Clark Lea

[Pennick4]

His team won 2 straight against SEC teams. He is doing a good job at Vandy. Great to see.

 

[ftnfan62]

ND has two out there, with Duke and Vandy. Nice to see that people who left for the right reasons are successful and represent the brand.

 

[Irishjohn68]

Didn’t Elko leave for more money?

 

[NDSMC78]

Didn’t Elko leave for more money?

Yup. I remember many of the posters on this board were pissed when Elko left.

 

[BGI User 756]

ND has two out there, with Duke and Vandy. Nice to see that people who left for the right reasons are successful and represent the brand.

Actually 3. Nick Lezynski is LB coach at Vandy

 

[Kelso86]

ND has two out there, with Duke and Vandy. Nice to see that people who left for the right reasons are successful and represent the brand.

"ND has two out there, with Duke and Vandy."

We're claiming Elko? The same one who was thoroughly bashed on this site when he left ND after 1 year simply for more $$$$$ to go to Texas A&M?

 

[francade]

I didn’t wanna see Elko go but he kept upping the ante. Ended up working out for both elko & ND. He turned it into a head coaching position and we didn’t really skip a beat and saved having to pay him $2 mill to keep him.

 

[savvyandsassier]

Mike Elko is not part of the ND/BK coaching tree or whatnot. He coached here for one year, and in semi-treacherous fashion left for currently the most outlaw of outlaw programs for a bigger payday. Which doesn't make him a scumbag, but he doesn't get any special recognition either.

Clark Lea however was the shit. I wonder if CL would have gotten the job if he stayed as DC, and MF never set foot on ND's campus. Probably not, would be my guess. I wonder if MF was Vandy's coach right now instead how he'd be doing....

 

[chaseball]

I never understand the hate when ND loses players to the draft or coaches who leave for more money/better opportunity elsewhere.

Mike Elko provided a nice ROI on our investment in him and im glad we were able to open some doors for him. This is how you build your brand/modern culture. You serve your fans with victories, you serve your coaches with more opportunities, you serve your players with cash and development, etc.

When ND hires a coach that does so well that he now has a promotion and/or more guaranteed money we have served our coaches well. What do you think happens next time some talented coach is on the free agent market looking for his next stop?

"Hey i remember ND treated by buddy Elko right, let me give them a double look"

Point is we should celebrate coaches and players that develop quickly into marquee free agents and/or prospects in their respective roles. It helps our brand.

 

[sjb75]

Didn’t Elko leave for more money?

That’s the main reason anyone would go to College Station. Including players.

 

[NDSMC78]

I never understand the hate when ND loses players to the draft or coaches who leave for more money/better opportunity elsewhere.

It's one thing when a coach gets an advancement. But when he leaves to take the same job at a different school, not so much.

 

[Rockne's Rambler]

Didn't Elko originally say that he was staying at ND but changed his mind when A&M opened their wallet. You might say Elko was a de-commit.

 

[ftnfan62]

Elko was a coordinator, not a HC. Your not going to keep those guys from moving nor would we want to. Would be nice to get 3 years.

If you want top coordinators, you have to show they can move into HC positions or top spots coming through ND.

I think it goes a long way have coordinators becoming HC. I don’t think we should confuse BK slipping out at night with these guys but that’s just my personal opinion.

 

[bcnd]

BC came down to Hafley v Lea 3 years ago: How BC passed over Lea was a mystery to anyone that watched Lea work his magic at ND.

 

[ftnfan62]

Maybe we told them Lea isn’t very good because we have to play them. Haha