Marcus Freeman named Dick Corbett Head Football Coach

[TorontoGold]

It’s funny a certain poster hasn’t been here yet, but he’d bring a rumor from the 247 boards that the Freeman family watched “The Little giants”

Hey @EvilleIrish you're getting dunked on again. Since you have a humiliation kink I wanted to make sure you knew.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

College football has always been the NFL minor league. The difference now is that the players are getting paid above board out in the open.

I still think this all popping off when Penn State fired Franklin after they lost to Northwestern is truly hilarious. I couldn't give two shits from here out that every college and pro team that fires their coach wants to talk to Freeman. It's like wanting to put suntan lotion on Sydney Sweeney.

Lots of people want lots of things. Can't always get what you want.

 

[BrianWalsh]

If my Eagles had an opening and I had to pick between 2012 BK and 2025 MF, i'd pretty easily pick BK. I just don't think MF is near ready to for a NFL HC job and his skillset is a perfect fit for college at the moment.

I 100% agree with this and I’ll tell you why: Kelly was into schemes and managing. He didn’t want to and didn’t recruit. His motto was moreover “do your job and I’ll do mine”. Except the way he envisioned his job was more like an NFL job than a college job. And I think Kelly would have done well in the NFL. No pandering, no kissing kids rears and wiping their tears: just results.

Freeman seems to me like a moulder of young men. A leader of men. I don’t think many NFL coaches are like that and those who are have a limited shelf life (think Dick Vermeil).

I have heard people say the ND,NCAAFB schedule is more demanding. I have read that NFL coaches work 80-100 hours during the season and 70-80 in the offseason. Is that really a big fall off from college?

 

[rtrn2glory]

Buy out only goes as high as $20 million.. That's a frickin bargain for anybody that poaches him

 

[Irish5Saint]

Buy out only goes as high as $20 million.. That's a frickin bargain for anybody that poaches him

Lmao. Bro, that’s an expensive buyout for coaches to walk. You’re lucky to get one over $10 million if you’re a school.

 

[irish2104]

Wasn't his existing 50 million? And it got reduced? Wonder how accurate that article is

 

[arrowryan]

Buy out only goes as high as $20 million.. That's a frickin bargain for anybody that poaches him

BK’s buyout was $0.00

 

[jprue24]

I know it isn't a sure thing, but I also know that the air we've wanted cleared for the last few weeks just got cleared and I'm happy that it's done. Yet somehow I'm an asshole.

Listen, at this point, I'm willing to be and believe whatever it takes for this conversation to be over with. It's utterly ridiculous and I'm good. Hope everyone gets whatever it is from all of this being a Notre Dame fan thing that they truly want.

Then be done with it instead of....

College football has always been the NFL minor league. The difference now is that the players are getting paid above board out in the open.

I still think this all popping off when Penn State fired Franklin after they lost to Northwestern is truly hilarious. I couldn't give two shits from here out that every college and pro team that fires their coach wants to talk to Freeman. It's like wanting to put suntan lotion on Sydney Sweeney.

Lots of people want lots of things. Can't always get what you want.

lol.. that's such a terrible analogy. You know damn well Sweeney's current lotion applier would get concerned if she kept listening to offers to leave them for another. They would also question the security of their position. That is a reasonable response, prudent even

 

[The Backer]

Marcus Freeman Contract: Details Emerge As Notre Dame Locks in Coach Through 2031

Explore details of Marcus Freeman’s new Notre Dame contract, salary, buyout, and what it means for the program going forward.

www.sportscasting.com

Saw this on 247. Is this a reputable site? Details seem believable

That reads like an inference based on other public contracts.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Will be exhausting doing this after every season

Only if you let it exhaust you.

 

[calvegas04]

Only if you let it exhaust you.

Look how long I've been posting on here, of course it's going to exhaust me

 

[Irish Norseman]

 

[calvegas04]

Looks at 2026 sept schedule and cautiously optimistic

 

[NDMD]

Buyouts aren’t going to keep a coach from leaving should he choose to leave. If they did, no coach would sign it. The new organization will pay it off & everyone moves on. Buyouts are a bigger issue when a school decides to fire a coach (i.e., Jimbo or BK).

No shit, but the program is going to need every dime of the buyout to get an adequate replacement whenever MF leaves.

 

[Irish Norseman]

MF will leave for the NFL or OSU at some point. But it better not be until he wins a title at ND. If he does that then he can do whatever he wants. He can spit on my grave. IDGAF.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

No shit, but the program is going to need every dime of the buyout to get an adequate replacement whenever MF leaves.

This is what drives me crazy.

They played in essentially 3 BCS bowls last year alone and didn’t have to share a penny.

Anyone at ND that says money is an issue is the enemy, period.


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[IrishLax]

I un-booed you fwiw lol... I didn't see the "if" in the original post... bottom line is that gray had three significant injuries and was more or less forced to play through them because the defense was hot garbage with only young/inexperienced corners available behind him. The idea that they benched him for "effort" when they were basically begging him to keep going out there and gritting it out is bizarre.

I hope we can put all the Gray nonsense to bed now.

 

[2013Irish]

The Blue and Gold guys had a very optimistic take on this. Made it seem like he's committing long term.

 

[IrishBoognish]

The Blue and Gold guys had a very optimistic take on this. Made it seem like he's committing long term.

Care to expand on this?

 

[irish2104]

Hansen basically said wanted to work out buyout language and other contract details to ensure a long term commitment on both sides and he believes freeman is committed for the near future

 

[Huntr]

Care to expand on this?

T h e B l u e a n d G o l d g u y s h a d a v e r y o p t i m i s t i c t a k e o n t h i s . M a d e i t s e e m l i k e h e ' s c o m m i t t i n g l o n g t e r m .

 

[stlnd01]

Buy out only goes as high as $20 million.. That's a frickin bargain for anybody that poaches him

It's more than a year's salary for almost every NFL job. Two years for the bottom third of the league (i.e. the ones most likely to be in the market for a coach). For a guy who has never coached or even played a down of NFL football. It's certainly enough to give pause to a team deciding between Freeman and some NFL coordinator they can hire with zero buyout.

 

[SeekNDestroy]

T h e B l u e a n d G o l d g u y s h a d a v e r y o p t i m i s t i c t a k e o n t h i s . M a d e i t s e e m l i k e h e ' s c o m m i t t i n g l o n g t e r m .

Very nice. Bravo.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

Why are you getting so angry. I want him to stay more than anyone, but I’m just being realistic. He is gonna make the jump eventually. Probably after a title

Being “realistic” by stating as fact that something is inevitable when nobody, not even Marcus Freeman, knows it to be true right now is rich.

 

[GATTACA!]

Being “realistic” by stating as fact that something is inevitable when nobody, not even Marcus Freeman, knows it to be true right now is rich.

We don’t even know the extant to what the conversations were with NFL teams. He didn’t interview. He gets back from his family vacation and basically immediately signs a 7 year extension. My bed is staying dry tonight.

 

[Irish#1]

MF could come out and say he signed a lifetime contract, will finish his career at ND, then retire. We'd still have bedwetters.

 

[GoldenAura]

 

[Jeffwantpoppers]

Maybe a dumb question, but has Freeman really showed that much interest in the NFL? Or just using the NFL to get a raise?

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Maybe a dumb question, but has Freeman really showed that much interest in the NFL? Or just using the NFL to get a raise?

It's his agent doing his job to get as many resources (money, staff, players, etc) from Notre Dame as he can every year.

 

[IrishInOntario]

Maybe a dumb question, but has Freeman really showed that much interest in the NFL? Or just using the NFL to get a raise?

Freeman strikes me as a guy that is still very young and wants to leave his options open to put him and his family in the best place possible. That means continuing to put in maximum effort at his existing job, while ensuring to understand the landscape of what's available for him both in College and the NFL. Personally, unless you're 100% set on never leaving the college ranks, you'd be crazy not to go through an NFL interview process. Even if that process is simply designed, in part, to prepare you for future NFL jobs. If that process nets you a huge raise from your current employers at the same time, that's simply Capitalism in action and market forces driving up the value of a sought after commodity.