Next ND Offensive Coordinator - the search

[tko]

Serious question, what makes Parker so awful? He's been in this system and now has Hartman (for the time being) and Buchner. I get he didn't do well at WVU, but maybe he can be successful here?

 

[TheRealLynch51]

Driskell with the ball washing pro-Parker piece. His logic is "Hey, you need to hire people who are loyal to you since the administration is bad." Yep, that'll make the offense great.

https://www.si.com/college/notredame/football/notre-dame-football-marcus-freeman-must-change-course-in-his-offensive-coaching-search

 

[MacIrish75]

Would you rather fight 14 kangaroo sized Jack Swarbricks or fight BoT but its comprised of kangaroos??????

This board has fucked with my head the last few days.

 

[Huntr]

fuck's sake

 

[TheRealLynch51]

Serious question, what makes Parker so awful? He's been in this system and now has Hartman (for the time being) and Buchner. I get he didn't do well at WVU, but maybe he can be successful here?

Can you name any coaches who sucked at a job and then magically got better when given a second chance?

 

[NorthDakota]

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gimme the gorillas and the bison.

 

[irish4ever]

Well we have to pay Jack 2-3 million a year to do nothing.

$3.05m per year to fuck up ND athletics (especially football)! Geesh, I'd accept $.5m to do that and give the other $2.55m in order to hire an acceptable OC/OL coach!

 

[NorthDakota]

Can you name any coaches who sucked at a job and then magically got better when given a second chance?

Pete Carroll?

 

[MacIrish75]

gimme the gorillas and the bison.

I went gorillas and rats. 10,000 rats is a shitload of rats.

 

[Dale]

Sampson mentioned on the II podcast that the main reason Klein no longer became a candidate was because of the feedback MF got back from the QB room. Klein really bombed when he spoke to them. O'Malley chimed in saying the only opinion that should have mattered in that situation was Hartman's.

So the point is, if it ends up being Parker then it's likely MF has already gotten feedback from Hartman that he's OK with that.

He’s enrolled this semester. I’m sure he goes through spring practice regardless. Not gonna say oh yeah I’m out but I need some live reps to stay fresh this spring.

Doesn’t mean he probably hasn’t considered the path this could go down. Sam Hartman doesn’t love Notre Dame. This is a business relationship and transaction.

 

[MPClinton22]

That was correct though. He was in. Then Swarbrick pulled the most bush league move in the history of big boy athletics. No one saw that coming since WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND HAS ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWS WITH SOMEONE WITHOUT KNOWING THEIR BUYOUT

Oh I'm in full agreement on that - more just saying, you can't trust anything anyone says regarding this hiring process because Swarbrick is still around to pull even more shenanigans

 

[MacIrish75]

I said it a few days ago and will reiterate—to me this looks exactly like the Colts and Jeff Saturday. Now we’re at the point that if we hire ANYONE but Parker, everyone will feel pretty good about it.

 

[IrishLax]

I will say something shocking... I am really, really sorry for ever dissing Rees if this is the best that we can do. I never imagined we would be this neutered in a search.

I wanted Rees out after Marshall and Stanford. I get the frustration with him, I get why people wanted him fired. But I warned all the fucking haughty beat reporters and anyone who would listen when he left for Bama that we were probably screwed here and it was NOT good that Tommy was leaving when he did. Sampson said it was an "opportunity" and I thought that was laughable. A late cycle defection to Bama means that Rees was the best that Bama could get... and in that case, that means ND is likely to have to settle for someone objectively worse not better.

ND had a couple options to sidegrade the position and whiffed. They now need to either 1) completely reevaluate what they are willing to pay and poach an established coach from elsewhere 2) go with a straight downgrade/retread. We all know they are leaning towards #2. They need someone who is currently not on the market to pop up as an option in about the next week or it's going to cost ND a full season and potentially torpedo Marcus Freeman's entire tenure at the helm of ND.

 

[Giddyup]

Sampson mentioned on the II podcast that the main reason Klein no longer became a candidate was because of the feedback MF got back from the QB room. Klein really bombed when he spoke to them. O'Malley chimed in saying the only opinion that should have mattered in that situation was Hartman's.

What qb room? So we’re making a choice based on a one year kid? Nice.

 

[stpeteirish]

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Are we on land? Now many bullets does the hunter have?

 

[Irishdawg]

Can you name any coaches who sucked at a job and then magically got better when given a second chance?

Bill Belichick. Not that I’m in favor of the Parker hire

 

[Giddyup]

Not saying we should go this route but I’d withhold criticism on Parker till we see him in action.

 

[tko]

Can you name any coaches who sucked at a job and then magically got better when given a second chance?

Then why the hell was he hired here in the first place? I just honestly haven’t studied up on him, so forgive my lack of insight into his game.

 

[TheRealLynch51]

Bill Belichick. Not that I’m in favor of the Parker hire

He had a Tom Brady. And look what's happening now to him...

 

[IrishSpartan]

I feel bad for Parker if he gets hired

 

[tecateparty]

Here's the thing: I like Marcus and I think he can be a great coach. But ultimately, he was picked last year because ND doesn't want to spend money. They never have. It's why Jenkins came back from Utah without Meyer on the plane.

lmaoooo oof

 

[rikkitikki08]

I’m willing to give Parker a shot, maybe he will do well. But he’s being set up to fail with how this is all going down. Lots of ammo for people

 

[Irishdawg]

He had a Tom Brady. And look what's happening now to him...

True, but he still got better and had success at his second chance. He’s a Hall of Fame coach that had top notch defenses in the Pats run, as well.

 

[NDPhilly]

Could at least talk myself into Leftwich

 

[Irish du Nord]

He had a Tom Brady. And look what's happening now to him...

Terrible take. The Patriots had an amazing defense for their first championship teams. Belichick is a great coach

 

[Giddyup]

We better get a stud ol coach if it is Parker.

 

[Ndaccountant]

I feel bad for Parker if he gets hired

I don't. I hate it when people take a job they are not capable of doing. Self awarenes is a massively undervalued trait.

 

[Cackalacky2.0]

I wanted Rees out after Marshall and Stanford. I get the frustration with him, I get why people wanted him fired. But I warned all the fucking haughty beat reporters and anyone who would listen when he left for Bama that we were probably screwed here and it was NOT good that Tommy was leaving when he did. Sampson said it was an "opportunity" and I thought that was laughable. A late cycle defection to Bama means that Rees was the best that Bama could get... and in that case, that means ND is likely to have to settle for someone objectively worse not better.

ND had a couple options to sidegrade the position and whiffed. They now need to either 1) completely reevaluate what they are willing to pay and poach an established coach from elsewhere 2) go with a straight downgrade/retread. We all know they are leaning towards #2. They need someone who is currently not on the market to pop up as an option in about the next week or it's going to cost ND a full season and potentially torpedo Marcus Freeman's entire tenure at the helm of ND.

THis might be the most correct and depressing assessment I have read.

 

[Dale]

I feel bad for Parker if he gets hired

Why? He’s failed upwards to be TEs coach of a third year Michael Mayer and then OC of a fully loaded Notre Dame with Sam Hartman as his QB.

If Marcus had not hired him last year, he would likely have been still at WVU or looking for another mid level program to hire him as WRs Coach.

 

[USAF Irish12]

I posted the job on Craigslist in Texas, hope it helps.