All of that is fair… this team though was just built for it to be “the year” with getting Hartman… I never imagined we’d be this bad … we have experience and talent everywhere excerpt maybe wr, and even there we have a lot of young 4 stars
We literally played the exact same schedule as this year almost every year… unlucky to have 4 night games and Louisville/duke to be descent and usc is back … we’ve always played these types of names/programs
What am I missing here… nd allows undergrad transfers, just more hoops to go through, a lot more
I agree with you 100%. What we saw last night was malpractice from a preparation and strategy standpoint.
Yep and the OL got bullied. The bull rush against Alt was especially discouraging. The DE got low, under Alt’s pads and just pushed him over. Not a good look for the supposed #1 OT.
Only thing I can think of for making that call was he was confident the D could hold UL to a FG (which they did) and ND would still have time on the clock to make up the deficit (they didn’t). He probably thought if he punted that UL could put together a long clock killing drive? Just a thought.
Well, from a coaching perspective, we seem to have downgraded with all three positions. I’d also assume we’d have a better record.
In 19 we had the ball with enough time to go down and win it but book got scared. We led at half time, we didn’t get blown out.
Yeah he was the most sought after d coordinator in 21 but he can't break down football. Like come on man it's one thing to say he might not be a head coach because some great coordinators don't end up being great head coaches but this guy knows more about football then you ever will
I’ve mentioned this… I listen or read every pc, it’s alarming because the team plays like they don’t know what they’re doing
His defense against good teams in 21 was moronic, golden came in and eliminated some of his BS
Guy looks the part and could be a great CEO type coach but those tend to be only as successful as how good their assistant coaches are.
Right, he can still succeed. ND has to see this and want to help him, right?
Only way ND wins that game last night is if the offense starts playing better. It seemed to me to be a desperation move based on "maybe if we show them confidence they can do this, it will jump start us and we can put something together for the end of the game." It didn't work, but neither did anything else on offense all night.
You would hope. I’m just not sure Freeman is cutthroat enough to get rid of Parker at the end of the year. Can’t imagine it happens mid season.
Thanks for sharing. You’re correct. Jamie U said it best & he’s not one to get hyperbolic. Will MF have the stones to demote Parker before the end of the season? If he does will it still be too late? I predict SC pants ND and we hear more fans complain about the scheduling (USC during mid-terms w/ no bye before) but that’s a soft Trojans team where ND has no excuse to get embarrassed by but likely will. Then MF could make a change during the bye…maybe make DMc the co-OC or something?Should be mandatory reading, lol. So much failure it’s hard to comprehend.
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After a complete failure by the Notre Dame offense, the entire operation needs to be examinedirishsportsdaily.com
My hunch is if he makes any in-season change, it’ll be during the BYE (which will be too late).
Honestly, it's already too late for this season. Now it's about giving himself enough time to make a thorough, educated, qualified hire for next season.
