Eric Hansen wrote a great article today -- chronicling our best OC's since Kelly. It was Dembrock -- and Eric makes a great case for Dembrock as Tommy's mentor.
Denbrock remains Notre Dame’s best play-caller over the past 15 seasons when measured by both the frequency of his offenses exceeding the opposing defenses’ averages in scoring (89 percent) and yards allowed (77 percent).
Chip Long, by comparison, was at 74/71 percent. Brian Kelly was 61/67. Charlie Weis was 72/70. And Denbrock did it against the toughest defenses comparatively. He faced top 43 (top third of the FBS) defenses in 65 percent of the games in which he called offensive plays, and top 10 defenses 19 percent of the time.
Long faced top 43 defenses 29 percent of his games at ND and top 10 in 16 percent.
Remember, Dembrock had to make up for ND's worst defenses under Kelly. Chip had Lea's stellar defenses setting the table for him:
https://www.ndinsider.com/football/...cle_5a4c7150-8d8f-5b5d-bad9-2a26030afdad.html
OC -- Mike Dembrock
CB -- Christian Parker (a former d analyst for ND, currently doing that for the Packers. He's an Elko guy.) https://www.packers.com/team/coaches-roster/christian-parker
Denbrock remains Notre Dame’s best play-caller over the past 15 seasons when measured by both the frequency of his offenses exceeding the opposing defenses’ averages in scoring (89 percent) and yards allowed (77 percent).
Chip Long, by comparison, was at 74/71 percent. Brian Kelly was 61/67. Charlie Weis was 72/70. And Denbrock did it against the toughest defenses comparatively. He faced top 43 (top third of the FBS) defenses in 65 percent of the games in which he called offensive plays, and top 10 defenses 19 percent of the time.
Long faced top 43 defenses 29 percent of his games at ND and top 10 in 16 percent.
Remember, Dembrock had to make up for ND's worst defenses under Kelly. Chip had Lea's stellar defenses setting the table for him:
https://www.ndinsider.com/football/...cle_5a4c7150-8d8f-5b5d-bad9-2a26030afdad.html
OC -- Mike Dembrock
CB -- Christian Parker (a former d analyst for ND, currently doing that for the Packers. He's an Elko guy.) https://www.packers.com/team/coaches-roster/christian-parker
