Marcus Freeman named Dick Corbett Head Football Coach

[ThePiombino]

Another incentive in the new deal is personnel use of the private jet

Personnel or personal?

 

[NDFAN2008]

Personnel or personal?

personal

 

[FWIrish4]

I’ll let you guys take one guess at what happened in 2022 ☘️

 

[greyhammer90]

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I’ll let you guys take one guess at what happened in 2022 ☘️

Wait, we scored more than we gave up in 2016?

 

[FWIrish4]

Wait, we scored more than we gave up in 2016?

Highest power rated 4-8 team of all time baby!

 

[IrishLion]

Wait, we scored more than we gave up in 2016?

ND should’ve been 8-4 or 9-3 based on advanced metrics, I think.

Not only did they have a generationally bad DC, they also had terrible injury luck, had a HC that totally fucked the QB battle and in turn screwed up the whole locker room, AND they had terrible turnover luck. Basically every fumble that hit the ground bounced the wrong way.

And yet, 7 out of 8 losses were one-score games, whereas 3 of the 4 wins were comfortable leads.

 

[ulukinatme]

Wait, we scored more than we gave up in 2016?

That was my first thought as well. It looks like the Nevada and Army games were two anomalies as we put up a shit ton of points on both and somehow didn't give up many scores at all. Among the 8 losses we had we were in it for all of them except USC too, the other 7 were all 1 score games. Those two factors explain how we still managed to score more than we gave up.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

ND should’ve been 8-4 or 9-3 based on advanced metrics, I think.

Not only did they have a generationally bad DC, they also had terrible injury luck, had a HC that totally fucked the QB battle and in turn screwed up the whole locker room, AND they had terrible turnover luck. Basically every fumble that hit the ground bounced the wrong way.

And yet, 7 out of 8 losses were one-score games, whereas 3 of the 4 wins were comfortable leads.

BK in 2016:

Kelly blames his in-season fundraising for Notre Dame’s 4-8 2016

Pretty weird thing to spend a lot of time on during football season.

www.sbnation.com

And

A brief history of Brian Kelly blaming other people

The Irish coach could learn a lot from coaches who manage to keep their frustrations from constantly going public.

www.sbnation.com

🤮

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

This contract extension should yield mythical recruiting championships and nothing else.

Oh, and I hope Coach Free keeps wearing all white gym shoes now more than ever since Belichick is going to have UNC hoodies with sleeves cut off.

 

[stlnd01]

That was my first thought as well. It looks like the Nevada and Army games were two anomalies as we put up a shit ton of points on both and somehow didn't give up many scores at all. Among the 8 losses we had we were in it for all of them except USC too, the other 7 were all 1 score games. Those two factors explain how we still managed to score more than we gave up.

Yeah. We lost by 8 to Michigan State, 7 to Stanford and NC State, 3 each to Texas, Duke and Va. Tech, and by 1 to Navy. That's seven losses by 32 points combined. We beat Army by 38.

Was a weird year. We had a decent offense - hence the blowouts against weak teams - but the defense sucked and in close games Kizer would try force it too much. We were definitely better than 4-8 though.

 

[dublinirish]

 

[ozzman]

Love that Bevacqua said multiple times "Marcus never once made it about him. Always about taking care of his staff and the program"

 

[IrishLax]

Full article in Riley’s thread, but this is an interesting snippet

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Full article in Riley’s thread, but this is an interesting snippet

I’m not crying

 

[greyhammer90]

Full article in Riley’s thread, but this is an interesting snippet

 

[BeauBenken]

Full article in Riley’s thread, but this is an interesting snippet

Could that be Leonard's version of "The Promise" by Tebow moment? Hope it works out the same.

 

[PolishDomer]

Pretty damn good for a guy with such a low ACT. He should be an inspiration to all of you.

I wish they worked a special clause in his contract that he needs to retake the ACT..a 26 would be good lol

 

[FDNYIrish1]

The cops are used to giving our QBs rides, just not used to them asking.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

I run a rinky dink trivia night at a small local bar and one of the sports questions tonight was “who is the highest paid football coach in the state of Indiana?”

Majority of the people are older and are a month behind news, so put Cignetti. They are also majority IU fans.


Felt satisfying to announce, “Sorry, that would be Marcus Freeman.”


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[BeauBenken]

I run a rinky dink trivia night at a small local bar and one of the sports questions tonight was “who is the highest paid football coach in the state of Indiana?”

Majority of the people are older and are a month behind news, so put Cignetti. They are also majority IU fans.


Felt satisfying to announce, “Sorry, that would be Marcus Freeman.”


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I demand to know when and where. I want to dominate your bar trivia.

 

[ulukinatme]

I run a rinky dink trivia night at a small local bar and one of the sports questions tonight was “who is the highest paid football coach in the state of Indiana?”

Majority of the people are older and are a month behind news, so put Cignetti. They are also majority IU fans.


Felt satisfying to announce, “Sorry, that would be Marcus Freeman.”


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*Allegedly the highest paid football coach in Indiana. You know, since we don't have to disclose salaries like public schools.
In truth, it's a given considering Cignetti is pretty new to the FBS HC scene, and I can't imagine Purdue is paying much for the shit they put on the field this year...I'd feel really bad for them if they're paying a lot for Odom.

btw, Cignetti says "Google him," so I did today. Not all that impressed bro. You've essentially been an FCS HC for basically 13 years, and before that you were stuck as just a position coach for almost 30 years going back to the damn 80s. You'd think the guy is the second coming of Saban the way he talks about himself. We better crush those fuckers Friday.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Love that Bevacqua said multiple times "Marcus never once made it about him. Always about taking care of his staff and the program"

"DEI hire."

 

[Irish du Nord]

The cops are used to giving our QBs rides, just not used to them asking.

Tommy Rees is the QB Pinkett foretold

 

[irishu]

 

[MacIrish75]

Is it too early to extend this motherfucker again?

 

[irishff1014]

 

[IrishLax]

Thank god for Louisiana State University

 

[irishandy]

Freeman is fun to watch coach, fun to watch speak....ND & Freeman is a perfect match.

 

[irishff1014]

Freeman is fun to watch coach, fun to watch speak....ND & Freeman is a perfect match.

Good thing they locked him up early

 

[Mass MoCA]

What I love about Freeman is he's clearly placed an emphasis on speed and playing physical. Kelly's teams had fast players on occasion but it almost always felt we were slow overall. My brother went to the Virginia game and mentioned in person the team speed (especially the db's) was unlike any team he's seen for ND. He's made some mistakes but the dude is a winner and my favorite coach since Holtz.