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Bob Davie and Faust each got five years, which was probably two more than each deserved.After three seasons Davie was 21-16 with no major bowl appearances and a peak ranking of 22nd.Faust after three years was 18-15-1 with no major bowls and no ranking.
ND NIL approach similar to MU. https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notebook-cornette-doubles-down-on-notre-dame-s-divergent-nil-approachI think for Football they will need to their Alumni Community come up with more coin.
The problem is that Davie had 9-3 seasons in year two and four so maybe they should have dropped him after three?Faust was 40 years ago.
They should have dropped him aftet year three. That 9-3 season featured one win over a ranked opponent- and that was week one - which was immediately followed by a 22-point loss to unranked Michigan State.They ended the regular season with a shutout loss to an unranked USC team followed by a loss a loss to Georgia Tech in the Gator Bowl and a 22 ranking in the polls.Bring him back aftet that, sure. But the next season they open ranked 16th then lose three of their first four and then they're last four to finish 5-7.That's when you let him go.Faust was 40 years ago, so they didn't give him too long?
Your make a good argument about Davie. Using Faust as an example of keeping a coach around isn’t really relevant because it was a completely different era.
Brian Kelly replaced Charlie Weis and was in the championship game by year 3. Freeman took over a team that went 11-1 in its last season under Kelly. Unless there is a level of improvement, he won't be getting 5-6 years.
One coach in the last 60 years has lasted less than 5 years at Notre Dame. Not exactly a history of giving a quick hook.
Yep. The Black guy.
To be fair, Willingham was a bad coach who “earned” his pink slip. Freeman is ND’s second African American head coach - how many top programs have done likewise?
Agree. And I agree with Unk that Willingham deserved to be fired after going 6-5 in his third season.And yet it's curious that Weis and Davie each was given a fourth season after disastrous third seasons (3-9 for the dirtbag Weis, 5-7 for the incompetent Davie), and that Faust was given a very, very long leash despite never having a single good season. To be fair ... is that "fair"?
Now that Wags mentioned it, I do remember the Weis buyout thing. They let themselves be conned into thinking he was ready to leap to the NFL and that he was the only coach who could possibly win at ND. Not quite Mel Tucker bad, but pretty bad.
It always comes up when talking about MU restarting football, but further evidence in the massive gap for FCS to FBS, much less non scholarship FCS like Butler/GTown or limited like Patriot League (at least used to be)Sam Houston St was a FCS power. 3 semis, 2 quarterfinals, and a FCS championship in the last 8 seasons before transitioning. First full FBS, they are 0-6 and have yet to score more than 17 points in regulation.They could figure it out like App St or Georgia St, or they could be like Texas St or ODU and struggle.
Who is Marquette’s T Boone Pickens?