Jack Swarbrick + Father John Jenkins are the common denominator in NDs mediocrity over the last 2 decades

[chaseball]

Until these two incredibly naïve dinosaurs get out of the way, and provide ND the budget/resources to compete, and the policies to put ND on an equal playing field with the rest of college football, we'll never hoist another national title trophy again.

P.S. only on the notre dame message boards would this statement even remotely be considered controversial

 

[NDSMC78]

Until these two incredibly naïve dinosaurs get out of the way, and provide ND the budget/resources to compete, and the policies to put ND on an equal playing field with the rest of college football, we'll never hoist another national title trophy again.

P.S. only on the notre dame message boards would this statement even remotely be considered controversial

Once again, this poster proves that he has no idea what he is talking about. ND's alleged "mediocrity over the past 2 decades" is pure fiction. In the past decade alone, ND played for the NC once and was in the playoffs two other times. From 2017-2021, we won ten games every season. These accomplishments are not those of a mediocre program.
The poster also castigated Jenkins and Swarbrbrick for not providing ND "the budget/resources to compete and the policies to put ND on an equal playing field with the rest of college football."
This kind of general criticism is meaningless. ND's budget and policies have, as noted, resulted in multiple ten win seasons and playoff appearances in the past decade. Perhaps the poster would be well served to learn a little bit about ND before he posts again on this board.

 

[Granite45]

Until these two incredibly naïve dinosaurs get out of the way, and provide ND the budget/resources to compete, and the policies to put ND on an equal playing field with the rest of college football, we'll never hoist another national title trophy again.

P.S. only on the notre dame message boards would this statement even remotely be considered controversial

Rather shallow analysis.

 

[savvyandsassier]

For a troll/troublemaker/provocateur, whatever the F chaseball is, it's time for these guys to up the ante a little bit. BK's gone, so there's no bashing him anymore. At least not for someone like the OP, who poses as a serious observer of the contemporary scene, and wouldn't waste his critical thought on someone who's now long gone. He also poses as a young turk, so it's not so easy to bash Rees and MF either.

So the natural next target would be the old-guard, aged stuffed shirts like Swarbrick, obviously, and even Jenkins, who is a man of the cloth, and so one must tread warily.....

I imagine Swarbrick is going to retire at some point here fairly soon, he's had a successful run, not just with BK and the all-important football program, but with the whole AD. And he was able to enjoy the thrill of making the MF hire, which sounded like was very gratifying to him. I don't think Swarbrick would be fired, however. I feel like saying his time at ND was hugely successful, and he's not someone who would be looked upon as needing to be got rid of.

As for Jenkins, I have no idea what the politics are that surround that position. I'm guessing that he's well thought of, and is not going anywhere anytime soon, for better or worse. Unless he gets some plum appointment to Rome or something....

 

[HDK]

That mediocrity has helped build a university I could never get into today.

 

[irishvan]

Until these two incredibly naïve dinosaurs get out of the way, and provide ND the budget/resources to compete, and the policies to put ND on an equal playing field with the rest of college football, we'll never hoist another national title trophy again.

P.S. only on the notre dame message boards would this statement even remotely be considered controversial

Ignorant statement and you clearly have never met or spent any time with either man. Both brilliant ND men and fans of the greatest University on the planet. ND is and has been blessed to have such leadership at these trying times.

Go Irish…. !

 

[d1042]

but it has been 3 decades

 

[NDblitz]

but it has been 3 decades

This is true. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on your world view, ND refuses to live in the one set of rules for regular students one set for football players.