Jack Swarbrick Press Conference Disaster

[NDMatt91]

Swarbrick needs to publicly answer questions about the state of the program. Ultimately, he is responsible for its condition.

The press needs to demand accountability from ND's higher-ups, which they rarely appear to do. If they do not, fans must do so.

"Jack, two questions. Why did you feel the need to bend over backwards to keep a not-so-great Offensive Coordinator before you knew for certain who the next Head Coach would be? Are you going to be in charge of hiring all position coaches?"

 

[1rishftw]

s.

 

[calvegas04]

He did fold to the pressure and hired Freeman

 

[IrishLax]

I do take some solace in knowing that regardless of who the HC was we were going to be fucked with Pyne/Buchner and these WRs. Don Shula himself was only going to win like 8-9 games with this dumpster fire on offense.

 

[Irish4life]

I do take some solace in knowing that regardless of who the HC was we were going to be fucked with Pyne/Buchner and these WRs. Don Shula himself was only going to win like 8-9 games with this dumpster fire on offense.

While Buchner certainly had a terrible game against Marshall, I am quite confident that we'd be 4-2 with him starting. It's a real shame that he's missing a season's worth of development.

 

[Irishdrunk]

Then why was ND ranked #5 going into this season?

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Then why was ND ranked #5 going into this season?

Because the average pre-season poll voter doesn't pay nearly as much attention to this team as we do?

 

[stlnd01]

Then why was ND ranked #5 going into this season?

I dunno. Because we finished the regular season last year ranked #5 and that's all most voters look at?
Preseason rankings are bullshit guesswork. Everyone knows this. Yeah a lot of us thought/hoped we'd go more like 9-3/10-2 than 6-6 but most of us assumed our quarterback room wouldn't be a total dumpster fire.

 

[notredomer23]

II has an interview with Swarbrick coming next week.

 

[zelezo vlk]

II has an interview with Swarbrick coming next week.

They've been saying for weeks that it'll be coming but he hasn't been available. I have no idea why they felt the need to bring it up every podcast.

 

[IrishSpartan]

He’s been delaying it some say. There are a lot of things on the table to talk about and he will be looking down the barrel.

 

[forkbeard3777]

He’s been delaying it some say. There are a lot of things on the table to talk about and he will be looking down the barrel.

He should be delaying it into perpetuity. He royally f'ed up the Andy Ludwig interview/hiring. Then, he had the audacity to double down on his bush-league actions by releasing that sanctimonious, holier-than-thou e-mail/letter that ultimately directed the reader to the Rockne Fund.

I'd still be so incredibly pissed at him if I were Freeman. This is Freeman's livelihood. He's a young, up and coming coach that was in the process of securing an elite coordinator, only to have it botched from the higher ups.

Should Parker woefully underperform this season - with Hartman, the running back room, and elite offensive line, and quality receivers - people will naturally blame Freeman, and not Jack. And, fwiw, I can't imagine the offense being better in 2024 as opposed to 2023.

 

[GrangerIrish24]

He should be delaying it into perpetuity. He royally f'ed up the Andy Ludwig interview/hiring. Then, he had the audacity to double down on his bush-league actions by releasing that sanctimonious, holier-than-thou e-mail/letter that ultimately directed the reader to the Rockne Fund.

I'd still be so incredibly pissed at him if I were Freeman. This is Freeman's livelihood. He's a young, up and coming coach that was in the process of securing an elite coordinator, only to have it botched from the higher ups.

Should Parker woefully underperform this season - with Hartman, the running back room, and elite offensive line, and quality receivers - people will naturally blame Freeman, and not Jack. And, fwiw, I can't imagine the offense being better in 2024 as opposed to 2023.

but how do you really feel?

 

[Irishdrunk]

He should be delaying it into perpetuity. He royally f'ed up the Andy Ludwig interview/hiring. Then, he had the audacity to double down on his bush-league actions by releasing that sanctimonious, holier-than-thou e-mail/letter that ultimately directed the reader to the Rockne Fund.

I'd still be so incredibly pissed at him if I were Freeman. This is Freeman's livelihood. He's a young, up and coming coach that was in the process of securing an elite coordinator, only to have it botched from the higher ups.

Should Parker woefully underperform this season - with Hartman, the running back room, and elite offensive line, and quality receivers - people will naturally blame Freeman, and not Jack. And, fwiw, I can't imagine the offense being better in 2024 as opposed to 2023.

1. I am hopeful that it will be better offensively in 2024 than 2023. That offense was so bad.
2. The reason ND isn't Top 5 right now, is in part, because Savvy Jack and all the other jack asses in the AD and BOT haven't figured out a legitimate work around for the NIL. When you have Ryan Day openly stating last year he will need $12MM to compete in recruiting and everything done at ND is in the backend and "for volunteer service" its just a bad juxtaposition. But I guess its ND and they will do it the "right way." Just don't expect Nattys.

But he was a serious tool win that letter and how he handled Ludwig.

 

[stlnd01]

1. I am hopeful that it will be better offensively in 2024 than 2023. That offense was so bad.
2. The reason ND isn't Top 5 right now, is in part, because Savvy Jack and all the other jack asses in the AD and BOT haven't figured out a legitimate work around for the NIL. When you have Ryan Day openly stating last year he will need $12MM to compete in recruiting and everything done at ND is in the backend and "for volunteer service" its just a bad juxtaposition. But I guess its ND and they will do it the "right way." Just don't expect Nattys.

But he was a serious tool win that letter and how he handled Ludwig.

Both years will be better than 2022.

I completely agree we need to figure out an approach to NIL that enables Notre Dame to compete without sacrificing its values, instead of waiting around for the "rules" (that only we follow) to be enforced. We have always been able to evolve like that before, and Swarbrick's ability to navigate that stuff is why some call him Savvy Jack (unironically) to begin with. Time to show us, Jack.

But I disagree it's the only thing standing between us and the Top 5. This year's incoming freshmen were the first cycle where NIL for recruits was really a widespread thing and I'm sorry but Dante Moore and Keon Keeley weren't going to walk in and make us a Top 5 team on Day One.

 

[Irishdrunk]

I meant 2023 should be better 2022… thank you for clarifying.

 

[Irishdrunk]

Both years will be better than 2022.

I completely agree we need to figure out an approach to NIL that enables Notre Dame to compete without sacrificing its values, instead of waiting around for the "rules" (that only we follow) to be enforced. We have always been able to evolve like that before, and Swarbrick's ability to navigate that stuff is why some call him Savvy Jack (unironically) to begin with. Time to show us, Jack.

But I disagree it's the only thing standing between us and the Top 5. This year's incoming freshmen were the first cycle where NIL for recruits was really a widespread thing and I'm sorry but Dante Moore and Keon Keeley weren't going to walk in and make us a Top 5 team on Day One.

Agree w your post but really those two are possible difference makers. It would have kept us closer to a Top 5 class which alone would have garnered good press- which matters.

 

[stlnd01]

Agree w your post but really those two are possible difference makers. It would have kept us closer to a Top 5 class which alone would have garnered good press- which matters.

They for sure would have upped our class ranking, and probably put us closer to the actual Top 5 that matters in, say, 2025. I'm just wary of overstating the impact of NILon our CURRENT performance. We did just land the best transfer QB on the market, after all.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Is this his official thread, because it's hilarious if it is.