New Offensive Line Coach Search

[Irishdawg]

Can he recruit as well as develop and coach?

Saw this quote…
Luke was an especially effective recruiter for the Bulldogs. After Luke was hired by Georgia in December 2019, Georgia signed 14 offensive linemen, including two five-star prospects — tackles Broderick Jones and Amarius Mims — and seven four-stars.

 

[Irish4life]

So Chris Watt was already hired got it

 

[rtrn2glory]

So..... Let's get our hopes up..... Just in time to watch them crash and burn

 

[StPaul_Irish]

If it is Watt, let's just hope a "source" doesn't come out and say, Watt is "Power Bottom".

I mean we already have a War Daddy and Vinnys Dad.

 

[BoredIrish]

If it comes down to a family decision, you gotta think MF would be the perfect coach to close the deal.

 

[NDRock]

Matt Luke just oozes SEC to me. Guy is still rockin the Ole Miss frat hairstyle. Just seems out of place at ND. His sons are in school and it seems hard to believe he would make such a move. That being said, I hope they get him. I would just be very surprised though if it happens.

 

[stpeteirish]

"He isn't driven by dollars" but Ole Miss paid him 6 million to go away. So there's that.

 

[WilliamWallace]

The fact that he is entertaining the idea of returning to coaching I think says a lot about the situation, and he’s already been on campus. The fact that he’s considering a return because it’s ND (if true) says that ND still has that allure.

Now do we know if he’s the first to be interviewed? After watching the OC interviews it seems they went after their top targets first.

 

[Giddyup]

The guy is relatively young at 46 yo

 

[rikkitikki08]

It indeed would be a home run hire, my only question though is has he ever coached anywhere not in the south?

 

[KPENN]

It indeed would be a home run hire, my only question though is has he ever coached anywhere not in the south?

He’s coached at Duke

 

[ACamp1900]

I will say I like how they seem to be taking their time on this hire. Either they appreciate the gravity of this hire or a bunch of top dudes are turning us down.

If the tone here is to be followed then they probably aren’t aware of the opening just yet,…

 

[ThePiombino]

So do they hire Watt before or after we get our hopes up for Luke?

 

[MacIrish75]

So do they hire Watt before or after we get our hopes up for Luke?

Apparently after 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[Grahambo]

So do they hire Watt before or after we get our hopes up for Luke?

Definitely after. Then we’ll get an email from JS explaining the decision not to hire one of the best OL coaches available.

 

[ThePiombino]

Apparently after

So they're skipping the dog and pony show this time? Disappointing.

 

[ThePiombino]

Definitely after. Then we’ll get an email from JS explaining the decision not to hire one of the best OL coaches available.

Don't forget solicitation for FUND as well.

 

[ColinKSU]

Flight Tracker never fails to let us down.

Driskell saying today that looking at the flight tracker is stalker behavior and that we saw with the Ludwig fiasco why fans speculating can poison the well for the person they do hire was El-Oh-El behavior.

My dude, no one poisoned the well for Parker as much as Freeman and Notre Dame did by taking him on a date to the hockey game and broadcasting it on Peacock.

 

[NDdomer2]

Definitely no surprise the OL search is little to no leakage. They certainly aren't going to let the narrative get away from them this time.

 

[dublinirish]

Driskell saying today that looking at the flight tracker is stalker behavior and that we saw with the Ludwig fiasco why fans speculating can poison the well for the person they do hire was El-Oh-El behavior.

My dude, no one poisoned the well for Parker as much as Freeman and Notre Dame did by taking him on a date to the hockey game and broadcasting it on Peacock.

Driskell calling people out for being stalkers is rich


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[irishff1014]

Talk about trying to prove ND isn’t cheap! Wow

 

[ThePiombino]

Driskell saying today that looking at the flight tracker is stalker behavior and that we saw with the Ludwig fiasco why fans speculating can poison the well for the person they do hire was El-Oh-El behavior.

My dude, no one poisoned the well for Parker as much as Freeman and Notre Dame did by taking him on a date to the hockey game and broadcasting it on Peacock.

He's sure come a long way since slow-clapping Dante Moore from the bushes during his last campus visit.

 

[Grahambo]

He's sure come a long way since slow-clapping Dante Moore from the bushes during his last campus visit.

He’s such a tool.

 

[FDNYIrish1]

Was he at a hockey game?

 

[Rack Em]

If it is Watt, let's just hope a "source" doesn't come out and say, Watt is "Power Bottom".

I mean we already have a War Daddy and Vinnys Dad.

That's what I call TheRealLynch51's mom

 

[irishog77]

Damn, Matt Luke would be freaking awesome!!

Dale and I talked about this the other day (I think in this thread). Luke would be the biggest home run hire by MF in his tenure here, for multiple reasons- good coach, good recruiter, experienced, was a HC and OC (or at least a Co-OC), has put a lot of dudes in the league, coached under some good head coaches and play callers, and well respected by coaches throughout the country.

 

[irishog77]

"His family will remain a very important part of Luke's decision to stay retired, or to get back into coach. According to sources, the interview went extremely well and Luke impressed everyone at Notre Dame. Whether or not that means he chooses to come out of retirement remains to be seen.
According to another source, Notre Dame has helped Luke gather information about the local school districts in order to help Luke and his wife, Ashley, have everything they would need to make a decision about coming out of retirement, or not. "

https://www.si.com/college/notredame/football/notre-dame-football-interviews-matt-luke-for-its-offensive-line-position

Seems like they could probably afford to pay for private schools if they don't like the local school districts.

 

[irishff1014]

Seems like they could probably afford to pay for private schools if they don't like the local school districts.

I would think that this ND group would be about as close as family gets on the staff.

 

[TheRealLynch51]

That's what I call TheRealLynch51's mom

She learned it from your dad....

 

[ND87]

Seems like they could probably afford to pay for private schools if they don't like the local school districts.

Yeah. I thought that bit odd...
SB schools aren't known to be stellar.