Was talking to a buddy who had no idea about the pipeline of former head coach “analysts” at Alabama, and it got me thinking when / if ND could ever move in that direction.
Most of our blowout losses over the past 5-10 years have come after off-weeks (Bama 2013 NC, Clemson 2018 Cotton Bowl, Michigan 2019, Ohio State 2016 Fiesta Bowl), whereas when we play these top tier teams in-season (not after bye week) we tend to play them much closer (Clemson 2020, both UGA games, Clemson 2015, FSU 2014). One way to make sense of this is that when teams have analysts on staff they have an enhanced ability to prepare than we do, which increases their advantage (in addition to talent in most of these cases). I recall after the Bama 2013 NC there being a quote that Bama was calling out all of our plays before we ran them.
Given these analysts tend to work for sub-$100k is it a move that Kelly could pull off under the current administration to help close the gap with the football factories?
Most of our blowout losses over the past 5-10 years have come after off-weeks (Bama 2013 NC, Clemson 2018 Cotton Bowl, Michigan 2019, Ohio State 2016 Fiesta Bowl), whereas when we play these top tier teams in-season (not after bye week) we tend to play them much closer (Clemson 2020, both UGA games, Clemson 2015, FSU 2014). One way to make sense of this is that when teams have analysts on staff they have an enhanced ability to prepare than we do, which increases their advantage (in addition to talent in most of these cases). I recall after the Bama 2013 NC there being a quote that Bama was calling out all of our plays before we ran them.
Given these analysts tend to work for sub-$100k is it a move that Kelly could pull off under the current administration to help close the gap with the football factories?
