'24 MI QB CJ Carr (Notre Dame Signee)

[Irishdrunk]

There is no doubt that ND being independent hurts them in rankings too. If ND would join either of the ACC, B1G or SEC this shit would happen less.

I think many analysts simply don't care for ND's independence. For them it probably equals aloofness.

I really think at some point ND should join a conference but it comes down

 

[Irish#1]

Loy knowing that he can milk this thing for all it’s worth. And we all just keep watching, lol.

Here’s the “extended” cut.

I'll wait for the Directors cut.

 

[Rockin’Irish]

I'll wait for the Directors cut.

I’m hoping a reality show is churned out……..CJ and the SB Boyz…….

 

[IrishMoore1]

Loy knowing that he can milk this thing for all it’s worth. And we all just keep watching, lol.

Here’s the “extended” cut.

Um... did anybody watch the last minute of this clip? He's throwing no look 40 yard bombs. What lol

 

[Irishdrunk]

Where is this at? Who is he throwing to? Love the one-handed stab at the last play.

 

[Luckylucci]

Here is Loy's VIP article from his interview with CJ.

Notre Dame QB Commit CJ Carr ‘Locked In’ with Fighting Irish

How are things going with Notre Dame and Saline (Mich.) high school four-star quarterback CJ Carr? Is he still completely locked in with the Fighting Irish? He's been committed for a long time, but is he still firm in that pledge? All that and much more inside.

247sports.com

"After this visit, we're locked in. We are really excited to see where the offense is gonna go this season. We're excited to see coach Parker and coach Guidugli in action. We had full faith in coach Freeman to make a good decision on the next offensive coordinator and he did just that."

 

[stlnd01]

Here is Loy's VIP article from his interview with CJ.

Notre Dame QB Commit CJ Carr ‘Locked In’ with Fighting Irish

How are things going with Notre Dame and Saline (Mich.) high school four-star quarterback CJ Carr? Is he still completely locked in with the Fighting Irish? He's been committed for a long time, but is he still firm in that pledge? All that and much more inside.

247sports.com

I know, I know, it's spring ball and everything is awesome. But if things go as they sound - a simpler/more wide-open offense with Hartman flinging it to the best WR room we've had in a long time - Carr will be just fine and frankly it won't matter what he's ranked, the WRs will be lining up to come here.

 

[Luckylucci]

I know, I know, it's spring ball and everything is awesome. But if things go as they sound - a simpler/more wide-open offense with Hartman flinging it to the best WR room we've had in a long time - Carr will be just fine and frankly it won't matter what he's ranked, the WRs will be lining up to come here.

His "BFF" (Cam Williams) being one of the best WR prospects of the last decade is a good start, lol.

 

[Irishdrunk]

His "BFF" being one of the best WR prospects of the last decade is a good start, lol.

Cam Williams?

 

[Luckylucci]

Cam Williams?

Yea, I supposed I could edit the post to make that clear. He referred to him as such in that interview.

 

[Irishdrunk]

Yea, I supposed I could edit the post to make that clear. He referred to him as such in that interview.

He is obviously a really good WR. So CJ Carr's commitment has paid off with Cam. The funny thing is Cam goes to Glenbard South...Red Raiders and if you look at his HUDL highlight tape.... west suburban league is not exactly the strongest competition.... The QB is chucking it way up high and Cam has no issues with the DBs in his league. A couple of the highlights he is so wide open...the DB probably tripped.

 

[StPaul_Irish]

I know, I know, it's spring ball and everything is awesome. But if things go as they sound - a simpler/more wide-open offense with Hartman flinging it to the best WR room we've had in a long time - Carr will be just fine and frankly it won't matter what he's ranked, the WRs will be lining up to come here.

I hope this is the case, there is just something about Parker that I can't figure out. I just don't have confidence in him at the moment. I would be more comfortable with a CO OC thing with him an Gino, or let Gino run the show. Like I said, I have ZERO fact/reason for this.

 

[IrishLax]

I hope this is the case, there is just something about Parker that I can't figure out. I just don't have confidence in him at the moment. I would be more comfortable with a CO OC thing with him an Gino, or let Gino run the show. Like I said, I have ZERO fact/reason for this.

I had this exact conversation with someone last week where I was like “if they had gone through the process and hired Gino as the OC I don’t think anyone would’ve batted an eye”… where I’m skeptical on Parker is that an OC needs to have feel for the game and know what to dial up / when to dial it up and for some reason you look at him and think “I’ll believe it when I see it.” He just doesn’t have the “vibe” or resume/track record to justify faith that he knows how to gameplan or call a game. But we’ll see sooner rather than later, he’ll have an opportunity to prove himself.

 

[PutuporShutup]

I had this exact conversation with someone last week where I was like “if they had gone through the process and hired Gino as the OC I don’t think anyone would’ve batted an eye”… where I’m skeptical on Parker is that an OC needs to have feel for the game and know what to dial up / when to dial it up and for some reason you look at him and think “I’ll believe it when I see it.” He just doesn’t have the “vibe” or resume/track record to justify faith that he knows how to gameplan or call a game. But we’ll see sooner rather than later, he’ll have an opportunity to prove himself.

No better place to learn than at............

 

[Rockin’Irish]

I had this exact conversation with someone last week where I was like “if they had gone through the process and hired Gino as the OC I don’t think anyone would’ve batted an eye”… where I’m skeptical on Parker is that an OC needs to have feel for the game and know what to dial up / when to dial it up and for some reason you look at him and think “I’ll believe it when I see it.” He just doesn’t have the “vibe” or resume/track record to justify faith that he knows how to gameplan or call a game. But we’ll see sooner rather than later, he’ll have an opportunity to prove himself.

I had the exact seem feeling about Clark Lea since he had only been a LB coach (IIRC) on the big stage……he did have a good mentor in Elmo but knowing that he hadn’t called a game before didn’t instill confidence. That surely turned out much better than I anticipated, hopefully Parker will give a similar performance and the tools he has to work with coming out of the box will help.

 

[NDohio]

I had this exact conversation with someone last week where I was like “if they had gone through the process and hired Gino as the OC I don’t think anyone would’ve batted an eye”… where I’m skeptical on Parker is that an OC needs to have feel for the game and know what to dial up / when to dial it up and for some reason you look at him and think “I’ll believe it when I see it.” He just doesn’t have the “vibe” or resume/track record to justify faith that he knows how to gameplan or call a game. But we’ll see sooner rather than later, he’ll have an opportunity to prove himself.

It is interesting though. I am friends with a lot of UC grads and they love Gino the QB coach and didn't really like him as the OC. Their complaints are a lot of what your concerns are for Parker. They mostly feel like he didn't have a good feel for the game and called the wrong plays at the wrong time. I mean, I take it with a grain of salt as it is fans complaining about an OC - I am familiar with those types of fans...

 

[notredomer23]

It is interesting though. I am friends with a lot of UC grads and they love Gino the QB coach and didn't really like him as the OC. Their complaints are a lot of what your concerns are for Parker. They mostly feel like he didn't have a good feel for the game and called the wrong plays at the wrong time. I mean, I take it with a grain of salt as it is fans complaining about an OC - I am familiar with those types of fans...

Lucky for Gerry Packer, we have 3 OCs now between him, Rudolph, and Gino. That's gotta equate to 1.5 competent OCs, right?

 

[Ndaccountant]

I had the exact seem feeling about Clark Lea since he had only been a LB coach (IIRC) on the big stage……he did have a good mentor in Elmo but knowing that he hadn’t called a game before didn’t instill confidence. That surely turned out much better than I anticipated, hopefully Parker will give a similar performance and the tools he has to work with coming out of the box will help.

 

[NDdomer2]

even when some of the assistant coaches speak abotu him as OC its not really things like "really understands game flow" or any level of football speak. It's usually about how great of a guy he is and how the players like him.

Well so is the S&C coach.

 

[dublinirish]

 

[StPaul_Irish]

UGH, my man crush is so real

 

[Sea Turtle]

even when some of the assistant coaches speak abotu him as OC its not really things like "really understands game flow" or any level of football speak. It's usually about how great of a guy he is and how the players like him.

Well so is the S&C coach.

Notre Dame made it clear how competent and committed they are to football with this hire.

Here is Freeman at the end of the process. 'Fuck it! Fuck it it! We'll go with Parker.

 

[ColinKSU]

I had this exact conversation with someone last week where I was like “if they had gone through the process and hired Gino as the OC I don’t think anyone would’ve batted an eye”… where I’m skeptical on Parker is that an OC needs to have feel for the game and know what to dial up / when to dial it up and for some reason you look at him and think “I’ll believe it when I see it.” He just doesn’t have the “vibe” or resume/track record to justify faith that he knows how to gameplan or call a game. But we’ll see sooner rather than later, he’ll have an opportunity to prove himself.

I hope it works out because why would I want ND to fail, but it’s going to be an interesting test to see what Freeman does if it doesn’t. Parker’s his boy, he only has the job because he’s Freeman’s boy and plenty of coaches have been done in by their own boys.

 

[Irish4life]

Carr was the top performer at OT7

 

[GATTACA!]

Carr was the top performer at OT7

Bout to drop to a 3* if he keeps this up.

 

[NDFAN2008]

I don’t care what he’s rated I wouldn’t want a QB over him in the country that includes the 2023 class. Kids gonna be a stud

 

[Reaper97]

This was just on the 247 Recruiting Show on YouTube.
Start at the 25 minute mark & they talk Carr.

Ivins says they are still considering their top 32 players (5 Stars) & he is a huge fan of Carr. Said he stood out among a strong QB group.
So the director of scouting for 247 seems to be pushing for 5 Star status for Carr.

 

[StPaul_Irish]

This was just on the 247 Recruiting Show on YouTube.
Start at the 25 minute mark & they talk Carr.

Ivins says they are still considering their top 32 players (5 Stars) & he is a huge fan of Carr. Said he stood out among a strong QB group.
So the director of scouting for 247 seems to be pushing for 5 Star status for Carr.

Great, but On3 said....

 

[IrishLion]

I had this exact conversation with someone last week where I was like “if they had gone through the process and hired Gino as the OC I don’t think anyone would’ve batted an eye”… where I’m skeptical on Parker is that an OC needs to have feel for the game and know what to dial up / when to dial it up and for some reason you look at him and think “I’ll believe it when I see it.” He just doesn’t have the “vibe” or resume/track record to justify faith that he knows how to gameplan or call a game. But we’ll see sooner rather than later, he’ll have an opportunity to prove himself.

I watch UC every week. Gino is a great QB coach, and might turn into a great recruiter with ND and Freeman at his disposal.

He is NOT what ND needed at OC right now. That’s not to say Parker is, either, or that Gino can’t grow to be a promote-to-OC guy in a year or two… but tapping Gino for OC straight from UC would have been a bigger risk than promoting Parker, IMO.

Gino the OC is currently a slightly worse version of ND Mike Denbrock (which is different from LSU Mike Denbrock, which is different from UC Mike Denbrock). Lack of playcalling rhythm, late getting plays in, noticeable lack of involving his best weapons at times; it was perplexing at times last season for UC.

Replacing Desmond Ridder would have been a tough task for any coach in the country… but Gino didn’t help mitigate the situation the way an established, comfortable OC would have.

It is interesting though. I am friends with a lot of UC grads and they love Gino the QB coach and didn't really like him as the OC. Their complaints are a lot of what your concerns are for Parker. They mostly feel like he didn't have a good feel for the game and called the wrong plays at the wrong time. I mean, I take it with a grain of salt as it is fans complaining about an OC - I am familiar with those types of fans...

Bingo!

 

[Irishdrunk]

If the 247 Staff geniuses would simply imagine Carr at OSU or scUM there wouldn’t even be a debate about the 5 stars.