Freeman is first ND HC to ever have two 0-2 starts.
So, there's that.
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Freeman also decided to hire a guy who's past defenses allowed 38, 29, 31, 37 & 29ppg
You think that a hire of a guy who's defenses would be doing good to give up 30 in a game makes sense then I don't know what to tell you.
Wondering if MF's mentor, Jim Tressel urged him to hire Ash??
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The word is Meyer sold him on Ash.
All kinds of red flags there.
There is certainly no question that Meyer is an Ashman...
It all becomes clear, MF asked for UM's recommendation over the phone and thought
he said "Get you some Ash". Easy mistake to make.
Needs to take that phone number and burn it.
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I'd worry...about his vested interest...
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Then he needs a new mentor.
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On the bright side, this is the best way to force the offense to catch up w/ the times: score often
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Good point!!! It's about the only thing that could do it.
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And clearly expects his results to be much better than they've been everywhere else.
And when they're not...........it's the players' fault.
Curious line of thinking and expectations.
The asinine scheduling isn't helping him.
Who the fuck plays two top 15 teams.
The biggest dumbasses in CFB, that's who.
That's price you pay when you want to remain an Independent
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If you are truly good, you win both games without any real struggle. Neither team is great.
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That's an outdated way of thinking
In the playoff era it's dumb to open with back to back major opponents.
That's why no other team does it.
Don’t disagree, but win one of 2 then win out & we’re in the playoffs
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No other team does this shit.
Two buzzsaws to open the season.
It's completely stupid.
Two buzz saws because we aren’t very good?
The rest of the schedule is a cake walk compared to some other programs. also Texas A&M will flame out like they do every year so don’t worry they’re not a Top 15 program. They lost 4 of last 5 last year.
It’s completely idiotic but front-loaded schedules may be the cost of independence
If so then we need to do as much as possible to schedule games to maximize chance of winning not a top ACc and SEC team back to back.
Yep, or get a better conference affiliation.
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Texas A&M is a far cry from a Top SEC team
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Top modified ACC not SEC - point taken & my fault
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I don't buy that.
You can't tell me that the athletic dept. can't figure a way to schedule teams ND typically plays with a couple heavyweights mid-season instead of opening with two top 15 teams. Move fucking teams like Purdue, Mich. St, Boston College, Pttt up to the front. ND has scheduled like clowns for years.
Nebraska is 3-0 with essential scrimmages in their last two games before they play Michigan Saturday. They use the schedule to their advantage. ND schedules themselves and uphill mountain every fucking year.
Most teams want big out of conference games early. USC is trying to do it too.
I agree this is going to be an issue moving forward. Won’t have time to break in a QB or inexperienced players.
Or we need to schedule a week zero patsy like most teams do.
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Last year was relatively easy schedule then we lost to NIU
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they opened at A&M
This year: at Miami.
Fuck let's go to bama to open next season
Front load that schedule with SEC juggernauts.
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And A&M lost 5 games last year, so what?
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He seems to recognize & address mistakes but the mistakes w/b avoided by an experienced coach
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Agreed, his inexperience is showing.
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In MF's tenure there is a lot of niavete. A lot of self inflicted unforced errors. A lot of lack of
recognition.
I think you can win with Freeman, but he needs the right coordinators.
He doesn't seem much of a strategist, lacks some foresight. Great recruiter. But he waits too long to make necessary changes.
You can live with Denbrock. But, at this point Freeman needs to take over that D. If he doesn't want to tell anyone, fine. Let Ash save face. But it's that or Freeman stays in the frying pan. Ash has proven completely incapable. Blame the players if they want, but the talent is there. If it's not executing that's on the coach.
You wonder at what point the AD steps in. I hope Freeman rights the ship,l and ND wins the national championship, but how long can we allow him to do too little too late?
There isn't a coach out there that doesn't need elite coordinators. Saban had former HCs as analyst
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Freeman needs to be managed, not because he is reckless but because he lacks experience
Strikes me as a principled person, but you can be principled and act to address problems quickly.
Agreed, and he's the polar opposite of reckless. Very conservative.
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^^^^^^^
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The hire of Chris ASS is about as reckless as it gets... inexcusable
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100% failure of a hire, but he naively relied on Urban Meyer’s endorsement
A lot of positives about Freeman but he needs to be surrounded by shrewd competent people.
He's learning on the job. Needs experience coords and good ones, not re'treads. And an AD's help.
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He also has record for most Top 25 wins his first 3 years
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...and losses to NIU and Marshall.
And losing to OSU with 10 men on the field...
He's on training wheels.
Inventing ways to beat yourself is the nerve wrecking part
Game 1 HE decides to take his AA out the game instead of the opposition doing it🤔🤔
Game 2 no adjustments on the DL, poor clock management and after a TO for the play of the game you come with a weak 4 man front??🤔🤔
Then of course TWICE having those inexcusable blunders against Ohio St by not having enough men on the field.
Trend of absent mindedness in big games is disturbing