'22 AZ CB Benjamin Morrison (Notre Dame Signee)

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

Wonder if the staff will reach out to Mickey to see if he will reconsider. Jordan Clark and Rod Heard will have to help out in the CB room as well. Hope BMo heals up even stronger for his future.

Yeah, that is a tricky situation. Freeman did seem to go out of his way to defend Mickey's decision. So perhaps they are still on good terms.

Mickey has been backing up Gray so he wouldn't necessarily be walking into a starting job if he did come back.

 

[NorthDakota]

Wonder if the staff will reach out to Mickey to see if he will reconsider. Jordan Clark and Rod Heard will have to help out in the CB room as well. Hope BMo heals up even stronger for his future.

I don't know how you can let guys quit (seemingly) for lack of playing time come back when their prospect of playing time is better.

 

[ColoradoIrish]

I don't know how you can let guys quit (seemingly) for lack of playing time come back when their prospect of playing time is better.

Good programs don't. I have no problem with the decision Mickey made but once he made it the door should be closed to come back.

 

[Irish du Nord]

O'Malley thinks this means he returns next year depending on the severity because he won't be healthy for the draft. If it means sacrificing a playoff run this year for a championship next year... i mean that team is stacked outside of interior d-line if he came back.

I'd include Quarterback, Safety, Special Teams, and Wide Receiver as positions that we won't be stacked in as the roster currently stands. Improvement from young guys and transfers could change all of these, but we'll have to see.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

I don't know how you can let guys quit (seemingly) for lack of playing time come back when their prospect of playing time is better.

I work at a big tech firm. People leave on good terms for other opportunities and then come back all the time.

It's not as simple as you make it seem.

 

[jprue24]

Really hope it isn't his labrum.

 

[jprue24]

I work at a big tech firm. People leave on good terms for other opportunities and then come back all the time.

It's not as simple as you make it seem.

This isn't a normal employment situation.

 

[Katzenboyer]

Wait - is there really a rumor that this injury is the result of a fall in a bar after the game?

Seriously?

 

[notredomer23]

I'd include Quarterback, Safety, Special Teams, and Wide Receiver as positions that we won't be stacked in as the roster currently stands. Improvement from young guys and transfers could change all of these, but we'll have to see.

You are certainly correct, and my post was full of assumption, but I am assuming that A) the QB we need is on the roster and B) Safety, ST, and WR are all positions that ND has done well in the portal on.

I don't believe ND will be able to acquire top interior DL talent how they have these other positions. I think CB is fine without Ben-Mo, but we're talking the best ND secondary ever if he returned (maybe slight hyperbole!).

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

This isn't a normal employment situation.

Are you sure about that?
We're getting closer to an corporate football.
Until real binding contracts start, it's the wild wild west.

And, my point was that this is not a "simple" equation. Mickey's situation is very unique.

 

[IrishLax]

Wait - is there really a rumor that this injury is the result of a fall in a bar after the game?

Seriously?

I checked with a beat guy and they said the rumor - though humorous - is untrue.

 

[Irish#1]

I'm bummed.

The only bright spot is that GT and Navy aren't passing offenses which will give the team time to adjust.

 

[jprue24]

Are you sure about that?
We're getting closer to an corporate football.
Until real binding contracts start, it's the wild wild west.

Hence, "not a normal employment situation". I would love nothing more than to see players turned into at worst 1099 employees and at best, collectively bargaining.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

I checked with a beat guy and they said the rumor - though humorous - is untrue.

But never forget
Jimmy Clausen actually did get punched in the face by a fan

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

I'm bummed.

The only bright spot is that GT and Navy aren't passing offenses which will give the team time to adjust.

There's really no good pass offenses left unless you count USC sort of

Louisville was probably the best combo of QB+WR+OC (HC) talent - and Leonard played every single snap that game and passed that test.

 

[IrishinSyria]

Are you sure about that?
We're getting closer to an corporate football.
Until real binding contracts start, it's the wild wild west.

And, my point was that this is not a "simple" equation. Mickey's situation is very unique.

yeah you can fall on principle but I'd prefer to be able to field a dime package.

 

[GoldenTate(r)Tots]

Do we have any indication when the injury happened or was it more something that came about from football being....football and a contact sport?

 

[irishu]

I checked with a beat guy and they said the rumor - though humorous - is untrue.

I've always heard "where there's smoke, there's fire"

ND beat (and ND football) tried to cover up Buchner's injury as a fall in the gug. Not what many students on campus were reporting...

 

[SDIrishFan]

I mean, was he in the game at the end of the 3rd quarter before the delay? If so, the injury didn’t happen on the football field.

 

[Rizzophil]

Know a guy who who knows a guy

Morrison fell down the stairs at Newfs after the win. Same situation as Buchner. ND Football should sue this bar lol

Are you serious?

 

[Crazy Balki]

WHAT IS GOING ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

 

[Giddyup]

Time to upgrade to anabolic steroids.

 

[ThePiombino]

I've always heard "where there's smoke, there's fire"

ND beat (and ND football) tried to cover up Buchner's injury as a fall in the gug. Not what many students on campus were reporting...

Which was?

 

[T-Boone]

I think we will miss BMo.
Organise some NIL and bring him back next year.

 

[MacIrish75]

Wasn’t Ford training in the DB room this offseason? Maybe moving him back there solves two problems…

 

[stlnd01]

I mean, was he in the game at the end of the 3rd quarter before the delay? If so, the injury didn’t happen on the football field.

Not certain, but he played more snaps than any defensive player except Watts on Saturday.


Did Freeman not elaborate at all on how Morrison got hurt?

 

[irishu]

Which was?

That Buchner fell down the stairs at newfs....Freeman reported he fell down the stairs in the gug, for obvious reasons

 

[ThePiombino]

That Buchner fell down the stairs at newfs....Freeman reported he fell down the stairs in the gug, for obvious reasons

Haha smells like fraud

 

[stlnd01]

Buchner, whatever. If Benjamin Morrison - a top-half-of-the-first-round NFL draft pick - suddenly needs hip surgery because he fell down the stairs at a bar, that will go down as one of the stupidest and costliest (to him) things in the august history of Notre Dame football.

 

[Irish du Nord]

I'm bummed.

The only bright spot is that GT and Navy aren't passing offenses which will give the team time to adjust.

Singleton and Rutherford on GT are legit receivers. Not USC or Louisville good, but they aren't slouches. UVA can pass the ball too.