Marcus Freeman named Dick Corbett Head Football Coach

[IrishTusker]

Man, some of you guys are unbearable. Go outside. Touch some grass. Breath the fresh air. The world is still turning. It’s a game. Regroup and on to USC.

What's the point of this sort of comment, though? It's a sports message board. We're meant to talk about sports here. I hope everyone appreciates that sports aren't that important in the big picture.

 

[Lberry]

Crazy no one's mentioned that Freeman did exactly what Miami coach did against Duke. Ran the ball needlessly instead of downing it. Just didn't get unlucky.

 

[AKRowdy]

What's the point of this sort of comment, though? It's a sports message board. We're meant to talk about sports here. I hope everyone appreciates that sports aren't that important in the big picture.

I agree. Let’s talk sports but it’s hard to do when so many distraught over a game. Labeling this a worse loss than Marshall?! Like come on. This is game 3 against a top 25 team, in prime time in the opposing teams biggest game of the year. Yes, I agree ND should be used to it but having 2 heart rushing games in back to back weeks is hard as f*ck to get up every game emotionally and physically. Yes this loss is on everyone but it gets tiring reading how to fire the whole staff after 1.5 years. Come on, that’s not how you build a program. Am I happy with how the administration tied MF hands begins his back for not giving out big money to land a practical experienced OC? Hell yes I am but I also understand how late it was in the process and MF having to scramble quickly after that debacle to get a cohesive unit ready for spring ball. Am I upset about WR play? Hell yes, but I also understand we are injured unit and did BK/TR/ Del absolutely Nike the WR room and recruiting? We have “1” true upper class man WR who would be likely WR3 in any D1 program, now make him 75% healthy that unit is awful and makes our offense 1 dimensional. Our WR2 is a true freaking freshman who is hurt. That’s not gonna get you to the playoffs even with Joe Burrow at QB. Now the weak timid OL play is baffling and frustrating to me.

But life goes on. Would I be frustrated and thinking MF needs fired after year 3 for this stuff. Yes but not after 1.5 years. That’s why I said my comment.

 

[NDFAN2008]

People tend to forget in 4 out of Kelly’s 5 first years here he had average or below average years going 8-5 3 times and 9-4 1 time. He had numerous bad losses in those first 5 years. Season 1 lost to Tulsa, Navy, and embarrasing loss on a fake field goal to Michigan State. Year 2 lost to South Florida and Michigan to start 0-2 almost lost to Pitt Wake and BC. People need to Pump the breaks

 

[Irishdrunk]

People tend to forget in 4 out of Kelly’s 5 first years here he had average or below average years going 8-5 3 times and 9-4 1 time. He had numerous bad losses in those first 5 years. Season 1 lost to Tulsa, Navy, and embarrasing loss on a fake field goal to Michigan State. Year 2 lost to South Florida and Michigan to start 0-2 almost lost to Pitt Wake and BC. People need to Pump the breaks

Well we are suffering because Kelly brought us success and close to a Natty and really many thought Kelly was holding us back. It is the BOT that is holding us back. Now we are back sliding a bit. MF calling for 4 and 16 with nearly 10 minutes - even after a Time Out - is sheer madness and almost as stupid as not having 11 men on the field.

The players have to know their coaches are not placing them in the best position to win.

 

[IrishTusker]

Why are we talking about Kelly? Who cares?

 

[bumpdaddy]

Crazy no one's mentioned that Freeman did exactly what Miami coach did against Duke. Ran the ball needlessly instead of downing it. Just didn't get unlucky.

Duke had 3 timeouts and chose not to use them after we ran it one time. Duke chose to let the clock run out. The situations were not the same.

There have been a lot of other bad coaching decisions to complain about. That wasn't one of them.

 

[Irishdrunk]

Why are we talking about Kelly? Who cares?

Understood. It was about how Kelly had to pound the table to get the BOT to reinvest into the program. Not really about Kelly.

 

[NDFAN2008]

As bad as Kelly left the WR room and QB room along with Safety I’m giving freeeman 4 years minimum

 

[calvegas04]

As bad as Kelly left the WR room and QB room along with Safety I’m giving freeeman 4 years minimum

4 years?!?!?! 75% of this board will die

 

[Irishdrunk]

4 years?!?!?! 75% of this board will die

RIGHT??? What people don't get is the dynamic between Kelly and Swarbrick and the dynamic between Freeman and Swarbrick is very, very different. Nothing is going to change. ND Swarbrick and BOT are not going to wake up and say "Oh Shit we got to get Freeman the very best." Freeman hasn't demanded it and is so young he is not in the position to go toe-to-toe with Swarbrick to demand it like Kelly did. In fact, Kelly demanded a higher budget to get Freeman in ironically. But there is no way Gerard Parker is getting that kind of money out of Swarbrick.

I can envision the scene where Swarbrick realized there was money needed for Ludwig's buy-out and he called in his young protege HC Freeman to explain to him how sad it is that he didn't have the money to hire his desired OC. Perhaps Freeman expressed his disappointment and re-chanted the "Choose Hard" mantra. Then Swarbrick said nice things about War Daddy Parker as a real up and comer like Freeman...planting the seed for an easy contract.....

I bet the total Comp for the ND Staff is Top 25 all-in but not close to Top 10. There is your problem.

 

[IrishTusker]

As bad as Kelly left the WR room and QB room along with Safety I’m giving freeeman 4 years minimum

I can't go crazy about Freeman because of the way the OC hire happened. Admittedly, he should have hired someone with more experience after Ludwig and Klein did not work out. But what happened was so unfair and bizarre. It's not as though Freeman's first move was to promote someone without OC experience.

 

[Wild Bill]

Don’t know exact plan but freeman stated they need better guard and center play so plan was to swap them in and out early last night to give them a chance to see who would play well… didn’t work

Yeah I noticed that was going on when I saw schrauth getting his ass kicked. So they didn't tell the offensive line they were rotating. Nice. Who doesn't like a surprise?

 

[stpeteirish]

Why are we talking about Kelly? Who cares?

Because everyone hated Kelly and thought Freeman was a major upgrade and now it’s an open question.

 

[stpeteirish]

As bad as Kelly left the WR room and QB room along with Safety I’m giving freeeman 4 years minimum

Nobody needs or gets four years anymore. Gigantic TV money plus transfer portal equals no job security.

 

[PutuporShutup]

Nobody needs or gets four years anymore. Gigantic TV money plus transfer portal equals no job security.

Freeman righted ship last year somewhat to salvage season… he can do the same this year and go 10-2 worst case 9-3…. 8-4 with this talent nd should be seeing if they can upgrade, and at minimum give him one more year to prove himself

 

[Grahambo]

Are there any offensive “Al Golden’s” in the NFL right now?

 

[PANDFAN]

4 years?!?!?! 75% of this board will die

Good

 

[PutuporShutup]

Are there any offensive “Al Golden’s” in the NFL right now?

He just got promoted to OC, but PAY Ben Johnson.

 

[IRISHMAN]

People tend to forget in 4 out of Kelly’s 5 first years here he had average or below average years going 8-5 3 times and 9-4 1 time. He had numerous bad losses in those first 5 years. Season 1 lost to Tulsa, Navy, and embarrasing loss on a fake field goal to Michigan State. Year 2 lost to South Florida and Michigan to start 0-2 almost lost to Pitt Wake and BC. People need to Pump the breaks

even with BKs HC experience it took him seven seasons to figure out how to coach this team and were asking MF with no HC experience to hit the ground running. MF is young with no HC experience and now he's pared up with a young inexperienced OC there will be growing pains.

 

[PutuporShutup]

even with BKs HC experience it took him seven seasons to figure out how to coach this team and were asking MF with no HC experience to hit the ground running. MF is young with no HC experience and now he's pared up with a young inexperienced OC there will be growing pains.

I thought we were in the NC game in 2012?

You'll talk about 13/14 and 16 rightfully so. You had key players and your good starting QB suspended for 13 season.

Then the ultimate mistake the cost ND the 14-16 season was hiring a friend BVG. How Jack didn't learn from this and allowed Freeman to make the same mistake. Kelly and or Jack fired BVG mid season 2016, when he should have been fired after the defensive collapse in 2014 to end the season. Parker doesn't need fired, TEs are playing well, he needs to have nothing to do with play calling.

 

[mrmcgrail]

2012 with those 2 and 7 ranked recruiting classes as junior and seniors

 

[NDdomer2]

This team is undisciplined and has been egregiously unprepared in multiple instances since his hiring.

Clearly learning on the fly too.

 

[Te'o4Heisman]

This team is undisciplined and has been egregiously unprepared in multiple instances since his hiring.

Clearly learning on the fly too.

What other choice does he have. All we can do is hope he actually is learning.

 

[NDdomer2]

What other choice does he have. All we can do is hope he actually is learning.

him none - ND had plenty though

 

[bobbyok1]

What kind of makeup does Marcus Freeman have? I think this is the key question to whether he will be successful at ND or a bust.

1. Is Marcus a learner? If he is the kind of guy that learns from his mistakes and builds slowly getting better each year, then he will succeed at ND.
2. If he is not a learner, we will get more of the same until he is fired.

While I fear he is more likely #2, I will withhold judgment for now hoping he is #1.

 

[Reaper97]

Word is the OL didn’t know about the plan until it was way too late to tell them about the plan.

Stop quoting Driskell just making shit up to place blame on everyone but Freeman.

ND rotated the OL all week in practice.
You have to be a complete moron (like Driskell) to spend an entire week in practice getting reps with the 1’s, and not know you are getting reps in the game.

Driskell’s explanation is typical Driskell spin & bullshit.
Think about it.
OL get hurt all the time. OL get put in with the 1’s all the time, WITHOUT having a full week of practice with the 1’s like they did this week & do fine.

Driskell is just doing two things:
1) Making an excuse for Schrauth because he didn’t play well, & according to Driskell he is better than any IOL.
2) Driskell has to place blame on anybody but Freeman.

Driskell’s entire response and actions since the game speak volumes.
He didn’t do his normal shows.
He wasn’t on his own board except to go at people for not being in his cult.
His first post about the game was going after an individual who said the coaches at ND knew more about what happens in practice than that (IB) site. Driskell got butthurt as usual & went after them.

Driskell legitimately thinks he has a better understanding of what happens at practices he’s not actually at, than the ND staff. All because he talks to parents of disgruntled players.

And he honestly believes he knows more football & is a better coach than ND coaches.
I, along with others, have the messages to prove it.
That’s why many of us aren’t friends with him anymore, because he tried telling us, in all seriousness, he was a better coach than Brian Kelly. A freaking failed D3 position coach. LOL

Sidenote: He also started banning people who questioned him. It’s a classic dictator move. When he started his site he said over and over again that the difference between his site & others is nobody would be censored unless they crossed obvious lines (name calling, politics, violence, etc…).
Now he is banning people for disagreeing with him or pulling up his old quotes & calling him out on them.
But he can’t afford to lose the subscriptions, so he just bans them from posting.
His Cult is unraveling now, because more & more people there are realizing he is full of shit.

 

[ColinKSU]

Stop quoting Driskell just making shit up to place blame on everyone but Freeman.

ND rotated the OL all week in practice.
You have to be a complete moron (like Driskell) to spend an entire week in practice getting reps with the 1’s, and not know you are getting reps in the game.

Driskell’s explanation is typical Driskell spin & bullshit.
Think about it.
OL get hurt all the time. OL get put in with the 1’s all the time, WITHOUT having a full week of practice with the 1’s like they did this week & do fine.

Driskell is just doing two things:
1) Making an excuse for Schrauth because he didn’t play well, & according to Driskell he is better than any IOL.
2) Driskell has to place blame on anybody but Freeman.

Driskell’s entire response and actions since the game speak volumes.
He didn’t do his normal shows.
He wasn’t on his own board except to go at people for not being in his cult.
His first post about the game was going after an individual who said the coaches at ND knew more about what happens in practice than that (IB) site. Driskell got butthurt as usual & went after them.

Driskell legitimately thinks he has a better understanding of what happens at practices he’s not actually at, than the ND staff. All because he talks to parents of disgruntled players.

And he honestly believes he knows more football & is a better coach than ND coaches.
I, along with others, have the messages to prove it.
That’s why many of us aren’t friends with him anymore, because he tried telling us, in all seriousness, he was a better coach than Brian Kelly. A freaking failed D3 position coach. LOL

Sidenote: He also started banning people who questioned him. It’s a classic dictator move. When he started his site he said over and over again that the difference between his site & others is nobody would be censored unless they crossed obvious lines (name calling, politics, violence, etc…).
Now he is banning people for disagreeing with him or pulling up his old quotes & calling him out on them.
But he can’t afford to lose the subscriptions, so he just bans them from posting.
His Cult is unraveling now, because more & more people there are realizing he is full of shit.

That's a lot of words to say you don't like Driskell.

 

[stpeteirish]

Stop quoting Driskell just making shit up to place blame on everyone but Freeman.

ND rotated the OL all week in practice.
You have to be a complete moron (like Driskell) to spend an entire week in practice getting reps with the 1’s, and not know you are getting reps in the game.

Driskell’s explanation is typical Driskell spin & bullshit.
Think about it.
OL get hurt all the time. OL get put in with the 1’s all the time, WITHOUT having a full week of practice with the 1’s like they did this week & do fine.

Driskell is just doing two things:
1) Making an excuse for Schrauth because he didn’t play well, & according to Driskell he is better than any IOL.
2) Driskell has to place blame on anybody but Freeman.

Driskell’s entire response and actions since the game speak volumes.
He didn’t do his normal shows.
He wasn’t on his own board except to go at people for not being in his cult.
His first post about the game was going after an individual who said the coaches at ND knew more about what happens in practice than that (IB) site. Driskell got butthurt as usual & went after them.

Driskell legitimately thinks he has a better understanding of what happens at practices he’s not actually at, than the ND staff. All because he talks to parents of disgruntled players.

And he honestly believes he knows more football & is a better coach than ND coaches.
I, along with others, have the messages to prove it.
That’s why many of us aren’t friends with him anymore, because he tried telling us, in all seriousness, he was a better coach than Brian Kelly. A freaking failed D3 position coach. LOL

Sidenote: He also started banning people who questioned him. It’s a classic dictator move. When he started his site he said over and over again that the difference between his site & others is nobody would be censored unless they crossed obvious lines (name calling, politics, violence, etc…).
Now he is banning people for disagreeing with him or pulling up his old quotes & calling him out on them.
But he can’t afford to lose the subscriptions, so he just bans them from posting.
His Cult is unraveling now, because more & more people there are realizing he is full of shit.

You’re knowledge of Driskell is impressive

 

[Reaper97]

That's a lot of words to say you don't like Driskell.

I like him as a person.
In fact, many on here, probably you too, have called me Driskell & say I’m an IB lover.
So which is it?