Marcus Freeman named Dick Corbett Head Football Coach

[rikkitikki08]

Has anything been said by freeman about a new S&C coach?

 

[ThePiombino]

Has anything been said by freeman about a new S&C coach?

National search before ultimately hiring his nanny's nephew as a favor.

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[Lberry]

National search before ultimately hiring his nanny's nephew as a favor.

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The organic humor from ND inevitably fumbling itself is all that keeps me going during these dark times.

 

[Grahambo]

I feel like that's most P5 teams, especially this year.

But I’m not concerned with most P5 teams. We need to take the next step.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

But I’m not concerned with most P5 teams. We need to take the next step.

Are we concerned with hiring one of their coodinators, though?

 

[NDohio]

Are we concerned with hiring one of their coodinators, though?

It is quite entertaining to watch each college football fan base just completely break into histrionics about how bad this is or how awful that is for their own team and completely ignore how other teams are often in the same situation. Every year there is a new can't miss, up and coming position coach/coordinator that actually misses the very next season.

 

[calvegas04]

I just want an OC that will play 5 OL, 4 TEs and 1 RB and QB.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

It is quite entertaining to watch each college football fan base just completely break into histrionics about how bad this is or how awful that is for their own team and completely ignore how other teams are often in the same situation. Every year there is a new can't miss, up and coming position coach/coordinator that actually misses the very next season.

A year ago a lot of people wanted Tommy Rees gone and didn't know WTF Andy Ludwig was. Suddenly a year later a lot of the same people can't wait to jettison Parker so they can wind up with what would probably be someone they've never heard of because names like Dan Mullen, Tom Herman and Brian Hartline are completely ridiculous non realistic options that are just stupid suggestions.

Let's be honest, nobody was overly excited about the Al Golden hire. Now everyone wants to pass the collection plate after communion to give the guy a raise so he never leaves.

Whoever the assistant coaches are come August, we're all going to be out here posting and watching games, doing the same goofy shit we've been doing.

 

[ThePiombino]

A year ago a lot of people wanted Tommy Rees gone and didn't know WTF Andy Ludwig was. Suddenly a year later a lot of the same people can't wait to jettison Parker so they can wind up with what would probably be someone they've never heard of because names like Dan Mullen, Tom Herman and Brian Hartline are completely ridiculous non realistic options that are just stupid suggestions.

Let's be honest, nobody was overly excited about the Al Golden hire. Now everyone wants to pass the collection plate after communion to give the guy a raise so he never leaves.

Whoever the assistant coaches are come August, we're all going to be out here posting and watching games, doing the same goofy shit we've been doing.

Al Golden came with an impressive resume - both in college and in the NFL. So while it may not have been viewed as a flashy hire by some, anyone paying attention would have loved the hire. Especially with him fresh off a Super Bowl appearance. Which part of Parker's resume is most impressive to you?

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[PigtownIrish]

Al Golden came with an impressive resume - both in college and in the NFL. So while it may not have been viewed as a flashy hire by some, anyone paying attention would have loved the hire. Especially with him fresh off a Super Bowl appearance. Which part of Parker's resume is most impressive to you?

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His failure as an OC at West Virginia is pretty exciting....seriously though I don't buy that he can learn and become better. He was an OC before and he's still not better.

 

[PutuporShutup]

I just want an OC that will play 5 OL, 4 TEs and 1 RB and QB.

Parker does that

 

[PutuporShutup]

Al Golden came with an impressive resume - both in college and in the NFL. So while it may not have been viewed as a flashy hire by some, anyone paying attention would have loved the hire. Especially with him fresh off a Super Bowl appearance. Which part of Parker's resume is most impressive to you?

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Yep, if we found out parker was the best recruiter on the offensive staff, and a CO OC role with Gino/Rudolph would allow us to have one of the best offensive recruiting staffs in the country i'd get it. Other than solid TE coach, parker hasn't shown anything anywhere.

 

[Grahambo]

Are we concerned with hiring one of their coodinators, though?

No.

Some of them have impressive resumes. GP, outside of being a good TE coach, does not have an impressive resume. And he proved this year he is not the right fit.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Al Golden came with an impressive resume - both in college and in the NFL. So while it may not have been viewed as a flashy hire by some, anyone paying attention would have loved the hire. Especially with him fresh off a Super Bowl appearance. Which part of Parker's resume is most impressive to you?

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He got fired by Miami and was anonymously coaching in the NFL until he came to Notre Dame. Go to the thread and tell me where the Al Golden hire was loved.

He wasn't anyone's first choice and if receipts can't be produced to prove otherwise, it's bullshit.

 

[ThePiombino]

He got fired by Miami and was anonymously coaching in the NFL until he came to Notre Dame. Go to the thread and tell me where the Al Golden hire was loved.

He wasn't anyone's first choice and if receipts can't be produced to prove otherwise, it's bullshit.

I repeat -- I understand why some didn't view it as a flashy hire. However, it can't be argued against that he had an impressive college and NFL resume to his name prior to coming here. You know he was a successful DC and HC elsewhere before failing at Miami (where everyone since Jimmy Johnson has failed), right?

I also repeat -- what was your favorite part of Parker's resume prior to being elevated to ND OC?

 

[Kingbish01]

I repeat -- I understand why some didn't view it as a flashy hire. However, it can't be argued against that he had an impressive college and NFL resume to his name prior to coming here. You know he was a successful DC and HC elsewhere before failing at Miami (where everyone since Jimmy Johnson has failed), right?

I also repeat -- what was your favorite part of Parker's resume prior to being elevated to ND OC?

His 0-6 record at Purdue.

More specific you say...lol...maybe his 30 point loss at home to a 4-5 Northwestern team (that lost to Illinois St) when he was pretending to be a head coach.

 

[Irish#1]

It is quite entertaining to watch each college football fan base just completely break into histrionics about how bad this is or how awful that is for their own team and completely ignore how other teams are often in the same situation. Every year there is a new can't miss, up and coming position coach/coordinator that actually misses the very next season.

Don't be bringing level headed constructive discussion to this board.

 

[Irish#1]

Al Golden came with an impressive resume - both in college and in the NFL. So while it may not have been viewed as a flashy hire by some, anyone paying attention would have loved the hire. Especially with him fresh off a Super Bowl appearance. Which part of Parker's resume is most impressive to you?

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Yet most still wanted him gone last year when RZ defense was terrible and blitzes were telegraphed from another area code. What a difference a second year makes.

 

[ThePiombino]

Yet most still wanted him gone last year when RZ defense was terrible and blitzes were telegraphed from another area code. What a difference a second year makes.

AGAIN (for the 3rd time) -- he had a resume, he was worth the benefit of the doubt because of what he had proven already in the past. JFC. LMK when/where Parker earned the same benefit...

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I repeat -- I understand why some didn't view it as a flashy hire. However, it can't be argued against that he had an impressive college and NFL resume to his name prior to coming here. You know he was a successful DC and HC elsewhere before failing at Miami (where everyone since Jimmy Johnson has failed), right?

I also repeat -- what was your favorite part of Parker's resume prior to being elevated to ND OC?

Yes, I know Al Golden's resume prior to Miami.

Second, I don't have a favorite part about Parker's goddamned resume. He got hired, I moved on with fandom and life, I'm finished relitigating that situation.

The point was made that every other fan base thinks they're witnessing a "disaster" or a "dumpster fire." It's very relative. I doubt many Penn State fans would endorse Marcus Freeman hiring Yurcich, but my guess is a lot of people here would want Marcus to buy low on him now just to appease their own frustration only to watch a fresh batch of new ones blossom within 12 months.

I get the hyperbole, I'm just not going to participate in it.

 

[Blazers46]

My simplistic takeaway on this is that we’ve got to get better at eliminating the “head scratching” losses and get better at closing out close games but overall the product on the field is pretty darn solid.

I just want to average 1.0 wins per week.

 

[Sea Turtle]

Yes, I know Al Golden's resume prior to Miami.

Second, I don't have a favorite part about Parker's goddamned resume. He got hired, I moved on with fandom and life, I'm finished relitigating that situation.

The point was made that every other fan base thinks they're witnessing a "disaster" or a "dumpster fire." It's very relative. I doubt many Penn State fans would endorse Marcus Freeman hiring Yurcich, but my guess is a lot of people here would want Marcus to buy low on him now just to appease their own frustration only to watch a fresh batch of new ones blossom within 12 months.

I get the hyperbole, I'm just not going to participate in it.

Hang in there. Freeman is the head coach and picks his staff. He sees something in Parker.

 

[rtrn2glory]

For real anything else this off season can happen as long as Parker is not the OC by spring ball. I'd prefer the bowl game but I already know MF don't have the balls to do that

 

[ndfanatic78]

He got fired by Miami and was anonymously coaching in the NFL until he came to Notre Dame. Go to the thread and tell me where the Al Golden hire was loved.

He wasn't anyone's first choice and if receipts can't be produced to prove otherwise, it's bullshit.

I remember many were very happy with the hire. He brought years of Defensive expertise, was finishing up a Super Bowl run when it was announced he was the likely choice, and had previous head coaching experience that many thought could help guide the first time head coach. Dont care about digging around to find "receipts". Heck I dont know if I was even on this board at all when he was hired. Maybe I had just joined.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I remember many were very happy with the hire. He brought years of Defensive expertise, was finishing up a Super Bowl run when it was announced he was the likely choice, and had previous head coaching experience that many thought could help guide the first time head coach. Dont care about digging around to find "receipts". Heck I dont know if I was even on this board at all when he was hired. Maybe I had just joined.

There are threads here. Nobody was clamoring for Al Golden to be hired prior to it actually happening. Nobody was calling out Andy Ludwig's name out of the gate. The collective ND message board mosh pit wouldn't have hired either guy had it been up to them, let's admit it.

The football people have to make football decisions. They nailed the Golden hire. They were on the right track with Ludwig before it went sideways. They did what they had to do in hiring Parker. There were some bad moments this season, particularly in the three games they lost, which makes total sense in hindsight. There was, however, not the disaster and horror occuring that so many here wish to describe. It's also incredibly premature and ignorant to write off next season based on making assumptions predicated off of what Freeman did or did not say today.

It's the Monday after the regular season ended. The carousel is just starting to pick up speed. There are people here making assumptions about Marcus Freeman and the 2024 season. It's overreaction.

 

[ndfanatic78]

There are threads here. Nobody was clamoring for Al Golden to be hired prior to it actually happening. Nobody was calling out Andy Ludwig's name out of the gate. The collective ND message board mosh pit wouldn't have hired either guy had it been up to them, let's admit it.

The football people have to make football decisions. They nailed the Golden hire. They were on the right track with Ludwig before it went sideways. They did what they had to do in hiring Parker. There were some bad moments this season, particularly in the three games they lost, which makes total sense in hindsight. There was, however, not the disaster and horror occuring that so many here wish to describe. It's also incredibly premature and ignorant to write off next season based on making assumptions predicated off of what Freeman did or did not say today.

It's the Monday after the regular season ended. The carousel is just starting to pick up speed. There are people here making assumptions about Marcus Freeman and the 2024 season. It's overreaction.

This isn’t the only ND site and you maybe right that no one was saying they wanted Golden before his name was reported as an option but there were plenty that were very supportive of the idea when it was given as a possibility when he was making his run to the Super Bowl as a LB coach. There are also plenty of possible OCs right now that haven’t been brought up that fans would get behind if they were mentioned as possibilities. We are fans not football coach talent scouts. The majority of fans really only know the hot names. There are plenty of options that we as fans have totally over looked.

People think/feel Parker is no better than BVG and giving him another year will only set the program back like BVG did. The sad thing is BVG had a hell of a better resume than Parker does. I believe there are better options than Parker and there sure as hell is many OC options with a better resume.

Last the offense under performed in more games than just the 3 games that ND lost. The only true teams they dominated offensively was the first 3 games of the season and a Stanford team that almost everyone lit up.

 

[Irish#1]

I remember many were very happy with the hire. He brought years of Defensive expertise, was finishing up a Super Bowl run when it was announced he was the likely choice, and had previous head coaching experience that many thought could help guide the first time head coach. Dont care about digging around to find "receipts". Heck I dont know if I was even on this board at all when he was hired. Maybe I had just joined.

There were quite a few that were happy when he got hired, but wanted him gone when the D wasn't performing up to expectations, but he did adapt as evidenced by this year. I'm not a Parker fan, but if the last couple of weeks were the result of Parker adapting, maybe he'll turn out to be a decent OC.

 

[FDNYIrish1]

MF definitely did his due diligence on Golden. That was a very methodical, patient search that time allowed for. Honestly I was impressed that MF had Ludwig and Klein in mind so quickly after Rees left very late in the game. Meant he was doing his homework on the type of offense he wants to run. And now, here we are with Roscoe P Coltrane in the booth.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

This isn’t the only ND site and you maybe right that no one was saying they wanted Golden before his name was reported as an option but there were plenty that were very supportive of the idea when it was given as a possibility when he was making his run to the Super Bowl as a LB coach. There are also plenty of possible OCs right now that haven’t been brought up that fans would get behind if they were mentioned as possibilities. We are fans not football coach talent scouts. The majority of fans really only know the hot names. There are plenty of options that we as fans have totally over looked.

People think/feel Parker is no better than BVG and giving him another year will only set the program back like BVG did. The sad thing is BVG had a hell of a better resume than Parker does. I believe there are better options than Parker and there sure as hell is many OC options with a better resume.

Last the offense under performed in more games than just the 3 games that ND lost. The only true teams they dominated offensively was the first 3 games of the season and a Stanford team that almost everyone lit up.

 

[PutuporShutup]

ND ended up with the 61st SOS in 2023. Probably our easiest schedule in a long time. We finished 9-3 due to our offense. This is why heads should roll on the offensive side of the ball.

I expected the schedule to be much more difficult, and even I thought clemson/USC weren't going to be good as expected, and ohio state with a first time starting QB. Clemson/USC were even worse than i thought, OSU about as expected, nc state as expected, Louisville better, duke about as expected, pitt and wake worse.

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Really disappointing to go 9-3 with that schedule. Pre season rankings it was top 10 or 5 most difficult.