Who Will be the Next Coach at Notre Dame

O'Leary's prepping the 7-4 UCF Knights for a theoretical bowl trip after folding, spindling and mutilating Tulane this weekend.

 

Davie's an interesting case. You would think that he could have gotten another head coaching job somewhere. Maybe he just preferred the broadcast booth. Can't blame him. In hindsight, his Notre Dame tenure doesn't look too bad. Lots of guys still playing in the NFL, and a lot of those guys on Weis' first Notre Dame team weren't "Willingham's players," they were Davie's.

 

Again, reading FAIL.

1. How do we even know Brian Kelly is pro-choice? Based on rumors? Based on statements he's made? Please find them or STFU with this nonsense.

"Coach, why did you call that pass play in the fourth quarter on 3-and-2, and does it have anything to do with the fact that you don't believe life begins at conception?"

2. Unless you can prove Brian Kelly is, like, really PRO ABORTION, then what does it matter? Tell him if he wants the job, he is under strict orders to never speak about social issues. Ever. No one is going to give a shit about his views on abortion, and if they do ask, I think Kelly could just say "I'm a Catholic, and I subscribe to the teachings of the church. Other than that, I'm a football coach and I'll leave the politics out of things."

3. Lastly, again, part of Notre Dame's problem is the institution believes it should be able to compete with schools it allegedly thinks are heathens and sinners, but by having "standards" that shrink the talent pool. "Win like them, but only with people who think like us!" In the whorehouse of college athletics, this is completely ridiculous. Either accept that the entire institution is a morally ambiguous cesspool, and that to win consistently you must do whatever is necessary, or hold your heads high, cling to your standards, and accept something less on the field.

 

Please name one high profile coach with a really good job that would want the Notre Dame job.

And as much of a fan of Tony Dungy as I am - it would be an awful hire, though I suspect he would be able to recruit well based on his name and the fact that he is viewed as a saint by many moms and pops who'd he'd be going into living rooms to meet.

But Notre Dame doesn't need a retread NFL guy. Recruiting is not the problem at Notre Dame right now.

 

No need to swear at me. I was speaking hypothetically about the idea of Notre Dame turning down a coach about being outspoken pro-choice.

Didn't Majerus get in some heat at SLU for this?

It's one thing for said hypothetical coach to feel this way in his living room. It's another if he's on record as having strong feelings opposite of the Catholic church. They'd have a hard time selling that hire, and they should.

 

I thought Marquette also didn't want to hire him for that

 

Bob Stoops maybe?

I think it mostly comes down to money with these guys. It's a bidding war.

 

Nebraska scoffs at the notion of some fantastic shutout streak for Notre Dame, which has about 17,000 fewer seats to fill and a larger population base.

And somewhere, there's a pair of horny, busy booster lips that would give lie to the notion that Notre Dame does it all pure.

 

Perhaps is he is looking for a change, but he's making a lot of money and Oklahoma could pay him whatever Notre Dame would offer.

 

Like 1,000 less seats to fill, according to the seating capacities for both places.

And, fine. Nebraska has a big fan base, too. But someone said that their anecdotal experience doesn't support the idea that Notre Dame has a huge fan base, and that just doesn't jive with the facts. But good for Nebraska, I suppose. I think the world is big enough for a big Notre Dame fan base AND a big Nebraska one.

 

Yeah, I was thinking kind of a Tubby Smith-to-Minnesota situation.

 

Stoops-to-ND would be nothing like Tubby-to-Minnesota. Tubby went there because he knew he wouldn't have to put up with the shit he put up with in Lexington. Stoops would have the same ol' shit to deal with in South Bend, at a place it's harder to win.