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zip code again. That never gets old.
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ND needs to do better than a playoff appearance.
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Making the playoff isn't enough.
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shows steady upward progress in year 3, that is a strong future indicator distinguishing himself from all of his predecessors up to, and including Holtz (to a degree).
•Holtz* was doing a major rebuild, but lost 6 games in year one and 4 in year two, before breaking through with an unbeaten Natty in year three
•Davie was up and down every year until fired, and lost 6, 3, and 7 games his first three years
•ty peaked in year one and declined each year until fired, losing 3, 7, and 6 games his only three years
•Weis flashed in the pan for year 1 & 2 (with the fewest losses in first 2 years) before the bottom completely fell out, and lost 3, 3, and 9 games his first three years
•Kelly tied ty and Holtz for the most losses in first 2 years before his fool's gold year 3 and trying to bolt for the NFL, losing 5, 5, and 1 games his first three years
An 11-12 win season in year 3 would leave Freeman with less/equal losses in his first three years than all of these (except Weis) in their first two years...less losses in 3 years than other coaches have in 2 years is.......much better. And even with Weis, if you go out to first three years this would put Freeman nearly 50% less in losses than Weis in the first three years.
Holtz obviously gets an asterisk because he won a Natty which trumps all, but if Freeman finishes year three with 1-2 less losses than Holtz had his first three years I won't consider that a total loss and I'll be highly encouraged for the future.
would have been exposed earlier, or maybe used the portal in year 3 to win a natty before his :charm" wore off.
you are what we sane people refer to as beyond negotiations.
Weis was a garbage coach, charm or no charm. Period.
And I made sure to asterisk Holtz for that reason. My post wasn't to put Freeman above Holtz (for one thing he hasn't won those 11-12 games yet) but to push back on the Natty or bust statement for this year.
If Freeman improves to 11-12 wins this year and keeps improving like this, we are going in the right direction.
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Link: Counting app
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