Marcus Freeman named Dick Corbett Head Football Coach

[bobbyok1]

Total joke. This season's lack of offensive production in our last three games is completely on the coaching staff. What a weak response. Sorry Marcus, not buying it. Everyone in the room knows it, just admit it. You have the convo with Parker first and then tell people some variation of "we need to mix things up offensively" This is not what a good Head Coach says.

 

[Free Manera]

He's definitely very capable. He's easily a top-10 quarterback, but the WR play hasn't been great.

 

[NDWarrior]

Going to turn things around and get focused by cutting our hair. You sound like an unstable woman after a small mishap

You're still missing the point, it's more about the team not being focused vibe from MFMF on down. I don't care if he wants go Aaron Rodgers if he and the team start kicking ass.

 

[EvilleIrish]

I desperately want Marcus to be a success because I think he’s a great representative of the university…but is anyone else getting the feeling we will have a new coach in 2025? I worry we hired Marcus about a decade too early.

 

[PutuporShutup]

Actually its been said that things get said behind the scenes.

Words aren’t working

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Do people honestly believe that what Freeman says during a presser is what is really said behind closed doors? Are people really that dumb? Have people not been in a position of leadership?

 

[PutuporShutup]

Do people honestly believe that what Freeman says during a presser is what is really said behind closed doors? Are people really that dumb? Have people not been in a position of leadership?

come on man

The issue isn't the presser, we all know that. The issue is that things went wrong vs OSU, got worse vs Duke, and completely collapsed vs Louisville. So whatever the heck is going on behind the scenes at practice is sure as heck not working.

He's so focused in the presser on execution, he may actually be so bad he doesn't realize how bad the play calling is.

The fact he can't even say, yeah we really wish we had a few calls back in that game. Every coach admits that, he can't, it's we aren't coaching enough for them to execute whatever play is called. That is completely moronic.

 

[ThePiombino]

Sure you dont want to air dirty laundry. Just not a good take in my opinion. Not a good way to instill confidence in the players.

Yeah, would be one thing if he said we all need to do better, but he specifically said the players were the problem. Execution = players. Odd take considering how glaringly bad the coaching is on that side of the ball.

 

[PutuporShutup]

Right now freemans clear message is

We need to recruit better and we need to execute better.

That translates to "we need better players, see I told you we need better players."

 

[GrangerIrish24]

Yeah, would be one thing if he said we all need to do better, but he specifically said the players were the problem. Execution = players. Odd take considering how glaringly bad the coaching is on that side of the ball.

He talked about coaching as being a part of the problem with execution.

 

[NumbersGuy0520]

Whether or not he believes it, it’s a shit excuse because on literally any failed play you could point to execution, regardless of whether or not the players were being put in the best position to succeed via play calling.

- Failed 70 yard FG attempt? Man, should’ve just had a bit more leg under it, Shrader typically has the distance in practice.
- Run that did not convert on 3rd and 10? It was there at the snap, we just need to hold our blocks for another half second.
- Stuffed run up the middle on 3rd and 3 (this one actually happened) - we have a great OLine and Estime, they just didn’t execute and that’s unfortunate.
- Key incompletion on a third down - dang, we ran 4 curl routes and none of the WRs got open. Just needed to execute.

Extreme examples but the point stands - if we’re running plays where one or several unlikely pieces need to occur successfully in order to “execute”, the problem is with the play call and not the execution.

At least some closure from Freeman that the play calling has been anything but perfect (“I have no issues with the play calling”) would be nice - he can absolutely acknowledge this without throwing Parker under the bus but he is choosing not to - he either doesn’t know how to (fair, but concerning) or genuinely believes the play calling is relatively fine and it’s primarily a matter of executing (more concerning)

 

[Sea Turtle]

come on man

The issue isn't the presser, we all know that. The issue is that things went wrong vs OSU, got worse vs Duke, and completely collapsed vs Louisville. So whatever the heck is going on behind the scenes at practice is sure as heck not working.

He's so focused in the presser on execution, he may actually be so bad he doesn't realize how bad the play calling is.

The fact he can't even say, yeah we really wish we had a few calls back in that game. Every coach admits that, he can't, it's we aren't coaching enough for them to execute whatever play is called. That is completely moronic.

Yep. Clearly OSU laid the blueprint.
And no one is ever open. Even the catches Evans makes, people are all over him.

 

[gmnysdad]

While I scratch my head with many decisions Freeman has made, I only have to look at Georgia to see what allowing a coach to learn on the means. I lived down there when Kirby was hired and the fans were not happy with his game management in year 1 and 2. He learned from the mistakes while building his recruiting machine. Just an example where it sometimes takes three years to get it figured out.


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[NDFAN2008]

Part of the issue is execution. Tyree should have executed and caught that pass, players also did block which caused that fumble that's all execution. The OL was god awful which is why Hartman had so many picks

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Right now freemans clear message is

We need to recruit better and we need to execute better.

That translates to "we need better players, see I told you we need better players."

They need to coach the better players better b/c he’s owned the best roster in every game played so far w/ the exception of OSU. Clemson is the only other one on the schedule that could make that claim.

 

[IrishTusker]

While I scratch my head with many decisions Freeman has made, I only have to look at Georgia to see what allowing a coach to learn on the means. I lived down there when Kirby was hired and the fans were not happy with his game management in year 1 and 2. He learned from the mistakes while building his recruiting machine. Just an example where it sometimes takes three years to get it figured out.


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The problem is Freeman was mentored by Kelly. Smart was mentored by Saban. Granted, though. The OC fiasco isn't mainly Freeman's fault.

 

[gmnysdad]

The problem is Freeman was mentored by Kelly. Smart was mentored by Saban. Granted, though. The OC fiasco isn't mainly Freeman's fault.

That’s why I am in conflict. The Kelly mentorship, however you can also look at Freeman and see Tressel and Fickell (from Tressel). I think the years with Tressel outdo the damage of a year with Kelly


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[Ndaccountant]

The problem is Freeman was mentored by Kelly. Smart was mentored by Saban. Granted, though. The OC fiasco isn't mainly Freeman's fault.

Not sure one year equates to mentorship.

 

[stpeteirish]

Yeah, would be one thing if he said we all need to do better, but he specifically said the players were the problem. Execution = players. Odd take considering how glaringly bad the coaching is on that side of the ball.

That’s why I am in conflict. The Kelly mentorship, however you can also look at Freeman and see Tressel and Fickell (from Tressel). I think the years with Tressel outdo the damage of a year with Kelly


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Tressell ball is the last thing we need in CFB 2023. The game has changed.

 

[ThePiombino]

Tressell ball is the last thing we need in CFB 2023. The game has changed.

I didn't say anything about Tressell lol

 

[PutuporShutup]

He talked about coaching as being a part of the problem with execution.

That’s the BS

Every coach goes into the game and calls certain plays because he believes they’ve been coached properly to run them… execute better is a coach saying play better

 

[Grahambo]

To be fair, he’s also not wrong about the execution. Some blame does fall to the players. Poor blocking, WRs not getting separation, bad throws.

That said, I think we all knew he wouldn’t make any drastic changes game week. The offense is so bad, I don’t know how it can be fixed in one week. I’m curious if they force feed Evans and Love. I’d also be curious if Faison gets more burn.

Regardless, even if they get lucky this week, the current state of the offense is just so bad. I hope MF is learning what he needs to learn because next year, if it’s more of the same, the new AD will make a change (probably).

 

[ThePiombino]

To be fair, he’s also not wrong about the execution. Some blame does fall to the players. Poor blocking, WRs not getting separation, bad throws.

That said, I think we all knew he wouldn’t make any drastic changes game week. The offense is so bad, I don’t know how it can be fixed in one week. I’m curious if they force feed Evans and Love. I’d also be curious if Faison gets more burn.

Regardless, even if they get lucky this week, the current state of the offense is just so bad. I hope MF is learning what he needs to learn because next year, if it’s more of the same, the new AD will make a change (probably).

Probably? I would say hopefully. I really like Freeman, but I like Notre Dame even more. The football program deserves better than this. It will be egregious to run Parker out there as OC next season. Like BVG starting the 2016 season bad.

 

[T-Boone]

Do people agree with Goolsby about the WRs not being able to put moves on (he called them dance moves) at the snap to get separation because they aren’t fast enough to then get into the route? Is that part of the issue?

 

[Grahambo]

Probably? I would say hopefully. I really like Freeman, but I like Notre Dame even more. The football program deserves better than this. It will be egregious to run Parker out there as OC next season. Like BVG starting the 2016 season bad.

That’s my final straw before jumping off the MF train. If he trots out GP again, then all bets are off.

 

[Grahambo]

Do people agree with Goolsby about the WRs not being able to put moves on (he called them dance moves) at the snap to get separation because they aren’t fast enough to then get into the route? Is that part of the issue?

I’m no WR expert but I don’t think some of the WRs are talented enough to create separation on their own so have to rely on creative play design. Greathouse seems to be the best at it and it appears Faison might be capable. Evans is pretty good at it. Tobias only seems trusted to run straight, Thomas looks like he runs in molasses, Flores is probably overthinking every detail.

 

[Irishdrunk]

While I scratch my head with many decisions Freeman has made, I only have to look at Georgia to see what allowing a coach to learn on the means. I lived down there when Kirby was hired and the fans were not happy with his game management in year 1 and 2. He learned from the mistakes while building his recruiting machine. Just an example where it sometimes takes three years to get it figured out.


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By year 2 Kirby had Georgia finishing as runner up in the polls. Since then, UGA has not finished outside of the Top 10. I am not sure that we are having nearly same experience here.....

 

[DillonHall]

By year 2 Kirby had Georgia finishing as runner up in the polls. Since then, UGA has not finished outside of the Top 10. I am not sure that we are having nearly same experience here.....

Yeah, and we're never going to be able to recruit the way Georgia has (almost nobody else can)

 

[irishff1014]

Yeah, and we're never going to be able to recruit the way Georgia has (almost nobody else can)

Never should be bold and in capital letters.