It's only a matter of time at this point. The program was in a spot where we could take a swing on MF. We missed and that's ok. He will recruit well enough to keep it afloat for the next guy.
As Lee Corso says "Not so fast" This problem is easily fixed with a strong OC....Literally that's it. Even if Golden leaves MF will be fine. We are in the same boat as USC, both teams fix one side of the ball....They are deadly! Nobody is beating SC by scoring 20 points. Nobody is beating ND if they score 30+ and move the ball well to eat clock and give the D a rest. Not rocket science, and you'd think ND would be smart enough to see it.
Do you not think the red flags are starting to pile up?
This just screams were sticking with the same offensive approach to me.
I think the only red flag is they took a swing on a guy and it didn't work out and now it appears they are going to stick with him longer than needed. Do you see another one I'm missing? Shoulda woulda coulda but this team should be 9-1 any way you slice it and dice it. Shitty play calling and I'll give a small percentage to execution has them 7-3 and realistically should be sitting at 6-4. All signs point to final drive against OSU and final 7 drives against Clemson as the only red flag I see.
There have been several cases of extremely poor in game management that says to me MF is in over his head at this point in his career. My worry is we hired him about a decade too early.
Maybe you're right. But a young up and comer that can recruit and is as likeable as him can win at ND even as a first year HC. If Grubb or Lebby was our OC, the in game time management would not be an issue. Also, I wasn't joking when I said they should look at Ruggiero. Proof is in the pudding and that's all that needs to be said, he did so much more with so much less.
To let someone down you have to first establish a streak of winning or have shown some excellence before you begin sucking. As a result, I don't think Driskell has ever let anyone down, he went straight to the later.
I know, but that moral high ground is really starting to wear thin...especially when teams like GT, Nebraska, Wash and Colorado have all won championships more recently than ND.
Trust me, it can get thinner.
LOL...And so can those bookstore lines.
Fair enough, but his mistakes I feel are because his lack of experience. It may take him longer because he does not have that background as a head coach at one of the most visible programs where mistakes are much more scrutinized than at smaller schools where he could cut his teeth. The question is can he learn really really fast, because that is what he needs to do. And some mistakes are bigger than others, which his choice of OC being a really horrible mistake that had a larger effect than many of his in-game blunders. A more experienced coach likely does not make that mistake, promoting another green coach as the OC when the HC himself was also very green. That's just about unforgivable. We'll see if he makes the right move and recovers from it relative to his other decisions. In other words, grow up really damn fast.
Clemson Scored 31 points vs ND. You know what teams held them to less than that this year