Despite what some may believe, he inherited a decently stocked team, with an excellent defense full of NFL draft picks at each position.
He actually had a competent offensive roster, but for some stupid reason, tried to turn Carlyle Holiday into a West Coast Offense quarterback. He simply wasn't the type to run that kind of an offense, especially since Willingham's WCO was heavily stripped down.
It didn't take long for opposing defenses to figure out that they could simply stack the box with 8 and sack Holiday.
He actually had a quarterback on the roster in 2002 who could have run the WCO in the way of Jerald Clark, but instead, turned him into a tight end.
He was afforded every opportunity
Replies to: "He was afforded every opportunity"
- pretty tough article 15 years ago toward kevin white/ ND Football [NT]
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- DonMiller - 12:20pm 6/14/22
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- There's context around that article, specifically the date it was written. - jakers - 6:09pm 6/14/22
- Always amazed when people think Ty’s firing was unjustified. [NT]
- WestCoastIrishFan - 12:51pm 6/14/22
- His posts suck? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:28pm 6/15/22
- AKA the volunteer assistant for the Leland Stanford Junior University Cardinal Women's golf team? [NT] - ND521 - 9:59pm 6/14/22
- The reality is, his hiring was far more unjustified than his firing. [NT]
- Chrisb - 6:26pm 6/14/22
- Agreed completely - ndunabomber - 1:24pm 6/15/22
- I remember Zorich, Duerson, Rocket, & Brady Quinn all went public with their displeasure. [NT]
- ELP - 2:54pm 6/14/22
- Understandable at the time - ndunabomber - 10:33am 6/15/22
- I understood Quinn defending him. But the others? Absurd. [NT]
- jakers - 6:10pm 6/14/22
- Duerson, I can understand, though - ndunabomber - 10:36am 6/15/22
- Lost respect for those guys. Willingham was dereliction of duty pure and simple. I wanted him to - TakethetrainKnute - 3:29pm 6/14/22
- He was afforded every opportunity - ndunabomber - 11:01pm 6/14/22
- Very typical for some players current and ex to stick up for a prior or current coach. [NT]
- THEISMANCARR - 4:51pm 6/14/22
- I get why...but Willingham was ignoring certain basic responsibilities so blatantly... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 5:20pm 6/14/22
- I've rarely seen a coach more humbled than after his flameout at UW - humbaba - 1:49pm 6/14/22
- Ty was obviously in over his head. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 4:52pm 6/14/22
- surprised Jesse didn’t try to shakedown the Catholic church [NT]
- WestCoastIrishFan - 1:53pm 6/14/22
- Was that before or after his secret luv chile was discovered? Hypocritical race man! [NT] - Irishize - 4:01pm 6/14/22
- Kevin White was woke before it was fashionable. He used the race card when Ty got fired. [NT] - Irishize - 12:54pm 6/14/22
- ... especially in light of his performance post ND. [NT] - Curly1918 - 12:53pm 6/14/22
- Jenkins knocked it out of the park when he fired Lionel. - Irishize - 12:37pm 6/14/22