My feeling at this point is Freeman is a great recruiter but a so, so strategist.

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My feeling at this point is Freeman is a great recruiter but a so, so strategist.

Author: DiscoRick (1540 Posts - Joined: Sep 15, 2021)

Posted at 7:26 am on Sep 1, 2025

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Way too conservative. The big problem is if you won't trust your QB to be a QB get a portal guy.

You don't design an entire gameplan around protecting your QB (soft defense and conservative ofdense) and expect to win on the road against a top ten team.

Gotta shake the Tressel ball mentality. It doesn't work against good teams.

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Replies to: "My feeling at this point is Freeman is a great recruiter but a so, so strategist."

My feeling at this point is Freeman is a great recruiter but a so, so strategist. - DiscoRick - 7:26am 9/1/25 (13) [View All]
- Poor coaching top to bottom. All out coached last night. [NT] - whatsamataU - 10:03am 9/1/25
- I think the lesson is: if you are going to front load schedules, which we will, our QB needs reps - LanceManion - 9:23am 9/1/25
  - Yep totally agree. No reason not to play him last year. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:40am 9/1/25
    - My point is maybe given the injury Minchey should have gotten reps [NT] - LanceManion - 12:26pm 9/1/25
      - Both he and Carr should have gotten reps [NT] - DiscoRick - 1:21pm 9/1/25
- Totally disagree. Helping CJ succeed was part of the gameplan. Conservative? Yes but - faircatchcorby - 8:52am 9/1/25
  - The correct approach is develop him last year. Not game 1. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:54am 9/1/25
  - If success is a 3 point loss, but develop your QB I agree. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:42am 9/1/25
  - I'm all for easing the rook in but not at the expense of going away from who you are - Clem - 9:06am 9/1/25
    - Their defense vwas stacked to stop Love. The original drive looked solid with the short passes, - THEISMANCARR - 9:49am 9/1/25
      - But Miami adjusted to that plan, and stopped it. And ND continued doing it. [NT] - DiscoRick - 10:55am 9/1/25
- it’s like ND didn’t play in the national championship game last year. [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 7:45am 9/1/25
  - The consensus view last year by outsiders was that he outcoached Smart and Franklin - Turkish - 8:10am 9/1/25