Massive week of games, especially with Friday being a full day. Teams in RED would help ND’s seeding in some way and the team I will be rooting for in the respective games. * All times are Central Time Zone 22 Ranked Teams play a decent game this week Thursday Night 6:30 - Memphis @ #17 Tulane - ESPN - Decent Thursday night game plus Tulane could get in if a number of things go their way Friday Morning 11:00 - Oregon State @ #11 Boise State - FOX - Dont see the upset happening, but there is a ch
With all the negatives about Kelly maybe we should reflect for a minute on where we were a few years ago!----
" Any prospective ND coach who analyzes the roster--and all of them will--will think twice before heading to ND"
" The irish say goodbye to 33 seniors after the bowl game as well as there two most productive players, jimmy clause and golden tate---there is only one other scholarship QB on the roster ,dayne crist, and he injured his knee midseason and may not be up to any speed at all this spring....the new coach has a MASSIVE REBUILDING JOB, and his fan base if experience tells us anything won't be patient during that rebuilding---that DOES NOT attract coaches"
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" notre dame is the carnegie hall of universities with a karaoke football program...this is the stark , uncomfortable reality that faces swarbrick as he begins his coaching search...looking for the 5th in 9 years!"
"Domers need to quit living in the denial, as well as the past, and accept their program has big problems....just because you think its special doesn't mean recruits think it is."
"There's a reason Stoops won't leave Oklahoma--he has a better job--urban meyer has a better job, nick saban has a better job--same goes for harbuagh and I could argue even Patterson at TCU and Fitzgerald at northwestern have better gigs then going to ND"
"Swarbrick says he thins ND is still a critical piece of CFB but critical isn't RELEVANT!----maybe its time to adjust expectations , after all this is ND not florida"
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"Notre dame---16-21 over the last three years--swarbrick says he STILL thinks ND believes its possible to turn ND into a consistent winner---is it harder for us, yes because of the standards we choose to apply to the program but I still think we can get there."
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"Notre Dame drops in prestiege......notre dame has no speed, even heralded recruit manti teo does not have the speed or quickness needed"
"ND is no longer the ultimate job...guys like belotti, Barnett, gruden & meyer, all guys ND was interested in took a pass....part of that has to do with the FISHBOWL the ND coach has to live in---that fan base??? fan is short for fanatic and no coach is more scrutinized then whomever the current ND coach is"
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We are 21-5 over the last two seasons....we were in the TITLE game in 2012 for the first time in 25 years.....we have a terrific looking roster going into 14 and 15......we are recruiting well....
YES we always could have done better and beaten bama , but we certainly
could have done worse as well.
Its basically a tribute to Kelly that we are now perfectly comfortable EXPECTING & DEMANDING 10 wins every year or else.....that in itself is quite a change from what was DEAD PROGRAM WALKING after the Fiasco that was DAVIE/TY/WEIS....
WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY UNDER KELLY ----and I expect we will continue that progress.
aloha's
Edited by hawaiiirish