Culture
On top of improving year over year the past three years, it looks like Freeman has developed a culture that I have not seen since Lou Holtz teams. I know culture is a banal word, but the culture goes beyond the field. I think one of the reasons why the administratrion, or whoever truly pulls the strings at N.D. has started to buy in, is because of Freeman's authenticity and embrace of all things N.D., not just football. He appears to be all in for all sports and academics. Weis, and Kelly did not, or could not display all of what Freeman has been doing.
Now, does this equate to National Championships? That still is left to be scene. What I have noticed is not only the elevation of the coaching, and athletes,but the elevation of the support from the school. That bodes well for the future. BK is practically begging for more NIL at L.S.U., as it that is the easiest fix.
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BK just created the $1M Challenge at LSU for raising NIL.
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When you consider that he started 0-3 but has gone 30-6 (.833) since then..
the results after he got his feet under him kinda bode well for a bright future.
He started 0-2 (OSU & Marshall) and then beat Cal, but the point stands.
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Are you forgetting the Fiesta Bowl vs oSu?
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Ah yes...I did. Freeman counts that loss as his, but I put it squarely on Kelly.
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Personally, I'd be ok with a mulligan for that one game, since his predecessor
didn't have the sack to coach in LSU's bowl, even though he had a head start on getting ready.
Then again I respect him so much for coaching that game on short notice instead of trying to protect his record, it's kinda like a badge of honor. Plus if he keeps winning at the rate he has since those first three, one loss isn't going to make any difference.
..also has essentially avoided the dreaded losing streaks that plagued: Davie, Ty, Weis, and Kelly
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Freeman converted to Catholicism, just as Knute himself did. Talk about embracing...
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Indeed.
The Conversion Story of Knute Rockne from. “Crossing The Goal Line” by Knute Rockne,
"I used to be impressed by the sight of my players receiving Holy Communion every morning, and finally I made it a point to go to Mass with them on the morning of the game. I realized that it appeared more or less incongruous when we arrived in town for a game, for the general public to see my boys rushing off to church as soon as they got off the train, while their coach rode to the hotel and took his ease. So for the sake of appearance, if nothing else, I made it a point to go to church with the boys on the morning of the game.
One night before a big game in the East, I was nervous and worried about the outcome of the game the next day and was unable to sleep. I tossed and rolled about the bed and finally decided that I’d get up and dress, then go down to the lobby and sit in a chair alone with my thoughts. It must have been two or three o’clock in the morning when I arrived in the deserted lobby, so I took a chair and tried to get that football game off my mind by engaging some bellboys in conversation.
Along about five or six o’clock in the morning, I started pacing the lobby of the hotel, when suddenly I ran into two of my own players hurrying out. I asked one of them where they were going at such an hour, although I had a good idea. Then I retired to a chair in the lobby where I couldn’t be seen, but where I could see everyone who went in or out of the door. Within the next few minutes, my players kept hurrying out of the door in pairs or groups, and finally, when they were about all gone, I got near the door so I could question the next player who came along.
In a minute or two, the last of the squad hurried out of the elevator and made for the door. I stopped them and asked them if they, too, were going to Mass, and they replied that they were. I decided to go along with them. Although they probably did not realize it, these youngsters were making a powerful impression on me with their piety and devotion, and when I saw all of them walking to the Communion rail to receive, and realized the several hours of sleep they had sacrificed in order to do this, I understood for the first time what a powerful ally their religion was to those boys in their work on the football field. Then it was that I really began to see the light; to know what was missing in my life, and later on I had the great pleasure of joining my boys at the Communion rail.
Knute Rockne, former director of athletics and head football coach of the University of Notre Dame, was killed at the height of his career in an airplane crash, March 31, 1931. As a football coach, this “maker of men” as he was called, never had his equal. A $600,000 Rockne Memorial Fieldhouse was opened in his honor in 1939.
Kelly did the same when he was here, issue was always QB
Kelly had no patience to recruit and develop a 1st round QB that could help win a NC.
Marcus hasn't shown he can develop a 1st round QB yet
We still have a QB problem…how long has it been since ND developed a high quality QB
Hopefully Carr and/or Angeli are the answer?
No more portal transfers
Agreed! Winning is an attitude that reflects leadership 💥💥
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