Notre Dame Hires Mike Brown as WR Coach

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It's not hard to design a jet screen for Burress or Frazier, you don't trust handed the ball off to them and getting yards after the catch? It's called you put in plays that allow them to get on the field, lets stop making things so fucking complicated. I could give two shits who can block and who can't, if you can't get separation on your man then you don't need to be playing 50 or more snaps a game.
 
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The dumb part of the idea that Graham was due a series but the game script eliminated it, is that Premer and Graham both took snaps in key drives but not “standard” drives. I didn’t notice till rewatch but Premer came on for Larsen during the 1H two minute drill.
 
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Shouldn't take 7 games to come to the realization that having 3 receivers take 70+ snaps each is probably not a good idea.

Mike Brown is probably on the 2nd hottest seat in the coaching room next to Ash. Things need to change with a quickness or he's out.
 
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fightingirish26 said:
Don't really know enough to answer who has the final say in personnel usage but personally i have very little issue with the RB rotation. Beginning of the season they clearly got it wrong but it's been fixed imo.
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My understanding is in game subs is handled by the position coach but I am sure the OC/DC with position coach set forth an overall plan each week. The concept of players getting entire drives but not short bursts of PT span multiple years, position groups and coaches and to me seems to be a flawed Freeman thing.

I also wonder how much TE3 being trusted but not WR4 is a Carr decision
 
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arrowryan said:
Forget coaching at Notre Dame, I can’t believe he coaches high level D1.

Del, Stuckey, Brown: Notre Dame has been on all-time bad run of dog shit WR coaches.
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Maybe he’s a nice guy, but genuinely nothing of coaching value would be lost.
 
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arrowryan said:
Maybe hiring WR coaches from schools that can’t throw the ball isn’t a good idea
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Brown deserves blame but not even close to all of it. It's so bad what they are trying to do with the WRs and offense in general that blame also goes to Denbrock and Freeman. What they did to the WRs at Provo is football criminal. It was so obvious they were gassed taking off plays, and so slow running routes.

It's common practice for WRs when they run a bunch or deep routes to be subbed out briefly. But Freeman states well we had plans to put graham in the 4th series, but it was 2 minute. Premer had to go in during the 2 minute drill series. When a player is gassed, sub them out. THAT SIMPLE. If a player can't give 100% to a route, they are out. Gilbert is terrible at blocking, why does he never come out?

Also, the checks that constantly are happening at the LOS, it's clear they are completely restricting the offense. That's why this is more than just Brown and or Denbrock issues. A head coach with a clue involving scheme would know how moronic this is. But Freeman is a defensive guy, and he wants the offense to compliment the D and not put the D in bad spots. OK, that can work, but then don't play that BS scheme on D allowing UNC and BYU (average offenses) to go on LONG drives and score TDs. BYU & UNC are 7 for 7 in the redzone for TDS. That's insane. The only 2 offenses we've played with somewhat of a pulse. I guess purdue as well, our scheme was so good that game, players and coaches locked in, then we completely abandoned it for UNC and BYU. Make it make sense?!?!

Coaching malpractice this year
 
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IrishLax said:
I can't believe they're actually feeding him to the wolves
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Wonder if MF got tired of telling Brown to increase the rotation & when he continued not doing so and kept getting the question asked by media, he had enough & said something to the effect of “u haven’t done what I’ve asked multiple games so u answer the media, because I no longer have the answer”
 
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The problem is getting Graham on the field for two plays isn't good enough. There is zero reason why Burress, Fitzgerald, or Frazier can't get 10-12 snaps a game.
 
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NDFAN2008 said:
The problem is getting Graham on the field for two plays isn't good enough. There is zero reason why Burress, Fitzgerald, or Frazier can't get 10-12 snaps a game.
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Just to play devil's advocate, is it possible that Graham and the rest of the receivers aren't all that good? II seems to think Brown doesn't trust them.
 
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NDMatt91 said:
Just to play devil's advocated, is it possible that Graham and the rest of the receivers aren't all that good? II seems to think Brown doesn't trust them.
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Tim Hyde said the same thing. It feels like kind of manufactured outrage, particularly considering how well Greathouse played.
 
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