Jack Swarbrick

[TheChosen1]

Wanted to give a rundown of what Jack has done since 2008:

Training Table
Brian Kelly
Gold Helmets
Shamrock Series
Fighting Irish Digital Media-UND.com videos
Strong and True
NBC extension
Compton Ice Arena
Purcell Pavillion
ACC/Staying Independent
Graduation Rates
Announcing the College Football Playoffs
Under Armour
National Championship Game
Campus Crossroads Project
Stadium Expansion
Field Turf

Great Work

 

[irishfan]

One of those rare people who you can tell is extremely intelligent just by listening to one interview.

 

[ulukinatme]

I wasn't sold on Jack at first, but man...he's done a great job to help push the team into a new era and bring us to the 21st century. He's done a great job with the brand, he's pushing football, and he's putting us in a position to win and bring in new fans. If he continues down this road, he could pave quite the legacy for himself.

 

[no.1IrishFan]

Great thread.

Mr. Swarbrick deserves much more credit for the current state of ND football than he gets.

Fantastic job.

 

[ndfi78]

That's not even counting all the NC's in Olympic sports.

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[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Doing an incredible job.

 

[wizards8507]

Anyone else think he directed them to leave the grass extra shitty yesterday so the turf announcement would be less of a blow to the traditionalists? Slick PR move.

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[IrishLax]

He is the most competent and intelligent person we could ever hope to have in the AD role.

Compare his body of work to his predecessors and it's pretty insane.

 

[Grahambo]

He is the most competent and intelligent person we could ever hope to have in the AD role.

Compare his body of work to his predecessors and it's pretty insane.

It's almost as if he is playing catch up with the other big programs. Seems as if those teams were light years ahead of ND and now ND is on their doorstep.

 

[TheChosen1]

Anyone else think he directed them to leave the grass extra shitty yesterday so the turf announcement would be less of a blow to the traditionalists? Slick PR move.

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I said the same exact thing in the spring practice thread.

 

[Monk McGinn]

It's almost as if he is playing catch up with the other big programs. Seems as if those teams were light years ahead of ND and now ND is on their doorstep.

True. For years ND tried to hold on to traditional ways to do things.
Jack found out you can still hold on to most of those traditions while
advancing all athletic programs to keep up with the upper echelon.
We are very fortunate to have a man like Jack leading the athletes of ND.

 

[CarrollVermin]

Personally, I am not a fan of the "Crossroads Project" and I understand that I am in the minority. The University has a Crossroad, it should be the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. I don't want to move us away from the heart and soul of our identity. I feel like this is a step in the wrong direction for the University and should be reconsidered.

If you want to expand the stadium, do that. Do it within scale of our current and future needs. To make the football stadium the "center of life" on campus seems hypocritical to me.

 

[texbender]

Field looked like crap cuz the winter was worst/coldest in decades, and why maintain it when all signs were pointing to going the way of Field Turf? I live in Texas and my yard doesn't look much better right now. There was a Turf company in the stadium in February doing prelim work, so they probably had made the decision or were close to the decision to forego trying to maintain the sloppy field we have seen for several years.
Regarding Swarbrick, ND has one of the best and should be grateful to have him and do whatever is necessary to keep him.

 

[IrishLax]

Personally, I am not a fan of the "Crossroads Project" and I understand that I am in the minority. The University has a Crossroad, it should be the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. I don't want to move us away from the heart and soul of our identity. I feel like this is a step in the wrong direction for the University and should be reconsidered.

If you want to expand the stadium, do that. Do it within scale of our current and future needs. To make the football stadium the "center of life" on campus seems hypocritical to me.

I agree with this. One of the few moves I haven't liked. Only others are some scheduling blunders, and that's subjective.

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

I posted this in the turf thread, but I think it would be special over here as a voice of dissent

You are a god damned moron

 

[kmoose]

Personally, I am not a fan of the "Crossroads Project" and I understand that I am in the minority. The University has a Crossroad, it should be the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. I don't want to move us away from the heart and soul of our identity. I feel like this is a step in the wrong direction for the University and should be reconsidered.

Perhaps it is merely semantics, but I believe that the idea behind making the stadium the center of the crossroads, is to utilize it for much more than simply football. Force the stadium, so to speak, to serve the higher goal of educating young men and women. I don't think it is intended to highlight football as the identity of the University, but to serve as an example of how football can coexist with, and even complement, academics on campus. That's coming from someone who never attended ND, so it's entirely possible that there are dynamics at work that I either don't understand, or am completely unaware of.

 

[IrishLax]

Wanted to give a rundown of what Jack has done since 2008:

Training Table
Brian Kelly
Gold Helmets
Shamrock Series
Fighting Irish Digital Media-UND.com videos
Strong and True
NBC extension
Compton Ice Arena
Purcell Pavillion
ACC/Staying Independent
Graduation Rates
Announcing the College Football Playoffs
Under Armour
National Championship Game
Campus Crossroads Project
Stadium Expansion
Field Turf

Great Work

Also, to add on to the list, new first class soccer and lacrosse facilities, and I believe baseball is currently being built, right?

He's done a tremendous job for every sport on campus.

 

[Redbar]

Perhaps it is merely semantics, but I believe that the idea behind making the stadium the center of the crossroads, is to utilize it for much more than simply football. Force the stadium, so to speak, to serve the higher goal of educating young men and women. I don't think it is intended to highlight football as the identity of the University, but to serve as an example of how football can coexist with, and even complement, academics on campus. That's coming from someone who never attended ND, so it's entirely possible that there are dynamics at work that I either don't understand, or am completely unaware of.

I think this is probably the right prism with which to view this decision. I have seen nothing that Mr. Swarbrick has done to lead me to believe he would try to undermine the central mission of the University. I don't think he is paying lip service to the idea that academics and athletics can and should foster each other in a symbiotic relationship. I think the confusion is in part simply semantics.

 

[CarrollVermin]

I think this is probably the right prism with which to view this decision. I have seen nothing that Mr. Swarbrick has done to lead me to believe he would try to undermine the central mission of the University. I don't think he is paying lip service to the idea that academics and athletics can and should foster each other in a symbiotic relationship. I think the confusion is in part simply semantics.

I found this from Fr. Miscamble, which I believe puts the sentiment full front and center. Again, it is a matter of perspective. I am an alum and am all for competitiveness on the field. Heck, in moments of darkness, I wish we would cheat more to get ahead...haha. But, the mission of our University has been clear. I don't want to send the wrong message, or have the efforts of the rest of campus dwarfed due to a renewed focus on athletics. Still, I am proud of everything that the Notre Dame community has accomplished.

Irish Rover » Notre Dame at a Crossroads: Misplaced Priorities and a Flawed Vision

 

[Monk]

Anyone else think he directed them to leave the grass extra shitty yesterday so the turf announcement would be less of a blow to the traditionalists? Slick PR move.

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I think it's probably more that he didn't want to spend the time and money on a field that will have a bull dozer on it in about a month, but I'm sure he knew it would be a better PR move to have it look that bad as well.

 

[woolybug25]

I posted this in the turf thread, but I think it would be special over here as a voice of dissent

You are a god damned moron

Oh Across.... that dude is priceless.

 

[IrishLion]

Oh Across.... that dude is priceless.

I'm considering enlisting some computer science friends to see if they can help me get immediate access to that board, rather than needing approval.

After seeing that board after the turf announcement, nothing in life would give me greater joy than bypassing their board restrictions and battling ACross in the open.

 

[TDHeysus]

Wanted to give a rundown of what Jack has done since 2008:

Training Table
Brian Kelly
Gold Helmets
Shamrock Series
Fighting Irish Digital Media-UND.com videos
Strong and True
NBC extension
Compton Ice Arena
Purcell Pavillion
ACC/Staying Independent
Graduation Rates
Announcing the College Football Playoffs
Under Armour
National Championship Game
Campus Crossroads Project
Stadium Expansion
Field Turf

Great Work

he also stood by a prominent football player when the world was coming down on him; with a January 16th press conference, he got out in front of that whole mess when he didn't have to.

 

[WestCoast]

Wanted to give a rundown of what Jack has done since 2008:

Training Table
Brian Kelly
Gold Helmets
Shamrock Series
Fighting Irish Digital Media-UND.com videos
Strong and True
NBC extension
Compton Ice Arena
Purcell Pavillion
ACC/Staying Independent
Graduation Rates
Announcing the College Football Playoffs
Under Armour
National Championship Game
Campus Crossroads Project
Stadium Expansion
Field Turf

Projects in Process:
Fire Brey!

 

[Ndaccountant]

Oh Across.... that dude is priceless.

Typical Ndnation response to hearing the news during the game......

Yes, those at NDnation still only listen to games, since that is the way it was done when Knute was coach.

 

[Huntr]

Swarbrick could sell a ketchup popsicle to a woman wearing white gloves.

I've listened to his show quite a bit and it's the same every time - smart and matter-of-fact w/o sounding pretentious. Dude knows how to use ND's vast resources to get stuff done. I'm glad he's at the helm.

 

[RDU Irish]

Reps to Mr. Swarbrick!

Football is the tip of the iceberg of his long list of improvements to the University.

 

[Riddickulous]

Lest we forget, this also happened under Swarbrick:

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[Kaneyoufeelit]

 

[no.1IrishFan]

he also stood by a prominent football player when the world was coming down on him; with a January 16th press conference, he got out in front of that whole mess when he didn't have to.

This.

The pure emotion at the end of that interview told me all i needed to know about Jack.
It was more than just sticking up for a player that he knew was innocent. He showed true empathy at the end when he had to take a moment because he was getting choked up.