New facilities, transitioned well from Weis, maintained independence when it seemed very unlikely..

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New facilities, transitioned well from Weis, maintained independence when it seemed very unlikely..

Author: BaronVonZemo (57209 Posts - Joined: Nov 19, 2010)

Posted at 5:39 pm on Jun 8, 2023

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....my biggest hang up with him was:
1) the very lawyerly, and carefully crafted CYA responses to the Declan Sullivan tragedy - and then the family showed him what it means to be a Christian and a Notre Dame family.
2) He should have fired Kelly in 2016 and did not.

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Replies to: "New facilities, transitioned well from Weis, maintained independence when it seemed very unlikely.."

In defense of Jack he did upgrade ND compared to Dr White [NT] [LINK] - DonMiller - 1:46pm 6/8/23 (17) [View All]
- That didn’t take much. [NT] - whatsamataU - 7:32pm 6/8/23
- He and Jenks are two of the most vacuous people I've ever met. Pedants. [NT] - Hensou - 3:37pm 6/8/23
- Yes. He did a good job overall imo. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 2:49pm 6/8/23
  - He's overseen more National Championships than any other AD. - NDavenue - 12:12am 6/9/23
  - We all yearn for a football natl title but overall, he leaves athletic dept in very good shape. [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 5:02pm 6/8/23
    - New facilities, transitioned well from Weis, maintained independence when it seemed very unlikely.. - BaronVonZemo - 5:39pm 6/8/23
      - I'd add a third: He was taken by surprise by Kelly's departure and should not have been... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 6:18pm 6/8/23
        I'll add a fourth: He should have closed Andy Ludwig [NT] - Chrisb - 7:07pm 6/8/23
        
        Crossroads abomination and Sullivan Death speak volumes about Savvy. [NT] - Hensou - 7:02pm 6/8/23
        I think he grew from the Sullivan’s example whereas it doesn’t seem that Kelly did. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 11:06pm 6/8/23
        Jack lawyered his way through the Sullivan situation. [NT] - Hensou - 2:08am 6/9/23
- The Khmer Rouge weren’t so bad compared to the Nazis [NT] - Nigel Tufnel - 2:09pm 6/8/23
- White is the lowest of bars - D2 - 2:08pm 6/8/23
  - Lower than wadsworth? [NT] - DonMiller - 3:36pm 6/8/23
    - You really think these guys operated on their own? [NT] - whatsamataU - 8:58am 6/9/23
    - Wadsworth can rot in Hell - ndunabomber - 10:14pm 6/8/23
    - yep [NT] - D2 - 4:58pm 6/8/23