We all know Parker was a huge risk. We can blame the AD but
For freeman, how he handles the offense this offseason will go a long way to define his tenure. If Jack won’t spend money on an OC again or if freeman picks another rookie I don’t think freeman gets past 5 years assuming he lasts that long
We have to jump in the deep end of offense. You need to score. Be able to score and outscore good teams. This crap we call an offense cannot go forward looking anywhere near the same as it has for all these years.
Replies to: We all know Parker was a huge risk. We can blame the AD but
In fairness he tried. I do blame the idiot AD. He needs to tell them this is what I need and stop
cheaping out.
He didn't try hard enough. He is the one who settled on Parker.
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After they wouldn't pay Ludwig, what was the other choice?
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Maybe take a crack at any one of like 150 guys who would rank between Ludwig and Parker.
We shot for the moon and missed then settled for a stale bag of dinner rolls that was just laying around.
There should have been attempts made at other quality guys instead of just saying 'OK, you'll do'
How do we know there wasn’t? Who else was out there looking at less than MV?
They weren’t gonna pay top dollar.
"Who else was out there looking at less than MV?"
What's that mean, sorry just unclear what you mean here.
We know who was interviewed. Ludwig, dude from KSU and Parker...unless they interviewed 10 other guys and for some reason only revealed those 3.
Market Value. They sent the message loud and clear they wouldn’t pay it.
And who wants to be sloppy seconds for less than that?
Abject failure.
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Swarbrick is gone after this year. Freeman needs to go after a real OC now that he's not handcuffed
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I don’t know if it’s all Jack. I think some of the limitations
Come from above. Jenkins had his hands all over this I think. Maybe a new president and AD might help but I don’t think that’s guaranteed.
Wonder if Jenkins hand picks his successor too.
Whichever of the two candidates to replace Jenkins gets the job, will hate ND football even more.
The likely candidates now being rumored will want ND to be politically progressive, theologically heretical, and athletically irrelevant. Then they will be able to feel we are truly virtuous.
What they need to understand is that if football is mediocre the donations will dry up. Across the b
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It’s been mediocre for years. And their endowment is massive.
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I'm betting there's some reason they care about tv contracts.
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Exactly .
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Yes, we have gone woke. The faculty is becoming Ivy league like and we don't seem to have the
commitment to football, which made us known, that we had when we were a university with white collar talent and a blue collar work ethic.
Then a house cleaning is in order.
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Probably. They know that mediocrity works and that more isn’t expected by the alumns and fan base.
It’s also not enough of a priority to take the steps that need to be taken to be top tier.
I can see a more progressive movement. It’s been happening for years now.
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Progressivism has been a death knell for everything it's touched.
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Re: Progressivism has been a death knell for everything it's touched.
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Jenkins is gone too but, I agree, JS picked his successor, I suspect Jenkins may as well
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True. They probably want to make sure they pay the curling coach. Equity and all.
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It's Fencing is where Swarbrick made his name. They'll probably put his name on a sword or some shit
I am hopeful for the new hoops coach though. We'll see...
Yes, who gives a shit about fencing, the fencers and their parents. It's a nice story that a woman
fencer won the first Gold Medal at the Olympics one year but do you feel as great about that as when the football team is doing well. Not me and no one else cares either.
It's nice, but it doesnt pay the bills.
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Everything is backwards nowadays.
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You expect someone in the process to be competent. They weren't.
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Fair point.
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Re: We all know Parker was a huge risk. We can blame the AD but
Well said.Things just have to change.
Swardick went cheap on an OC and HC.
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