theclassickiller
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After a heartwrenching loss to a mediocre (at best) Michigan team who probably has the worst combination of offense and defense that we will face all year, this is what you come up with:
"We're not good enough, there's not one individual in that locker room — including all the coaches — who are good enough right now."
Seriously, Brian? We're not good enough? Not one individual? Michael Floyd isn't good enough? Manti Te'o isn't good enough? Cierre Wood, Theo Riddick, TJ Jones, Jonas Gray, Ethan Johnson, Kapron Lewis-Moore, Louis Nix, Tyler Eifert, Tommy Rees, RJ Blanton aren't good enough? I could go on Brian. And the common thread is that they are all good enough. I can point to a multitude of things that went wrong and a couple of players who were abused last night, but I can only think of one person right now who isn't good enough.
I think you know who I'm talking about.
I don't know when it's going to click for you. When are you going to get it? Are you that soft? Do you honestly think anyone will respect you more for running the clock out than for putting your foot on the opponent's throat and finishing it? Do you know what stage you are even on?
You're not good enough Brian. When you're good enough, we will win. But right now, you aren't good enough and no one is to blame but you. What did you see in the first half that you didn't like that would make you change your model? Moving up and down the field at will, that isn't good enough to win? What would make you think that a good option on third and short is to run the only play Michigan has been able to stop all night? Honestly, we could have thrown every down all night long and they couldn't have stopped it. I'm not sure putting up a sign that says "PUT 9 IN THE BOX, WE'RE GOING UP THE MIDDLE!" could have made you more predictable. And to think that this game should have been out of reach in the first half and your lack of coaching would have been a moot point.
Let's be honest here. You know how this game was lost. You are making excuses out of anger and the truth is that this is the best team we have fielded since Lou Holtz was on the sidelines. You don't know how to coach them. You're stubborn and you refuse to play to the size of this stage. You pull pages from the Charlie Weis book of mediocrity constantly and you don't get why we lose these games? We're not good enough yet?
Come on Brian. You've got 10 more games to figure this out. This team could make a BCS bowl at 10-2 and win it with this talent because of one thing. They are good enough.
I know you've been a winner everywhere you've gone. But that was somewhere else, and this is Notre Dame. No one could care less about beating Cincinatti. No one could care less about beating Central Michigan. This is Notre Dame, and beating Notre Dame is like winning a bowl game. You need to come to grips with where you are. If it's simply the learning curve for playing on this stage that you are adapting too then you could turn it around. If it's a lack of respect for the emblem on the jersey that causes your blindness then you aren't the right guy for this job.
There is no one to blame for this 0-2 start but you, Brian.
You aren't good enough right now. When you're good enough, we will win.
"We're not good enough, there's not one individual in that locker room — including all the coaches — who are good enough right now."
Seriously, Brian? We're not good enough? Not one individual? Michael Floyd isn't good enough? Manti Te'o isn't good enough? Cierre Wood, Theo Riddick, TJ Jones, Jonas Gray, Ethan Johnson, Kapron Lewis-Moore, Louis Nix, Tyler Eifert, Tommy Rees, RJ Blanton aren't good enough? I could go on Brian. And the common thread is that they are all good enough. I can point to a multitude of things that went wrong and a couple of players who were abused last night, but I can only think of one person right now who isn't good enough.
I think you know who I'm talking about.
I don't know when it's going to click for you. When are you going to get it? Are you that soft? Do you honestly think anyone will respect you more for running the clock out than for putting your foot on the opponent's throat and finishing it? Do you know what stage you are even on?
You're not good enough Brian. When you're good enough, we will win. But right now, you aren't good enough and no one is to blame but you. What did you see in the first half that you didn't like that would make you change your model? Moving up and down the field at will, that isn't good enough to win? What would make you think that a good option on third and short is to run the only play Michigan has been able to stop all night? Honestly, we could have thrown every down all night long and they couldn't have stopped it. I'm not sure putting up a sign that says "PUT 9 IN THE BOX, WE'RE GOING UP THE MIDDLE!" could have made you more predictable. And to think that this game should have been out of reach in the first half and your lack of coaching would have been a moot point.
Let's be honest here. You know how this game was lost. You are making excuses out of anger and the truth is that this is the best team we have fielded since Lou Holtz was on the sidelines. You don't know how to coach them. You're stubborn and you refuse to play to the size of this stage. You pull pages from the Charlie Weis book of mediocrity constantly and you don't get why we lose these games? We're not good enough yet?
Come on Brian. You've got 10 more games to figure this out. This team could make a BCS bowl at 10-2 and win it with this talent because of one thing. They are good enough.
I know you've been a winner everywhere you've gone. But that was somewhere else, and this is Notre Dame. No one could care less about beating Cincinatti. No one could care less about beating Central Michigan. This is Notre Dame, and beating Notre Dame is like winning a bowl game. You need to come to grips with where you are. If it's simply the learning curve for playing on this stage that you are adapting too then you could turn it around. If it's a lack of respect for the emblem on the jersey that causes your blindness then you aren't the right guy for this job.
There is no one to blame for this 0-2 start but you, Brian.
You aren't good enough right now. When you're good enough, we will win.
