Get Nasty said:

Have you every heard him actually speak intelligently about the actual game of football... Scheme, X's and O's, etc?

I sure haven't. Every good/great coach can walk you through what happened and why. They don't always need to do it, but they do. Freeman never does.

I now beleve there's a reason for that.

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NDinNJ said:

Unfortunately that ship sailed and is never coming back.

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NDinNJ said:

And Chase my balls F+ has ND rated 13th. This is why simply crunching numbers isn't as accurate as some believe it to be. How many times have we seen a team loaded up with all-stars and they fail to win championships. Look at the Dodgers in recent years. spending billions on the best players, but they can't win it.

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echowaker said:

Delusional.

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NIN Irish said:

I'd prefer just get rid of paying altogether. They get free education, and many other benefits from being on the team. Jmo.

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NDinNJ said:

I agree with you, however when the defense is showing you coverage defending the run and short to intermediate pass defense. You need to be able take shots downfield.

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NIN Irish said:

You can say the same about the QB.

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NDinNJ said:

ND collective paid him more.

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FightingIrish44 said:

I agree. That was my way of saying “don’t panic” because he had one bad game in which he was still an asset.

People crap the bed (not you) from week to week based on results. It’s comical as well as irritating. Freeman is the greatest thing after A&M then he’s not the guy after NIU and he sucks. Which is it? One game shouldn’t have swayed people so much. If one believed he was the man after a close A&M win, then that person should have believed he was the man after a close loss to A&M. Same with losing to NIU.

Leonard could have had the A&M game, and thrown for 400 yards against NIU, but if he played against Purdue like he did against NIU, people would be all over him saying he’s not the guy. It’s one game.

My humble opinion is people need to chill the hell out (not directed at you). Fans are too nuts and high and low. It’s funny how I can get mocked for pointing out flaws with Freeman. Next thing he loses a game, and everyone is mocking the whole program and I’m the one saying to just chill.

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sjb75 said:

Sam Hartman had no arm? I had zero issue with Sam Hartman. A winner IMO. Saying Hartman had no arm is simply not true.

The WR group and the OC were below average. That much is indeed true.

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NDinNJ said:

I'd rather they just go to a pay for play model. Schools pay athletes directly. This way if a player is a bust there is no conflict of interest in benching said player.

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Patrirish said:

Maybe I can’t comprehend and I’m ignorant

Did you ever consider that maybe coaches call more efficient plays then throwing long, plays that have a higher chance of success.

Did it ever occur to you that he’s starting because he performed better in practice than the other QB’s ?

If you think that NIL is swaying coaching decisions, you know absolutely nothing about football,

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banmate6 said:

Too many variables. To the point you need a lot of computing power and increasing time. Our brains are evolved for energy efficient decisioning of complexity...never mind what you get on the house to breathe, feel, balance, and see, which involves so many factors to process in real time, we're not even aware of it.

A massive advantage in human cognition is:

1) You don't need the BEST decision.
2) Just avoid a BAD decision.

AI generates howlers in this context. Even in something like self driving cars. I had the advanced version of the software in my Tesla as a 1 month trial. I had to correct a few times...and it demands more attention that when I drive.

I hope they give what you said a test. But I bet a human will override a howler call.

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NIN Irish said:

Yeah, it's a shame this is the direction of college sports.

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NDinNJ said:

This appears to be how NIL works as it relates to the transfer portal.

1. staff identifies needs at a positions
2. Find their targets from the transfer portal
3. Inform the NIL collective of the players they targeted.
4. NIL collective allocates funds and offers for each player.

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NIN Irish said:

F..ck the collectives. NIL sucks.

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