This is not true. See my post for what happened. Ludvig adjusted his contract and ND was working from the old details.
Disappointing season
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I wouldnt go that far. Chuck fell apart at the end but ND was a 4 & 13 & the Bush Push away from a natty appearance and went to the Sugar and Fiesta bowls. BK had alot of more talent to work with than you are thinking. Most of the key players on 2012 were Weiss recruits.
Yes I know the story. And in the end, who Fing cares. The head guy had his guy, we have plenty of money. Pay him and he is the OC for the year. Don't pay him and we are stuck with someone who wasnt our top choice
Do they want to win or not?
Freeman had to take Rees and then Parker. Not exactly ideal when you are trying to run a program. Hopefully the new AD changes the culture.
Ludwig’s total compensation in 2022 from Utah was $ 1,250, 000, that’s undeniable.
You can claim to adjust your contract 9 ways to midnight, but it’s irrelevant in the face of your W-2.
High paid Executives and coaches know exactly what their compensation is.
$ 1,250,000 was well within ND’s wheelhouse
I think it’s a little more nuanced than that.
Rees was signed before MF was hired, and I believe that was a pre-condition for MF to agree to take the position given the timing of Kelly’s resignation.
And the last ray of hope for something good out of this season was closed out on a downfield holding call on SC. SC and UW were in a shootout with the Trojans live for a PAC title. The schedule is hard but when they close the books our best win will probably be playing in the Chicken&Waffles bowl.
Very true, but I’d argue ND ended with someone that wasn’t even in their top 20 (if they had one) when the search started.
Nothing against Parker personally, sure he’s a good guy but to give a guy who was the WR coach for Duke in 2018, PSU WR coach in 19, WVU WR coach, and then the ND TE coach for a year was a huge miss by ND.
An essentially rookie HC, with a rookie OC, and other inexperienced coaches like Stukey who had one year at Baylor as WR coach before taking over the same spot on ND is ‘22.
Yes and no.
Let’s not forget that Kelly left us in a terrible position with the timing of his departure so being able to secure an established OC on such short notice was critical, but under normal circumstances I’d agree with you
They didn't come out flat yesterday. They actually started off strong. We simply aren't good enough. Our wide receiver room is shit, our QB played poorly, and admitted as much; our punt returner played poorly. It's not flat, we just aren't that good.
They've played much better at home than the road. They outplayed a top 3 OSU team at home then struggled at Duke. And lost badly at Louisville and lost yesterday at Clemson to a 4,-4 team. Road woes have been a consistent problem.
ND did get the money...but too late. Basically it wasn't approved at signing and the ad couldn't just authorize such a huge over rude without approval.. the balking before final approval resulted in the candidate deciding to withdraw.
Collosal AD dept failure
