You want a guarantee of success, or else, you'll accept just mediocre to sometimes good.
There are many possibilities. I don't pretend to know who that person is that would bring guarantied success. But that doesn't mean I don't think there is someone that could lead ND to a championship. The great coaches at ND have not come from obvious situations. One thing they all have in common though, is none of them needed 11 years to get ND over the hump.
Jack Swarbrick should have a list of candidates that he keeps if he needs them. That's what a competent AD would do, and I think Swarbrick is at least that. Hiring another head coach from anywhere would not "guarantee" anything. But we know the one we have has not gotten ND where most want her to be, even if he's better than the one's immediately before him. If whomever is hired does not do the job after 5 years, hire another. You keep hiring until you find the one who does do it. The ND I loved did not accept the low bar that has been set.
I trust that you want ND to win as I do. Maybe, you feel that it can't be done. Like I wrote, that's another argument and debatable.
Guaranteed?!! There is part of the problem
Replies to: "Guaranteed?!! There is part of the problem"
- Will the mob topple the Brian Kelly statue? ( Oh, wait...) [NT]
- Irishize - 9:29am 6/22/20
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- Judging Brian Kelly - pvm71 - 12:36pm 6/28/20
- You mean the "Other Board" Mob? One of those tools may try, then blame it on MSU. [NT] - faircatchcorby - 9:28am 6/23/20
- Criticize all you want but I'll take Kelly over Weis, Willingham or Davie any day. [NT]
- ghostwriter - 4:49pm 6/22/20
- Well at least Willingham’s statue would be safe. I’d help take Bob and Chaz down. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 5:51pm 6/22/20
- Holy Crap. Why does someone want to strive only to be higher than such a low bar [NT]
- Irish_Demon - 5:00pm 6/22/20
- That's the bar ND set, not me. [NT]
- ghostwriter - 5:18pm 6/22/20
- And yet, you seem to be taking solace in it [NT]
- Irish_Demon - 6:04pm 6/22/20
- I can take or leave Kelly as coach. I just stated that I would take him over the other 3. - ghostwriter - 7:01pm 6/22/20
- I Comprehended perfectly. What you wrote is exactly what taking solace in a situation is. - Irish_Demon - 7:54pm 6/22/20
- You want a better situation, then name your coach that WILL come here and win NC titles guaranteed. - ghostwriter - 9:00pm 6/22/20
- Guaranteed?!! There is part of the problem - Irish_Demon - 10:32pm 6/22/20
- delete, wrong placement [NT] - Irish_Demon - 9:35am 6/23/20
- Under your criteria a coach has 5 yrs. to win a NC if he doesn't he's gone no matter what. [NT]
- ghostwriter - 8:18am 6/23/20
- Ok, that's not what I wrote. But, five years is enough to know if a coach is getting the job done. - Irish_Demon - 9:37am 6/23/20
- So you're telling me - ghostwriter - 10:23am 6/24/20
- Your? No, Ghostwriter, that's not what I'm telling you. You need to go back and reread what I wrote [NT]
- Irish_Demon - 7:35am 6/25/20
- Re: No, Ghostwriter, that's not what I'm telling you. You need to go back and reread what I wrote - ghostwriter - 7:57pm 6/25/20
- SMH. This is getting silly - Irish_Demon - 1:31pm 6/26/20
- Re: SMH. This is getting silly - ghostwriter - 7:37pm 6/26/20
- Well, that was predictable - Irish_Demon - 1:44pm 6/27/20
- Re: SMH. This is getting silly - ghostwriter - 7:37pm 6/26/20
- SMH. This is getting silly - Irish_Demon - 1:31pm 6/26/20
- Re: No, Ghostwriter, that's not what I'm telling you. You need to go back and reread what I wrote - ghostwriter - 7:57pm 6/25/20
- Your? No, Ghostwriter, that's not what I'm telling you. You need to go back and reread what I wrote [NT]
- Irish_Demon - 7:35am 6/25/20
- So you're telling me - ghostwriter - 10:23am 6/24/20
- Ok, that's not what I wrote. But, five years is enough to know if a coach is getting the job done. - Irish_Demon - 9:37am 6/23/20
- Guaranteed?!! There is part of the problem - Irish_Demon - 10:32pm 6/22/20
- You want a better situation, then name your coach that WILL come here and win NC titles guaranteed. - ghostwriter - 9:00pm 6/22/20
- I Comprehended perfectly. What you wrote is exactly what taking solace in a situation is. - Irish_Demon - 7:54pm 6/22/20
- I can take or leave Kelly as coach. I just stated that I would take him over the other 3. - ghostwriter - 7:01pm 6/22/20
- And yet, you seem to be taking solace in it [NT]
- Irish_Demon - 6:04pm 6/22/20
- That's the bar many fans use to justify Kelly's worth. [NT]
- AlbanyIRISH - 5:12pm 6/22/20
- That's for sure [NT] - Irish_Demon - 6:02pm 6/22/20
- That's the bar ND set, not me. [NT]
- ghostwriter - 5:18pm 6/22/20
- They probably would, but the bathroom doors are locked [NT] - ndficoop - 3:51pm 6/22/20
- The mob has really fallen on hard times... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 3:12pm 6/22/20
- If they build it, we will come. [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 11:06am 6/22/20
- The ND Nation mob? [NT]
- ColeyO - 10:14am 6/22/20
- Yeah, ACross and El Cuckoo. [NT] - Irishize - 11:31am 6/22/20