Fire Swarbrick!!
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God knows what choice ND had after CBK announced he’s leaving for LSU.
I posted back then that maybe Freeman should be appointed as an interim coach. Giving him and ND a face saving way in case an assistant coach promotion doesn’t work out…as usually it doesn’t.
Again, none of us know the mindset of the key actors here. For all we know, maybe Freeman would have been insulted and quit if made only an interim? Maybe key people really thought: this time will REALLY be different?
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i know I sound like a broken record. But this comes down to ND culturally not putting football as high a priority as the factories. Lots of good posts have explained this many times.
Out of necessity. Because we’re back to where ND sometimes goes post Holtz. Between really bad to an outlier like CBK who can be top 15 or better consistently enough, although never seriously for a NC when playing a true elite.
The established not so newer normal.
I posted back then that maybe Freeman should be appointed as an interim coach. Giving him and ND a face saving way in case an assistant coach promotion doesn’t work out…as usually it doesn’t.
Again, none of us know the mindset of the key actors here. For all we know, maybe Freeman would have been insulted and quit if made only an interim? Maybe key people really thought: this time will REALLY be different?
🤷
i know I sound like a broken record. But this comes down to ND culturally not putting football as high a priority as the factories. Lots of good posts have explained this many times.
Out of necessity. Because we’re back to where ND sometimes goes post Holtz. Between really bad to an outlier like CBK who can be top 15 or better consistently enough, although never seriously for a NC when playing a true elite.
The established not so newer normal.
Chip Kelly would have come. He is underpaid at UCLA comparative to the market.
My #1 choice..
#2 was MF, hah
The easy choice was Luke Fickell. And he would have come. Recruiting class be damned. You have to get the head coach right. Swarbrick really effed up this time I'm afraid. Although it's not surprising. He's too lazy to conduct a proper search. Plus, he's a coward so he gave in to the players wanting Freeman.
So much angst over a college football team. I admit I used to care. That's why I've been on this site for more than 20 years. But now, not so much. This season I haven't even made an effort to watch the games. Saw about a quarter of each of them so far. Same thing with tomorrow. I'll tape the game and when I'm around, I'll watch a couple of series before wandering off to do something else. I know that Marcus Freeman is still going to struggle, and Jack Swarbrick will still have a job, no matter what I think. And it's kind of liberating.
Bullshit. Notre dame has a black head coach in football and womens basketball. Neither checked one important box. Head coaching experience. This is not a racial issue, so get that shit out of here
Amen. SwarbrickL has stayed too long. Just stealing cash now
If anyone believes jack should still be employed they have no clue how bad he’s been
He hasn't been bad
But I don't think this is Jack's decision. This comes from up top for sure
"If anyone believes jack should still be employed they have no clue how bad he’s been"
Maybe you are the one with no clue -- especially if you believe this was Jack's decision and Jack's decision alone.
Don’t start defending Jack. Please, he has a lot to do with it. Jenkins deserves more blame though. He’s a terrible president. He’s been bad in more than just sports. He’s made ND a non Catholic institution and ruined the football program.
Stood in the corner during Freemans presser and eye balled him the entire time. The guy didn’t offer a word and made his press secretary (freeman) answer all the questions about hiring. What an old pos.
You weren't around for Kevin White? If he was still AD today, ND would be a full member of the ACC and the program would be a shell of itself.
Now with that I can agree. Jenkins is woke and he's succumbed to the extremist lefties. As long as the $$$ keeps rolling in, he won't change a thing with the football program.
