Notre Dame Hires Mike Brown as WR Coach

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

Fickell thought enough about him to give him associate HC title. Jesus man give the guy a fucking chance. Wisconsin went from Chryst to Air Raid. Let’s see what this guy can do.

People were hoping for the bigger names because they wanted to pair it with a demotion of the OC.

 

[Luckylucci]

This hire is fine in a vacuum but not in the context of what the offense desperately needs

Exactly. He’s probably a good coach. We don’t just need a good WR coach.

We’re going to need help designing an entire offense with a lot of new personnel.

What did and did not work this year might be very different than what does next year. And, Marcus “Challenge Everything” Freeman keeps the offesnive staff the same except swaps out Stuckey for Brown.

We’re good guys. There is no doubt about it, he’s challenged.

 

[lcaps20]

The guy whos usually pretty plugged in on the 247 board seems to like him. Highly thought of by NFL people

 

[irishff1014]

247 says he is a “rising star” in the coaching world so I’m gonna open a beer and just pretend he’s going to be an offensive version of Mickens based on no evidence at all.

I am sure that’s what we heard about Stucky too.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Unimpressed. Glad we have someone. But unimpressed.

They ran the ball 65% of the time and still had a guy with 700 yards

 

[SoIll]

The guy whos usually pretty plugged in on the 247 board seems to like him. Highly thought of by NFL people

Heard the same about Chansi. “Rising star”

 

[Terry Jillery]

Does this mean we finally get CJ Williams.

 

[Plankton]

Heard the same about Chansi. “Rising star”

I believe the phrase was that they were very "high" on him.

 

[arrowryan]

So, for most of you, it sounds like the hire was going to be an automatic failure if it wasn’t Shepherd or Hartline.

 

[ColinKSU]

I just need to know that he can coach and recruit because that room desperately needs both.

 

[IrishLion]

You all know I’m biased (Go Bearcats).

This is a good hire. Cincy’s WR room generally had a bunch of two and three star guys, and generally over-performed under Fickell based on that.

Partly because Brown is a decent coach, but also because Brown (and Denbrock/Gino) knew how to find their profile. Tre Tucker and Tyler Scott were burners that just didn’t get by on speed… they got coached up, but it helped that they also had game speed that was appropriately scouted and then translated.

Pierce was a dude ND should have recruited… another good scout and development project for Brown.

I can’t speak for Wiscy’s WR’s this past year, but I saw 4 years of solid development and overachieving from Cincy’s WR’s.

Like @IrishLax said… enjoy a Sunday night beverage and pretend this dude is Mickens for WR’s. He could be based on what I’ve seen, at least as a best case.

 

[IrishLion]

Also, he got the AHC co-title to go to Wiscy, so he probably had other power-5 options last year.

 

[irishff1014]

So, for most of you, the hire would be a failure if it wasn’t Shepherd or Hartline.

Anyone that though we were getting either of those was shooting up some good heroin.

 

[Terry Jillery]

I have no opinion of this guy. Never heard of him until today. Sounds like good news that Cam likes the hire. Sounds like good news that Fickell made him asst. HC. I did read that he played WR in the league. I'll wait to judge or pretend I know squat until I learn more about him.

 

[tussin]

Wisconsin fans seem to think he sucks.

 

[irishff1014]

Mike Brown All Time Recruits

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His recruiting wasn’t much according to 247.

 

[irishff1014]

At least the recruits like it.

 

[ColinKSU]

Anyone that though we were getting either of those were shooting up so good heroin.

That’s my thing. There was no world where they got either of them, which means it was down to a list of unknowns.

 

[IA4irish]

Heard the same about Chansi. “Rising star”

My exact first thought

 

[ColinKSU]

Mike Brown All Time Recruits

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His recruiting wasn’t much according to 247.

He actually just got a WR who is a teammate of maybe ND’s biggest WR target in the 2025 class.

 

[irishff1014]

That’s my thing. There was no world where they got either of them, which means it was down to a list of unknowns.

Again another Parker situation. I remember when Kelly hire friends and we weren’t doing much better and people lost their shit on here.

 

[mrmcgrail]

Didn't a lot of you want fickell as the head coach? I doubt many on this board can name most schools wr coach let the guy come in and do his job.

 

[ColinKSU]

Again another Parker situation. I remember when Kelly hire friends and we weren’t doing much better and people lost their shit on here.

So you’re saying ND should have gotten Hartline to take a demotion or Shepherd to leave a team playing for the national championship? What would be your plan for making those two things that aren’t going to happen happen?

 

[StPaul_Irish]

Yes, but does he prefer joints, bongs or gummies?

If he isn't sure, I am happy to sit down with him and do a thorough investigation. I'll report back.

 

[Irishnuke]

Mike Brown All Time Recruits

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His recruiting wasn’t much according to 247.

Dude he was recruiting for Cincinnati and Wisconsin. How are you supposed to sell those schools to elite receivers?

 

[Terry Jillery]

Perhaps a guy Fickell thought of highly enough to make associate HC (a title he never gave Freeman), is just the guy our offense needs?

 

[Irishnuke]

He coached Alec Pierce, who had a huge game for the Colts today, while he was at Cincinnati.

 

[Kingbish01]

Damn, not only do the players deserve better, MF deserves better! For a brand new HC, he's doing everything in his power to have to rebuild with a HC stint in the MAC. 8- 4 next year with that schedule, is he fired? With Parker and these hires, he's becoming pretty unlikable fast.

 

[irishff1014]

So you’re saying ND should have gotten Hartline to take a demotion or Shepherd to leave a team playing for the national championship? What would be your plan for making those two things that aren’t going to happen happen?

I never said that. Actually I said if you thought we were getting one of them you were shooting up some good heroin.

We have an offensive coordinator that’s not good so we needed a difference maker at WR. This has the comfort hire all over it.

But we’ll see.

Again like I said at least the recruits like it.

 

[FDNYIrish1]

People were hoping for the bigger names because they wanted to pair it with a demotion of the OC.

Has anything given anyone any reason for that? Seems pretty clear that MF identified the WR room as the limiting factor in what they were trying to do as an offense. I honestly have no idea what goes into their game planning or play design. I guess we will find out quickly.