‘23 TN QB Kenny Minchey (Notre Dame Signee)

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ulukinatme said:
I feel like Tommy must be a Vince Vaughn fan. I think he posted a Wedding Crashers .gif last season, and then he's got the TE sneak labeled "Mitch-a-Palooza" with a reference to Old School. Wasn't Vince on the sideline for the Purdue comeback in 2012? In any case, he's got the right celebrity ND fan.
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Tommy and I being the same age and identical cultural references is so damn funny. The wolf of wall st gif when he announced he was staying, old school and wedding crasher references. It’s me and my college roommates all over again.

Also, Minchey is a stud. What a grab.
 
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ulukinatme said:
I feel like Tommy must be a Vince Vaughn fan. I think he posted a Wedding Crashers .gif last season, and then he's got the TE sneak labeled "Mitch-a-Palooza" with a reference to Old School. Wasn't Vince on the sideline for the Purdue comeback in 2012? In any case, he's got the right celebrity ND fan.
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He was definitely there for SC in '05...came through a party at swim house I believe with Brady after the game...would've been a fucking movie had we pulled that one out
 
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The only thing that will hold Kenny back this spring is how quickly he adapts to the speed of the game/smaller windows. He makes a lot of dangerous throws in his highlights because he's mastered the high school game in a very short time frame.

Has all the potential needed to lead this team to the playoffs (maybe has the potential to take us to the promised land).

Love this pickup
 
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This is an intriguing pickup for the QB battle in 2024. You’ll probably have Buchner, Angeli, a RS freshman Minchey, and true frosh CJ Carr. And, who knows, maybe they grab another transfer.

Minchey is definitely good enough to potentially delay the Carr Era a year or so. He’s not just going to lay down and be content with being a career backup. Exciting times for Rees and the QB room. Things are looking bright.
 
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arrowryan said:
This is an intriguing pickup for the QB battle in 2024. You’ll probably have Buchner, Angeli, a RS freshman Minchey, and true frosh CJ Carr. And, who knows, maybe they grab another transfer.

Minchey is definitely good enough to potentially delay the Carr Era a year or so. He’s not just going to lay down and be content with being a career backup. Exciting times for Rees and the QB room. Things are looking bright.
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I could see him having a similar career arc to DeShone Kizer. Comes in sandwiched between the current starter and the higher rated prospect that everyone thinks is the future of the program, then ends up being the best QB in the room.
 
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Grahambo said:
Not slighting.

Just a curious decision in a high stakes game.
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Carr was never going to be our starting QB next season. I really doubt he could have reclassified AND EE’d and even if he did make it for spring ball, starting a true freshman is almost always a bad idea for a team with our aspirations.

Longer-term, yes now Minchey will be there a year before he shows up but Carr had to know if he didn’t reclassify, the staff wasn’t just going to sit on their hands. If Carr’s as good as advertised they’ll have a good competition.
 
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Carr in a vacuum should have reclassified to compete for the 2024 job. I’m sure they’ve already told him, Minchey, every recruit they are looking to bring in a transfer for 2023.

2023: Transfer or Buchner

2024: Buchner or Minchey

2025: 5th YR Buchner or Minchey or Carr


Carr should be a Tyler Buchner fan looking at it selfishly, it blocks Minchey from taking the job and never giving it back. If Buchner doesn’t show much in 2023 and a grad transfer is the answer, Minchey has a straight shot at starting as a RS FR and never looking back
 
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I don't think the staff should ever view Buchner as a true 1A QB due to his propensity to get hurt. They'll need a 1B for any and all years that Buchner is getting significant reps.

Depending on who transfers in, I wouldn't be shocked to see a situation where the transfer earns the starting job but Buchner has a package (similar to with Coan). The same can be said moving forward when Minchey is ready. If Minchey takes over and doesn't look back, Buchner may fall back in the pecking order with Carr's arrival (depending on his progress)...but may still be made available in certain packages because his running upside is so good.
 
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BleedBlueGold said:
I don't think the staff should ever view Buchner as a true 1A QB due to his propensity to get hurt. They'll need a 1B for any and all years that Buchner is getting significant reps.

Depending on who transfers in, I wouldn't be shocked to see a situation where the transfer earns the starting job but Buchner has a package (similar to with Coan). The same can be said moving forward when Minchey is ready. If Minchey takes over and doesn't look back, Buchner may fall back in the pecking order with Carr's arrival (depending on his progress)...but may still be made available in certain packages because his running upside is so good.
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They definitely can't bank on building an offense around his running. If Tyler wins the job as a drop back passer I don't think it's a particular concern.

However, it looks like their idea coming into 2022 was to give him around 150 carries this season which is an idea they need to abandon.
 
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Pops Freshenmeyer said:
However, it looks like their idea coming into 2022 was to give him around 150 carries this season which is an idea they need to abandon.
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I actually think they were clearly trying to run him less. Losing and the OL in both games, particularly Marshall, resulted in making him, or him feeling the need to, run more.
 
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Pops Freshenmeyer said:
They definitely can't bank on building an offense around his running. If Tyler wins the job as a drop back passer I don't think it's a particular concern.

However, it looks like their idea coming into 2022 was to give him around 150 carries this season which is an idea they need to abandon.
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My biggest issue regarding the crazy amount of optimism coming out of Fall Camp was that very few analysts seemed to factor in Tyler's health/durability. They over-anticipated the way the OL would play out of the gate and just assumed Buchner was ready to take off w/o any concerns whatsoever to his durability, while projecting a running first offense. Throw the lack of a QB transfer as the ugly cherry on top.

According to the guys at II, Freeman has already publicly said he's not making that same mistake twice.
 
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NDFAN2008 said:
So what’s his biggest problem?
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The greatest ability is availability... that's what Buchner needs to worry about. Strengthen the shoulders and ankles if he wants to keep playing QB like Tim Tebow.

After that, working on touch/accuracy and decision-making, which hopefully both come with live-fire reps. The risk there is that you start next year in an offensive funk kind of like this year, as you wait for the new interior OL starters to gel, and for Buchner to get comfy with the offense again.
 
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