Lou inherited Gerry Faust's dysfunctional losing program. Ara inherited
Joe Kuharich's dumpster fire. Marcus Freeman inherited a winning
program and took over a team that was 11-1 before the bowl game he lost.
That said, I give Marcus the benefit of the doubt this early on. But there
is no excuse for ND losing to Marshall at home given the pedigree of the
team that was handed to Freeman.
Faust couldn’t use it.
Kelly turned over a team without an FBS level qb, as well as a depleted backfield and wr corps. He could have easily had 3 more losses to VaTech, Toledo, and FSU. The players who prevented that are no longer here. That was not a standout team last year.
Miami was the worst thing I've ever seen from an ND team. They just quit and went along with the embarrassment. The Faust team was truly a train wreck. Lou worked a miracle his first year, and it was evident ND would soon be back big time. Truth