I for one am cautiously optimistic that he will surprise us all and be an amazing head coach. But all of you complaining about him taking over, saying he's in over his head, no experience, etc. I want to say this to you.
Everyone has to get their start some place. I can't tell you how many times in my career that I've interviewed for positions that I needed and wished there was a way to get a person that was under qualified on paper into that position. A person that was more than able to do the job and do it well, yet an institutional piece of paper was the only thing that prevented me from hiring said person. How many diamonds in the ruff miss out on being able to flourish and do great things because someone doesn't like their resume?
Now, I'm not saying Coach Freeman isn't qualified. I feel his track record this season at ND, his undeniable energy and the fact that the players seem to be willing to run through a wall for him is plenty good enough to give him this shot. What ND has been missing with Kelly and desperately needs is intensity and energy. I know i grew tired of the business like, sleep walk through games, mentality that Kelly brought. I say this even though Kelly was very successful here. It was the thing that I always felt would have propelled some of these teams to the top or at least make those big games interesting. I always said I don't mind losing to an Alabama, OSU, Clemson so long as they went down swinging.
The video of him being introduced in the locker room put tears in my eyes. You can tell very easily the players love him and you could feel the energy building.
So to everyone bitching that we didn't hire some big named coach... sit back, have a beer and relax. Lets get behind Coach Freeman and see where he takes this program. I think and hope, we will be pleasantly surprised.
Congrats Coach Freeman... Go Irish.
Everyone has to get their start some place. I can't tell you how many times in my career that I've interviewed for positions that I needed and wished there was a way to get a person that was under qualified on paper into that position. A person that was more than able to do the job and do it well, yet an institutional piece of paper was the only thing that prevented me from hiring said person. How many diamonds in the ruff miss out on being able to flourish and do great things because someone doesn't like their resume?
Now, I'm not saying Coach Freeman isn't qualified. I feel his track record this season at ND, his undeniable energy and the fact that the players seem to be willing to run through a wall for him is plenty good enough to give him this shot. What ND has been missing with Kelly and desperately needs is intensity and energy. I know i grew tired of the business like, sleep walk through games, mentality that Kelly brought. I say this even though Kelly was very successful here. It was the thing that I always felt would have propelled some of these teams to the top or at least make those big games interesting. I always said I don't mind losing to an Alabama, OSU, Clemson so long as they went down swinging.
The video of him being introduced in the locker room put tears in my eyes. You can tell very easily the players love him and you could feel the energy building.
So to everyone bitching that we didn't hire some big named coach... sit back, have a beer and relax. Lets get behind Coach Freeman and see where he takes this program. I think and hope, we will be pleasantly surprised.
Congrats Coach Freeman... Go Irish.
