Rattlesnake 54 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 From Adam Rittenburg's article on ESPN.com.. "[At first, it was,] 'We're different, we're going to be what we are, we're never going to change,'" Davie recalled. "Then, all of a sudden, it became, 'We're going to build a football building, we're going to go pay the coaches what everybody else is paying, we're going to go recruit that pool of guys everybody else is recruiting, and we're going to become flashier.' I don't think there's any question that is the case. We had a hard time competing against the flashy Michigan and the flashy Ohio State, in a lot of things: facilities, style, who we recruited, all those things. "From the outside, it looks like everything's equal, whether it's facilities, how flashy the uniforms are. Notre Dame came out in gold shoes the other day. The [players'] pants are a flashier gold. The marketing piece of it is a real piece. I see a difference. I appreciate that. It's what they had to do." Added Davie: "Notre Dame is now, to me, Michigan." Go coach the Lobos, you turd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el senor domer 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 He is such a TOOL!!! And he was a horrible coach!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieAngel 602 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 As if both the Notre Dame and scUM fanbase did not detest this guy enough already. He is obviously still more than a little butthurt about his dismissal. Sour grapes, what would Lou say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo1300 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) i mean its kinda true.. we are recruiting the same people as everyone else now i dont know about all that marketing crap, but we have definitely changed our recruiting profile as long as we keep graduating the players (without cheating them through), i dont see anything wrong with it Edited September 6, 2013 by Paulo1300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Irish 207 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 The problem with BOOB Davie is that he never got "IT" about ND. He was a horrible choice to replace Lou. After he was let go, he was never offered a job for years on end, until this reteirment gig in New Mexico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketsan 873 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 He is such a TOOL!!! And he was a horrible coach!!! Should clarify - horrible HEAD coach. Was a great DC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishFan33 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Great DC by the way.... And he is 100% right... they had to change, or else we would be Purdue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parseghians theorem 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Great DC by the way.... And he is 100% right... they had to change, or else we would be Purdue yup. be mad if you want, but he 100 percent right. really since the turn of the century, ND has finished top 3 more times than Michigan I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayton_Domer 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Why on earth is he wasting time talking about this game...his team lost to UTSA last weekend. Maybe he should reallocate time to his current team and not the team he coached 12 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedsterX 751 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Bob WAS a good DC, not a good head coach but I don't blame Bob for ND's fall. Bob was just a bump in the road. Lou was getting old and people were tired of the option after a few lackluster seasons. Bob filled in as head coach when Lou or his wife got sick and he passed more with success and people loved it. Everyone clamored for Davie to succeed Lou and it happened. That's when we found out that we took a step back. Some people wish we would have promoted Urban Meyer. The fall for Notre Dame was those years of "sanctions" in human form, Tyrone Willingham. It has now taken 2 competent coaching regimes to get back to even being thought of as a power house again. Notre Dame with Willingham went through far more damage and pain than USC's sanctions will ever do to them. Thank God for Father Jenkins, Jack Swarbrick ad Brian Kelly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlesnake 54 Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Great DC by the way.... And he is 100% right... they had to change, or else we would be Purdue yup. be mad if you want, but he 100 percent right. really since the turn of the century, ND has finished top 3 more times than Michigan I think. Explain to me how we've "become" Michigan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REMND 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Just when I was starting to feel more generous toward him. He was a good DC but not ND head coaching material in my estimation. It wasn't necessarily because of lapses in recruiting, schemes, game prep, management or assistants. He was a very good coach. He was just the wrong guy at any time to be the ND head coach. Maybe at some other culture he would fit but not ND. I just like him better when he is not trying to speak for or about ND. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba of the Lake 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I'm glad Bob Davie is coaching..... It keeps him from being on TV on a weekly basis, where he was a constant reminder of the lost years of ND Football. At least now he is hidden from view at New Mexico. No offense intended to the good people of New Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el senor domer 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Should clarify - horrible HEAD coach. Was a great DC... I should have clarified and agree with you rocket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parseghians theorem 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Explain to me how we've "become" Michigan? sorry. dont think we are more michigan. but ND has done a lot of upgrading since davie. and those things help with recruiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketsan 873 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 College football in general has evolved dramatically since the late 90's, not sure why he thinks he was being held back...maybe he's been riding the hot tub time machine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErickJD08 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I think the game has changed really in that the head coach is more of a CEO than anything else. All those weights holding ND down in the past should have been addressed by Davie/HC. If there is a missing marketing piece or something, its the head coach's responsibility to address it. Maybe it takes a new head coach to say "I'm not coming unless you do X, Y, and Z". But a sitting coach can say "I'm leaving unless you do X, Y, and Z." Yes, Davie is right in pointing out the changes that were made to help the program but he also pointed out the things he didn't do and the things he didn't think about doing during his tenure to help the chances of making a better program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parseghians theorem 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 College football in general has evolved dramatically since the late 90's, not sure why he thinks he was being held back...maybe he's been riding the hot tub time machine... think his opinion might be a little more helpful and insightful here. he was at ND for a lot of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlesnake 54 Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 The only thing I'm taking away from this article is this : If Robert had supplied his teams with golden shoes, they would have won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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