Devine was an excellent big-game coach and his teams were most notable for their defenses. He won at Missouri. He won at Arizona State. Not exactly powerhouses, but he made them into good programs. His sins were that he was a little weird and, worst of all, he wasn't Ara. Then ND hired a buffoon to replace him and I think a few ND fans with some sense about them realized how good Devine really was and what a bad coach really looked like. In the case of Gerry, that looked like a single-wing high school offense and running up and down the sidelines telling the players to say Hail Marys. Given the players Devine had assembled, which Doofus squandered, I don't doubt Devine would've had ND playing for a title again in 1981 or 1982.
Replies to: "Yep, this is the standard, ignorant view of Devine. Cubsfan lists his accomplishments below."
- top 5 football coaches @Notre Dame,( holtz leahy should be top 3) [LINK]
- DonMiller - 12:10am 6/11/19
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- easily Ty, Weis and davie right - BTAYLOR21 - 3:12pm 6/14/19
- Rockne/Leahy tied for 1st, Ara/Holtz tied for 3rd, Devine/Kelly tied for 5th, HM goes to Jesse - NDinKentucky - 3:31pm 6/13/19
- Rockne, DeCicco, Leahy, Ara, McGraw [NT]
- CC72 - 2:49pm 6/12/19
- What McGraw has done doesn't even hold a candle to what Digger did in the 70s. - MAS - 1:25pm 6/13/19
- Spoken like a true misogynist. [NT]
- ND_in_DRO - 9:01am 6/14/19
- As opposed to a fake one, Beav? [NT] - MAS - 12:07pm 6/14/19
- How many NC's would ND have won with you or Digger as the coach of the Lady Irish? [NT]
- Aragoto - 3:12pm 6/13/19
- People have been asking that question for years now. - MAS - 5:51pm 6/13/19
- So then you are The Black Knight? Cue Monty Python. [NT] - Aragoto - 9:18pm 6/13/19
- Even Digger admits Muffett is a great coach. [NT] [LINK] - Aragoto - 3:15pm 6/13/19
- People have been asking that question for years now. - MAS - 5:51pm 6/13/19
- Spoken like a true misogynist. [NT]
- ND_in_DRO - 9:01am 6/14/19
- You must have been a fencer. DeCicco does not make it, sorry. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 8:54pm 6/12/19
- What McGraw has done doesn't even hold a candle to what Digger did in the 70s. - MAS - 1:25pm 6/13/19
- Rockne, Leahy and Ara in football. Keogan and McGraw in hoops. [NT] - Aragoto - 2:28pm 6/12/19
- Yo Donnie, watcha smoking listing Kelly at five? He hasn’t even won a major bowl game. [NT]
- Frank L - 12:24pm 6/12/19
- Leahy never won a single bowl game at Notre Dame! - Napoleon - 2:33pm 6/12/19
- Never lost one either. BK has lost every major bowl game he played in. [NT] - Frank L - 6:35pm 6/13/19
- Leahy never won a single bowl game at Notre Dame! - Napoleon - 2:33pm 6/12/19
- 1. knute; 2. leahy; 3. muffet; 4. ara; 5. everybody else.... [NT]
- und67 - 8:50pm 6/11/19
- Muffett ahead of Ara is looney and sacrilege. My God only a couple of schools compete - THEISMANCARR - 5:22pm 6/12/19
- show me one - just one - other coach in any sport who unexpectedly lost 80% of their experienced.... - und67 - 10:27am 6/13/19
- This is quite correct. - TakethetrainKnute - 9:15am 6/13/19
- What TheismanCarr said... - eftg1 - 8:31pm 6/12/19
- Muffett ahead of Ara is looney and sacrilege. My God only a couple of schools compete - THEISMANCARR - 5:17pm 6/12/19
- If you add Muffet, then you have to add Auriol and DeCicco - NedoftheHill - 9:30pm 6/11/19
- while important, win % is a secondary factor as an indicator of great ND coaches - D2 - 12:15am 6/12/19
- Muffett ahead of Ara is looney and sacrilege. My God only a couple of schools compete - THEISMANCARR - 5:22pm 6/12/19
- Nope, Based on...... [NT]
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- whatsamataU - 8:10am 6/11/19
- Not really... [NT] - ucandoit - 4:05pm 6/11/19
- 1. Rockne 2. Leahy 3. Ara 4. Holtz 5. Devine [NT]
- MAS - 12:17am 6/11/19
- ^^^^^^This^^^^^^^^ [NT] - knuterockne13 - 4:37pm 6/11/19
- Devine did less with more than any other coach. [NT]
- ND521 - 2:23pm 6/11/19
- Faust did the least with the most. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 2:50pm 6/12/19
- Agree completely - D2 - 1:30pm 6/12/19
- Delete. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 4:38pm 6/13/19
- Also agree completely. Crazy comebacks saved Devine and he somehow won a national championship - THEISMANCARR - 4:33pm 6/13/19
- Yep, this is the standard, ignorant view of Devine. Cubsfan lists his accomplishments below. - MAS - 8:19pm 6/11/19
- Inherited amazing D from Ara, nearly blew it (see Lisch, Forysdyk). 3d string Joe bailed him out. [NT] - ND521 - 12:04pm 6/12/19
- Devine was solid, but he's 5th at best; to his credit, - cubsfanin16 - 4:48pm 6/11/19
- Correct. The only possible argument to any of these is - BaronVonZemo - 1:30pm 6/11/19
- I think there is a good argument for Lou 3rd, but for me Ara's 13 less losses swing the debate - cubsfanin16 - 5:00pm 6/11/19
- Agreed on all counts. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 5:46pm 6/11/19
- I think there is a good argument for Lou 3rd, but for me Ara's 13 less losses swing the debate - cubsfanin16 - 5:00pm 6/11/19
- Re: 1. Rockne 2. Leahy 3. Ara 4. Holtz 5. Devine - fedman - 12:44pm 6/11/19
- I don't believe ND was playing for the title against Georgia. The had a loss and a tie. [NT]
- jonpaultoo - 5:06pm 6/11/19
- Correct, another national title run was derailed at USC, - cubsfanin16 - 8:25pm 6/11/19
- I don't believe ND was playing for the title against Georgia. The had a loss and a tie. [NT]
- jonpaultoo - 5:06pm 6/11/19
- This is the only possible correct answer. [NT]
- NDavenue - 7:11am 6/11/19
- Agreed. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:44am 6/11/19