the short QB's on the roster last year didn't like Klein.
Sure if ND’s offense had any consistency whatsoever. When has ND strung back-to-back offensive performances that were impressive vs Power 5 teams and one of the those games being on the road?
I don't think they were joking. But I also took it as a thinly veiled shot at Buchner.
If Howard isn’t a grad, I don’t see how ND admits him. Regardless, I think the Klein boat has sailed. It’s Gerad Parker or bust.
Exactly. Lose to lowly Stanford…again…and MF will feel some heat going into next season. Nature of the beast
I think it's still in port actually. Sampson and the II guys have been dropping lots of Klein hints.
That's the real tragedy in all this. Bringing in an OC that coaches anything other than TE results in someone other than Parker losing their job.
Parker is a really good TE Coach though.
I'm fine with Stuckey coaching TEs. Jury is still out on Gino and Rudolph I think, but they get at least another year. RBs have been great, can't lose Deland. It's gotta be Parker. ND will be fine without a dedicated TE coach, it can be done with an analyst.
But if it's Klein, it has to be Gino who gets the boot.
Are we sure Parker is cool with taking a demotion? If it is Klein maybe Parker and Gino both leave, or Gino switches positions.
It either happens here or it happens somewhere else. Nobody else is hiring him to be OC.