Tommy Rees - Offensive Coordinator

[MacIrish75]

Tommy made some really good play calls that we were able to execute.

Tommy made some really good play calls that we weren’t able to execute.

Tommy made some poor play calls that we were able to execute.

Tommy made some poor play calls that we weren’t able to execute.

Overall grade? C.

 

[Irish2155]

After consideration, this is all Kee

I wish I knew all my takes in this thread but I'm really really really done with Tommy.

Dan Mullen was doing ESPN studio work today. There's the first name.

i hear you man but I’d be careful with this take until Freeman gets him something to work with.

BK recruited like shit.

 

[BauerOutage]

So Are we gonna call Harry out for not getting the line up to shape? Or are we still blaming Quinn? Cause we got dominated at the line of scrimmage

 

[ulukinatme]

So Are we gonna call Harry out for not getting the line up to shape? Or are we still blaming Quinn? Cause we got dominated at the line of scrimmage

Miracles take time. There were some communication issues, and we were missing Patterson. Even if our OL would have played better I think we were going to have our work cut out for us. tOSU has developed along the DL well in recent years.

 

[drayer54]

Just going to throw out there that the 10-play, five-minute touchdown drive in the second quarter was a thing of beauty.

I thought he called that one perfectly. I’m still very happy with Tommy. He’s working with what he has. An O-line that still needs to work through some things and the best catch came from a walk on WR. The one drive in the second half was puzzling, but I trust he saw something in the defense to think the way he did. The timeouts seemed wasted to me, I did find that concerning.

 

[drayer54]

So Are we gonna call Harry out for not getting the line up to shape? Or are we still blaming Quinn? Cause we got dominated at the line of scrimmage

Quinn. That’s not an instant fix.

 

[NDRock]

For me, I’m basing Tommy’s performance on how well his hand picked QB (TB12) develops this year and how well he recruits the QB position for ‘23. Neither look great at the moment but they are still TBD.

 

[arrowryan]

Rees had some head scratching moments. If you told me that OSU would be held to 21 points, I thought Notre Dame would win by at least a touchdown.

-Salerno running a fade that ended up with offensive PI. Why is he the one running that route? Styles? Lenzy? Merriweather? He looked like a gunner on punt team.

-That resulted in 1st & 25. Rees then went with a QB draw, jet sweep, QB draw. That is chicken shit football. I understand you have a new QB, but you need to at least try to get a first down.

-The first offensive drive. They didn't even look Mayer's way once. The only pass catcher on the time that is worth a fuck. Design a play to get him the ball.

 

[irishff1014]

Rees had some head scratching moments. If you told me that OSU would be held to 21 points, I thought Notre Dame would win by at least a touchdown.

-Salerno running a fade that ended up with offensive PI. Why is he the one running that route? Styles? Lenzy? Merriweather? He looked like a gunner on punt team.

-That resulted in 1st & 25. Rees then went with a QB draw, jet sweep, QB draw. That is chicken shit football. I understand you have a new QB, but you need to at least try to get a first down.

-The first offensive drive. They didn't even look Mayer's way once. The only pass catcher on the time that is worth a fuck. Design a play to get him the ball.

It was either the 1st or 2nd drive Tommy brought a WR from right to left stopped him short then brought him back to the right and had the hand of going to the left and by design ran them too right in to each other.

He didn't try a screen to attack or slow down the d line.

 

[irishff1014]

I thought he called that one perfectly. I’m still very happy with Tommy. He’s working with what he has. An O-line that still needs to work through some things and the best catch came from a walk on WR. The one drive in the second half was puzzling, but I trust he saw something in the defense to think the way he did. The timeouts seemed wasted to me, I did find that concerning.

That's partically his fault. When you aren't a good recruiter your cabinets are bare, Yes Del was the is the WR position coach but the OC needs to make sure he has the players as well. That's on Kelly, Del and Rees.

 

[Irishdrunk]

Rees probably isn't even that bad it is just it was such a lazy hire from Kelly when we needed to get the best OC we could.

Stop blaming Kelli! Notre Dame is so infatuated with Tommy Rees day retain them before they even hired the head coach! It’s totally insane

 

[HouseofPain]

I thought he called that one perfectly. I’m still very happy with Tommy. He’s working with what he has. An O-line that still needs to work through some things and the best catch came from a walk on WR. The one drive in the second half was puzzling, but I trust he saw something in the defense to think the way he did. The timeouts seemed wasted to me, I did find that concerning.

With what he has? ND 4 star talent on offense is far superior to 90% of CFB. Lots of teams do a lot more with a lot less than ND does. Maybe quit blaming the 4 stars and put it on the coaches paid a crap ton of money to develop them and call good gameplans?

 

[IrishLax]

Stop blaming Kelli! Notre Dame is so infatuated with Tommy Rees day retain them before they even hired the head coach! It’s totally insane

How does Kelly not have the majority of the blame for recruiting on offense? He was the HC and hired Del/Quinn/etc. He hired the recruiting coordinator and oversaw recruiting.

I blame Tommy for QB recruiting but he was given very little latitude over anything else in the program. TE is great and I like our RBs but the OL/WR/QB rooms are train wrecks and got that way over a period of years. From the ‘17 OL/QB/WR group to now we had 5 years to get shit straight and didn’t. Basically recruited players at 75%+ bust rate for those groups over a 4 year period.

No quick fix, but bringing in JT Daniels would’ve helped.

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

With what he has? ND 4 star talent on offense is far superior to 90% of CFB. Lots of teams do a lot more with a lot less than ND does. Maybe quit blaming the 4 stars and put it on the coaches paid a crap ton of money to develop them and call good gameplans?

No, can't do that. Rees is the new Kelly with this lot. Defend, defend and when it gets Van Gorder level bad blame the admin. So predictable, because it is the same defenders.

 

[drayer54]

Some of y’all are worse than Texas fans.

 

[ThePiombino]

My issue with Mullen is that he absolutely cannot recruit.

Can he play call? Cause if so that would still be an improvement over what we have.

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[du Lac]

You have to continue to attack, and continue to execute. You cannot hold onto leads. ND has made it their identity to get up and attempt to hold on. I think some coin the phrase, “playing not to lose.”

Rees seems to plan a phenomenal first half. Then he falls apart.

 

[ThePiombino]

So Are we gonna call Harry out for not getting the line up to shape? Or are we still blaming Quinn? Cause we got dominated at the line of scrimmage

I'm happy to call that Harry and all the Notre Dame beat writers that were sniffing his jock all summer saying how great the offensive line looked...

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[INLaw]

You have to continue to attack, and continue to execute. You cannot hold onto leads. ND has made it their identity to get up and attempt to hold on. I think some coin the phrase, “playing not to lose.”

Reese always has a phenomenal first half. Then he falls apart.

We have become a back foot team. Kelly was originally thought to be a quarterback whispered and a great offensive mind. All of the hooray success we have had since Weiss has come from the defense.

 

[du Lac]

We have become a back foot team. Kelly was originally thought to be a quarterback whispered and a great offensive mind. All of the hooray success we have had since Weiss has come from the defense.

As mad as I am, the silver lining here is that we, unlike BKs teams and Oregon yesterday, were competitive and it seems we will remain that way under Freeman (at least defensively). I almost think this team was shocked by how well they performed at halftime. If this doesn’t set them up with a lot of confidence heading into the Clemson game then nothing will. There did seem to be somewhat of a noticeable divide between the new ND and the old by the way the team performed. The new coaches seem to bring a different level, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. However, I was very impressed with the pass catching abilities of our receivers and the fact that we never turned the ball over. The issue remains offensive line, play calling, quarterback accuracy, lack of killer instinct on the offense.

The two coaches that were part of the Brian Kelly era were the ones that struggled the most last night as evidenced by mediocre line play and 0 scored points in half two. Tommy Rees needs to reinvent his approach to second halves. If not, Clemson is going to eat him alive.

 

[dankgesang]

Would Patterson have called the protections if he was in?

 

[hungryhippo]

Rees had some head scratching moments. If you told me that OSU would be held to 21 points, I thought Notre Dame would win by at least a touchdown.

-Salerno running a fade that ended up with offensive PI. Why is he the one running that route? Styles? Lenzy? Merriweather? He looked like a gunner on punt team.

-That resulted in 1st & 25. Rees then went with a QB draw, jet sweep, QB draw. That is chicken shit football. I understand you have a new QB, but you need to at least try to get a first down.

-The first offensive drive. They didn't even look Mayer's way once. The only pass catcher on the time that is worth a fuck. Design a play to get him the ball.

I have thoughts on that specific play.

First, it was a wrinkle they set up with the same form/motion/run look 3-4 times throughout the game. I was impressed with Tommy’s patience and the moment he chose to call it. Salerno motioned inside the TE, and I believe blocked backside the previous times they ran it. Here the pass look went right, and Salerno delayed before slipping out & up.

Second, despite good design, OSU was ready for it.

Third, I’m 100% with you that needed to be Bauman A. To actually provide real blocks while you’re setting it up, and B. To better sell it.

No way Salerno shoulda been the guy on that concept. But I liked the design and think it coulda/woulda worked if we got push and rush yards on the design before slipping a guy out.

 

[IrishLax]

Would Patterson have called the protections if he was in?

Probably. We went from having three very good OL with two question marks to three question marks all playing next to each other and it shows. I really don’t know how you fix it as long as Correll is the only viable center.

 

[MacIrish75]

Probably. We went from having three very good OL with two question marks to three question marks all playing next to each other and it shows. I really don’t know how you fix it as long as Correll is the only viable center.

I think if you move Patterson back to center your best IOL combination (and this is based off projections and not production) is

Kristofic-Patterson-Spindler

I’d like to see them experiment a little next weekend with the IOL lineup. Keep Zeke off the field.

 

[Bluto]

What was up with the pre snap signal from Lugg? I get that it was due to noise but it made the timing of the snap pretty predictable.

 

[tko]

Once Tommy bolts at the end of the year for the NFL, would Hartline be the kind of coach to bring in? Does he work with Day on playcalling?

 

[NDMatt91]

Once Tommy bolts at the end of the year for the NFL, would Hartline be the kind of coach to bring in? Does he work with Day on playcalling?

What team would be stupid enough to hire Tommy?

 

[tko]

What team would be stupid enough to hire Tommy?

Don't forget Sean McVay's bromance for Tommy.

 

[dankgesang]

Don't forget Sean McVay's bromance for Tommy.

I'm sure McVay would love Tommy to come be an understudy for a few years, eventually coach QBs, and maybe someday be OC. The idea that he's just waiting to pounce on the latter move seems overblown to me right now. As did the story of Tommy turning down Miami.

 

[Irishdrunk]

Once Tommy bolts at the end of the year for the NFL, would Hartline be the kind of coach to bring in? Does he work with Day on playcalling?

1. I seriously doubt boy genius gets a legit NFL job now. I am afraid ND will be loyal to Tommy.
2. Hartline might get a HC position. I don't see Ryan Day letting him go to be an OC for us. Would love to have him though!