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Remember when Pope Urban (the Meyer) was supposedly a done deal until Bob Davie told him he'd never get the athletes he needed at ND?

Since then I can't recall an established coach who seriously "wanted" the job.

Coaches who fail at ND do not go on to have glorious careers elsewhere.

And of course there is the racial issue, as ND is undeniably the whitest campus among any top 20 football school.

Freeman has been making inroads on that issue, especially attracting black recruits who are also Christian, ie. high character types.

Admittedly, he was inexperienced as a "head" coach... that was a given and so was the "short term" risk we are now experiencing.

Long term might well be very different.

I'm 77 and the years have taught me patience when it comes to "long term" investments.