Bad throws
It's ok, though. He used to play for ND!
He has the job because he played at ND. If he had played at Purdue, he wouldn't be the OC here.
Both points can be true.
I'll fully admit that I didn't like him as a player. I never understood why he was hired as QB coach and promoted to OC. It had nothing to do with how I viewed him as a player. Him getting the QB coach job and being promoted to OC always struck me as being incredibly lazy hires and another example of Kelly's nepotism. I didn't think he was qualified for either of those positions, given the caliber of our program. Some of that isn't his fault. He never should've been QB coach or OC to begin with. That's on Kelly. He still isn't great at his job. He's a mediocre QB coach, a mediocre play-caller, and not that great of a recruiter. I struggle to identify what he's doing that benefits the program.
I want my bad news,… and I want it now!!!!
Right? If only someone could have seen the injury to the running QB with a history of injuries coming.
Easy to forget how little game experience he's had in the last three years. The graveyard of HS QB busts is chocked full of these guy, even HS QB's with great mechanics. Even though he got some experience last year, he needs more and I'm one who thought he would take a big step forward with that limited experience.I’m going to be brutally honest here, both good and bad. The below is a thing of beauty. That is a sweet, sweet stroke and powerful. Enough power to drive the ball wherever it needs to go. And plenty quick. This was a remarkable athlete with the arm to back it up.
Offseason Throwing Session: Notre Dame QB Tyler Buchner
247Sports has footage from a throwing session of class of 2021 Notre Dame QB commit Tyler Buchner.www.cbssports.com
And then this young man, could have, destroyed his football career by getting hung up on dipping his elbow, throwing side arm, and short stepping throws because it’s the cool thing to do. Somehow, we went from the above, to Brandon Wimbush, all while Tommy was banking on this being his guy. WTF happened. And what has Tommy been doing this whole time. Just letting this young man ruin his career. The above isn’t remotely close to how he throws a football these days. Bizarre.
I agree 100%, Sampson was tweeting about Rees being pretty stubborn instead of leaning into what worked: Buchner's legs and Mayer/TEs.
FIFY, Pyne aint' it, man.
To be fair, Buchner ain’t it either
I think Buchner will hit the portal. Same with Pyne. I think they'll bring in at least 1 grad transfer, maybe 2. It doesn't look like they'll flip Minchey or Johnson and all of Rees' eggs appear to be in the Carr reclassification basket. It's uncertain whether Carr will reclassify and it doesn't look like Tommy will be back, so they might have to scramble for another body at QB in 2023. If Carr doesn't reclassify, I'd just take 2 grad transfer QB's. I don't want them to waste a scholarship on another RPIII or Clark at QB.
TB only missed one practice in the spring (just the BG game).