Marcus Freeman named Dick Corbett Head Football Coach

[ThePiombino]

I think you’ll see an announcement come in the next 3 weeks on an extension

Is it possible it's already done (and has been), but they're delaying an announcement until after the season for some reason?

 

[IrishSteelhead]

If you don’t, he’s gone.
If he goes, who replaces him?

I hate entertaining this or even thinking about it, but my realistic (read: awful) choice without any research or thought process would probably be:

Kenny Dillingham


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[rtrn2glory]

I hate entertaining this or even thinking about it, but my realistic (read: awful) choice without any research or thought process would probably be:

Kenny Dillingham


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Did you see how he handled the last minute of the BYU game?
Hard hell no!!

 

[AKRowdy]

If you don’t, he’s gone.
If he goes, who replaces him?

Thomas Rees current TE coach of the Cleveland Browns.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

The CHGO guys, who seem to be the new hotness among Chicago media, also had Freeman as a name they should interview.

I tried watching their Hawks podcast and I wish they'd wear pants or sit behind a desk. Seeing their obese legs is gross.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Thomas Rees current TE coach of the Cleveland Browns.

You good? Everything ok at home? Blink twice if you need help.

 

[stlnd01]

There are viable replacements I could see pursuing if he were to leave, but with Saban and Urban gone and done, Fickell and Rhule disappointing, Elko and DeBoer being kind of mid, I'd be hard pressed to think of a coach who would clearly be an upgrade from Freeman at this point. Maybe Dan Lanning?

 

[Ndaccountant]

Thomas Rees current TE coach of the Cleveland Browns.

 

[GoldenAura]

Dan Lanning?

Lanning seems pretty good but good luck prying him away from that mountain of Nike money they have for him + assistant coaches + NIL. Not sure he’d have any reason to leave at this point.

Hopefully this is all moot anyways and we won’t actually need to worry about it. I saw OSU’s AD just gave Day the dreaded “vote of confidence” though. We’ll see.

 

[calvegas04]

Is it possible it's already done (and has been), but they're delaying an announcement until after the season for some reason?

NIU happened... read a tweet they were going to announce something and then that game happened

 

[ThePiombino]

NIU happened... read a tweet they were going to announce something and then that game happened

That's right, I remember that being reported at the time as well. Figured since the course had been corrected since then maybe they worked something out in the background instead of publicly. Possibly waiting until after the conference championship games to announce it? Man, wouldn't it be such a kick in the balls if Notre Dame brass pulled the contract back only for us to have this amazing season and ultimately losing MF because we didn't sign him back in September?

 

[FDNYIrish1]

Announce it during conference championship weekend. Steal some of that thunder and grab some headlines.

 

[General Colon Bowel]

There are viable replacements I could see pursuing if he were to leave, but with Saban and Urban gone and done, Fickell and Rhule disappointing, Elko and DeBoer being kind of mid, I'd be hard pressed to think of a coach who would clearly be an upgrade from Freeman at this point. Maybe Dan Lanning?

Genuinely can't think of a single coach that would be a definite upgrade and as good of a culture fit, that is even a remote possibility.

If post-NIU Freeman is the coach we're getting from now on ... there's not many that I think are definitely better, period. Kirby obviously. Maybe Lanning, Sark, Deboer...Huepel?

If Freeman were to leave, it would suck a lot after all the growth he's shown the past three years

 

[irishff1014]

Announce it during conference championship weekend. Steal some of that thunder and grab some headlines.

I like it!

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

Freeman is Catholic now
He's not going to throw his salvation away for OSU - and especially not the Bears lol

 

[JamIrish]

I went over to Eleven Warriors after tosu lost to meatchicken cause I figured they would be calling for Freeman. A lot of their posters were calling for Mike Vrabel.

 

[Irish4life]

If Freeman leaves you put a 7 year 20 mil per contract on the desk of either Kalen DeBoer or Sark.

 

[ulukinatme]

If Freeman leaves you put a 7 year 20 mil per contract on the desk of either Kalen DeBoer or Sark.

That's double the Kelly deal per year. I mean...both are probably better coaches, but time will tell and that still feels a bit expensive.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

If Freeman leaves you put a 7 year 20 mil per contract on the desk of either Kalen DeBoer or Sark.

DeBoer hasnt been impressive at Bama this year.

 

[stlnd01]

DeBoer hasnt been impressive at Bama this year.

True, but impossible shoes. I wouldn't give up on him just yet.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Maybe Dan Lanning?

I hope your intervention goes well.

 

[stlnd01]

I hope your intervention goes well.

😜
I'm aware we're not going to hire Dan Lanning.
I was just thinking through who among current college coaches would be a clear upgrade from Freeman and he, and maybe Sarkisian, was basically the only name I came up with. It's not like the old days when you could see a half-dozen guys one might rather have than BK.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

😜
I'm aware we're not going to hire Dan Lanning.
I was just thinking through who among current college coaches would be a clear upgrade from Freeman and he, and maybe Sarkisian, was basically the only name I came up with. It's not like the old days when you could see a half-dozen guys one might rather have than BK.

I think there are other "upgrades" in terms of the guys who have won and been around, but obviously when it comes to viable names to replace him, I have a hard time coming up with any off the top of my head at the moment.

I don't think he's going anywhere, but stranger things have happened.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I went over to Eleven Warriors after tosu lost to meatchicken cause I figured they would be calling for Freeman. A lot of their posters were calling for Mike Vrabel.

It isn't going to happen. Honestly I'm not even sure there is enough money to ever get him to college football in this era. Vrabel is too old school and he's going to have NFL offers in short order.

It would be a surprise if he took any college job. I get why they want him but they probably have a better chance of pursuing Freeman.

 

[NDVirginia19]

Pretty sure Vrabel said on Pardon My Take that he had no interest in going to OSU (this was a couple of months if not over a year ago) because he wanted no part in modern day recruiting.

 

[IrishLax]

Pretty sure Vrabel said on Pardon My Take that he had no interest in going to OSU (this was a couple of months if not over a year ago) because he wanted no part in modern day recruiting.

He did, it was actually a great interview.

 

[stlnd01]

I think there are other "upgrades" in terms of the guys who have won and been around, but obviously when it comes to viable names to replace him, I have a hard time coming up with any off the top of my head at the moment.

I don't think he's going anywhere, but stranger things have happened.

Two years ago the list in my (or Swarbrick's) desk would've included names like Rhule, Fickell and Elko. Now I'm not sure it does. Kyle Whittingham too but he feels done.

Smart, Lanning, Sarkisian are probably the three best coaches in the sport right now but have no reason to leave where they're at. I would call DeBoer and see if he's really happy at Bama. Kiffin is probably worth a look but not sure on fit. Heupel? Rhett Lashlee? Wait for it... Clark Lea?

Few of the ACC coaches are very exciting. There are possibilities in the Big 12 but are any of them an upgrade?

Point is, it's a very short list right now. Certainly let's hope they don't need to pull it out.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

They don’t want Freeman now, but wait until they’re on their second or third choice.
We need to extend and poison pill him yesterday.

 

[Katzenboyer]

Vrabel will most likely have his pick of NFL jobs this offseason. There's no chance he goes back to the college game.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

I might be completely naive and was talking about this over the weekend, but I'm not convinced that Freeman would leave ND for OSU. He seems to genuinely love it here, and if he thinks the pressures of the ND job are too much, how's it going to look heading to Columbus with a 4 game losing streak to the skunkbears immediately on his shoulders? That aside, he just seems to enjoy the ND RKG players and as long as they pay him, he's got a great thing going here after a bumpy start. Great coordinators. He took a solid product from BK and made it his own quickly and polished it.

His job isn't finished here. I truly believe that.