Chad Bowden to USC

[rikkitikki08]

It’s a decent scroll back at this point but I was incorrect prior, he does legit have full control on his department and who they recruit at TTU

So he has authority over the head coach who to recruit? I can’t imagine any big time school or coach is going to commit to that

 

[Irish2155]

I love lawn care. One of my favorite past times

Nothing compared to financial advising.

To each his own, I suppose

 

[Dale]

I believe he is already doing this at Texas Tech.

From 247:

“We have a personnel department that is over recruiting,” McGuire said. “The coaches that came that weren't maybe at Baylor and and saw Matt Rhule’s design. It's a little bit different, but very, very similar. They were kind of taken aback, because they may tell me they haven’t watched a guy and we’ve already offered him. I say, 'Coach, here's the deal. This personnel department, headed by James Blanchard, all they're going to do 24/7 is watch film. They're going to watch more film than anyone. And it takes that off your plate.' I said, 'But if you want, we're going to watch him. But we're not going to wait to offer these kids to give you give them the thumbs up. It's going to delay the process."

From The Athletic:

"To increase efficiency, McGuire does something Bellaire said he hadn’t experienced at other places he’s worked, like Baylor, Texas A&M or LSU: McGuire gives his personnel staff full autonomy to offer prospects, without needing his prior approval. Blanchard will still poke his head in McGuire’s office or fire off a text to him to keep him abreast before offering, but he has the “green light,” Bellaire said, to offer."

Bump.

@AKRowdy @rikkitikki08

 

[irishff1014]

Notre Dame isn’t for some people. Texas and Indiana aren’t a like. If him and his family weren’t going to be happy then it saved the university from doing this again next year.

It does suck that ND can’t get who they want though.we will find out how strong the staff is and not letting this lose all the momentum.

 

[notredomer23]

I thought it was an extremely meta joke.

Everyone will know now! Links Sports Illustrated

 

[pumpdog20]

Good... I would not feel comfortable giving total control to a non coach over player personnel.

 

[slick7410]

So he has authority over the head coach who to recruit? I can’t imagine any big time school or coach is going to commit to that

You wouldn't think - especially if I'm an OC or QB coach, I wouldn't want to hitch my future to a guy I don't support. It'd be hard to get legitimate established coaches in.

Outside of farting in the recruits living room, how do you get out of that if someone has full control?

 

[irishff1014]

Put Texas Tech on the schedule so we beat them 66-7 like we did Purdue.

 

[irishknight35]

Good... I would not feel comfortable giving total control to a non coach over player personnel.

It has to be collaborative, there are really good coaches who have proven they have an eye for talent on this staff and they deserve a say in who is recruited and evaluated. I loved the thought of Blanchard being the workhorse in the recruiting department but this is Marcus Freeman's show and he's proven his dedication to making Notre Dame a consistent power. Ultimately Blanchard would have been fantastic but Freeman is the engine and he'll bring in someone who wants to be apart of bringing a Championship to ND.

 

[rikkitikki08]

Yeah Coach Free is never going to allow that. He’s going to want control over who they recruit. That’s insane that any high level coach would be ok with that

 

[Dale]

It legitimately only makes sense at Texas Tech. Blanchard was Director of Recruiting at Baylor, so presumably he could reasonably direct McGuire on offers when McGuire was only a floating Assistant Head Coach since Blanchard was Rhule’s guy. McGuire has never had any other college job besides that and being Texas Tech HC. So he works for a HC that essentially has never actually told him or anyone else what to do recruiting wise.

 

[PNW Irishman]

Full autonomy of the 5th best school in the state. Watches more tape than anyone and didn't offer Leonard Moore.

 

[Irish du Nord]

Full autonomy of the 5th best school in the state. Watches more tape than anyone and didn't offer Leonard Moore.

This is a pretty good point lol

 

[Terry Jillery]

I trust Freeman, but not every hire is a home run. Stuckey and Parker proved that. We can make excuses to make ourselves feel better, but sometimes we do not land our top choices, and this year, it will be hard to outdo Golden, Chad, and Deland. Losing them is a major hit, and I do not see our new DC being better than Golden. Unless the other hires are exceptionally better than Deland and Chad, our staff will likely be less talented than last season. That’s just reality. I also love Carr, but I’m not expecting him to be all around better than RL, who was arguably the best QB we have had since BQ.

 

[GATTACA!]

I trust Freeman, but not every hire is a home run. Stuckey and Parker proved that. We can make excuses to make ourselves feel better, but sometimes we do not land our top choices, and this year, it will be hard to outdo Golden, Chad, and Deland. Losing them is a major hit, and I do not see our new DC being better than Golden. Unless the other hires are exceptionally better than Deland and Chad, our staff will likely be less talented than last season. That’s just reality. I also love Carr, but I’m not expecting him to be all around better than RL, who was arguably the best QB we have had since BQ.

Clausen wins a championship on this roster.

 

[INLaw]

Full autonomy of the 5th best school in the state. Watches more tape than anyone and didn't offer Leonard Moore.

🤯

 

[matman4593]

Sounds like our staff has a problem closing deals just like we had issues closing on recruits we had locked up in 2025 mainly at WR.

Dude being you must be absolutely exhausting. Uninformed take after uninformed take. Been a long time member (rarely post) and I can only think of one or two posters more annoying than you.

I genuinely want to know more about you, because I imagine you much like the mongoloid in The Goonies, but for all I know you're just a regular guy. Feel like this would clear a lot up for me.

 

[IrishTusker]

I trust Freeman, but not every hire is a home run. Stuckey and Parker proved that. We can make excuses to make ourselves feel better, but sometimes we do not land our top choices, and this year, it will be hard to outdo Golden, Chad, and Deland. Losing them is a major hit, and I do not see our new DC being better than Golden. Unless the other hires are exceptionally better than Deland and Chad, our staff will likely be less talented than last season. That’s just reality. I also love Carr, but I’m not expecting him to be all around better than RL, who was arguably the best QB we have had since BQ.

People really think this "GM" position is a big deal. I'm not sure what evidence there is of this. New coaches don't need to be better than the coaches who are leaving. They just need to be about as good, which is entirely possible. And when you win, coaches leave. See, e.g., OSU.

 

[Irish2155]

Clausen wins a championship on this roster.

Agreed. Clausen was much better than Quinn. His D just gave up 50 a game. And I wouldn’t sell Carr short of RL just yet.

 

[IrishLion]

Clausen wins a championship on this roster.

Give Clausen the '18, '20, or '24 defense, he'd have won a natty with any of those supporting casts.

 

[MacIrish75]

Full autonomy of the 5th best school in the state. Watches more tape than anyone and didn't offer Leonard Moore.

They may actually be the 7th-8th best school in the state.

Texas
SMU
A&M
TCU
Baylor
Sam Houston State
Tech

and in some years Houston is up there, too.

 

[Rasputin]

Put Texas Tech on the schedule so we beat them 66-7 like we did Purdue.

Or don't and let them languish in obscurity forever playing on truTV or CW.

 

[SeekNDestroy]

Dude being you must be absolutely exhausting. Uninformed take after uninformed take. Been a long time member (rarely post) and I can only think of one or two posters more annoying than you.

I genuinely want to know more about you, because I imagine you much like the mongoloid in The Goonies, but for all I know you're just a regular guy. Feel like this would clear a lot up for me.

Does 2008 like Baby Ruth bars?

 

[matman4593]

Does 2008 like Baby Ruth bars?

"HEY YOU GUYSSS we need 4 more DTs, 6 WRs, the portal class sucks, we can't sign high school recruits, and the program is in shambles"

 

[benneboy]

They may actually be the 7th-8th best school in the state.

Texas
SMU
A&M
TCU
Baylor
Sam Houston State
Tech

and in some years Houston is up there, too.

Tech will be 4th or 5th on that list at worst and in short order. They have big oil money funneling in to become a competitive program. There's no bottom to those pockets

 

[stlnd01]

Tech will be 4th or 5th on that list at worst and in short order. They have big oil money funneling in to become a competitive program. There's no bottom to those pockets

Every program in Texas has bottomless pockets of "big oil money." Aside from UT sometimes that money doesn't seem to buy them the kind of success that anyone outside Texas notices.

 

[PNW Irishman]

"HEY YOU GUYSSS we need 4 more DTs, 6 WRs, the portal class sucks, we can't sign high school recruits, and the program is in shambles"

*Only 5 WR if we can move one of our stud DBs over

 

[NDFAN2008]

Dude being you must be absolutely exhausting. Uninformed take after uninformed take. Been a long time member (rarely post) and I can only think of one or two posters more annoying than you.

I genuinely want to know more about you, because I imagine you much like the mongoloid in The Goonies, but for all I know you're just a regular guy. Feel like this would clear a lot up for me.

What exactly do you disagree with here we missed out on 3 WR’s that were silents in 2025 they all ended up going somewhere else this is known

 

[The Backer]

Without using the internet, name the best 5 GMs in college football.

 

[FDNYIrish1]

I think he would’ve done great but this there is room for skepticism going from such a regional recruiting area to a program with a national footprint.