And the Big Ten. That program was built to win from the jump. It's not easy, but that's our job. Ray: Hi Tom. Pitt looked like a 12th-15th place team coming into this season and they have been very solid despite their best returning guy (Hughey) missing several acc games. My guess is no. When he returned to the lineup a week later, he did so at left guard after three years at center, a move made by the Irish both to get the five best offensive linemen on the field and to improve Pattersons NFL rsum. Thanks for letting us vent. But as been mentioned probably hundreds of times over the last seven-plus hours, Brey has owned it. Don't see it. 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 Barry Alvarez had already reached out to Swarbrick, as had their counterparts at USC and Stanford in anticipation of the Pac-12 quickly making the same decision. There are exceptions, but Quinn, Williams..No Chance. Averaging 36 points a game, BEFORE the three point shot, for his last two years. Should they transfer? Yes. Don't know if TV is the next move. But I would love it. 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. by mickysavage. As in football, there would be bonuses for individual honors and team success. Would be on my second Top 15 list. In another week, it will have gone only five deep. Five-stars have rarely been told at any point in their careers that they have holes in their games. On Saturday, four-star defensive end, The first, of course, was consensus four-star quarterback. It SHOULD recruit the elite of the elite. Contact: (574) 235-6153. Prior to Brey's announcement of stepping down, you were writing about the failures of this season's team. Nice guys finish last in the ACC. A player who averaged 35 minutes a game would receive $35,000. As of this writing, three students are dead and five are in critical condition after being wounded. Tom Noie: Totally disagree with repercussions. That's how Notre Dame got to where it is now - he's going to play the guys he trusts. The SEC. We need somebody funny and charming like MB or I am out. 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. The College Football Playoff has done its own thing separate from the NCAA to crown a champion for the last nine years. Notre Dame can say all this because its Notre Dame, but this helps no one. Tom Noie: Ed: The issues are too great to overcome to get this program to the point where Mike Brey couldn't get it - to a Final Four. Next year will suffer with a patchwork roster. Same goes for defense. Young plays mostly in an upright role in high school, hence rivals.com ranking him as a linebacker, though his size rules out a future at linebacker. Dave: Does the football team have the same admission requirement as the basketball team? Money is the reason Mike Brey stayed too long as the Notre Dame mens basketball coach. Guest: Except for last year's success, I think one of the amazing things about the struggles over the last five years, is that the ACC has been so down. Silly. Swarbrick, on Tuesday, said he was "not surprised" by Kelly's decision to depart Notre Dame after 12 seasons as coach. JS has two questions for you:Should I hire a former ND player? But your McAlarney reflection in a recent article reminded me of how great a coaching and mentoring job he did with McAlarney. Obviously, that's just crazy and will never happen in a million years. He did the same in different ways for Tory Jackson and Demetrius Jackson. Terry: How is it that the ND Womens BB program can continually recruit the top players in the country and the mens team cant even sniff a top recruit? But they couldn't be more different. The Irish joined Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin to form a seven-team hockey conference. The 2022-23 season will be Mike Brey's last at Notre Dame. 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. 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). In reading your article about the hurdles to overcome at ND what do you think the realistic expectations of the basketball head coach is at ND? I think. The first, of course, was consensus four-star quarterback CJ Carr nearly a year ago, the grandson of former Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr. Notre Dame used to win like that. I can't do that to my man. 201 overall pick. Dan - Chicago: I know when you have a 7 man rotation it is hard to shake things up. IIRC he was on the img b team or practice team. That matters. I WANT to play for this guy. He's got the flat-footed 3 and the low-post game and that's about it. Amongst other issues with this team this year, the inability to guard or win the close games they did last year is there is no Blake Wesley to get a steal and dunk to put a game away as he did last season in numerous game situations. Wadelite: FWIW Dunlap prediction: San Diego state. You want an answer as to why a five-star doesn't go to Notre Dame. It can't. Jack Swarbrick comes to the new guy and says, we've decided to do it the way Duke and Villanova and Gonzaga do it. I would think the local boy sticks it out. You want to say Saturday at home against Louisville and maybe the following Saturday at home against Wake Forest. I'll sit and think about it and do it the next time. Nobody. It's been the total opposite this year. Tom Noie: Mike: Thank you, a voice of reason. Notre Dame basketball? You make close to $4 million a year. Rudolph, who reportedly had two years left on his contract at Virginia Tech, was due to earn $820,200 at Wisconsin in 2020 before a mandatory pandemic salary reduction. Drew Valentine went from 25-8 in the Missouri Valley Conference to 6-12 in the Atlantic-10. Young chose the Irish over finalists Michigan, USC and Tennessee. Right now, this can't end soon enough. So what would have his buy in been at he returned? Or, maybe he still could be the guy. 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. Mike, New Jersey: Hey Tom, Do you have any sense of direction Notre Dame will be going to in looking for the next Head Coach? We should not have to worry about if. Tom Noie: Doesn't answer the question. Here's my take on what went wrong with the Irish this year: No really good passer (never thought I'd miss Prentiss:) and no "bangers" under the boards (think Harangody/Geben/Mooney/Cooley). Tom Noie: Peter: He's played in a lot of games, but never really added to his. They know not only how the sport operates but how Notre Dame operates. Gotta get dirty. Walk away. He's not leaving the cupboard completely bare, but there's a chance for it. I saw earlier you said a new coach is going to change putting butts in the seats and selling the place out. Hes got a way he wants to play. Tom Noie: Mike Brey admitted he made a mistake against Boston College by not playing Ven-Allen Lubin more. I'm not saying going all purple face Brian Kelly and bench them for the entire game, but let sit for 3-4 minutes and try someone else. I'd like to say Jerian Grant simply because of some ups and downs with Jerian and where those highs ended up. Tom Noie: True, but if you get a coach worth anything, he'll be like, forget job security and no pressure. Craig in NJ: The coach who will take this job is a young guy at a smaller school like Digger (Fordham) or Mike (Delaware). No, for the most part, the players and the coaches get it. Thats been my biggest selling point. Doing so clouds the overall educational mission. No ability to adapt. Notre Dame could afford to take a Humphrey or a Miller or a Ben Hansbrough or a Scott Martin with a promise (and a wink) that though their transcripts might not mirror Notre Dame, they could get on the Notre Dame academic track during their sit-out seasons. Quick two-parter: Bottom line, was Brey forced out against his will, or did he come to the realization before it got to that point? Epic failure, a failure that is totally unacceptable. Brey comes in and immediately gives them a shot of life, and he goes on to have some of the highest highs in program history. Wadelite: Please note I am not putting it all on Brey. He'll win. Look around. Oh and regarding Bryce Drew. Tom Noie: James: So true. Guys make up their minds that they've done enough, there's no stopping them. They don't do that. Tom Noie: Robert: As would a lot of other coaches. I also know TWENTY SIX ND fans that also disagree with you. I expect him to nail this one as well. Garbage about you "not being supportive". Your thoughts? It's hard. In that sense, he represents this university as well as any coach I have worked with during my time at Notre Dame.. You then spend a lot of time talking to your colleagues at other schools, what are you thinking about?, That risk drove Swarbrick to a few phone calls with soon-to-retire ACC commissioner. Ray from Southern California - Thank you Tom. Get to the point where the only question is where you're going, not if you're going. This is how we do it. New assistants. New head coach. Also recruited Nesmith, a future 1st round pick. Wadelite: You can win games with the right 3 stars and talented 4 stars. That comes from deep within the university. Money is the reason Kelly is coaching at LSU. Tom Noie: Craig: In what universe do families of five-star prospects do THAT? I'd love to see local fans be expected to play the same prices for women's basketball tickets as they do for the men. This is the one!. Good luck. Pitino is a much larger longshot than Mike K. based on the fact that his background isn't as clean as ND would require. Hes built a culture where there are expectations. This has to be as close to a home-run hire as it can get. Absolutely. celebrating 33 years of publishing history! It wasn't a coincidence that Notre Dame rarely carried the maximum number of scholarship players allowed (13). That train's pulled out of the station. The Blue-Gold Game is set for April 22 at 2 p.m. Hiestands retirement was announced on Super Bowl Sunday. He's not built that way. You kick yourself for not just going home. No thoughts until a head coach is in place. At what point does pride kick in? 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? We will not post any of the replies here, but lets just say a lot of them dont know how to read a room. Here he is, the shot/script seemed to say, welcome him to the fam-u-lee (sorry). I'm sure you've answered this but bear with me and anyone that's joined in the last 10 minutes. Tuesday's loss at North Carolina State marked the unofficial halfway point - 10 games down, 10 to go. Well done young man! As December became January, that want-to waned. They are not going to disrupt their seasons with an announcement like that. By Thursday, Swarbrick had apparently seen and heard enough. His communication is so clear and well-structured. That's a bunch of baloney. J.J. Starling may look at the new coach and say, nah, I'm out. He was that gifted. Maybe because he has strong ties to Indiana and even IUSB? Terry: Why cant mens team recruit 5 star players like the womens team? As a run blocker, however, Lunsford was tied for 151st nationally with a 62.1 grade, dropping him into a tie for 123rd overall among FBS guards. Force Boeheim to counter your move. Swarbrick is well-respected in the industry, but this op-ed certainly does ding his overall likability. Ed Zagorski, Irving, TX: Your article on the challenges for the next coach was really interesting. Tom Noie: Steve: A coach with a plan would be a good start. No nothing. The Texans snagged Patterson in Saturdays sixth round of the NFL draft with the No. Bonus question: Since Brey has nothing to lose, do you foresee any dramatic lineup or strategic changes between now and the end of his tenure? 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. All of it. Notre Dame reported. Like, I'm coming after you and you have no choice. He should be celebrated at all costs. Tom Noie: Chris: Same stance as J.J. Starling and Ven-Allen Lubin returning. He could reach guys and teach guys but in this day and age, you better know exactly what you're signing up for and, in the case of Notre Dame, what you're walking into. Why are you going back to college? EM: Echoing Muffet McGraws comments in the immediate aftermath of Breys announcement, how can any N.D. mens b-ball coach hope to compete and win in todays environment - including, e.g., the transfer portal, NIL rules, and the general sense that every sport at N.D. takes a back seat to football? Tom Noie: Makes sense. We absolutely want him to be a coach here for a long time. Instead, the Irish season has gone off the rails, the head coach has decided (likely with a nudge) that this season will be his last, and the program is staring at a future that is, at best, uncertain. Tom Noie: Mark: Nope. Its kind of always been that way, whether we have wanted to admit it or not. Until then, there's nothing really to discuss/dissect. If he were to speak to the media, which he likely won't until the process ends, Jack Swarbrick would say he wants the best possible coach to lead Notre Dame. A freaking ACC tournament championship after beating Duke and North Carolina? Still hasn't, to the point where you wonder if they're going to win even once away from home. Hes a perfect fit for this place and I think were a good fit for Link in what he believes in and what he teaches. committed to the Irish rather than other finalists TCU, Miami, Penn State, Kansas State or Illinois. For the longest time, the Atlantic Coast Conference was seen as the best college basketball conference in the country. At Notre Dame, it's a HUGE issue. Every game I attend, I can count on a parent coming up to me and telling me how great they think Link is and how much their son enjoys playing for him. Like, it had to get better. You can go to Duke. Matt Painter would be nervous if Ray were his boss. thanks. This is what we do. Man, talk about a big swing and a miss on that one. The University, through this 12-year agreement, seeks to create and implement unique programs and partnerships with an elite group of companies and brands -- delivering unprecedented levels of engagement, first-class hospitality experiences and recognition. Coach Langel checks all the boxes but one, that being no previous connection to ND. AD and President rumored to leave in 2-3 years right? Only this time, make it. I was kind of surprised he said he would decide after the season. Tom Noie: Skill and leadership and, oh, by the way, a heck of a lot of memories and games and wins that nobody thought possible back in 2000. Tom Noie: Ever seen the GIF of the child swinging innocently on a swing while a structure fire rages behind him? 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: Donny: Be scared. I've had plenty of talks with Jack Swarbrick, particularly about the basketball program. Lets take our time and think about it.. Why would any of these guys take a job at an ACC bottom feeder that could care less about their basketball program? Just be good enough and respected enough and sustained enough where Selection Sunday doesn't matter. Wadelite: Wesley and Atkinson were more the reasons behind better defense than Solomon and Atkinson was just serviceable. Here's what I mean - run a program that doesn't worry about getting to the NCAA tournament. When we had the spike on campus once we came back and [University Pres. What we've seen from Starling this season is a lot of what we saw from him last season at LaLu. Brad Stevens ? Its NBC TV deal! - I'll buy you and your 25 fellow fans dinner. Look. Tom Noie: Ed: Good call. These haven't been the right seven, and not just because they don't defend or make shots. The Big Ten. 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