Tommy Rees - Offensive Coordinator

[zelezo vlk]

I want to say that the TD pass was caught by Koyack, but whenever I go looking for the play online, it doesn't show up, so I must be getting some of the details wrong.

Koyack had a game-winning touchdown catch vs Stanford in 2014.

 

[Riddickulous]

I want to say that the TD pass was caught by Koyack, but whenever I go looking for the play online, it doesn't show up, so I must be getting some of the details wrong.

It was TJ Jones.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Koyack had a game-winning touchdown catch vs Stanford in 2014.

Thrown by Golson, though. I could swear Tommy threw a game-winning TD as backup and just walked off the field without celebrating. It'll haunt me until I can find it.

 

[ulukinatme]

Thrown by Golson, though. I could swear Tommy threw a game-winning TD as backup and just walked off the field without celebrating. It'll haunt me until I can find it.

Tommy came in for Golson in the Stanford, Purdue, and Michigan games in 2012, and I think he had to start BYU too because of the Golson concussion from Stanford. The Stanford comeback was completed by Tommy, as was the finish to Purdue.

He also came in for Golson during the Pittsburgh game, but he struggled even more than Golson did. It was such a horrible game across the board for the team until the final minutes of the 4th quarter and overtime. I vividly remember them playing the Rudy theme over the loudspeakers in the stadium JUST as we turned the corner during the Pitt game and it sparked the comeback. It was a really cool moment.

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[Irish#1]

Thrown by Golson, though. I could swear Tommy threw a game-winning TD as backup and just walked off the field without celebrating. It'll haunt me until I can find it.

Purdue game at home?

 

[beryirish]

Sorry If Already Posted/Discussed.

Will this SIGNIFICANTLY increase Tommy's recruiting schedule? I don't know how much he was doing as the QB coach. Don't know if he was strictly to hunt down QB's or if he was able to help recruit all offense.

Just curious if this changes with his promotion or if he's been doing this already all along.

I can see him being a top recruiter. Do we know if he has baggage to slow him down...I mean a girl figure in his life?

 

[Luckylucci]

Sorry If Already Posted/Discussed.

Will this SIGNIFICANTLY increase Tommy's recruiting schedule? I don't know how much he was doing as the QB coach. Don't know if he was strictly to hunt down QB's or if he was able to help recruit all offense.

Just curious if this changes with his promotion or if he's been doing this already all along.

I can see him being a top recruiter. Do we know if he has baggage to slow him down...I mean a girl figure in his life?

He was previously doing QB and Midwest recruiting. For example, he was the first contact for a guy like Jordan Johnson. He's visiting Ohio RB Corey Kiner today. I'm going to assume he'll pick up some responsibilities with recruiting all the offensive skill positions.

 

[ulukinatme]

Whiskey, maybe it was this Stanford throw? He did do a jump up at the sideline, but he walked off pretty cool after the throw itself:

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[Whiskeyjack]

Whiskey, maybe it was this Stanford throw? He did do a jump up at the sideline, but he walked off pretty cool after the throw itself:

Checked that out, but I'm pretty sure that's not it. Tommy didn't celebrate or show any sort of emotion. The more I think about it, it probably wasn't a game-winning TD as backup (because there weren't many of those), but just a TD thrown in a mid-game drive where he came in temporarily. I'll keep looking.

 

[Riddickulous]

Checked that out, but I'm pretty sure that's not it. Tommy didn't celebrate or show any sort of emotion. The more I think about it, it probably wasn't a game-winning TD as backup (because there weren't many of those), but just a TD thrown in a mid-game drive where he came in temporarily. I'll keep looking.

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Maybe this one? 2:11 in the video.

 

[ulukinatme]

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Maybe this one? 2:11 in the video.

This would have been 2013 so he wouldn't have been backup. Certainly walked off cool and calm though.

I just went back and looked through the 2010-2013 matchups. The games Tommy would have come in as backup in his career would be:

2010 Michigan - Came in after Crist took the head injury, but Nate Montana took most of the reps while Crist was out. Neither QB was prepared, something Kelly said he would rectify in the future. No TDs by either player.

2010 Tulsa - Came in after Crist went down with the knee injury, we didn't hold them off though. Rees did score some TDs.

2011 South Florida - Forgot this one, came in for ineffective Crist to try and start a comeback. We fell just short.

2012 Purdue - Rees came in for the final drive to get us a FG and win in regulation

2012 Michigan - Rees came in for an ineffective Golson, but the only TD he scored was with his feet in a weird twist. Michigan never saw it coming.

2012 Miami - Tommy came in for a few plays, but only because we were dominating the Canes I think. No TDs here.

2012 Stanford - Tommy came in for Golson to finish the game and win in Overtime after a Golson concussion. TD pass to TJ Jones to put us up.

2012 Oklahoma - Tommy went 1/1 coming in for Golson briefly, but no TD pass.

2012 Pitt - Tommy came in for an ineffective Golson, but also struggled. This was the flu game, horrible team performance for 3+ quarters.

2012 BC - Tommy went 1/1 again coming in for Golson briefly, but no TD pass.

2012 Wake Forest - Tommy came in late after we were up big on the Deacons, no TD pass.

Tommy did throw a TD pass against BYU in 2012 as well, but he started the game after Golson was suffering the effects of the concussion from Stanford the week before. Tommy started all of 2013, most of 2011, and the end of 2010, so any of those games would have been as starter.

[EDIT] Forgot to add South Florida.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Not it either (and now I feel bad that I've sent you all on a wild goose chase). It was mid-game, Rees came in for a single drive, ended it with a TD pass, and then there was a camera shot from midfield toward the endzone where we just scored. Rees didn't celebrate at all, just unstrapped his helmet and walked off.

Don't worry about it. Starting to think I must have dreamed it.

 

[Circa]

Checked that out, but I'm pretty sure that's not it. Tommy didn't celebrate or show any sort of emotion. The more I think about it, it probably wasn't a game-winning TD as backup (because there weren't many of those), but just a TD thrown in a mid-game drive where he came in temporarily. I'll keep looking.

I was at the Stanford 2012 game and I can tell you that I argued with a few fans about Tommy that were seated behind me. They were mad he stole a girlfriend.. lmao.
I just think he has the old 'IT' factor we all talked about back then that Is still relatable to today.
I believe he'll be a head coach for us 1 day.

 

[Circa]

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Maybe this one? 2:11 in the video.

Thanks for posting this! I love seeing Fuller In #15 with his 1st career catch from the man himself.
and Kizer looks to be holding for field goals. Tommy was just TD Tommy

 

[greyhammer90]

Tommy is basically IE's Harvey Dent. He was the QB we needed, but not the one we deserved.

 

[irishandy]

Tommy is basically IE's Harvey Dent. He was the QB we needed, but not the one we deserved.

Is Tom the OC we need or the one we deserve? Or was there someone else out there better??

I support the move and trust Kelly with the hire, but....I think this is a wait and see if this truly was a good hire.

 

[greyhammer90]

I support the move and trust Kelly with the hire, but....I think this is a wait and see if this truly was a good hire.

Bold.

 

[NDdomer2]

Bold.

Considering the number of people already determining this as a good/bad hire, actually waiting to see might be the bold choice.

 

[5ftNothin']

Moorhead is 46. And just had a top-25 class at Mississippi state.

Justin Fields’s main reason for decommitting from PSU was due to concerns that Moorhead wouldn’t be there long term.

For the record I’m happy with the Rees promotion. Moorhead would have recruited very well at ND though.

Has anyone considered that perhaps BK doesn't like to recruit?

-Its well-known that he slacked off and then felt the pressure to get back to cookin once 8, and 4 win seasons became the norm.

-He started bringing former players like Grimes, Denson and Lyght who could pitch the Nd experience better than anyone else.

-Brought back Polian who's ST's were bad under Weis and continue to have issues, yet had the experience of being "recruiting coordinator".

-Now he promotes another ex-player, a QB nonetheless who's only 7 yrs removed from starting to carry the load of recruiting offensive talent...

Another poster previously mentioned Rees being the "ultimate fall guy" and these factors seems to somewhat indicate that as well.

Another thing to be noted is that-I believe last time I saw a list of HC salaries, BK was somewhere between 35-45; that makes it impossible to hire top-tier assistants.

 

[NorthDakota]

Has anyone considered that perhaps BK doesn't like to recruit?

-Its well-known that he slacked off and then felt the pressure to get back to cookin once 8, and 4 win seasons became the norm.

-He started bringing former players like Grimes, Denson and Lyght who could pitch the Nd experience better than anyone else.

-Brought back Polian who's ST's were bad under Weis and continue to have issues, yet had the experience of being "recruiting coordinator".

-Now he promotes another ex-player, a QB nonetheless who's only 7 yrs removed from starting to carry the load of recruiting offensive talent...

Another poster previously mentioned Rees being the "ultimate fall guy" and these factors seems to somewhat indicate that as well.

Another thing to be noted is that-I believe last time I saw a list of HC salaries, BK was somewhere between 35-45; that makes it impossible to hire top-tier assistants.

Ignore the salaries...ND doesnt really report his salary.

 

[NDdomer2]

Has anyone considered that perhaps BK doesn't like to recruit?

-Its well-known that he slacked off and then felt the pressure to get back to cookin once 8, and 4 win seasons became the norm.

-He started bringing former players like Grimes, Denson and Lyght who could pitch the Nd experience better than anyone else.

-Brought back Polian who's ST's were bad under Weis and continue to have issues, yet had the experience of being "recruiting coordinator".

-Now he promotes another ex-player, a QB nonetheless who's only 7 yrs removed from starting to carry the load of recruiting offensive talent...

Another poster previously mentioned Rees being the "ultimate fall guy" and these factors seems to somewhat indicate that as well.

Another thing to be noted is that-I believe last time I saw a list of HC salaries, BK was somewhere between 35-45; that makes it impossible to hire top-tier assistants.

interesting first post. i will know what the mod had to edit out

 

[BobbyMac]

Has anyone considered that perhaps BK doesn't like to recruit?

-Its well-known that he slacked off and then felt the pressure to get back to cookin once 8, and 4 win seasons became the norm.

-He started bringing former players like Grimes, Denson and Lyght who could pitch the Nd experience better than anyone else.

-Brought back Polian who's ST's were bad under Weis and continue to have issues, yet had the experience of being "recruiting coordinator".

-Now he promotes another ex-player, a QB nonetheless who's only 7 yrs removed from starting to carry the load of recruiting offensive talent...

Another poster previously mentioned Rees being the "ultimate fall guy" and these factors seems to somewhat indicate that as well.

Another thing to be noted is that-I believe last time I saw a list of HC salaries, BK was somewhere between 35-45; that makes it impossible to hire top-tier assistants.

Don't worry about the bolded. Tommy was the lead on JJ. If he can do that, you can't question what he's capable of.

Kelly's base salary is only reported. His package is 3x that. Private schools don't have to disclose salaries. Elko would have been top 5 paid DC at ND had he stayed. ND pays enough.

 

[hungryhippo]

Don't worry about the bolded. Tommy was the lead on JJ. If he can do that, you can't question what he's capable of.

Kelly's base salary is only reported. His package is 3x that. Private schools don't have to disclose salaries. Elko would have been top 5 paid DC at ND had he stayed. ND pays enough.

Wish I remember when/where he said it so I could link, but Sampson said some time ago (maybe in a mailbag) that Kelly's salary all told would put him towards the bottom of the top 10 nationally.

 

[NDMIA]

Wish I remember when/where he said it so I could link, but Sampson said some time ago (maybe in a mailbag) that Kelly's salary all told would put him towards the bottom of the top 10 nationally.

II podcast mentioned BK making north of $6M a year which would put him right where you say. Money is not an issue for ND. They also mentioned coordinators making north of $1M which is in line with top 10 programs and what they pay their coordinators. I’d bet Tommy Rees isn’t making $1M in his first season as OC but he’ll get there shortly with a good season I’m sure.

 

[Luckylucci]

Has anyone considered that perhaps BK doesn't like to recruit?

-Its well-known that he slacked off and then felt the pressure to get back to cookin once 8, and 4 win seasons became the norm.
-He started bringing former players like Grimes, Denson and Lyght who could pitch the Nd experience better than anyone else.
-Brought back Polian who's ST's were bad under Weis and continue to have issues, yet had the experience of being "recruiting coordinator".

-Now he promotes another ex-player, a QB nonetheless who's only 7 yrs removed from starting to carry the load of recruiting offensive talent...

Another poster previously mentioned Rees being the "ultimate fall guy" and these factors seems to somewhat indicate that as well.

Another thing to be noted is that-I believe last time I saw a list of HC salaries, BK was somewhere between 35-45; that makes it impossible to hire top-tier assistants.

- Kelly could win a championship and people would still be pissed about the 4 win season. "if he just listened to us earlier we would've won 17 championships", lol. No mention of the 33 wins since then, seems convenient.

- Unsure why you are bringing this up. Both Denson and Lyght were considered underwhelming recruiters.

- You must be watching a different team than me. Our ST's this year could be considered nothing less than an excellent job by Polian. Arguably the best ST's coaching job we've seen in a while.

- You nailed it, BK is solely hiring Rees so that when we don't win he'll make him the scapegoat. You can't make this stuff up.

- As others have noted, not even close to accurate.

In general I have a hard time taking this seriously as a 2nd post on this site when it reads like a hit piece but isn't very accurate.

 

[koonja]

Out of the obvious "wouldn't surprise me if they won a NC in the next 3 year" coaches: Saban, Riley, Day, Dabo, Orgeron...

Who's next on that list? BK has to be near the top. Kirby Smart, Harbaugh, BK?

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

I was going to reply to him but I think Lucci did a fair job, and probably handled that way better than I was intending to.

Carry on. He should be a treat to have on here!

In all seriousness, if you're going to slam BK, at least be in the ballpark on the stats/facts you're trying to throw around.

 

[Some Irish Bloke]

Out of the obvious "wouldn't surprise me if they won a NC in the next 3 year" coaches: Saban, Riley, Day, Dabo, Orgeron...

Who's next on that list? BK has to be near the top. Kirby Smart, Harbaugh, BK?

Really?

 

[koonja]

Really?

Yeah. Michigan is more likely to win a title in the next few years IMO. And FWIW, they made the "top 14 teams who can win it all in modern CFB", ND did not.

 

[koonja]

Maybe Dan Mullen? But I think BK is closer at ND than he is at UF.

I'm probably missing an obvious one or two.