Depends on who we play. I feel like we should be overmatched for whoever we'll end up getting paired with now. RB room should be able to produce, although Audric might be missed in short yardage situations. I feel like Angeli needs more reps so we can see what he can really do. I'd like to see us get to 10 wins, but it's just so disappointing when we should have at least been going to a New Years bowl this year and probably more.
Based on his comments on the lack of play action I would say that comment doesn’t hold water. Guy thinks he knows shit when in fact he doesn’t know shit.
I think it’s both possible that Parker knows more about football than all of us combined but also not nearly as much about football as you’d think the OC of a team with Notre Dame’s aspirations should know…
Joe Alt says hello and Blake Fisher is holding on line 1.
Hey Pete, apologize for telling your subscribers that we were wrong about play action being successful for the offense!
Three turnovers by the Irish in the first half are the only things that kept the game close. Hartman with a fumble after a long run, Hartman with an INT that he tried to throw when he wasn’t set and a fumble by Price after a nice kickoff return. The offense was moving the ball well but those gaffes continuously put the D in bad positions giving Stanford short fields and even then, the D limited the damage to some degree.
Next year will be the same if Freeman wants to keep committing to that mistake.
10 wins matters when folks look back because all they see in the 10 or 9 and nothing else.
It’s weird b/c he & O’Malley were the only ones preaching that. I listened to Tyler James and he disagreed w/ Sam’s history of PA pass efficiency going back to WF. My guess is folks are using different metrics or definitions of PA. I’ve seen some consider slow mesh as a type of PA and others that don’t. What we’ve seen the past two games against an average D & one of the worst D in America is that PA worked almost every time for Hartman & the offense.
People have been running play action since shortly after the forward pass. All types of offenses run pa, why would we think this was not something to keep in the toolbox?
It's almost like PA from a team that was consistently facing man coverage with 8 in the box was always going to be successful.
I am continually amazed at the conclusions fans come too.
Good post. I think it is a head coach who knows he is a novice on that side of the ball. He didn’t get who he wanted so he rolled with someone he saw as having a lot of potential. He knew it would be a learning experience so he tried to give him time to grow and adjust. Finally, he knows that in that industry you don’t just shoot guys down publicly especially good people and quality coaches (ie Coach Prime) nobody will want to coach with you and players lose confidence in the plan. A head coach cannot be as reactionary and whimsical as an internet poster. We’ll see how this offseason plays out, some of the decisions on MF’s plate and how he deals with them will resonate, and tell a lot about how successful a career he will have as a head coach at Notre Dame and beyond.
I made no such comments about him having more ability than them.
Put two receivers at the level of Tate and Floyd on this team and they are 12-0 and Hartman wins a heisman.
