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Former ND safeties/DB coach, Chris O'Leary leaves Chargers to become DC @ Western Michigan.......

NEPA Irish 1156 posts Joined: Aug 24, 2009

Posted2:52 pm on Jan 31, 2025

.....might have been a better fit than Ash to be co-DC with Mickens??? He was at ND from 2018 - 2023 - he knows Freeman, the culture, what ND is all about, etc.

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Your post is a stretch to even place on this board let alone suggest he's an ND fit.

faircatchcorby10504 posts 6:12 pm on Jan 31, 2025

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not a great recruiter. Most who closely follow the program were not disappointed when he left.

WestCoastIrishFan17124 posts 5:05 pm on Jan 31, 2025

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Are you joking?!

BaronVonZemo64435 posts 3:08 pm on Jan 31, 2025

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Except he doesn't have DC experience

D27883 posts 3:00 pm on Jan 31, 2025

which is what Freeman wanted. Mickens has more overall experience than O'Leary so If he wasn't going to promote Mickens, why would be hire O'Leary for co-DC?

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  Wasn't W Mich like the 132 rated team in all of college football last year? I guess I'm
  
  faircatchcorby10504 posts 6:19 pm on Jan 31, 2025
  
  struggling how this coaching hire will truly make them better. I hope I'm wrong and he does great things.
  
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Former ND safeties/DB coach, Chris O'Leary leaves Chargers to become DC @ Western Michigan.......

Your post is a stretch to even place on this board let alone suggest he's an ND fit.

not a great recruiter. Most who closely follow the program were not disappointed when he left.

Are you joking?!

Except he doesn't have DC experience

Wasn't W Mich like the 132 rated team in all of college football last year? I guess I'm