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time4change
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I've heard this rumor floating around but no one seems to have a credible source. Can anyone back it up?
I hope its true.
I hope its true.
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The assitant coaches are gone for sure that has already been said by White weeks ago. Willingham better be gone. If he comes back next year I'm not gonna watch any games and I'll find a new hobby until that stupid coach is canned.
irishtexan
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time4change said:
Ive heard this also. One of my friends that I graduated college with works for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and he told me his editor heard Ty was going to get canned, but then again that could be speculation. I hope he is gone, he has embarrassed this program enough.
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Indyfan
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The Irish have lost because of:
1. Tentative and conservative play calling
2. Inconsistent play
3. Costly penalties
4. Talented athletes coming close but never making the big play
These all come down to coaching.
People say Notre Dame can't win because of the school entrance requirements. That may make it hard, but nothing stops them from hiring a top coach. If they get out their checkbook and pay WHATEVER it takes to get a great coach the kids will come.
1. Tentative and conservative play calling
2. Inconsistent play
3. Costly penalties
4. Talented athletes coming close but never making the big play
These all come down to coaching.
People say Notre Dame can't win because of the school entrance requirements. That may make it hard, but nothing stops them from hiring a top coach. If they get out their checkbook and pay WHATEVER it takes to get a great coach the kids will come.
jiggafini19
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If Ty Willingham is going anywhere, he would be resigning. Notre Dame honors their cotracts. It's a fact. He still has two more years to go and I can't see ND firing him. As for the chances of him resigning, I can't see it happening. I think he is going to try and see this thing through and turn it around. Whether he is successful or not is a different story. The last of the Bob Davie recruits should be graduating, which means this program will be composed of Willingham's recruits for the most part. We will now see just what he can do with something other than the hand he was dealt.
As for recruiting, based on this season's performance, I would say the main areas of focus need to be wide receivers and defensive backs. Notre Dame's front seven may very well be the best in the nation. Too bad they can't defend the pass. Based on the pass defense of 2004, any hot shot blue chip recruit would have to be sold on the fact that he has the potential to be a starter right away, especially at corner back. The guys we have now are flat out horrendous. And there appears to be no relief in sight.
As for wide receiver, speed kills. Matt Shelton is the best WR on the team for a reason: he's the fastest. Tight end is set, running back looks solid with Darius Walker and Travis Thomas and I believe Quinn will be stellar for the next two years. Wide Receiver is next.
Notre Dame could have easily been 9-2 or 8-3 this year. Coaching cost them BC and Pitt for certain. To beat Michigan and go on the road to beat Tennessee showed signs of improvement, but losing winnable home games to middle tier opponents is unacceptable.
I think this is only a rumor, but if it turns out to be true I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
Recruiting
If Ty Willingham is going anywhere, he would be resigning. Notre Dame honors their cotracts. It's a fact. He still has two more years to go and I can't see ND firing him. As for the chances of him resigning, I can't see it happening. I think he is going to try and see this thing through and turn it around. Whether he is successful or not is a different story. The last of the Bob Davie recruits should be graduating, which means this program will be composed of Willingham's recruits for the most part. We will now see just what he can do with something other than the hand he was dealt.
As for recruiting, based on this season's performance, I would say the main areas of focus need to be wide receivers and defensive backs. Notre Dame's front seven may very well be the best in the nation. Too bad they can't defend the pass. Based on the pass defense of 2004, any hot shot blue chip recruit would have to be sold on the fact that he has the potential to be a starter right away, especially at corner back. The guys we have now are flat out horrendous. And there appears to be no relief in sight.
As for wide receiver, speed kills. Matt Shelton is the best WR on the team for a reason: he's the fastest. Tight end is set, running back looks solid with Darius Walker and Travis Thomas and I believe Quinn will be stellar for the next two years. Wide Receiver is next.
Notre Dame could have easily been 9-2 or 8-3 this year. Coaching cost them BC and Pitt for certain. To beat Michigan and go on the road to beat Tennessee showed signs of improvement, but losing winnable home games to middle tier opponents is unacceptable.
I think this is only a rumor, but if it turns out to be true I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
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This just in:
"Notre Dame Accepts Invitation To Play In Insight Bowl"
http://und.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112804aab.html
Doesn't make sense to accept a bowl invite on Sunday and fire the coach on Monday, and in the article Ty isn't talking like a guy who's planning to retire.
"Notre Dame Accepts Invitation To Play In Insight Bowl"
http://und.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112804aab.html
Doesn't make sense to accept a bowl invite on Sunday and fire the coach on Monday, and in the article Ty isn't talking like a guy who's planning to retire.
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hybriddad
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What kills me is the fact that Ty keeps saying "excited". "We are excited and our young men are excited about going to blankety-blank bowl game that know one has ever heard of" or words to that effect. That is what average coaches say. This season is once again a complete failure under Ty's and Kevin Whites leadership, nothing more nothing less. Lou Holtz would have never allowed the Irish to go to any Bowl Game with a dismal 6-5 record, never!!!!! That is because he never allowed the Irish to be average, and when the time came for a change (for him and ND) he showed the courage and conviction to stepped down and no longer be part of "being average". And all the Div 1 coaches showed that they too have the courage to call it like it really is when last week not a single coach voted for the Irish in the coaches poll. Ty is not on the ropes, he has been knocked out, but he knows that he will be saved by the bell that is Kevin White. And because of that, we will all have to suffer through another season of going 6-5 or worse next year. The Ty Willingham era at ND is over, when will those in charge see that.
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irishgo8 said:
I think even though he was let go it was a mutual decision. ND has never fired a coach in the middle of his first contract, so I think they would have waited a year if that's what Willingham would have wanted.
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