Michael Fredrick Denbrock Hired as Offensive Coordinator (2023)

[CanadalovesND]

It now makes sense that ND is not actively recruiting a second TE in the '25 class

 

[Giddyup]

We’ll see. Didn’t mind imposing our will with the two te’s from time to time.

Our te recruiting has been better than our wr recruiting as well.

 

[Ricochet]

would love to see a decent amount of 21 personnel.

 

[IrishSportsDaily]

 

[ulukinatme]

This man gets it.
“For those who know Notre Dame, no explanation’s necessary. For those who don’t, no explanation will suffice.” ~Lou

 

[KPENN]

We’ll see. Didn’t mind imposing our will with the two te’s from time to time.

Our te recruiting has been better than our wr recruiting as well.

You can impose your will plenty of ways. ND has a couple really explosive running backs, it was foolish having them run between the tackles in 2/3 TE sets.

 

[DillonHall]

We’ll see. Didn’t mind imposing our will with the two te’s from time to time.

Our te recruiting has been better than our wr recruiting as well.

Sure we can do that against Syracuse and Navy, but it's hard to consistently score like that against elite competition

 

[stlnd01]

This was basically the operating theory when he was our OC before, wasn't it? Spread out the defense to create more running lanes. Ideally have a QB who's a threat with his legs so they have to account for him too. Also a big enough arm to throw it deep/outside. The power spread. Worked fairly well with Kizer and even Golson when he had his head on straight. CJ Prosise and Josh Adams ran for a lot of yards.

 

[Rizzophil]

You can impose your well plenty of ways. ND has a couple really explosive running backs, it was foolish having them run between the tackles in 2/3 TE sets.

I wouldn’t say foolish

They wanted to wear out teams and by the fourth quarter be able to protect the lead. Michigan just won the natty with same model

 

[irishff1014]

He isn’t going to give it all away. He’ll still study the defenses and bring the game plan to the table.

 

[KPENN]

I wouldn’t say foolish

They wanted to wear out teams and by the fourth quarter be able to protect the lead. Michigan just won the natty with same model

Yeah, I get why they did it but they couldn’t do it.

 

[Giddyup]

Spread gets shut down by plenty of elite teams too. I’m just saying our te and ol recruiting has been better than wr of late.

 

[DillonHall]

Spread gets shut down by plenty of elite teams too. I’m just saying our te and ol recruiting has been better than wr of late.

I'd strongly argue WR recruiting has been better than TE in 2023 and 2024. We'll see if the tide shifts in 2025 but we still have a shot at 1-2 elite WRs

 

[drayer54]

This is the greatest formation ever and we should use it every game. You won’t change my mind.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

This is the greatest formation ever and we should use it every game. You won’t change my mind.

Meh.
It's a llitle beta for my taste. Where's the full back?

 

[Rasputin]

This is the greatest formation ever and we should use it every game. You won’t change my mind.

What if Denbrock decided to put an 11th man in this formation? Would that change your mind?

 

[irishandy]

This man gets it.
“For those who know Notre Dame, no explanation’s necessary. For those who don’t, no explanation will suffice.” ~Lou

Amen:

“When Notre Dame called and we had a couple conversations, this is a place that I’ve always felt my heart was,” he said. “It’s where I always wanted to be. The opportunity to come back here presented itself, and it was a difficult decision but the right decision.”- Denbrock

 

[ulukinatme]

Amen:

“When Notre Dame called and we had a couple conversations, this is a place that I’ve always felt my heart was,” he said. “It’s where I always wanted to be. The opportunity to come back here presented itself, and it was a difficult decision but the right decision.”- Denbrock

Damn COVID must be messin' with my eyes...

 

[ulukinatme]

What if Denbrock decided to put an 11th man in this formation? Would that change your mind?

Don't need an 11th man on the field when you're in 12 or 13 man personnel!

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

“When Notre Dame called and we had a couple conversations, this is a place that I’ve always felt my heart was,” he said. “It’s where I always wanted to be. The opportunity to come back here presented itself, and it was a difficult decision but the right decision.”- Denbrock

Love it.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

My apologies if this has already been brought up but...

1) Any chance Freeman reached out to Denbrock last year when Rees left?

2) If that did happen, any chance Denbrock turned him down because he had Jayden Daniels at QB?

 

[Rockin’Irish]

My apologies if this has already been brought up but...

1) Any chance Freeman reached out to Denbrock last year when Rees left?

2) If that did happen, any chance Denbrock turned him down because he had Jayden Daniels at QB?

I’m sure there is a chance he reached out to Denbrock……..unfortunately we’ll never know all the folks who were contacted. I think it’s also reasonable to think Denbrock was not quite ready to bolt from LSU since he had just arrived and he had some star pupils in Daniels/WR room.

 

[Rizzophil]

I’m sure there is a chance he reached out to Denbrock……..unfortunately we’ll never know all the folks who were contacted. I think it’s also reasonable to think Denbrock was not quite ready to bolt from LSU since he had just arrived and he had some star pupils in Daniels/WR room.

Correct

And his buy out was higher

 

[PutuporShutup]

This is the greatest formation ever and we should use it every game. You won’t change my mind.

Not sure if it was this play or different one vs UNC at goal line with similar formation…. Every nd player pushed their guy into end zone but zeke got absolutely destroyed and the NT blew up the play

 

[Irish4life]

Pretty cool breakdown of how Denbrock uses motion

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Good post. Can't wait for August. LFG.

 

[NDIrish000]

Links to his old playbooks (2011 & 2015)

Notre Dame - Google Drive

drive.google.com

 

[NDIrish000]

Every Offense runs the same 15-20 pass concepts along with Zone, Gap runs. The innovative part is how you dress these concepts up and the sequence you call the plays in.

 

[ulukinatme]

Links to his old playbooks (2011 & 2015)

Notre Dame - Google Drive

drive.google.com

11 - Play Action.pdf...the man knows what play action is!

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Curious as to whether Denbrock incorporates analytics into his play calling. It's all the rage in the NFL. I don't know where Notre Dame Football/Freeman stand on this currently in terms of utilization, staff, etc.

I'm going to assume that Parker did not.