Tom Clements, Packers
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Tom Clements will be 70 years old before the 2023 season starts. How long could we really expect him to coach?
Mack Brown, Nick Saban, Bill Belichek, Pete Caroll all 70 or 71 still going strong. I dont know TCs vital statistics. I just thought here is a mature, proven winner with legit experience and ND roots. If you prefer youth how about Lincoln Riley's brother?
None of them started a new job at 70. They have all been in their current position for years.
Talk to Larry Brown former great NBA coach. He took the SMU bball job when he was 72 and stayed four years. He did pretty well there and he was the head guy. How old was Joe Moore when he coached under Lou? Bottom line it depends on the person not just age.
Sure, you got me. All kinds of 70 year old men are going to want to pack up and move to South Bend to coach at ND. Probably thousands.
FYI, Joe Moore was 64 when he last coached at ND in 1996.
Not sure 70 is really that old. Will he coach for the next 10 or 15 years? Of course not, but who stays at ND for 10 years?
Nobody is saying he would want the job or be qualified. It's fair to bring it up for discussion. If he felt motivated to help CJ become the next great quarterback and wanted a challenge before complete retirement, I'd be down to look at him for consideration. Whoever we hire, I want a dedicated and proven developer of the quarterback. It's the most important position in today's game and we haven't excelled in this area in quite some time. I'd love for CJ to end up a first round pick (which is his ceiling).
Rees is a future NFL OC. They over think, put kids without talent in bad positions for which they cannot make plays, do not develop talent. Weis was a phenomenal NFL OC. He sucked at calling college plays and sucked at developing young kids. We need a proven and successful college OC that can develop quarterbacks and doesn't get in his own way trying to impress NFL scouts with his amazing chess games. Get a guy that puts flawed college players in a position to win games, uses common sense, and maximizes the talent available to him. Get a coach! Not just a professional play caller!
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^^^ this
plus we have at best an adequate QB with below average mobility, and trouble seeing over his linemen, that has never started a game until one month ago, and an empty cupboard at receiver and somehow we expect consistency.
I listened to a discussion with Rick Neuheisel talking about how with certain talent gaps it will take a truly great OC to figure out how to find yardage and points … that is where we are. Could someone do better than Rees? Maybe. But this was not going to be a high octane offense. Limit turnovers and count on defense to win field position is the only way this team can win.
We need several more talented receivers … and a great QB if we want to see something different. There are 5-10 difference makers at QB and we haven’t had one in a long long time.
I would get the OC from Wake Forest. He is at Wake for gods sake and they put up ungodly O numbers.
They should already be talking to him. Tommy will be a HC somewhere next year or off to the pro's. They should already be looking at the guys from UCLA, TCU, Wake....
They should already be talking to him. Tommy will be a HC somewhere next year or off to the pro's. They should already be looking at the guys from UCLA, TCU, Wake....
To be the HC?
Isn’t that the lesson that it seems like we refuse to learn (Davie, Weis, Freeman)?
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