January 2, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, Morgandonor said: I will just leave it at that....another failed bowl attempt. At some point I reconciled that this was what I am used to as a ND fan, unfortunately.
January 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, Morgandonor said: It is definitely the norm...isn't it. Unfortunately
January 2, 20223 yr It's funny that ND continues to show me ways to lose I never would have predicted. Had OSU blown them out from the start I would've been less disappointed. Losing a game where you were so dominant for one half is mind boggling. It's like everything stopped working suddenly. So bizarre.
January 2, 20223 yr Author We went in to a shell for some reason....I need more emotion out of Freeman. There were times he seemed lossed....
January 2, 20223 yr 17 minutes ago, Morgandonor said: We went in to a shell for some reason....I need more emotion out of Freeman. There were times he seemed lossed.... Almost like he’s not ready to be a HC, but at least he’s nice and not a meanie like Kelly.
January 2, 20223 yr 16 hours ago, ckp160 said: It's funny that ND continues to show me ways to lose I never would have predicted. Had OSU blown them out from the start I would've been less disappointed. Losing a game where you were so dominant for one half is mind boggling. It's like everything stopped working suddenly. So bizarre. Playing against a veteran savvy coach. He noticed our weakness and keyed in on it. and then kept driving it home because we didn’t counter adjust. Why that is is the concerning part. Freeman pushing his OCs to show them what they got? More rope to hang themselves with? Maybe Freeman wanted to see how Elston would react, worst case to make him understand he doesn’t have the chops to be an OC? Or worse option: Freeman too much of a nice guy, unprepared, can’t make difficult in game decisions. Really hoping it’s the former
January 2, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, zemaniak said: Playing against a veteran savvy coach. He noticed our weakness and keyed in on it. and then kept driving it home because we didn’t counter adjust. Why that is is the concerning part. Freeman pushing his OCs to show them what they got? More rope to hang themselves with? Maybe Freeman wanted to see how Elston would react, worst case to make him understand he doesn’t have the chops to be an OC? Or worse option: Freeman too much of a nice guy, unprepared, can’t make difficult in game decisions. Really hoping it’s the former Fair point, but I find it hard to believe that Gundy rope-adoped himself into a 28-7 hole on purpose. Give Tommy credit for finding a way to score points on them early. Tommy probably knew they couldn't sustain the gimmicky take what they give you strategy for an entire game. The defense has to hold an opponent when you have them down like that. This was as much of a team loss as anything I've ever seen before. Freeman was in over his head and lets hope he learned some valuable lessons.. They were disjointed to say the least.
January 3, 20223 yr Didn’t say Gundy payed bad on purpose. Meant to say he quickly gauged us , noticed what to target and adjusted. Good part of this is preparation, plus experience. MF didn’t. At all. And as much as Elder grates me, I agreed with him on that. It was troubling. No doubt Freeman will accumulate experience. But he needs to better prepare. The whirlwind of his hire, saving the recruiting class, reorganizing the coaching staff, holidays, all the other stuff required from a ND head coach, etc. So i’ll give him a pass on the lack of preparation for this one. But another deer in the headlights game next year, against OSU or whomever, would be very concerning indeed. Edited January 3, 20223 yr by zemaniak
January 3, 20223 yr 49 minutes ago, zemaniak said: Didn’t say Gundy payed bad on purpose. Meant to say he quickly gauged us , noticed what to target and adjusted. Good part of this is preparation, plus experience. MF didn’t. At all. And as much as Elder grates me, I agreed with him on that. It was troubling. No doubt Freeman will accumulate experience. But he needs to better prepare. The whirlwind of his hire, saving the recruiting class, reorganizing the coaching staff, holidays, all the other stuff required from a ND head coach, etc. So i’ll give him a pass of the lack if preparation for this one. But another deer in the headlights game next year, against OSU or whomever, would be very concerning indeed. This post makes an excellent point about the chaos that lead up to this game for our players and staff. Definitely not a typical bowl prep situation, nor a fully staffed coaching room.
I will just leave it at that....another failed bowl attempt.