Brian Bennett talks to Tommy Rees.

[AdmiralBackhand]

Just a quick video.

Video: Notre Dame QB Tommy Rees - College Football Nation Blog - ESPN

 

[NeuteredDoomer]

I really like Rees. Seems like a humble, level headed winner. Critique all you want about his throwing motion, his footwork, yada (just one yada because I'm too lazy and don't have enough time to type the extra yada. If I had more time and energy, I would have provided the extra yada, but not today because for some reason I am very tired today.) but the guy is UNDEFEATED as a starter.

 

[loomis41973]

I really like Rees. Seems like a humble, level headed winner. Critique all you want about his throwing motion, his footwork, yada (just one yada because I'm too lazy and don't have enough time to type the extra yada. If I had more time and energy, I would have provided the extra yada, but not today because for some reason I am very tired today.) but the guy is UNDEFEATED as a starter.

While i like the kid....i think the wins were more a product of the defense than anything Rees did. I don't think he will see the field again as a starter, unless Crist goes down early with an injury.

 

[NeuteredDoomer]

And to that I say: Say what you will about the defense winning the games, his throwing motion, his footwork, his lack of speed, strength, yada (again, just one yada per post today - I'm tired...), Rees is UNDEFEATED as a starter. It became bandwagon stuff to praise the D at the end of the season, but I noticed early and praised the D early ON THIS FORUM and took a little bit of poop for it. BEFORE it became bandwagon to call Diaco great, I had already posted by game 3 or 4 that I hoped ND could find a way to keep the guy. I posted very early in the season that I thought this was the best D since Alvarez, and I based that evidence on hard scientific proof: my cuss level was reduced greatly this past season when watching ND play defense.

There. I'm done patting myself on the front..

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Let me vouch...the deer called Diaco a rising star early in the year.

Turns out (forgetting Navy), you're very nostradamus-like.

 

[loomis41973]

Willing to bet a salt-lick against a pint of vodka that Rees never see's the field as a starter at ND?

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Willing to bet a salt-lick against a pint of vodka that Rees never see's the field AGAIN as a starter at ND?

Corrected you.

And, no, I won't bet.

 

[IrishBlood81]

I really like Rees. Seems like a humble, level headed winner. Critique all you want about his throwing motion, his footwork, yada (just one yada because I'm too lazy and don't have enough time to type the extra yada. If I had more time and energy, I would have provided the extra yada, but not today because for some reason I am very tired today.) but the guy is UNDEFEATED as a starter.

Well I'm glad you didn't spend to much energy explaining exactly why you didn't post more than one Yada because, well, that would have been contradictory and against why you didn't put more than one yada, surely not explaining it was simpler than not putting 3 yadas.

haha! that was funny dude.

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Good guy but not a great QB. Game manager at best. He almost blew the USC game but redeemed himself on the last drive although Hughes did most of the work. Rees is a QB who will never lead us to a championship but if we threw him in the game I would not be terrified.

 

[WaveDomer]

This kid does a good job when thrown into a big stage. Sure he manages more than he has pure talent, but it gets the job done. With more experience he'll get even better. Don't worry, Brian Bennett is going to do well.

I like Rees too.

 

[UPMich_NDfan]

And to that I say: Say what you will about the defense winning the games, his throwing motion, his footwork, his lack of speed, strength, yada (again, just one yada per post today - I'm tired...), Rees is UNDEFEATED as a starter. It became bandwagon stuff to praise the D at the end of the season, but I noticed early and praised the D early ON THIS FORUM and took a little bit of poop for it. BEFORE it became bandwagon to call Diaco great, I had already posted by game 3 or 4 that I hoped ND could find a way to keep the guy. I posted very early in the season that I thought this was the best D since Alvarez, and I based that evidence on hard scientific proof: my cuss level was reduced greatly this past season when watching ND play defense.

There. I'm done patting myself on the front..

I'm with you on this one, I've been a fan of his since last spring when I heard him speak a few times at the coaches clinic...you could just tell he had 'it'!

 

[Old Man Mike]

I was a fan of Coach Diaco as soon as he tried the radical "mill-around" pre-snap confusion technique in the first or second game. That told me that he was able to get outside-the-box in his thinking and join the future. [didn't make any difference to me that the stratagem didn't work yet]. The Navy debacle gave me a Doubting Thomas moment, but that was the only one. I saw everything else as growing pains for the players and the difficulties in assessing exactly what they were capable of, while still trying to prepare a game plan. I think that there is every reason to believe that the coach is elite. I don't give him the "Bud Foster Award" yet.

On Tommy: I still believe that he, in his own style, is a very good quarterback. Whether he is better for us than his qb competition, I'll let Coach Kelly decide.