Off limits. Guest: monte williams or marty inglesby?? From a collective Kumbaya feeling around the program last February to collective confusion this February. Thanks for your consideration. He still had a winning season. We've seldom seen it. joe from the south side: Tom,In your opinion, is the new coach, whiever it is, capable of "patching this together" or are we in a complete overhaul/rebuilding mode? But as been mentioned probably hundreds of times over the last seven-plus hours, Brey has owned it. Toggle primary navigation. If you win, the fans, even the Notre Dame fans, will find their way back. Tom Noie: Mike: Agree on the first part, don't agree as strongly on the second. Tom Noie: Ray: Still silly, and still wondering if you're at the bar at 9:36 a.m. California time. Look, I get your Brey doesn't do this and doesn't do that and should've done this when he didn't do this, but at some point, the players gotta play despite what the coach does or doesn't do. So instead of getting someone else to do the heavy lifting for them, why not take some responsibility here? The Murphys are a phenomenal couple that has stepped up with their second major endowment. At some point, he'll have to say, if he hasn't already, Mike, I love you and love what you've done for our school, but I need to go this alone. Thanks for all you do. The 2019 launch of the ACC Network on ESPN a comprehensive linear and digital network that will give fans access to more than 600 exclusive live events from across the conference via a linear channel within the ESPN family of networks and a digital live-events channel - ACC Network Extra. Turns out, there was validity to those rumors. In the flow of play this year, they too often get beaten by better players (who are better coached) to be pinned with beating themselves. We see why Notre Dame went the route it went. Oh wait, it might help to have had an actual big man coach on this year's staff. Unfortunately, too many Irish football fans took the tweet as an opportunity to bash Jenkins, athletic director Jack Swarbrick and the university as a whole for not paying up to get Utah offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig. Looking back at Coach Brey's tenure, what player or players do you think he did his best job coaching with? I'll sit and think about it and do it the next time. It goes back to the trust he put in his players. But it's suddenly Final Four or bust? Pay For Play Is On The Way Notre Dame football needs someone after Brian Kelly ran off to the Bayou? Maybe one or two top 100 would be seriously interested in Notre Dame. There was a point where the Tigers didn't have a single scholarship player on the roster. I get it a sloppy pass like late in the cuse or fsu game I'd on the players, but consistent minimal effort defense with no repercussions is on the players. Now you see that 1st hand. The only way this program can reach an Elite 8 presence on occasion is for the new coach to get lucky with recruits and be able to coach them up. Some of the names I have seen tossed around are absurd. The Troy Murphys and the Matt Carrolls? Maybe when there's a no coach in place and it's five years down the road (and I'm hopefully still employed) we can say then, ahhhhhh, it all makes sense. Jack Swarbrick's Profile | The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal Seems worth a shot. Tom Noie: Dan: Markus Burton is really good right now at the high school level, but he has to get bigger and stronger to survive college basketball life in the real world. Using your crystal ball, how long (or can) will it take the program overcome the issues that have mounted and do you believe the University will invest in support staff to help the new coach? Bonkers in Yonkers: Tom, marathon effort today. Part 2 is I always supported PHUBB. Even that, though, nearly came apart for the Irish as the University went to two weeks of remote learning and campus quarantine shortly after students returned in August. [8], He was the vice-president of the team that successfully bid to host Super Bowl XLVI in 2012 in Indianapolis. Read Aintree Racecard - Friday 14th April by Weatherbys on Issuu and browse thousands of other publications on our platform. John Jenkins] suspended classes, that was a moment for us to say, we have to see how the school does, Swarbrick said. They knew the drill. Don't. Based on your many years of being around the program, Jack Swarbrick asks for your opinion on the new hire. Its really impressive to see.. Then he returns. They believed they could make another run. Beilein for his epic failure in the NBA, Pitino for his epic exit from Louisville. If any recruit should feel safe - way safer than Brady Dunlap (see ya!) February was going to be brutal regardless. It has been a great run for me and our program over the past two decades, but it is time for a new voice to lead this group into the future, the 63-year-old Brey said in a statement released by the athletic department. I am sure he has a replacement planning chart on his computer somewhere. A stop-gap. Somebody has to choose him. That's never going to be the case at Notre Dame, where it's football first and second and third and sometimes fourth and fifth. I liked Link a bunch, but I was sort of doing my lawyer thing saying, Well, how about him compared to this other guy?, And Jody says to me, Shut up! You can win with those seven. Tom Noie: Dave: If there's one thing that Notre Dame has more of than almost every other private school, it's money. And Oklahoma has more resources/money than Notre Dame. Not only because hes skilled in communicating, but he has a great directness about him. We're good. My apologies. Way harder than an outsider would admit it to being. He won 15 tourney games, tying the school record, and Notre Dame reached back-to-back Elite Eights in 2015 and 2016. Robert from Mishawaka: I can't believe Ray thinks ND is a power hoops program and should fire a coach based on NCAA tourney results. Notre Dame snapped a 10-year tourney drought in 2001 and made 13 total tourney appearances under Brey. Garbage about you "not being supportive". Notre Dame stinks, and he has said it's his fault. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Contrary to the narrative the SEC put out about being completely and universally blindsided by the Big Tens initial decision to play only conference games, Wisconsin athletic director, We had a pretty good sense that thats where it was headed, Swarbrick said to Jac Collinsworth on NBC Sports new, . Great work today, but no kudos for me using "woof" earlier? Notre Dame AD: Big Ten deal with NBC 'perfect' for Irish - Yahoo News Just consider the source. Tom Noie: Mike: Mike Brey's answer the other day for what's next was along the lines of being at a party/gathering for an extended time, enjoying the hell of out of it, but then ducking out to take care of something and promising to return. Marcus Freeman stepped through that side door four days later. There does not seem to be consistency in on-court leadership. That comes from deep within the university. And yet in short order, finding this great coaching talent has given way to figuring out how to keep Jarrett in the fold by making Fighting Irish baseball a destination, not a stepping stone. Make him collapse the zone and maybe you can get off a decent shot or two. OFA 2023: Boxwood Hill thrash Jerramungup as Jack Davis boots 10 goals Brey leaving doesn't change that. Look at what Mike Brey did in starting over, then establishing a culture/identity in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Pat H. Springfield Illinois: Cant disagree with any of your reporting and analyses. Berlin Airport Strikes Disrupt Air Travel From German Capital It's baffling how these 6th year seniors are playing like freshman. Starling possible transfer or NBA, VAL could leave. Swarbrick: Desire to Hold on to Jarrett 'Couldn't Be Stronger' New Orleans Saints draft Notre Dame defensive end Isaiah Foskey, validating With Patterson at the next level, the Irish offensive line will look largely to fifth-year center Zeke Correll for leadership while a handful of players continue to compete to start at guard, Notre Dame also needing to replace right guard Josh Lugg. Get it that you don't like the coach, but you've got to be better than that. The time and the effort and the energy that it takes, yeah, he's a competitive SOB, but he's also someone who had looked forward to unplugging from coaching and all that it entails. Eventually, outrage over the offensive coordinator hiring process will cease (maybe) and spring practice will begin and we can see what kind of offense Gerad Parker who was officially elevated to OC from tight ends coach Saturday will run, what kind of quarterback Sam Hartman (imagine what hes thinking) will be. In the second of three stories detailing The Observer's interview with Jack Swarbrick, the Notre Dame athletic director discussed five separate head coaching hires made within the current calendar year, and how each new head coach combined an excellent resume with a deep knowledge and appreciation for Notre Dame values and culture. Tom Noie: More Ven-Allen Lubin, still not sure on Matt Zona, but that's another conversation. He doesn't trust the bench. Why would he start now? Info. Tom Noie: Chris: Same stance as J.J. Starling and Ven-Allen Lubin returning. He is the least ready to play. PONSONBY NEWS - MAY '23 by Ponsonby News - Issuu Tom from Amber, PA: Tom, I just joined the chat so my comments may have already been made. You can go far with those seven. Jeff from Schererville, IN: My second question would be why do you think Shrewsberry would make what some might consider to be a lateral move from PSU to ND. As mentioned earlier, Jack Swarbrick, should he choose to speak with the media, would hit all the high points on what he wants from the next men's basketball coach, but does he? Notre Dame without a practice facility was a program with a certain underdog edge. ND faces teams that go after offensive rebounds like their lives depend on it. He's said on multiple occasions that it's the big-picture/high profile issues that drive him. Look at some of the end-of-game/close-game decisions they've made. You also could argue that Iowa State and the Big 12 (Otzenberger) is a better situation. When people don't, or won't, that's just crazy talk, Mike from San Diego: To the poll question.. could that someone else be Chris Mack? Can see him in more of an advisory/consultant role. In 23 years he only defeated two teams that were seeded higher - Illinois and Alabama. Tom Noie: Mike: Next season has to be a wash. Now, I know the new guy will get here and insist that they can win and win now, but this has to be more of a big picture hire. Say he had a Starling kind of season where he HAD to come back. James - CA: It's odd how this program always used to have really good guard play and what seems like the last 5 years haven't had a single guy who could consistently get downhill. No chance for him. Tom Noie: Andrew: Notre Dame is staring down the barrel of 3-17 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Last week's decision that this is it was a combination of factors. Tom Noie: Not competitive at all, which is why Notre Dame's core believed it could get to a Final Four. Its the same things you see in all great coaches. Tom Noie: Craig: Mike Brey's thinking probably runs along the lines of, haven't done it, why start now? Do it your way, but be 1,000 percent committed to doing it your way. Tom Noie: Jimmy: Realistically, there's no realistic top options because as was mentioned earlier, nobody knows what Jack Swarbrick wants out of this job. Don't think he's going to do that anytime soon - OK, never - but I'll play along. He thought a lot about this team. Speculation abounds as to the interest that some of college baseballs heavyweights have in coercing Jarrett to leave Notre Dame. Notre Dame officials call for NIL regulation across NCAA It was right around this time when he took over the game at Louisville. Where do you see wins? Tom Noie: I'd look hard at him. If it was THAT serious about having the elite of the elite athletic programs across the board, money is no issue. We need somebody funny and charming like MB or I am out. If Mike Brey was going to do that, he could've started two games ago. They'd rather stay home and watch it on their TVs. Tom Noie: Go back and watch the end of the Florida State game. Notre Dame won. We are watching college sports as we know it go up in flames, but I dont think Notre Dame giving a vote of confidence to the NCAA is going to help one bit. He may be more talented in a raw sense than Wesley, but Wesley was, for a lack of a better term, a killer. I expect him to nail this one as well. Wadelite: You can win games with the right 3 stars and talented 4 stars. The Notre Dame women's program is one of the sport's bluebloods - Connecticut, Tennessee, Stanford, etc. If no Wisconsin at Lambeau Field, if no trip to Los Angeles, if no visit from the Cardinal, then what? You wouldn't. Notre Dame paid Charlie Weis more than Brian Kelly in '11 - USA Today Or do you expect them to got the traditional route of finding the cheap option and putting him on an island with no resources? Membership for Notre Dames mens ice hockey program in the Big Ten Conference that began with the 2017-18 season. Thats always served Notre Dame well enough with March, April and sometimes May weather plus a struggling program prior to Jarretts arrival -- serving as an impediment to larger crowds. Hell, Michigan did it for basketball. They are closer to the haves than the have nots in major college athletics. It's a nice option to have. Feb 13, 2023 | . That program was built to win from the jump. The want-to? Third Notre Dame veteran drafted with Jarrett Patterson going to the Houston New Orleans Saints draft Notre Dame defensive end Isaiah Foskey, validating After four years starting on Notre Dames offensive line. Brey put all his trust in guys who've done nothing to reciprocate. The league's become an afterthought, because the league's allowed it to become one. I said Wesley because you can't teach his athleticism and instinct for the game on O or D.But, I also said Paul A. was a close 2nd because his post play created space for the jump shooters. Maybe that's him. A lot of this is on Brey, but a lot of it is on the players. Not feeling that. J.J. Starling may look at the new coach and say, nah, I'm out. For PR Pros Overview; Media Database; Monitoring and Alerts; . Nobody. Yes, the game is the same - they play on rims that are 10 feet and courts that are 94 feet long and all that, but comparing what the Notre Dame men's program can't do compared to the Notre Dame women's program is downright silly. Tom Noie: Or he can have them refurbish a farmhouse for him out on Mayflower RoadIYKYK . College athletics is a bigger business today than any school president or administrator couldve imagined with collectives with Name, Image and Likeness, with immediate eligibility transfers and athletes legally allowed to make hundreds of thousands of dollars any way they see fit. How about putting in some fresh guys just to go balls to walls on defense and try to score off turnovers. Brey never saw it. Three-star safety Kennedy Urlacher commits to Notre Dame, third notable last Why not play Lubin and Starling and heck, Dom Campbell and Tony Sanders and Matt Zona more moving forward?
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