Don't think he can be much more inconsistent with QB recruiting than Tommy boy. He has done well with Newman and Hartman and it'll be easier to recruit better prospects at ND.
Yikes! I want to be shocked but I’m actually consoled that someone concisely grasped my feelings in the matter. He has milked ND like only Charlie Weiss could. Kelly is over at LSU beating the shit out of undefeated Ole Miss #7. He looks like a Fn genius right now. As if he set up ND to go thru this with MF and TR so he can be sorely missed. Guess what? It worked!!!! Now you know why adults make the decisions and the inmates don’t run the asylum.
If only he was as good at recruiting, evaluating, and developing QB's as he was at running away from cops.
For his management of the QB room maybe. He called a fine game today. Just stuck with a QB who has no business starting at this level.
If only this was a video game.
My issue is that he continues to play that QB. Cowardly way to manage personnel.
Who else is he supposed to play? Not a lot of other options at the moment. Angeli I guess but...
Yes
I'm not an offensive coordinator but when I see a receiver running wide open into the end zone and the QB, with no pressure on him or anything, just throws it way over his head, I'm going to consider that a good play call, even if it doesn't work because of poor execution.
That’s part of the problem. Looking at the QB depth and deciding fragile and inexperienced Buchner and Pyne were enough. His ability to evaluate high school QBs is awful.
I actually believe he may do well in the NFL. He’s not a perfect play caller but I don’t think he is that bad at play calling. His evaluation of QBs and stubbornness to play Angeli a series every once in awhile is a whole different topic.
Given the known limitations of his QB was it really?
A good play call is putting your players into a situation where they can execute the play consistently based on your assessment of their athletic ability.
At this point you could play the JV QB from South Ben St. Joe's and have a better chance of beating Clemson
Because Tommy sucks Donkey balls.
I can't remember if Bo Nix was an option for us but I watched one Oregon possession of that game today and he made two or three passes I haven't seen anyone in a gold helmet make this season. (or, frankly, since Kizer was around)
To be fair one could say Brian Kelly, in leaving Notre Dame, destroyed two top 10 teams.
And don’t forget his lack of height. How many more tipped passes and/or ints are we going to see because he can’t see over the line or throw over it? His passes are often tipped on 3rd and 4. I just wish he would decide to go into the portal tonight. Problem is no D1 school would pick him up. But don’t forget, he knows the playbook!
Jack did. Fickell would have this program humming.
Do you mean two top 10 teams because he outscored #7 Miss 42-3 after the second quarter? Didn’t see one slow guy on defense either. SEC speed = no JD Kiser or Bo.
