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Marcus Freeman, year 1 disappointment by the numbers

Do you ever have anything positive to say? All you seemingly do on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis is sit on a couch, then you point and criticize anything and everything wrong with Notre Dame Football, whether it is players or coaches.

Dude, we get it.
sjb75, it is like Groundhog Day the movie with this guy. Wash,rinse,repeat.
 
Attack the points being made, not the posters. Not because anyone should care what some faceless anonymous user posting from god knows where opinion is about them on a personal level, but because that type of dialogue distracts from furthering the discussion and it prevents others from reading and contributing with their own ideas.
 
Attack the points being made, not the posters. Not because I care what some faceless anonymous user posting from god knows where opinion about me personally, but because that type of dialogue distracts from furthering the discussion and making it easier for others to read and contribute with their own ideas.
If you made a valid point, I would. You don't.
 
Sorry for your health issues.

”wimp” ?

As for the past year, on 02-07-22 I was diagnosed with cancer…… again.

95 % of patients diagnosed with my first cancer don’t survive 5 years,
I went through a year of radiation and chemotherapy and I’m now heading toward 20 years.

In addition to several surgeries for my current cancer, I’ve been on chemo/immunotherapy for about a year and will continue with chemo/immunotherapy for as long as the doctors dictate

On 01-05-23 while receiving chemo/immunotherapy in the hospital for my current cancer I contracted two bacterial infections, one of which was in my blood. On 01-10-23 911 was called. The EMT’s took my temperature at 105.7 and the ambulance rushed me to the hospital where I was confined and administered strong antibiotics for ten days, then I had a PIC line inserted in my right arm afterb they failed in their attempt to get it in my left arm, and then I administered antibiotics through the PIC line for another 7 Days before it was removed.

I’ve had 5 heart procedures, so it’s obvious that you spoke out of ignorance regarding my medical issues.

Your medical issues are trivial when compared to mine.

”wimp” ? I have more fight and resilience in my pinky than you have in your entire body !

Add in the fact that I cared for my dying wife for close to two years when she was diagnosed with a terminal High Grade Glioma, an incurable brain tumor on 03-23-20. Three of her doctors at MSKCC told me that if they ever get sick they want me to manage their medical care

Here’s some food for thought for you.

The Infectious Disease doctor, upon seeing me for the 7th consecutive day in the hospital asked me, “WHY are you always so happy ?”
Think about that question and what prompted that question

I won’t bore you with the answer.

”wimp” ? You don’t have one thousandths of the fortitude, fabric and fiber that i possess.

Nor the brains either !

OUCH !
Your cancer has nothing to do with the way you post. According to you your reason for needing to respond in bold caps was because of your detached retina…you’re not special
 
“You are what your record says you are.”

If you are going to point to 4-8 in 2016.....fine, then also point to 12-0 in 2012, and 12-0 in 2018 as well.
12 years and 1-6 against Top 5 teams, MF already matched BKs top 5 wins in year one, wild. Yes they both came against DJ U and Clemson.
 
The people who hated TR and wanted him out are now acting like losing him is a huge blow to the program

Which is it? If you wanted him gone, why are you crying now?

I know why.... you use it to fit your narrative.

TR sucks. We need an experienced OC and a better QB developer....he leaves.....the sky is falling.

Imploding Crashing

Lol you people are pathetic
 
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12 years and 1-6 against Top 5 teams, MF already matched BKs top 5 wins in year one, wild. Yes they both came against DJ U and Clemson.
10 year contract, 95 million guaranteed, and a win over Nick Saban coupled with an SEC West title in year one in Baton Rouge.

Meanwhile, Notre Dame lost to 3-9 Stanford at home this past season.

To infer Brian Kelly can't coach is laughable.
 
10 year contract, 95 million guaranteed, and a win over Nick Saban coupled with an SEC West title in year one in Baton Rouge.

Meanwhile, Notre Dame lost to 3-9 Stanford at home this past season.

To infer Brian Kelly can't coach is laughable.
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Your cancer has nothing to do with the way you post. According to you your reason for needing to respond in bold caps was because of your detached retina…you’re not special
That’s absolutely not true, get your facts right !

I never said it was because I’ve had several detached retina’s and other eye issues in the past.

It’s because my current vision is deteriorating

And you‘re wrong on the second count ….. I am special ……. very special ! 👍
 
Everyone bailing on freeman
I think HH had a time frame in mind when he returned to ND, that this was going to be his time to retire.
He stayed thru the recruiting session and signing time, so it was the appropriate time to announce.
This seems more of a quality of life decision than a football decision. Good for HH to be able to keep his commitment.
JMO.
 
The people who hated TR and wanted him out are now acting like losing him is a huge blow to the program

Which is it? If you wanted him gone, why are you crying now?

I know why.... you use it to fit your narrative.

TR sucks. We need an experienced OC and a better QB developer....he leaves.....the sky is falling.

Imploding Crashing

Lol you people are pathetic
I've been saying all along he needed to go, not only for ND, but for himself to grow and get exposure to different coaching philosophies. He landed in a great spot with Alabama. Can't blame him for taking the job.
 
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So every time you don’t like the head coach of your team you should root for another team? Historically dumb comment… I don’t love freeman yet but nd has a good chance to be really good in 2023… if nd does freeman and nd could take off, If nd doesn’t have a great year it will really be clear why not

Pretty telling you get bothered with facts and stats
Like those facts that Moore didn’t verbal?
 
I’m not going to fault someone for being ambitious but was he the most qualified candidate available— not even close. No O experience and still growing as a dc with under a year in the nd program—-he was a recruiter. Based on Jack’s speech there was going to be a thorough search and players could weigh -in but not determine who the new coach was going to be. Jack did just the opposite, he got hi jacked by current players and recruits like sneed who said they would leave. So we got who we got, a real nice guy who a bunch of young kids like. is he involved on the sidelines like saban is? Sure doesn’t look that way. But it’s our model for now, HC is head recruiter and DC/OC run their groups. So like it or not this is a growth model and everyone has to expect a few embarrassing speed bumps—Marshall, Stanford. Blame it on swarbrick for a lazy search but don’t blame it on freeman for being ambitious. And now we have to give him a few years no matter what happens. maybe it ends up working if you bring in top 2 classes year after year. I thought this year he would bring in a class like that and with Keeley , Bowen, Moore(s), edwards, he probably would have been top 3. Freeman to his credit has not used nil or academics as a hurdle, he’s actually said nil is not a hurdle. And for academics, we offered 63 of top 100 last year ( virtually same as sc and far more then most teams on our schedule) vs Bama at 72. Frankly freeman just whiffed on the big targets maybe he learned something and this year will go better. Again part of the 3-5 year learning process. He’s got everything he needs here, ( money, prestige, history, facilities, nd Rolodex, media backing), let’s see if he grows into it. no point in criticizing him at this point because he’s going nowhere for a few years. Support him and hope for the best
Offers versus doing the work to pass admissions is a different animal. Not at Bama but at ND. Do you argument is severely flawed
 
Improvement over what? A NC game? A Heisman finalist? 2 playoff games? Multiple 11-1 seasons? Multiple 12-0 seasons? Wins over multiple top 10 teams? Top 3 recruiting class? Multiple 5 star recruits? Enough demand to get bought out by an SEC team? Grooming an OC that Saban wants? Hiring the next ND head coach? Shall I go on? Winning multiple D2 national titles? Turning two programs around and making Cincy a relevant program it never would be? Fixing ND from 2 decades of disaster and rebuilding the program Freeman inherited? You’re allowed to like Freeman more. That’s your prerogative. Saying he’s an improvement based on stats is a lie. Hopefully Freeman can do all that. He’s our guy.
So Kelly did all that in 2010? I missed that, must have been 100 games long
 
So Kelly did all that in 2010? I missed that, must have been 100 games long
Agree with both of you. I just am looking to see a sign we're clearly improving the program. I saw that a lot with Kelly despite some of his setbacks and knowing he wasn't the one to win a championship.

Landing Hartman in the portal was the first sign for me. That was unbelievably huge for ND IMO.

Although i've seen improvements in recruiting, we're closer to kelly's classes than we are to Bama/Georgia so recruiting alone isn't closing the gap. Although we have probably 4-5 early studs committed in the 24 class, i'd say the 24 class isn't trending the way we would like. Not that's it's trending bad (it's not at all) it's just not trending the way we all thought it could 3-4 months ago, same thing with the ending of our 23 class. No one thought we would finish 1st when we had the top class, but very few thought we'd finish 10th either.

I really think this 23 season is huge for ND and freeman because he needs to show this staff can coach and develop. We play 3 huge programs that will be tough games but all 3 are very winnable.
 
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I wanted Kelly gone after 2016 but he made massive changes and righted the program, I thought freeman should have been on the hot seat after the marshal disaster and cal almost disaster. Hard to learn in season as a head coach so 2023 to me will be very telling … there’s flat out no excuse to be worse than 10-2 this year
Yeah on the hotseat b4 he finishes his first season. If only we could fire you from this message board for your idiocy.
 
I've been saying all along he needed to go, not only for ND, but for himself to grow and get exposure to different coaching philosophies. He landed in a great spot with Alabama. Can't blame him for taking the job.
Who amongst us wouldn’t want to be mentored by the greatest coach in college football…. without being paid ?

Now throw in $ 2,000,000 and who wouldn‘t take the job ?
 
With HH retiring it puts significantly more pressure on finding the best OC available.

If we’re lucky enough to find an exceptional, experienced and successful OC will we be even luckier to have him bring a terrific OLine coach along with him.


Hiring a talented OC for 2023 is beyond critical since the HC is not an offensive specialist.

Time will tell
 
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Offers versus doing the work to pass admissions is a different animal. Not at Bama but at ND. Do you argument is severely flawed
That’s right we just offer guys and then tell him we’re just kidding. Sampson said several years ago we can realistically go after 75 of the top 100 and Lou repeatedly said we’re not that restricted from going after top talent. Look at the 5 stars we offered and pursued aggressively last year and it appears the reigns are even more relaxed for mf. Apparently you haven’t spoken or know many kids that have gotten in recently. I know a couple first hand and these are not academic all stars.
 
That’s right we just offer guys and then tell him we’re just kidding. Sampson said several years ago we can realistically go after 75 of the top 100 and Lou repeatedly said we’re not that restricted from going after top talent. Look at the 5 stars we offered and pursued aggressively last year and it appears the reigns are even more relaxed for mf. Apparently you haven’t spoken or know many kids that have gotten in recently. I know a couple first hand and these are not academic all stars.
Offering is one thing. Finding elite players that want to actually go to class and work towards a degree is another story.

Many of these elite players want the easiest, softest path to the NFL. That is not in South Bend.
 
Offering is one thing. Finding elite players that want to actually go to class and work towards a degree is another story.

Many of these elite players want the easiest, softest path to the NFL. That is not in South Bend.
I tend to agree, but we’re living in an age of “entitlement” and this is the dilemma we face.
 
Parading your next OC around in public then he doesn’t come….. this is what a failing coach and Ad look like
 
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