Notre Dame is different in so many ways. He spent his entire 14-year career with the San Francisco 49ers, winning Super Bowl XXIX. Best scenario for Notre Dame on Tuesday was Nate Laszewski picking up three really early fouls. Tom Noie: Hire a head coach first. 2023 www.tennessean.com. But it's suddenly Final Four or bust? Not every game sure but half the games? Tom Noie: Jack: Start shaking those couch cushions. Who is that? To the victims of this violence, as well as the many friends and colleagues we have at Michigan State, the prayers and support of the Notre Dame community are with you. Notre Dame isn't Duke Midwest. Here he is, the shot/script seemed to say, welcome him to the fam-u-lee (sorry). Whoa, a whole 25. Tom Noie: Steve: A coach with a plan would be a good start. Tom Noie: Terry: Let me turn the question on you. It's like that. In his career, he started 34 games at center and 12 at left guard, never giving up a sack in doing so. Tom Noie: Joe: Agreed. Could you make the argument that Brey didn't make the right hires with his assistants? Is it simply Bennett is that good? joe from the south side: Tom,Before we get to the back and forth of this, I want to make one comment. (see, Dickinson, Hunter). . Look, there's care there. Hes refined it over the years. Let's let this play out and put some faith in his track record. Trust me. Fans of their favorite basketball programs tend to have higher opinions of who should take that job when it opens. Two days after Notre Dame landed the commitment from the son of a former Irish All-American and an NFL Hall of Famer, the son of another NFL Hall of Famer joined the Notre Dame class on Monday evening. Should this program have won more? Kelly, who briefly met with the Notre Dame team Tuesday morning, did not attempt to get a counteroffer from Swarbrick before resigning his post. Until then, there's nothing really to discuss/dissect. And Oklahoma has more resources/money than Notre Dame. Every high-profile hiring that athletic director Jack Swarbrick oversaw seemed to turn to (blue and) gold. Speculation abounds as to the interest that some of college baseballs heavyweights have in coercing Jarrett to leave Notre Dame. Seems like a home run hire. A lot of critics seem to forget these players have to not only want to over-winter in South Bend, but get into Notre Dame first, and then do enough to stay in Notre Dame. Craig in NJ: To answer the question you asked, Tom, your family needs to be telling you that not all 5 star prospects are cant miss NBA ready but you have holes in your game that you need to fix whether it takes one year or two years. During your last chat in November you ended the chat claiming I was pretty much crazy in my opinion of Brey. Tom Noie: Joe: Did you see the Dec. 11 game against Marquette? The msu game was a mirage. New Orleans selects Notre Dame EDGE Isaiah Foskey 40th overall, 23 sacks since 2021 (only Will Anderson Jr has more) pic.twitter.com/3OcuTFw8Bk, PFF College (@PFF_College) April 28, 2023. This has to be as close to a home-run hire as it can get. In that sense, he represents this university as well as any coach I have worked with during my time at Notre Dame.. Since 2018 Notre Dame has hosted two Garth Brooks concerts in Notre Dame Stadium (October 2018 & May 2022), the NHL Winter Classic in Notre Dame Stadium (January 2019), the 2019 U.S. Senior Open at the Warren Golf Course (June 2019) an international soccer match between Liverpool and Dortmund in Notre Dame Stadium (July 2019) and a Billy Joel concert (June 2022). That program was built to win from the jump. Would be on my second Top 15 list. Three times, he was named Big East coach of the year and won 146 conference games, which still ranks fifth all-time in the league. This team was doomed when Brey thought he could get by Lasz at center for 30 mpg and Hammond being hurt and losing his opportunity to stake out the lead guard spot to start the season. Starling has been the least effective of the five guards. He's not built that way. Tom Noie: We can agree to disagree. Originally from New Zealand, I have lived in Berlin . Then we're having a totally different conversation. Come on, my man. He will need to add more and work on his pass-rush moves once facing genuine collegiate offensive tackles, particularly since he is not always in a clear pass-rush role at Charlotte Christian H.S. It started on Super Bowl Sunday, mere minutes before kickoff with the classic news dump that offensive line coach/Svengali Harry Hiestand was retiring. Drew Valentine went from 25-8 in the Missouri Valley Conference to 6-12 in the Atlantic-10. !Maybe nice fit imo!! Feb 13, 2023 | . Tom Noie: Mike: I don't know how their contracts are structured - say, they're obligated to work through a certain date every year before it rolls over - but I can't see anyone from the current coaching or support staff saying, yeah, you know what, I'll help without any assurances that they're going to be retained. I WANT to play for this guy. On Thursday, Notre Dame announced Brey would be stepping down at the end of the season after winning a school-record 481 games and leading the program for a school-record 23 years. Tom: Tom can you please provide a public service announcement to all of the delusional Irish fans that Mark Few, Brad Stevens, Monty Williams, and all these other pipe dream candidates are not walking through that door. You also could argue that Iowa State and the Big 12 (Otzenberger) is a better situation. Notre Dame without a practice facility was a program with a certain underdog edge. They believed they could make another run. The chances of that happening? From the support staff, to the admissions office. Tom Noie: Linas: Fair on all levels, and that the returning guys didn't get any better, didn't add a new dimension to their games, Fellow ACC opponents have to be looking at Dane Goodwin and Nate Laszewski and saying, I guarded this four years agoyou're still doing all the same stuff? That's not how college athletics works. Make him collapse the zone and maybe you can get off a decent shot or two. Thoughts? Nah, they whine about the NCAA tournaments and the losing seasons. Tom Noie: Matt: Yes, especially given how their last seasons at Notre Dame went, they won't/don't want that to be their last organized basketball experience. His indifference on changing some of his long time philosophies. The Oklahoma guard can at least shoot and he will put on some muscle. Mike and I have talked often in recent years about a future transition in the programs leadership, Swarbrick said. A team on fumes from 2 cross country trips missing 2 of their top 5 guys. Tom Noie: Bonkers: Probably so many examples. Tom Noie: Phil: Mike Brey's rotation now goes only six deep? Swarbrick, on Tuesday, said he was "not surprised" by Kelly's decision to depart Notre Dame after 12 seasons as coach. Nate Laszewski's career high for rebounds? We absolutely had that conversation but turns out pretty fortunately we didnt do that because the SEC went all conference a few weeks later.. Joe: I feel what made Breys offenses excel through the years was a floor general point guard. Tom: Any chance Dunlap takes a look at the new coach, or is he "gone" gone? Steve McTigue: Tom, what do you think the Irish are looking for in a new head coach?? Keep in mind that Notre Dame has more sidewalk alumni than anyone and classifies as Power 5. Don't know what kind of example he set for them. Afraid to give up run outs. A freaking ACC tournament championship after beating Duke and North Carolina? I know there has been coaching turnover at UNC, Duke, and Louisville, but what are some other factors you can point to that has contributed to the ACC's decline? And that core that Brey inherited of which you speak? Anyway, how's your month been? Its kind of always been that way, whether we have wanted to admit it or not. What we've seen from Starling this season is a lot of what we saw from him last season at LaLu. Wadelite: I get the want to on defense, but when there are no repercussions for don't want to that's not just the players. Even the most ardent Brey basher has to see that. Isaiah Foskey returned to Notre Dame for his senior season with three goals in mind: To chase down the Irish career sacks record, to lead Notre Dame to a national championship and to improve his draft stock. He said he wouldn't rule out coaching again. Way harder than an outsider would admit it to being. Soon, Swarbrick (trending Friday morning on Twitter) will turn attention to the hiring of a mens basketball coach. He is an exceptional communicator. Harry Hiestand, 64, went back into retirement after coaching the 2022 Irish offensive line. Lunsford has self-reported offers from LSU, Arkansas, Louisville, Tulane and Houston, among others. Does he stay for a new coach? A pair of College Football Playoff berths (2018 & 2020) and a BCS National Championship selection in 2012. Notre Dame has not been hit hard by the transfer portal, but I don't expect that to be the case. From a collective Kumbaya feeling around the program last February to collective confusion this February. This should be a program that should annually be good enough to where it shouldn't sweat Selection Sunday. And that's just for starters. I completely disagree. If you're realistically serious about winning national championships and going to Final Fours, then you hire Rick Pitino. How about everybody. The way he reflected on his own experience as a college athlete. Craig in NJ: Sorry Tom. He fits for a lot of reasons. And where is Notre Dame, anyway? Tom Noie: No want-to. Three-star safety Kennedy Urlacher commits to Notre Dame, third notable last Collinsworth and Swarbrick also discussed general health concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the decision to retain Irish head coach Brian Kelly after the debacle of a season in 2016. Otherwise, pack your patience. On Thursday, Notre Dame announced Brey would be stepping down at the end of the season after winning a school-record 481 games and leading the program for a school-record 23 years. Tom Noie: See Notre Dame in 2015 and 2016. That's a bunch of baloney. Time Name; Sat 1 Apr; 07:30 - 15:00 : Gents - Sides Match (Competition) 09:30 - 11:30 : Sides Match Champagne Breakfast - Dining Room: 15:10 - 15:40 Hard pass. It's only going to get more difficult with NIL and the transfer portal (i.e. That's the hardest of sells at Notre Dame, regardless of his feel-good storybook career at Valpo, which, in today's world of college basketball, may as well happened in the 1960s. Tom Noie: He was coming all the way from across the country to play for Mike Brey. Part 2 is I doubt ND will ever go for wholesale transfers to restock the program immediately. To still give the perception that they want to challenge for national championships? Brey hitched his coaching wagon to guys who didn't deliver, who should've been better than what they were - save for John Mooney who was left a bag of spare parts during his best seasons. by notices and features. I don't get this NCAA tournament scorecard nonsense. Anthony Solomon was brought back specifically to help the defense. Around these parts? It comes with the job, and I owe it the readers and the people who care about Notre Dame men's basketball to paint a fair and accurate picture, regardless of how awful it might look. As of this writing, three students are dead and five are in critical condition after being wounded. Thanks for all you do. Five-stars have rarely been told at any point in their careers that they have holes in their games. Burton can get to the basket as easily as anyone right now, but that's not the case when it's Armando Bacot lurking. Rick in Manhasset: What is the over and under for current roster players eligible next year coming back? Player failure. Despite all the injuries, passing on an opportunity the injuries come and go, but memories last forever. No athleticism. On O, they have no ability to beat anyone off the bounce. Notre Dame talks so much about being elite, but it's really not, not the way it could and should and has to be in men's basketball. It's not something anyone wants to talk about. Tom Noie: Ray: Just stop while you're way behind. Look at what Mike Brey did in starting over, then establishing a culture/identity in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The 12th commitment in Notre Dames class of 2024, Young is the third defensive lineman, joining consensus four-star tackle Owen Wafle (Hun School; Princeton, N.J.) and last weeks commitment from defensive end Cole Mullins. There was a public report about Alabama and us playing. . There also will be a moment for Swarbrick to again shoot his hiring shot. Not always for the best when it comes to sustained basketball success. I can't do that to my man. They can't do any worse. Not the least of which was this - he took over a Charleston program last year - his first year - and the roster had . two players. How hard is it to put LAZ or Ven under the hoop and force Edwards out of the middle of the zone? Maybe because Monday, bigger Notre Dame news was anticipated/expected/planned the hiring of Utah offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig, who had spent the weekend on campus. Justin Ft. Wayne: Your telling me every football player goes to class and has good grades? Not too much can be drawn from team recruiting rankings nearly eight months before players can sign their National Letters of Intent, but the Irish currently sit No. Does he come back? He's said on multiple occasions that it's the big-picture/high profile issues that drive him. Thanks again! The league's become an afterthought, because the league's allowed it to become one. It's a complete collapse in every sense. Terry: Why cant mens team recruit 5 star players like the womens team? Might be the opposite. I'm going w/ a bald theme here. The irony the flow is mediocre with just lollygaging passing around the 3 point line. Jack Swarbrick had advance notice. [1][7] From 1992 until 2001, he also served as chairman of the Indiana Sports Corp., during which time he helped convince the NCAA to relocate its headquarters to Indianapolis.[7]. Based on your many years of being around the program, Jack Swarbrick asks for your opinion on the new hire. During our most recent conversation we reached the mutual conclusion that the end of this season represented the right time.. It goes back to the trust he put in his players. Contact: (574) 235-6153. 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. This isn't ending the way anyone imagined, but it was one hell of a ride. It's been known that Jack Swarbrick will look hard at a black basketball coach, which would give Notre Dame three black head coaches in its three biggest sports. He viewed his job as more than just a coach, more about just winning and losing. Have skilled guys who can go off the dribble. Why would he start now? Its no secret that Florida head coach Kevin OSullivan is the prime candidate to replace Mainieri, who announced his retirement upon conclusion of the 2021 season. This is going to be a loooooooooong haul. Tom Noie: Joe: Win, but even that's hard and not the only answer. Meeting the performance needs of Notre Dame student-athletes through establishment of a sports performance division to support and improve athletic performance through the application of science, medicine and technology. It's the same game, but really, it's not. Too old. That's obvious. It's no secret that Pitino wants back in to the white-hot spotlight of a major college job. That's what it is with Brey right now - just go home. That connection would have to be really solid, and really quick. Given its many constraints, is it even possible that Notre Dame mens basketball could ever be an elite program for an extended period, for example on a part with womens program? Thanks my man! Maybe not even the next coach. There are exceptions, but Quinn, Williams..No Chance. There seemed no plan the last couple of years, just kind of roll the ball out. Dave Y - St Louis: Based on what you know about coaching hoops at ND, what kind of style of play do you think fits them best for ACC play and what new coach can provide that style? Just be good enough and respected enough and sustained enough where Selection Sunday doesn't matter. Young was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2022. Nope. Thank you for blunt answers, and continue being you. Tom Noie: Joe: Yes, particularly the associate head coach, who was really good last season, but seems to have fallen in line with Mike Brey this season in just deciding to ride it out. 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? Tom Noie: Justin: Don't hold your breath. But as been mentioned probably hundreds of times over the last seven-plus hours, Brey has owned it. And the ACC is probably two steps up from that. Even better. Not only because hes skilled in communicating, but he has a great directness about him. The ACC bided its time and thought. Do you think any of them have interest in that? People care about the program, but not enough to help get it where it should be. Justin Ft. Wayne: Hey Tom! It's not in his nature, or job description, to ever admit that, yeah, we need to be better in that area. Should they transfer? Not exactly the way to build interest/equity with your fan base, is it? The guy's childhood dream was to play QB at ND. Multiple actions. At what point do we point to the players. Somebody's gotta keep the peace. They don't do that. Mike Brey was right - this whole college basketball thing really is fragile. Upon graduating from Stanford University Law School in 1980, he accepted a position as an associate in the Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels. Any chance Brey will start lengthening the rotation now that the season is effectively over? Having played the most games in school history, this year he has looked slower and less consistent. See Matt Ryan. Couldn't be more wrong. You kick yourself for not just going home. I don't care about being first or being this or being that. His power and wingspan made him an intimidating force along the edge. Garbage about you "not being supportive". Mike Brey has done nothing but own where this season has gone. The 6-foot-7, 305-pound lineman made 23 combined starts at left guard over the past two seasons for the Terrapins and would have two years of eligibility remaining. I hope I've done that. Mike Brey's marching orders from the university was this - less is better. The recruiting budget needs increasing, and undergraduate transfers need to be welcomed. joe from the south side: Tom,I would like to comment on your hiring timeline. Notre Dame will be playing at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Miss. I think Goodwin said, "We didn't know what to do against the zone." Players who led the team in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots, or steals would get a $5,000 bonus. His engagement and personality could not have been more conducive to garnering fan support. Like, we practice in the basement of an old arena that has seats held together with Duct tape. You know of the Four Horsemen and Rockne and Holtz and everything else. At least, not anytime soon. In terms of roster talent he is leaving his successor a lot less than what he inherited. To the point where the league didn't believe it needed anyone selling its product to the nation. The young guys on staff don't know any better - they take their cues from the veteran on staff. Maybe because he has strong ties to Indiana and even IUSB? Think back to where Notre Dame was in 2000 when Brey arrived. Creation by the Bowl Championship Series of the four-team College Football Playoff, which started with the 2014 season, with Notre Dame maintaining viable access into that system. But for the moment and perhaps longer Jarrett signed a five-year contract with the Irish he proudly belongs to Notre Dame. Jack Swarbrick comes to the new guy and says, we've decided to do it the way Duke and Villanova and Gonzaga do it. Tom Noie: Joe: J.R. Konieczny strikes me as someone who will wait and see how all this shakes out. Tom Noie: James: Almost too good to be true, right? The university felt so confident that Ludwig was the guy to replace Tommy Rees, that they paraded Ludwig through Compton Family Ice Arena during a weekend hockey game. Tom Noie: Dan - Nobody, because I don't know what this program wants to be. Just recently, there was talk of how every single Big 12 team could - and maybe should - make the NCAA tournament. 16 on my list, so he definitely was on my radar. Tom Noie: Absolutely it's a football schoolno Subway Alums clamoring for tickets on Tobacco Road. He just didn't feel like he could reach his guys and do the job the way the job needs to be done. ND needs to make a bigger commitment to basketball. Even though you both know that's not true. Yeah, Notre Dame's a player or two short in the big picture, but where's the pride? New coach wants a new direction. He won. Tom from Amber, PA: Tom, I just joined the chat so my comments may have already been made. Joe: My dream candidates that you throw a blank check are Billy Donovan, Tony Bennet and Dana Altman. Three-star safety Kennedy Urlacher commits to Notre Dame, third notable last With Patterson at the next level, the Irish offensive line will look largely to fifth-year center, In spring practices, fifth-year Andrew Kristofic, sophomore. Joe from Chicago: Anthony Solomon's influence on the defense last year was undeniable, but there has been a clear regression. Maybe they'd have been better, but still, too many guards and not enough dudes. 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? Two Mens Capital One Cup wins in 2014 & 2022 which prize includes a $250,000 donation to the Universitys student-athlete scholarship fund. But they're exceptions, not the rule. Matt: Tom, what do you think the time line will be on getting a new coach. He chose the guys to go up. Sure it can get worse. You can go to Kentucky. Thanks for contacting us. Jarrett has the program humming, which means hes going to be in high demand. 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. A former three-star signee in 2019 out of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, Md., where he was a classmate of Notre Dame cornerback Cam Hart. Why would you choose to play for Notre Dame if you were a five-star with every blueblood wanting you and the NBA knocking.I'll hang (on) and wait.. Joe from Chicago: As far as names being thrown out. Tom Noie: It's not about playing only seven guys, if it's the right seven. Sadler, the daughter of former Notre Dame football coach and athletic administrator Tony Yelovich, was impressed with UNC Greensboro head coach Link Jarrett, as was Swarbrick. We just think the world of Link. Where is it? In a statement, Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick indicated Brey would remain on staff in an as-yet undefined capacity. I was particularly struck by Pat Fordes column about the success of other catholic schools in college basketball and how strange that ND doesnt match their consistent success. But he's the winningest coach in Colgate history, Patriot League Coach of the Year three straight years, and resurrected a program that has now been to the dance 3 of the last 4 years. Tom Noie: Tom: Confront probably not the right word to use.

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