Bob Davie screwed the pooch when he bent over backwards to accommodate that diva's (Leak's) demands.
CJ Leak insisted that we recruit no other quarterbacks that year, and that we not recruit any more quarterbacks for two more years, in addition to promising him the starting job. While Davie did agree to the first two demands, he still told Leak that he had to earn the job, which seemed to placate Leak for the time being.
In the end, Jim Caldwell upped the ante and promised Leak that he would start as a freshman at Wake Forest, in addition to the other demands, but Leak could never beat out a very mediocre Ben Sankey in 1999, or a terrible James MacPherson in 2000. Still, this kind of snake oil sales pitches, along with someone being a diva, ended up putting us in a pretty bad quarterbacking situation in 1999, and arguably, in 2000. I guess one could say that Jim Caldwell perfected the art of Urban Meyering before Urban Meyer made it his mode of operation...
Yes, Matt Lovecchio did a nice job of running things, but the playbook was severely cut down in order to accommodate a true freshman, and in all honesty, with an experienced QB leading the team in 2000, we should have gone undefeated through the regular season with all of that NFL talent on that team.
There won't be another CJ Leak situation at ND
Replies to: "There won't be another CJ Leak situation at ND"
- Signing day - Irish29 - 7:41am 2/5/20
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- Signing day is typically about the rich getting richer and this year is no exception. There were 31 - whatsamataU - 9:19am 2/6/20
- Michigan is the gift that keeps on giving. [NT]
- StreetFightingIrish - 6:28pm 2/5/20
- this is why that game is a lose lose situation and shouldn’t have been scheduled [NT] - holybull101 - 10:34am 2/6/20
- Holding at #17 with 17 committed. [NT]
- whatsamataU - 4:15pm 2/5/20
- That's underwhelming. [NT]
- AlbanyIRISH - 7:42pm 2/5/20
- “ After Brian Kelly said that Notre Dame should be competing for top 5 classes, - whatsamataU - 8:41am 2/6/20
- Very small class though. Impacts ranking significantly. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 10:35pm 2/5/20
- The only small class in the top 25.... [NT] - whatsamataU - 9:10am 2/6/20
- They would have signed more if there was room. Try to keep up, dummy. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 8:24pm 2/5/20
- That's underwhelming. [NT]
- AlbanyIRISH - 7:42pm 2/5/20
- Doubt anyone else comes aboard - ndunabomber - 1:53pm 2/5/20
- Not sure on any potential or surprise signees; Man I sure miss the old signng days... - bakedogg - 8:56am 2/5/20
- I like the early signing date, so far it has served us better, IMO. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 3:52pm 2/5/20
- I'd say the disappointment outweighed the victories back then. It was definitely exciting, though. [NT]
- ImWearingJeanShorts - 3:35pm 2/5/20
- remember when we got leaked on by CJ Leak? [NT]
- DonMiller - 5:45pm 2/5/20
- There won't be another CJ Leak situation at ND - ndunabomber - 9:02am 2/6/20
- And hopefully another Boob Davie [NT]
- whatsamataU - 4:08pm 2/6/20
- Yeah, that too [NT] - ndunabomber - 4:31pm 2/6/20
- And hopefully another Boob Davie [NT]
- whatsamataU - 4:08pm 2/6/20
- There won't be another CJ Leak situation at ND - ndunabomber - 9:02am 2/6/20
- Think you're talking different periods. The days bakedogg refers to, ND won most recruiting battles [NT] - Irish_Demon - 5:03pm 2/5/20
- remember when we got leaked on by CJ Leak? [NT]
- DonMiller - 5:45pm 2/5/20