I wonder if Rees is reading this.
An OC who becomes free who has HC experience is another list to compile. Sean Lewis from Kent State comes to mind right away as do the Brohm Brothers at Purdue. So much of that depends on timing and the will of the candidate to want to coach right away as opposed to taking time off.
Loy did say he's expecting Merriweather to play this Saturday FWIW. And I think it's pretty difficult to judge Stuckey at this point. We knew going in that he was handed the toughest hand of the new assistants with the WR room in the state that it is.
I would say two things to this. 1. Five star WRs look a lot more developed out there than 3 and low 4 stars, and 2. many of the reporters are starting to say the playbook and/or messaging are overcomplicated.
Because unfortunately they gave him "autonomy" over that side of the ball, which in retrospect was pure insanity. All of the decisions that were based on "well we have to keep Rees! can't let him go to LSU!" seem batshit crazy.
Yeah, interesting to see that get interpreted as “Cutcliffe was interested”.“someone like David Cutcliffe to come out of retirement and take on an analyst role at ND? I was told that concept was pitched to Marcus Freeman, and that he was open to that this offseason, but I was also told by a good source that Rees was not open to it.”
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This reads as Freeman was open to it, but nothing of Cutcliffe’s interest.
Yikes. At a minimum you’d want the head coach to vet those decisions and ask some hard questions.
Defensive for sure. Only one mentored by Brian Kelly could be opposed to the idea of having expert experience to draw from, probably because you are afraid the expert will tell you that your whole system is crap.
I swear to God. If this is true...between this and turning down Daniels/Slovis is straight up fireable.
He should be set adrift on an iceberg in Lake Michigan.
I try and be positive about Rees, but he sucks and makes horrible decisions. They just compound and get worse. All in on Dante Moore, no relationships with other '23 kids. No transfer QB's, even ones that wanted in at ND, no development of Buchner, Pyne, stating he doesn't work on throwing motions once kids are on campus, no to analysts, bland personality and needed others to recruit for him, regression of OL, no points in second half vs Ohio State, no adjustments in bowl game, no progress vs Marshall, no running game, no Merriweather, not using Tyree, waiting until the bowl game to utilize Styles. The list goes on and on. I am likely forgetting numerous blunders and head scratchers. The TR lovers and apologists have to admit they were wrong at some point.
