I'm still all in on MF.
I think we have someone with all the intangibles. I think he is learning on the job, and we all knew that would be the case. ND is not for first time coaches, not even for most experienced.
Freeman brings positive press, a player's perspective, part of championship teams. He brings a family man, a connection to players and recruits. He does make mistakes. Not kicking FG's when you take the points (Stanford). He sayst things at press conferences (We dont check out of disasters, we exeute the play better). All those get cleaned up with time.
I posted this before, Kirby Smart looked lost his first 4 years. He looks like a top coach in year 6+. What was the difference between those? RECRUITING. Good assistants.
As much as Al Golden has a complex scheme which keeps younger talent off the field, the defense has kept us in every game. Parker is new and failing. He has the Tommy Rees 1 yard TE dive play. Why on 3rd and one do we hand the ball to a RB 5 yards deep. Go to a wildcat with Tyree if your going to do that or Love. Someone who has some cut and slipperiness to them.
MF brought in a top QB. What he missed was the receiving side. He had to land Edwards or go to the portal for speed and hands. Sam Hartman didnt miss two balls in peoples hand for a TD and in scoring territory. Sam put the ball there. We have nobody to catch them. So they are basically using Sam to hand off.
Parker needs to learn much faster or you have to go get an OC. Hell, go to the pro's. What player would not want to play for MF and run a pro-style O and D? The NFL should just be talking about how ND has players ready as they run basically our offense.
I never coached offense, i did play guard. But if I'm parker, I'm watching every snap of an Andy Reid called game or a Doug Peterson called game and making that my game plan against USC.
I think we have someone with all the intangibles. I think he is learning on the job, and we all knew that would be the case. ND is not for first time coaches, not even for most experienced.
Freeman brings positive press, a player's perspective, part of championship teams. He brings a family man, a connection to players and recruits. He does make mistakes. Not kicking FG's when you take the points (Stanford). He sayst things at press conferences (We dont check out of disasters, we exeute the play better). All those get cleaned up with time.
I posted this before, Kirby Smart looked lost his first 4 years. He looks like a top coach in year 6+. What was the difference between those? RECRUITING. Good assistants.
As much as Al Golden has a complex scheme which keeps younger talent off the field, the defense has kept us in every game. Parker is new and failing. He has the Tommy Rees 1 yard TE dive play. Why on 3rd and one do we hand the ball to a RB 5 yards deep. Go to a wildcat with Tyree if your going to do that or Love. Someone who has some cut and slipperiness to them.
MF brought in a top QB. What he missed was the receiving side. He had to land Edwards or go to the portal for speed and hands. Sam Hartman didnt miss two balls in peoples hand for a TD and in scoring territory. Sam put the ball there. We have nobody to catch them. So they are basically using Sam to hand off.
Parker needs to learn much faster or you have to go get an OC. Hell, go to the pro's. What player would not want to play for MF and run a pro-style O and D? The NFL should just be talking about how ND has players ready as they run basically our offense.
I never coached offense, i did play guard. But if I'm parker, I'm watching every snap of an Andy Reid called game or a Doug Peterson called game and making that my game plan against USC.
