My problem with learning curves at ND specifically is that, ASPIRATIONALLY, they're viewed as UNACCEPTABLE, but then ND goes out and hires coaches who cannot help but experience them.
Strip away the CONTRADICTION, and you're left with SELF-SABOTAGE. You're LINUS pulling away the football yourself.
Freeman has beaten some good teams, and he's lost to others. But the rate at which he's lost to better teams does not equate to NC LEVEL FOOTBALL.
Compounding the problem is the UNACCEPTABLE LOSSES to inferior opponents.
This is why I argue that he's ALREADY WELL BEHIND THE CURVE.
Is there a chance he can turn that around?
The worst year three for any ND coach who won at least 74% of his ND starts was Elmer Layden's 6-2-1 in 1936. The best year three for any ND coach who wound up winning less than 64% of his games at ND was Gerry Faust's 7-5 in 1983.
Freeman is WALKING THAT LINE.
