Notre Dame Football Primer: Defenseless Irish Host In-State Rival Purdue
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i’m sensing a 2016 year.
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A bit of an overreaction?
We lost to two teams ranked in the top 10 (for now) by a total of 4 points.
Yes the defense looks bad but that, for me, is a leadership/experience issue having lost the top 4 leaders on defense plus Morrison.
Offense, in my opinion, presents as being better this year than last since it is more diverse.
time will tell. some similarities to that year.
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What exactly are they?
Just curious because I don't see any.
There are similarities.
Last year I called Mickens the 1st star (hockey reference) of the ND coaching staff. Seeing the linked video on Pete Sampson's Twitter stream pointing out (correctable, apparently) technique failures in the secondary makes me think that Ash is representative of a general failed preparation for the season that is indeed very reminiscent of Kelly's disastrous preparation for 2016. Similar issues too, such as QB competition, retaining a clearly failed DC and a general lack of leadership.)
Link: https://x.com/LandonTengwall/status/1967699975393120514
I don't envision Freeman wholesale quitting the way Kelly did...
There absolutely is the potential for the bottom to fall out here...
In very dangerous waters...
He won’t. And I think he is open to feedback & course correction.
Not to say this couldn’t turn into a dumpster fire, but ND has $19 million reasons to prevent that.
I agree. I think he is far from the stubborn horse's ass Kelly was...
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How does a program with all the resources and commitment to the gold standard hire
A coordinator who was an analyst last year? We couldn’t pry a successful current DC to coach at a program that just played for a National title? I can understand not hiring someone like Mickens with no experience.
This is all in freeman and ash. Absolutely no doubt
Let’s not forget that MF wasn’t a swing for the fences hire - he was convenient - it’s a pattern
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How do you know they didn't try to get somebody better?
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What?!!! That has never happened and certainly not recently at ND
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That would be very bad if we had to settle for anyone.
After last years run it would be shocking if we couldn’t find better candidates. I just assumed this was who freeman wanted not a ‘well we need to get someone’ hire.
This crappy hire stuff goes all the way back to Faust!
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Faust was ridiculous and the result of pure institutional hubris...
Thought the lesson was learned and filed with the hiring of Holtz.
Would never have believed what followed...if someone had suggested it in advance...
The real outrage post-Holtz was that they failed to learn the definition of insanity
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Perhaps he’ll turn it around
After all we were led to believe the talent is now at an elite level right? So it’s likely the coaching. Or lack therereof.
I'm afraid that MF is becoming ND's version of James Franklin....
....he can recruit top level talent, but he just can't win the big games!
Franklin is a choker, Freeman is a nube and regularly makes nube mistakes
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You need to get out of PA more.
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Nah. Freeman is a nice guy. Franklin is a prick....
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Quit emoting. He already has more big game wins than Franklin.
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He is better than Franklin in that regard at the moment. Thought he was progressing towards...
...improved consistency though.
Both of these games were winnable. Coming out of them 0-2 is disastrous...
Are you nuts? Go take a look at our road to the Natty runner up again.
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Re: I'm afraid that MF is becoming ND's version of James Franklin....
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