Notre Dame Football Retrospective: The Fall Of Lou Holtz
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Monk's minions the Ambassador & Saracino killed recruiting...then found a backstabbing Boob.
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I gave Lou a mulligan back in 1994
The talent was there in 1994, but most of it was either undeveloped, short on experience, or worst of all, injured. The worst hit part of the all, was the offensive line, and even Joe Moore had a hard time putting forth a lineup.
We even lost a couple of budding stars to career ending injuries.
The lineup was rarely the same from week to week, and with any kind of cohesiveness, at least three of those losses (or the tie) would have been sure wins.
Lou's big mistake in '94 was trying to have an elephant run the option.
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The three guys I saw play when they were in HS in PA, Powlus, Zach Frazier, and Jurko that went to
ND never looked that impressive to me. Powlus and Zach also got their stats against a lot of uninspiring competition, and Jurko threw like a sidearm pitcher.
Now the RB’s Watters, Rocket and Shady McCoy who went to Pitt were a completely different story.
Re: Lou's big mistake in '94 was trying to have an elephant run the option.
and.... Lou was pretty high on Powlus in the summer of '93, to the point that it sounded like he was going to start as a freshman. He broke is collarbone the first time in practice of that summer and this opened the door for McDougal to start. If not for that injury, '93 may not have been the year that it was.
Becton, Zellars, Miller all missed considerable time with injuries and suspension.
Losing to Michigan the way they did was a killer too. 1994 was a weird season.
Bob Davie came in 1994 (DC) and wadsworth in 95', think maybe the problem is with those two?
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I met an Observer sports write when my son was at ND
We were having a tailgate and we were discussing what a mistake Davie was. The Observer sports writer stated that Davie told the Admin what they wanted to hear, and never pushed back as Malloy was trying his best to de-emphasize the program.
Wadsworth more so
Bob Davie was more of a willing pawn in that whole mess. Mike Wadsworth was the main architect behind the coup, and wasn't exactly the best of negotiators when it came to watching out for the program. .
Wadsworth created the culture
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