Coaching Styles Through The Decades

[Stalking_Eagle]

I only can remember back to Holtz

Holtz - Heavy Ground Game with great Special Teams and a hard nose Defense.

Davie - Not real sure, I think a lot of luck

Willingham - The best offense was our defense

Weis - Superpower offensive potential and Defense is getting there due to lack of recruiting from the previous two coaches.

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

Davie - Not real sure, I think a lot of luck

Great D's, Bad O's. That simple. Pretty good recruiter, but not the best.

I think it was Prister that did an article recently (could have been B&G) which talked about Davie's 2001 D being one of the best in recent memory (25 years)

 

[Freeman Ara]

If I remember correctly Davie was a pretty good recruiter but an awful gameday coach. Been a few years but I seem to remember time mismanagement issues all the time with him at end of games. Plus who can't forget the all out blitz against MSU, sheesh.

 

[RI Domer]

Great D's, Bad O's. That simple. Pretty good recruiter, but not the best.

I think it was Prister that did an article recently (could have been B&G) which talked about Davie's 2001 D being one of the best in recent memory (25 years)

Maybe if he wasn't such a jerk Weis could have taken him on a DC.

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

Maybe if he wasn't such a jerk Weis could have taken him on a DC.

LOL...actually given that he was fired by ND I have alwasy thought he has kept pretty cool about it.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

LOL...actually given that he was fired by ND I have alwasy thought he has kept pretty cool about it.

That's cause the boy got PAYD!

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Maybe if he wasn't such a jerk Weis could have taken him on a DC.

I never understood why Holtz took him on as DC. I mean he beat Davie's "Wrecking Crews" two years in a row in back to back Cotton Bowl appearances. The first one, 1993, was a blowout. Maybe he was the best one available after Minter left for Cincy, but I never understood that hire. And he definitely had issues w/ clock mgmt. The Nebraska game immediately comes to mind.