Prior to today...Babers had HC exp at Eastern ILL and Bowling Green before landing the job at Syracuse. And didn't have a great set of years before this 6-0.
Dabo didn't have any HC exp prior to take the Clemson job and had some average season before it all starting to click.
So whether you getting a big job with HC exp or none...it takes time to change a culture completely and start winning but it can be done either way.
That being said...neither Syracuse nor Clemson are ND, but it's crazy to think Freeman would have this program fixed after a complete different type of coach leaves and his stamp is all over the players and the OC who stayed. 6 games in and folks talking he might be the wrong choice...wow SIX GAMES. Go look at Dabo's first 6 seasons. There's a whole culture and mentality that has to be erased here. You can see players who still play like BK is here and guys who play more to the new culture. And it's going to cause gaps and misreads and confusion. Freeman MUST completely eradicate that old play not to lose stain on this program. If not, it'll be short, disappointing stint here.
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Kelly had won over 50 games tbe last five years
Let’s Not pretend Freeman inherited a bad team. He has turned it into a shit show; but it wasn’t a shit show.
His predecessor meanwhile is 5-2 against a far tougher schedule.
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due to their past success, they lost some good coordinators. The team to me doesn’t look the same dominating Clemson we are used to seeing yet over the last 5 recruiting classes, they’ve been in the Top 10 with rankings so talent isn’t the issue. I still stand by my belief that Rees is the biggest problem and MF needs to rectify it.
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Seems to be Reese. Before that it was Davie, willingham and Weis and don’t forget Faust. I see a pattern that doesn’t bode well
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teams on the biggest stage (i.e. Playoffs), the ND offenses always struggle to score points. Getting back to my point about Clemson. Did Dabo become a not so good coach overnight? He had some good coordinators that left for head coaching jobs.
92 one thing or another there is always someone or something holding us back. At some point one has to almost assume that it’s institutional and administrative reasons like AD or president just accepting it for what it is.
of the younger people get to experience one day a national title like we did with that ‘88 team. That season was magic. ND had the toughest schedule and beat everyone. They were well coached and they played physical. I’ll never forget that season. Just still waiting for the magic to happen again. Lol. I actually played against Rocket Ismail in HS. He torched me on two sweeps. He got the corner, I filled up from my DB position, he juked me, I dove at air and he went into the end zone. His speed was incredible. He wasn’t big but if you did tackle him, you got jolted because of his speed. He’s always been a class act guy.
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Everyone wants him to succeed. But the cupboard was far from bare.
change the culture completely to get to that point where you're the more aggressive team. Once that is set, no reason why ND shouldn't still beat the average teams BK was beating but now have a chance to beat the teams he couldn't. In both the Ok St and OSU game that new feel and style worked til it didnt. Why? no continuity, no depth. That is fixable.
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With shitty Kelly and shitty Rees
Now we have Freeman
This is on Freeman till he proves otherwise
and is working without a starting QB and a OC who doesn't know how to adjust.
Suddenly that sucks?
What does that make Freemen then? A total loser?
Freeman has so much to prove as quite frankly he had proven nothing in his career before getting one of the best jobs in college football.
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