Chad Bowden to USC

[NDFAN2008]

Texas Tech won't sniff the big 12 championship

 

[EvilleIrish]

How do we keep having these public rejections?

 

[choo choo]

Hell even if he's announced today it's going to be anticlimactic in here. We'll be on to worrying about running backs coach within a minute

 

[Dale]

How do we keep having these public rejections?

99% of the CFB world will have no idea any of this happened lol

 

[IrishLax]

Big fish, small pond, low expectations, comfort level. With recruits, this quite often comes back to bite them in the behind, I will be very interested to see how this plays out over the next 3-5 years. He doesn’t *need* the ND job, and there was something that came up that made him want to stay put.

 

[mrmcgrail]

Yeah this would be a mistake on his part of you ask me because who knows how long McGuire has there they haven't won a ton and whoever they bring in next might not be ok with him having full autonomy

 

[FDNYIrish1]

No way MF would cede complete control of the operation to an outsider and I don’t blame him. World of difference between TT and ND if this is in fact true.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

He's a silent commit

Is he having Hayes Fawcett put together a commitment graphic?

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Yeah well 40 years financial advisor. What kind of sales were you in, lawn care like the other asshole?

Whats wrong with lawncare......

 

[PolishDomer]

Hey 2008, who’s that OL you wanted to switch to DT?

The brother of 4-chan

 

[NDFAN2008]

I wonder how much Blanchards decision resulted in ND not giving any leeway on offering HS kids money or bringing in undergrad kids

 

[ThePiombino]

Freeman and Notre Dame went all out for their A#1 target. Can't ask for much more than that. Not sure who's next, but so long as it's an improvement over Bowden then we're still in great shape!

 

[NotKoon]

This whole thing screams to me that at some point he accepted the job and then the reality of uprooting his family kicked in so he started looking for some small detail to blow the deal up without having to go back on his word

 

[Irish5Saint]

I wonder how much Blanchards decision resulted in ND not giving any leeway on offering HS kids money or bringing in undergrad kids

How often do you tell yourself that even though Merck has shot down notions like that?

 

[NDFAN2008]

What about Mark Pantoni Ohio State or Brandon Harris Texas

 

[IrishSpartan]

Anyone have the isd update?

 

[NDFAN2008]

How often do you tell yourself that even though Merck has shot down notions like that?

I disagree that it didn’t play a role in it

 

[notredomer23]

Anyone have the isd update?

https://irishsportsdaily.com/forums/1/topics/103338

Reading between the lines, seems like a unique family situation, hence the few extra days to see if he could figure it out.

 

[IrishWayDomer]

Anyone have the isd update?

Yeah, he's not coming to ND. Wants to stay in Texas for life reasons.

ND will now focus on RB coach so don't expect to hear any good news soon for this position.

 

[slick7410]

Texas Tech won't sniff the big 12 championship

Why not? In the next 5 years, at least 12/16 teams being the champion once wouldn't surprise me.

He should legitimately believe they have a shot. Of course, nobody cares outside the Big 12.

 

[NDPhilly]

Blanchard Really does seem like a better fit for a school like TT Where scouting 2 and 3 stars matters way more. Schools like ND, need a guy more focused on managing Player personnel then to be their GM imo.

UNC guy had a really strong background in that regard.

 

[Katzenboyer]

Bummer. Would've liked to see him here.

But I trust Freeman to get this one right. The fact that he's turning his focus on the RB coaching search because spring ball is right around the corner gives me confidence that he's not going to rush this, and he'll hire the right guy.

 

[Dale]

This whole thing screams to me that at some point he accepted the job and then the reality of uprooting his family kicked in so he started looking for some small detail to blow the deal up without having to go back on his word

Agreed. In the post COVID era, people are not brought on campus unless it’s pretty likely they will be offered the job and there’s been an indication they will accept.

 

[Dale]

Yeah this would be a mistake on his part of you ask me because who knows how long McGuire has there they haven't won a ton and whoever they bring in next might not be ok with him having full autonomy

Considering his level of control, his head would likely roll before McGuire’s if I was the AD. McGuire is the shake hands, play nice with Texas HS coaches front man.

 

[IrishLax]

This whole thing screams to me that at some point he accepted the job and then the reality of uprooting his family kicked in so he started looking for some small detail to blow the deal up without having to go back on his word

It’s going to come out that there was a family situation that came up after he “accepted” the job and made him reprioritize not moving right now. Is what it is.

 

[thekid33]

Okay, let's drop an extra nice sized bag on the UNC guy as a "sorry" for having him be our 2nd choice and having to wait so long and then move onto getting a RB coach.

 

[stlnd01]

Blanchard Really does seem like a better fit for a school like TT Where scouting 2 and 3 stars matters way more. Schools like ND, need a guy more focused on managing Player personnel then to be their GM imo.

UNC guy had a really strong background in that regard.

Yes the UNC guy (Suddes) had an excellent resume, including time at Texas and Bama. Is he staying on there? I saw Belichick brought in his own GM from the NFL. I'd just go for him.

 

[GoldenBoy3]

Seems official now. I trust MF

 

[MKEagle]

 

[The Backer]

I'm very upset we didn't land somebody I hadn't heard of until 2 weeks ago.