I will simply say that having the right COACH at the helm makes all the difference in collegiate sports, and especially when it comes to basketball. Mike Brey, through his years of indolence, was never able to raise the level of Notre Dame as a 'program' on a consistent basis. The little bit of fire that he may have brought early on in his Notre Dame career got quickly extinguished, especially in the recruiting wars.
When we saw him pictured during games on the sidelines, I never got the feeling that this man was a responsible adult who was serious about actually winning basketball games on a consistent basis. His laziness showed by enticing players who "loved" his philosophy of run-and-gun the 3-point shots, where you occasionally get hot and knock off a couple of good teams once in a while.
He reminded me of a "get rich quick" persona, a kind of basketball used car salesman......let's take the easy route here and eschew the challenge of recruiting big, strong forwards to Notre Dame, the kind who will rule the paint and strong-arm rebounds. Once he established this "quick and dirty" kind of aura about the entirety of the Notre Dame men's basketball program, it became hard to overcome when recruiting strong, athletic and skilled basketball players. These kids had coaches and other mentors guiding their futures, and they would see through Mike Brey and his vapid shallowness and steer them in different directions.
He should have been gone 10 years ago.
Notre Dame has a treasure trove of wonderful advantages to offer any student athlete. No, there is no administration conspiracy to thwart earning success in recruiting the good old-fashioned way, and that is by working hard at a high level every single day. All you have to do is look at the monumental recruiting successes of his fellow Notre Dame coaches, including Muffet McGraw, Niele Ivey, Brian Kelly (to a certain extent) and of course, Marcus Freeman. They have all arguably recruited lights out in selling the unique opportunity to earn a 40-year degree at the premier Catholic university in the country, amidst a beautiful campus laden with traditional brick buildings and a smaller, private school atmosphere harboring 12,000 students, instead of State U's 40,000.
When you look back at what his Notre Dame peers have accomplished with hard recruiting work over many years, it surely bares the abject truth of Mike Brey.
He's a pitiful empty suit. I'm glad he's finally gone.
When we saw him pictured during games on the sidelines, I never got the feeling that this man was a responsible adult who was serious about actually winning basketball games on a consistent basis. His laziness showed by enticing players who "loved" his philosophy of run-and-gun the 3-point shots, where you occasionally get hot and knock off a couple of good teams once in a while.
He reminded me of a "get rich quick" persona, a kind of basketball used car salesman......let's take the easy route here and eschew the challenge of recruiting big, strong forwards to Notre Dame, the kind who will rule the paint and strong-arm rebounds. Once he established this "quick and dirty" kind of aura about the entirety of the Notre Dame men's basketball program, it became hard to overcome when recruiting strong, athletic and skilled basketball players. These kids had coaches and other mentors guiding their futures, and they would see through Mike Brey and his vapid shallowness and steer them in different directions.
He should have been gone 10 years ago.
Notre Dame has a treasure trove of wonderful advantages to offer any student athlete. No, there is no administration conspiracy to thwart earning success in recruiting the good old-fashioned way, and that is by working hard at a high level every single day. All you have to do is look at the monumental recruiting successes of his fellow Notre Dame coaches, including Muffet McGraw, Niele Ivey, Brian Kelly (to a certain extent) and of course, Marcus Freeman. They have all arguably recruited lights out in selling the unique opportunity to earn a 40-year degree at the premier Catholic university in the country, amidst a beautiful campus laden with traditional brick buildings and a smaller, private school atmosphere harboring 12,000 students, instead of State U's 40,000.
When you look back at what his Notre Dame peers have accomplished with hard recruiting work over many years, it surely bares the abject truth of Mike Brey.
He's a pitiful empty suit. I'm glad he's finally gone.
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