Clausen vs. Mallett

[piyachi]

Check SMQ - I think that's where I recall reading it (work got hectic today).

 

[Pete]

LMAO ... but where did the nickname "Lurch" come from?

 

[johnnd05]

LMFAO ... awesome.

 

[piyachi]

HAHAHAHA thanks for the photo - I forgot just how fitting the name really is.

 

[johnnd05]

Mallett

Mallett

From Rakes of Mallow ... this is REALLY funny!

Ryan Mallett is...Jacob Silj

I was trying to think of ways to make fun of the quarterback statue that is Ryan Mallett and I kept thinking about an SNL character that reminds me so much of him.

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Here's a recent conversation between coach Lloyd Carr and Ryan Mallett:

Lloyd Carr: Ryan, you're throwing the ball so incredibly hard. Try having some touch and not putting everything you have into it.

Ryan Mallett: How dare you Coach Carr. I have a throwing arm related medical condition.

Lloyd Carr: Oh, I'm very sorry.

Ryan Mallett: I suffer from throwing arm velocity uncontrollability problems. I am unable to control the touch or velocity of a pass. Also known as Kyle Boller Syndrome, KB is a recognized psycho-medical condition which you may have read about in Sports Illustrated or a recent edition of Tom Lemming's recruiting magazine.

 

[NDOM]

Okay Okay! So Michigans defense is not very good. BUT OUR OFFENSE IS TERRIBLE PEOPLE! Wake Up!! In fact we are dead last in division 1-A. So what makes you think we can beat Michigan just because they have a not so good defense? We havent even scored. Samford (not Stanford) scored more points on Georgia Tech than we did. Thats just PATHETIC. So how is it that we are going to even compete with Michigan. This is a blowout about to happen. This just has the makings of an asswhoopin. Michigan wins by at least 17-20 points. Sorry. Thats just my opinion and I'm sure I'm going to get shit for it. And one more thing if you havent noticed yet.....OUR DEFENSE STILL SUCKS.

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

I'm not gonna blow up on you, but I don't think our defense sucks, it just needs more quality depth in the front 7, especially the DL. They run out of gas after halftime, especially since our O can't sustain a drive (or get first downs).

I think we will play better, with CW opening up the offense. Hell, if we can cut down on the penalties, we will get first downs. Every damn drive (or just about) had a penalty.

 

[johnnd05]

NDOM, I don't think you know what you're talking about. I'll leave it at that.

 

[NDOM]

NDOM, I don't think you know what you're talking about. I'll leave it at that.

We will see if you are saying that about 730pm saturday night. And if Notre Dame keeps it closer than that then I will personally apologize to you. Notre Dame has NOTHING to give Michigan. NOTHING! I'll leave it at that.

 

[Steve]

NDOM, if notre dame wins, will you give me all your vbucks?

 

[NDOM]

NDOM, if notre dame wins, will you give me all your vbucks?

I will give you. JUST YOU 10,000. Hows that sound? Since ya dont have too much anyway.

 

[wahoo]

LMFAO ... awesome.

I give up!!!! Which one is the picture of the McChicken QB????

 

[ACamp1900]

My opinon on this game is more middle ground but I have to lean towards NDoM... I just don't see it happening... we don't have the speed or scheme to make their D look that bad and we all know what Hart and Manningham can do to our D... MSU and Purdue become must wins to even think about a bowl game....

 

[NDOM]

My opinon on this game is more middle ground but I have to lean towards NDoM... I just don't see it happening... we don't have the speed or scheme to make their D look that bad and we all know what Hart and Manningham can do to our D... MSU and Purdue become must wins to even think about a bowl game....

Finally someone who agrees with me. And after coming home from the game. Yes I was at the game I realized that once again I was right in my prediction. I hate to say I told ya so but come on people. This is the worst I have ever seen any Notre Dame team play. First thing that needs to happen is John Latina needs to join Rick Minter wherever he is and just get drunk together. Latina needs to be canned NOW! I'm still on the Corwin Brown Bandwagon because I see SOME improvement on defense and I'm not expecting miracles is first year. NOBODY on that team wanted to play today. And I heard from an inside source (my priest now retired who used to be and Irish Guard) That Charlie Weis left Demetrius Jones High and Dry. I'm slowly starting to get off the Charlie Weis Bandwagon as well. Some Offensive Guru he is huh? He's starting to look like a coach named Hmmm oh yeah Lloyd Carr. Too predictable in my eyes. If I can predict what play Notre Dame is going to run 9 times out of 10 thats just pretty pathetic. Im DISGUSTED and I could throw up right now how things are being handled. I have NOTHING more to say.

 

[johnnd05]

Finally someone who agrees with me. And after coming home from the game. Yes I was at the game I realized that once again I was right in my prediction. I hate to say I told ya so but come on people. This is the worst I have ever seen any Notre Dame team play. First thing that needs to happen is John Latina needs to join Rick Minter wherever he is and just get drunk together. Latina needs to be canned NOW! I'm still on the Corwin Brown Bandwagon because I see SOME improvement on defense and I'm not expecting miracles is first year. NOBODY on that team wanted to play today. And I heard from an inside source (my priest now retired who used to be and Irish Guard) That Charlie Weis left Demetrius Jones High and Dry. I'm slowly starting to get off the Charlie Weis Bandwagon as well. Some Offensive Guru he is huh? He's starting to look like a coach named Hmmm oh yeah Lloyd Carr. Too predictable in my eyes. If I can predict what play Notre Dame is going to run 9 times out of 10 thats just pretty pathetic. Im DISGUSTED and I could throw up right now how things are being handled. I have NOTHING more to say.

Yes, you were right. 100% right. You did tell us so, and you're well within your rights to say that.

But what does this - the bolded phrase - mean? Can you clarify at least a little bit?

 

[NDOM]

Yes, you were right. 100% right. You did tell us so, and you're well within your rights to say that.

But what does this - the bolded phrase - mean? Can you clarify at least a little bit?

I totally didnt want to brag so im glad you didnt take that the wrong way. With my statement in bold... My ex priest who is now still a friend of mine is a Notre Dame grad and he used to be an Irish Guard. as in the dudes that wear the kilts not an offensive guard. Anyway I talked to him after the game and he has heard from good sources that Charlie Weis basically didnt even let Demetrius Jones know that he wasnt goin to make the trip to Ann Arbor. So Charlie Weis left Demtetrius Jones HIGH AND DRY. This is the same source that let me know Ty was fired before many people even knew about it (which I am still pissed that Ty got the shaft like that) so thats pretty much it. If I find out more I will let ya know dude.

 

[johnnd05]

I totally didnt want to brag so im glad you didnt take that the wrong way. With my statement in bold... My ex priest who is now still a friend of mine is a Notre Dame grad and he used to be an Irish Guard. as in the dudes that wear the kilts not an offensive guard. Anyway I talked to him after the game and he has heard from good sources that Charlie Weis basically didnt even let Demetrius Jones know that he wasnt goin to make the trip to Ann Arbor. So Charlie Weis left Demtetrius Jones HIGH AND DRY. This is the same source that let me know Ty was fired before many people even knew about it (which I am still pissed that Ty got the shaft like that) so thats pretty much it. If I find out more I will let ya know dude.

To the first point - no problem. You were right, I was wrong. You deserve to brag as much as I deserve the shit I'm eating. But we're both fans, so all's well.

As to the second part: someone is just confused here. The decision not to come to the UM game was Jones's, not Weis's: Demetrius had secretly enrolled at NIU during the week but attended practice and signed up for the team bus anyway. Then he was a no-show for the trip and didn't tell the coaching staff in advance. The only person who decided DJ wasn't going to Ann Arbor was DJ (apparently Weis actually said he'd had plays drawn up for him this week), and it was DJ who was - to say the least - less than upfront about that.

 

[NDOM]

To the first point - no problem. You were right, I was wrong. You deserve to brag as much as I deserve the shit I'm eating. But we're both fans, so all's well.

As to the second part: someone is just confused here. The decision not to come to the UM game was Jones's, not Weis's: Demetrius had secretly enrolled at NIU during the week but attended practice and signed up for the team bus anyway. Then he was a no-show for the trip and didn't tell the coaching staff in advance. The only person who decided DJ wasn't going to Ann Arbor was DJ (apparently Weis actually said he'd had plays drawn up for him this week), and it was DJ who was - to say the least - less than upfront about that.

Im not sure what to really believe at this point. I believe you and my friend is a Notre Dame guy so its hard to go against what he says. But the bottom line is that players dont want to be at Notre Dame, We keep getting blown out, and I think after being outscored 112-13 in 3 games is going to not go so well with recruits. I think some of the verbals we have arent going to be commited much longer. We are going to lose some more than we already lost. Just like last year how at the end they went elswhere. Bottom line is we suck. Notre Dame is the worst team in division 1-A right now. Im disgusted johnnd05. What do you think?

 

[Irish52]

Same old story...sorry line play..both offensively and defensively. Play calling very unimaginative and generally, wholesale apathy on the part of the team. I have no idea what is going on with the coaching staff.....but something needs to change and quick. Ai it looks now, we will be lucky to end up with 5 wins and no shot at a bowl game.

 

[johnnd05]

Im not sure what to really believe at this point. I believe you and my friend is a Notre Dame guy so its hard to go against what he says. But the bottom line is that players dont want to be at Notre Dame, We keep getting blown out, and I think after being outscored 112-13 in 3 games is going to not go so well with recruits. I think some of the verbals we have arent going to be commited much longer. We are going to lose some more than we already lost. Just like last year how at the end they went elswhere. Bottom line is we suck. Notre Dame is the worst team in division 1-A right now. Im disgusted johnnd05. What do you think?

Well I'm 100% sure your friend is wrong. He probably just misheard someone, but he's wrong. Too many people have said exactly the same things about the DJ situation.

As to the recruits: I think that in general we'll be okay. Many of them have said they're not going to let this bother them, and I believe it. In some cases, that a team is playing poorly signals to them that they'll have a better chance at getting playing time from the start - and the way Weis has used his freshmen and sophomores this year will certainly help reinforce that idea. But if any of them do end up jumping ship, then I say good riddance (as I do to Jones).

More generally: we do suck, no doubt about it. (I said that this evening as we were eating dinner and my wife added: "No, don't understate things. We suck BIG FAT COCK." This in front of our six-month-old son.) I doubt that we're actually the WORST team in I-A, but we definitely do suck. But I'm going to keep preaching the gospel of patience here: it's INCREDIBLY difficult to field an offensive line as young and inexperienced as ours is, and there's no doubt that that's been a HUGE part of our struggles. (Though the senior "leadership" hasn't helped much: those snaps today from Sullivan, the penalties this week and last from Thomas, ... what the heck?!) I think we looked shellshocked and unready to play this week, and this isn't the first time that has happened under Weis (last year against UM and for most of the game against MSU jump to mind), so I do have some real concerns about what he's doing coaching-wise, and I'm still trying to figure out how best to articulate them. But I really think we've got to be patient: this is a VERY young team, and we've played three GOOD teams to start the year (two of them on the road).

I was high on the team last week because I thought we showed a lot of progress from GT to PSU, and that we played with some real poise and confidence in Happy Valley, even if we did get blown out on the scoreboard. Today was a big step backwards in my opinion, though we won't know until next week when they play PSU whether Michigan really is the team we thought they were at the start of the season, and their first two games just an aberration. I believe Weis when he says he's going to change the way he's been running things in practice. Let's wait a bit longer and keep looking for signs of improvement.

 

[kjones]

I think you got a good perspective here John, one that I mostly agree with. I tend to place less of the blame on Charlie though, because I have some coaching experience, and I honestly wonder what in the world you COULD do as a coach to prevent things like this today. Do you really think they didn't practice snapping the ball enough? Or didn't practice ball possession drills. Or even more basic things like blocking and tackling? The players didn't play well, but the coach can't MAKE them play well, and I often wonder just what he could have done differently to avoid this. I come up with not much.

I also disagree that Michigan is a good team. I don't think they are. Middle of the road, maybe upper middle of the road, but not good.

 

[portlaNDgal]

I think you got a good perspective here John, one that I mostly agree with. I tend to place less of the blame on Charlie though, because I have some coaching experience, and I honestly wonder what in the world you COULD do as a coach to prevent things like this today. Do you really think they didn't practice snapping the ball enough? Or didn't practice ball possession drills. Or even more basic things like blocking and tackling? The players didn't play well, but the coach can't MAKE them play well, and I often wonder just what he could have done differently to avoid this. I come up with not much.

I also disagree that Michigan is a good team. I don't think they are. Middle of the road, maybe upper middle of the road, but not good.

Gotta agree w/ your last point there. Once again, we make other teams look good through our poor play. Only this year it's the offense instead of the defense who's doing it. But I don't have any answers either.

 

[johnnd05]

I think you got a good perspective here John, one that I mostly agree with. I tend to place less of the blame on Charlie though, because I have some coaching experience, and I honestly wonder what in the world you COULD do as a coach to prevent things like this today. Do you really think they didn't practice snapping the ball enough? Or didn't practice ball possession drills. Or even more basic things like blocking and tackling? The players didn't play well, but the coach can't MAKE them play well, and I often wonder just what he could have done differently to avoid this. I come up with not much.

I also disagree that Michigan is a good team. I don't think they are. Middle of the road, maybe upper middle of the road, but not good.

We'll see about Michigan. They play PSU next week, so we'll see.

The main thing that strikes me as a coaching issue is the way we come out flat. In the NFL - and especially as a coordinator - you don't need to do much to "motivate" guys: they're professionals, and they've spent the better portion of their lives getting motivated for football games. Not so in college, and I feel like sometimes - the GT and UM games this year were cases in point, as were the UM and MSU games last year - we come out of the gate apparently unready to play and then the games get away from us fast. If that's not a coaching problem, I don't know what is, though admittedly I don't have many suggestions to offer for what exactly should be DONE to avoid it.

 

[kjones]

We'll see about Michigan. They play PSU next week, so we'll see.

The main thing that strikes me as a coaching issue is the way we come out flat. In the NFL - and especially as a coordinator - you don't need to do much to "motivate" guys: they're professionals, and they've spent the better portion of their lives getting motivated for football games. Not so in college, and I feel like sometimes - the GT and UM games this year were cases in point, as were the UM and MSU games last year - we come out of the gate apparently unready to play and then the games get away from us fast. If that's not a coaching problem, I don't know what is, though admittedly I don't have many suggestions to offer for what exactly should be DONE to avoid it.

I definitely lean this way as well. Weis has not showed that he can fire guys up and get them ready to play above themselves. He's always seemed more cerebral about the game and lacking the kind of charisma that makes guys go above and beyond what they are capable of. That fervor can also let a team down big time when it doesn't work, and I think Weis/Parcells/Bellichik/etc really try to avoid that impredictability of relying on emotion. A lot of times I think that would help our guys, but I don't think Charlie has that natural ability in him.

 

[domerfor life]

I definitely lean this way as well. Weis has not showed that he can fire guys up and get them ready to play above themselves. He's always seemed more cerebral about the game and lacking the kind of charisma that makes guys go above and beyond what they are capable of. That fervor can also let a team down big time when it doesn't work, and I think Weis/Parcells/Bellichik/etc really try to avoid that impredictability of relying on emotion. A lot of times I think that would help our guys, but I don't think Charlie has that natural ability in him.

Charlie came from the NFL. One of his noticeable shortcomings is that he fails to realize how important "emotions" are to a college football game. That's the main reason why they always seemed to come out flat during big games and games thus far this year. Do you think Lou's teams were always the "better team"? No. He got them to play above themselves. Charlie's players just don't seem to play with that edge. It's too much of a cerebral approach which doesn't work in CFB. Oh well, we could come out with all the emotions of a suicidal Nazi and still get drilled. Is there really a fix for this year? How can you run any offense when you have a line that can't block?

 

[Maggard103]

Mallett played well, Clausen didnt thats that;;;;

 

[NDFan4Life]

Mallett played well, Clausen didnt thats that;;;;

Clausen hasn't had a chance to show what he can do. The offensive line has been so horrible, he's spent more time in the turf than standing upright.