The infamous glass half full or half empty. I think we all know BK had the most success since Lou in the 90’s. Top 5 finishes, etc. If you don't see that not sure I can tell you anything to change your mind.
Weis' choice of assistant coaches was awful.
You could also count on one hand the number of times BK won a big game; Freeman ran Clemson off of the field in his first year at the helm.
Freeman as HC decided not to take a transfer QB. This was on his watch and an obvious learning curve. He can't just stand by when his various Coordinators do as they please.
Idk what planet you live on but a 9-2 run after 0-2 start is pretty damn respectable, with a backup QB to boot. He clearly got more comfortable as the season progressed as a rookie HC, and the trajectory of this program is on the right path.
Most success since Lou isn’t some grand accomplishment when you’re comparing yourself to Davie/Ty/Weis.
So you are Koon!
We need 5 star posters to become a top 10 message board, instead we are a top 25 message board with the likes of you.
And against the weakest opponents in the history of the program and against a historically weak USC who was under sanctions during part of the time and had to totally rebuild and he still managed to lose more games than any coach in ND history By A Large MARGIN! He was a good coach. That’s it and he had questionable morals. In any other era of ND football he would have been fired after year five and never sniffed Rockne’s record.
That’s because BK changed the environment. Weiss won 16 games his last 3 years. If he wasn’t such a bad HC. He’d have been able to go to Swarbrick and make the demands Kelly did.
I agree. I wondered if BK lowered his expectations after he was at ND a few years or if they weren’t that high to begin with due to the failures of the previous 3 coaches & the perceived academic hurdles. He’s definitely a savvy politician. I still laugh when Prister recalls BK claiming to be a lifelong ND fan before being asked who is favorite players were & he couldn’t name one!
Damn straight! Hes been top notch for a very, very long time even amongst many, many pants pissers and tier 6 dog shit posters.
I am on the planet that it was a 9-4 season....nice breaking up the season as only a defender of a lackluster season would do. The QB Room is part of the football program last I checked. He was the Head Coach. But he was a very green HC and that is the risk ND took in hiring this guy. He certainly didn't have BK's resume when he came over from Cincinnati - another program he turned around.
Agreed. Kelly may not be likable but he was a tough son of a bitch and got the program turned around despite many road blocks from ND Administration. These same type of road blocks will be in Freeman's future and he better fucking push back like Kelly did. This offseason was not a good look with the Admin blundering the OC Search.
That's adorable.....
He didn't do enough as a coach, a recruiter, nor as a person to completely dig himself out of the hole he dug for the Tulsa decision and comments thereafter. It made him suspect so after he maxed out his golf game in South Bend. he took himself and his fam-uly to LSU, and good riddance.
I don’t buy that. I’d say Swarbrick was way more responsible for the changing the environment than BK. Although sure, BK did whine until the end about shopping down a different aisle.
Losing kids to ridiculous NIL money isn't the fault of Freeman or the admin.
I'm not really concerned if you buy it. It's still a fact.
