Next Head Coach Candidates

[ZORO50]

I know Kelly will be back in 2017 but if we lose to Army and get smashed vs Virginia Tech and USC.
All bets are off.

Three Candidates:
ND should not be looking past three people. It's a top paying job-
there is talent on the roster. Staff members get paid well.

The coaching has been brutal every week this year. We could have won every game this year.

1) Chris Petersen

2) Pat Fitzgerald

3) Kyle Wittingham

 

[Toby Smart]

I get the funny feeling that some of you are wishing the Irish lose to Army and get smashed vs Virginia Tech and USC. Yep, it has that feel to it.

 

[Classic Irish]

I know Kelly will be back in 2017 but if we lose to Army and get smashed vs Virginia Tech and USC.
All bets are off.

Three Candidates:
ND should not be looking past three people. It's a top paying job-
there is talent on the roster. Staff members get paid well.

The coaching has been brutal every week this year. We could have won every game this year.

1) Chris Petersen

2) Pat Fitzgerald

3) Kyle Wittingham

Pat Fitzgerald loathes ND. That's pretty much common knowledge to anyone who follows college football closely.

 

[Legendsteve]

Toby. Seems like that is what needs to happen to force change. Sad.

 

[Classic Irish]

Toby. Seems like that is what needs to happen to force change. Sad.

Sorry, but real ND fans don't wish for 18-21 year old student-athletes to lose. Period.

 

[Java65]

Pat Fitzgerald loathes ND. That's pretty much common knowledge to anyone who follows college football closely.

This isn't true at all. Fitzgerald was a huge ND fan growing up and desperately wanted a scholarship and didn't get one. I'm sure he got his feelings hurt but it's an exaggeration to say he hates ND.

 

[Kelso86]

I know Kelly will be back in 2017 but if we lose to Army and get smashed vs Virginia Tech and USC.
All bets are off.

Three Candidates:
ND should not be looking past three people. It's a top paying job-
there is talent on the roster. Staff members get paid well.

The coaching has been brutal every week this year. We could have won every game this year.

1) Chris Petersen

2) Pat Fitzgerald

3) Kyle Wittingham

Peterson will not leave Washington
Fitzgerald is a "legend" at Northwestern, he will retire from there
I doubt Wittingham leaves.

IF -- and that is a BIG IF right now, if the ND position becomes open, they need to think outside the box. But most importantly, it all depends on what direction the school wants to go with the football program as a whole.

 

[T-bob75]

Tony Dungy

 

[Telx1]

This season has been a disaster, but the worse part for me has been witnessing one bad coaching decision after another and believing that the cumulation of same won't change who the coach is next season. It's akin to the Trump dilemma for me: I didn't want Trump or Hillary as our President, but now that a decision has been reached, I want Trump to succeed for all our sakes. At seasons end, assuming Jack sticks with his decision to keep Kelly, then my thoughts will quickly turn to what Kelly needs to change to be successful. Hiring a great DC and giving Sanford the opportunity to really run the offense would be a good start.

 

[mbd11]

I know Kelly will be back in 2017 but if we lose to Army and get smashed vs Virginia Tech and USC.
All bets are off.

Three Candidates:
ND should not be looking past three people. It's a top paying job-
there is talent on the roster. Staff members get paid well.

The coaching has been brutal every week this year. We could have won every game this year.

1) Chris Petersen

2) Pat Fitzgerald

3) Kyle Wittingham

The only one of those three I think might be a good fit is Fitzgerald. He wouldn't be a bad candidate to consider.

As for the other two, both have spent their whole careers out West, and one's a Scientologist and the other's a Mormon. So not sure they'd be great fits at ND, or that they'd even be interested in the job.

 

[NDSMC78]

The only one of those three I think might be a good fit is Fitzgerald. He wouldn't be a bad candidate to consider.

As for the other two, both have spent their whole careers out West, and one's a Scientologist and the other's a Mormon. So not sure they'd be great fits at ND, or that they'd even be interested in the job.

Except he hates ND, so he probably would not do well at ND.

 

[Classic Irish]

This isn't true at all. Fitzgerald was a huge ND fan growing up and desperately wanted a scholarship and didn't get one. I'm sure he got his feelings hurt but it's an exaggeration to say he hates ND.

No, whether you want to believe it or not, he does still hate ND. Just perform a Google search.

 

[end_23]

I know Kelly will be back in 2017 but if we lose to Army and get smashed vs Virginia Tech and USC.
All bets are off.

Three Candidates:
ND should not be looking past three people. It's a top paying job-
there is talent on the roster. Staff members get paid well.

The coaching has been brutal every week this year. We could have won every game this year.

1) Chris Petersen

2) Pat Fitzgerald

3) Kyle Wittingham

You have zero knowledge if you list CP #1. He just signed a 10-year extension with Washington. He has a potential Heisman winner coming back in 2017/2018 and he has that team rolling. He already turned down his hometown USC. Why would he come to South Bend?

PJ Fleck or Paul Chryst with Barry Alvarez as AD. People have to be realistic.

 

[end_23]

I get the funny feeling that some of you are wishing the Irish lose to Army and get smashed vs Virginia Tech and USC. Yep, it has that feel to it.

It has that feel to it that you like to repeat yourself constantly in here. Tell me why?

 

[scubastevefl]

All will reject ND, all hail Skip Holtz

 

[end_23]

Tony Dungy

LOL

 

[end_23]

Toby. Seems like that is what needs to happen to force change. Sad.

Toby likes going 6-6 and thinks that's okay. The real fans are the ones that want to see ND be great again(10-2 consistently). Kelly will never get ND to that level. Some fans are clueless. He leads the pack.

 

[KJ23]

Please make ND great again!

 

[wicker]

It's going to be Pete Carroll

 

[Joedaly]

I can't believe fans on this board no longer think they can get Bill Belichick to leave New England & come here!

 

[hvillebill]

I can't believe fans on this board no longer think they can get Bill Belichick to leave New England & come here!

There are dreamers for every program. It's unreal at times.

 

[Toby Smart]

It has that feel to it that you like to repeat yourself constantly in here. Tell me why?

There's no use in explaining it to you because it would be way over your head. You are way too young to understand the ways of the real world.

 

[ndhell]

I want Narduzzi as coach. Pitt beat Clemson in Clemson.

 

[stu4don]

Why not Petrino? People don't give a shit about character these days. And Petrino actually knows how to coach.

 

[NDSMC78]

Why not Petrino? People don't give a shit about character these days. And Petrino actually knows how to coach.

Maybe you don't care about character. I sure as hell do.

 

[ndhell]

Maybe you don't care about character. I sure as hell do.

I like characters who WIN.

 

[scubastevefl]

Anybody open to Craig Bohl? Wyoming coach who had tremendous success at North Dakota State

 

[hvillebill]

I want Narduzzi as coach. Pitt beat Clemson in Clemson.

Based upon one game? What about their four losses?

 

[ndhell]

Based upon one game? What about their four losses?

Well what's the highest ranked team Brian Kelly and ND have beat on the road?

 

[hvillebill]

Well what's the highest ranked team Brian Kelly and ND have beat on the road?

Oklahoma in 2012. #8.

 

[wicker]

Chris Peterson might be available

 

[wicker]

Well what's the highest ranked team Brian Kelly and ND have beat on the road?

so you just want to be a spoiler?

 

[Legendsteve]

Have always liked Narduzzi. MSU DC for years. Great defense under his direction. 50 years old. Dad coached Youngstown State. Pat graduated from there. Ohio guy. Great recruiter. Would be a wonderful fit. Smart enough to hire an OC who believes in a pro style offense. Would LOVE Narduzzi. Impressed with the way he handled his kicker earlier in the game. No wonder MSU's defensive players loved him. Very impressive.

 

[hvillebill]

Have always liked Narduzzi. MSU DC for years. Great defense under his direction. 50 years old. Dad coached Youngstown State. Pat graduated from there. Ohio guy. Great recruiter. Would be a wonderful fit. Smart enough to hire an OC who believes in a pro style offense. Would LOVE Narduzzi. Impressed with the way he handled his kicker earlier in the game. No wonder MSU's defensive players loved him. Very impressive.

Not exactly the best defense you've ever seen.

Miami lit them up for 51. Oklahoma St. 45. Clemson had 630 yards of offense today. If they had not turned the ball over three times they would have won.

 

[Legendsteve]

Great D at MSU. Pitt is growing. He would be EXCELLENT at ND. jmo.

 

[Nocalirish]

Greg Schiano would bring back ND as head coach. Defense is key.

 

[ftnfan62]

Next coach at ND will be a special teams and top notch D Coord.

BK is here 4 more.

 

[stu4don]

Maybe you don't care about character. I sure as hell do.

I do too, '78. That was me venting about the election.

 

[Upperrwestsidetrojan]

Oklahoma in 2012. #8.

did

Oklahoma in 2012. #8.

they were not really an 8th ranked team. okla finished 15th in the nation that yr. they were ranked 8th when they played nd, but nd was not truly playing the 8th best team in the country.

 

[Upperrwestsidetrojan]

You have zero knowledge if you list CP #1. He just signed a 10-year extension with Washington. He has a potential Heisman winner coming back in 2017/2018 and he has that team rolling. He already turned down his hometown USC. Why would he come to South Bend?

PJ Fleck or Paul Chryst with Barry Alvarez as AD. People have to be realistic.

hometown usc ? he grew up more like 10 hours north of los angeles. and he has been a northwest guy ever since except for one yr in Pittsburgh. petersen doesn't like the glitz and glamour of LA, but he did consider the sc job. but he and haden did not get along.

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1988 UC Davis (freshman)
1989–1991 UC Davis (WR)
1992 Pittsburgh (QB)
1993–1994 Portland State (QB)
1995–2000 Oregon (WR)
2001–2005 Boise State (OC)
2006–2013 Boise State
2014–present Washington