Theres something misguided about that. There are many coaches who could have taken ND to the NCAAT in Brey's first 2 seasons. I am sure he has a replacement planning chart on his computer somewhere. Treat them separately and you get it. I know I know, probably 149. Too few, but that doesn't stop them from trying. Tom Noie: With dirt along the baselines/sidelineswish I could've seen a game there. Young has some strength in his length, oftentimes lacking from players as juniors in high school. A school like Notre Dame CAN be the blue blood, and kinda are. You're hired! Would be on my second Top 15 list. I don't care about being first or being this or being that. If I wanted a commercial I would just go to the ND website. Some of the names I have seen tossed around are absurd. joe from the south side: Tom,This team collapsed for many reasons. Chris, DC: Tom, if somehow this team made the NIT they will not go correct? Tom Noie: This is what set Brey apart - how many times did the Big East change during his tenure? 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. It's Notre Dame football. The demand for them has never been higher. The son of an NFL Hall of Famer and a Notre Dame first-team All-American, rivals.com four-star defensive end Bryce Young (Charlotte Christian High School; N.C.). The 12th commitment in Notre Dames class of 2024, Young is the third defensive lineman, joining, Replacing Foskey will obviously be a stiff challenge for Notre Dame. Brey has seemed incapable of the mixing and juggling and adjusting more than philosophically disinterested. Upon graduating from Stanford University Law School in 1980, he accepted a position as an associate in the Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels. After they co-authored an op-ed for The New York Times, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick and university president John I. Jenkins are catching heat for their antiquated thoughts on NIL and overall player compensation. Hard pass. That's how far Boeheim extended. Burton and Friedrichsen are skilled guys, but also guys who look like they've never set foot in the weight room. . Tom Noie: EM: You can't. He fits for a lot of reasons. Guest: With 6 more weeks in the regular season, what must happen so the Titanic does not completely sink? Hard to look past that - at least, at this point. Multiple actions. The other thing is the culture that hes built, and I see it on all levels, Swarbrick said. Personally Id love someone with Midwest ties who builds the roster with size, physicality, and athleticism. Tom Noie: Justin: Don't hold your breath. Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick bemoans 'trend' of coaches leaving before season's end. . As of this writing, three students are dead and five are in critical condition after being wounded. Turns out, there was validity to those rumors. Nate Laszewski's career high for rebounds? If yes, who should it be? The same rules don't apply to the men's game. He just didn't feel like he could reach his guys and do the job the way the job needs to be done. For the league? Tom Noie: Why would it? Rudolph, 50, was former Irish quarterback Jack Coan's offensive coordinator at Wisconsin, where the 50-year-old from Western Pennsylvania (Belle Vernon) spent seven seasons (2015-21) as associate. Defend. It all depends on what the new coach wants, though it would be hard to see Burton going elsewhere. Tom Noie: Ryan Odom, yes. How many would've taken that? Ultimately, college athletics are too big to fail. Not happening. Notre Dame moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013 and two years later, Brey won the conference tourney title by defeating Miami, Duke and North Carolina during a 32-6 campaign. Or, hell, who knows. Whereas Blake Wesley was like, yeah, I'm playing and I don't care who cares, Starling's a different kind of kid. That you can't argue. Absolutely. The way he integrates what hes teaching is really impressive. Tom Noie: Jack: Start shaking those couch cushions. The 13th commitment in Notre Dames next class, Urlacher is the third defensive back, joining consensus three-star cornerbacks Karson Hobbs (Archbishop Moeller; Cincinnati) and Leonard Moore (Round Rock H.S. He gets what our job is. He still had a winning season. Dave - NY: Does Jack make major changes to this program and give them the support it needs or do he and the administration not care enough about the success of basketball? Id be shocked if a student-athlete comes to me some day and says, I didnt know where I stood.. Now you have the makings of a team that can make a deep NCAA run. I need a sarcasm font. Chris from Albany: Tom thanks for the chat. He's a class act and it would be great to keep him on campus in some capacity, when he's ready. 46556 USA Not a whole lot of togetherness there. Ryan, though, may decide it's time to start his next chapter, though his return would work for various reasons. That's not how this program has run. When it goes as sideways as this has gone, everybody's looking with the side eye at something that could be better for them. Tom Noie: Mike: Given my current hairline, I admire the flex, but given how it ended with Chris Mack at Louisville, with him secretly taping a conversation with Dino Gaudio to save his own backside, that's too much to look past. Keep in mind that Notre Dame has more sidewalk alumni than anyone and classifies as Power 5. I want to freakin win. He knows where players belong. It is up to former Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker to save us all! Fans of their favorite basketball programs tend to have higher opinions of who should take that job when it opens. Should it have been better in the NCAA tournament? Coach Brey was instrumental in creating the Ring of Honor. After allowing just four sacks in 2021, according to Pro Football Focus, the Iowa-born Lunsford allowed zero sacks, one hit and eight hurries last season. If you dont want to play the NIL game, then dont, but dont criticize others that do. Fifteen days later, the Irish appear to have to found a worthy replacement. I respect your opinion even when I disagree with you. Jack Swarbrick is on record with the South Bend Tribune as saying that Mike Brey could coach at Notre Dame for as long as he wants. I understand. Mike in PA: Tom - what do you think Mike Brey's next move is? Id say every team I met with, formally and informally, throughout this draft process, my whole thing has been talking about my versatility and being able to play all three interior spots, Patterson said in early March at the NFL combine. Now, when that dream materialized, Connaughton chased it and made himself an NBA player. Notre Dame basketball? They both appear to be active inside when given a few minutes. 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. Ed Zagorski, Irving, TX: Your article on the challenges for the next coach was really interesting. Brian: Real question, who is in the starting lineup next year? He'd be more than a basketball coach at Notre Dame. And then everything changed. It's only a matter of time. He never made his guys unavailable. LInas from Orange County,CA: Hi Tom, Really tough season. The pathway forward is through being honest, having candid conversations and seeking positive collaboration, not elitist grandstanding. Otherwise, pack your patience. There does not seem to be consistency in on-court leadership. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Tom Noie: George: Think you've been hanging around a bit too much with Bill Walton while listening to the Grateful Dead, if you catch my, um, drift. But your McAlarney reflection in a recent article reminded me of how great a coaching and mentoring job he did with McAlarney. His long wingspan and fast first step off the snap should create problems for offensive tackles in college. He sat out road losses against Wisconsin and Penn State despite having a bye week mixed into his recovery period but was able to return on Nov. 19 against Ohio State. You know what they say - grass ain't always greener. I think a case can be made that a contemporary of mine at Notre Dame, Austin Carr, is the greatest athlete in Notre Dame's history regardless of sport. Paraphrasing a line from one of his favorite movies Field of Dreams Swarbrick commended Irish football fans for their passion. Bryce Drew's a leg-it-out close call at second base double. Both hirings ended up leaving premier college football programs without coaches, but the argument for . Tom Noie: Bonkers: Probably so many examples. Seriously win. Swarbrick, on Tuesday, said he was "not surprised" by Kelly's decision to depart Notre Dame after 12 seasons as coach. 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. But a new direction. Andy Kennedy? If Mike White still was at Florida and ready for a reset, yeah, he might be the clubhouse leader. The irony the flow is mediocre with just lollygaging passing around the 3 point line. He was done February 1. Mike Brey never believed in punishing guys, at least during games. I'm going w/ a bald theme here. When we had the spike on campus once we came back and [University Pres. He labeled that passion over the Ludwig situation misdirected, then went on to explain that nothing about the non-hiring of Ludwig had to do with finances. Brey left Delaware in July 2000 after taking the Blue Hens to two NCAA Tournaments in three seasons something that seemed little more than an afterthought in South Bend, considering that in the nine seasons following Digger Phelps retirement in 1991, Notre Dames once blue-chip program had been shut out of the NCAA tourney and had earned only three NIT bids. But I would love it. And if there's one thing that Notre Dame doesn't want to spend, it's, yep, money. A freaking ACC tournament championship after beating Duke and North Carolina? He was that gifted. He's built Baylor into his own, and can get anybody he wants into school. Unless it's someone that isn't currently coaching it's hard to imagine anything getting done before mid-to-late March at the earliest. They should pursue a quality coach and offer him a HUGEcontract. Drew Valentine went from 25-8 in the Missouri Valley Conference to 6-12 in the Atlantic-10. It wasnt about not wanting to pay a buyout. That comes from deep within the university. Here's the breakdown - with everyone who COULD return regardless of how remote the chances plus the three incoming recruits, Notre Dame was at 10 players for 2023-24. Do you have a long term solution for the program with these constraints? Rather than taking ownership for being part of the reason why the NCAA has been so unbelievably feckless, Swarbrick and Jenkins want more congressional involvement up in here because that is absolutely going to solve all of our problems. Craig in NJ: Who knew that last years swagger and toughness that is missing this year came from a Harvard grad, a kid and a player some thought sucked. Blake Wesley and his one semester of classwork? As wrong as that might be. Center that houses student-athlete programs. Tom Noie: Terry: Let's start with this - it's comparing apples to oranges. He won 15 tourney games, tying the school record, and Notre Dame reached back-to-back Elite Eights in 2015 and 2016. It has not been perfect, but it is better than what it was. Why would I go to Notre Dame? But I think the one thing last thing that hasn't been tried is starting Lubin and giving him more minutes. Very scared. Don't have any first-hand knowledge, but a Tom Izzo practice just might be a bit more demanding from an effort standpoint than a Brey practice. Even though you both know that's not true. Notre Dame led the nation in fielding percentage this season. It wasnt about money. Tom Noie: Chris: Here's my expectation for Notre Dame men's basketball - stop expecting the NCAA tournament. Part 2 is I always supported PHUBB. Someone in between. Now? Afraid to give up run outs. The league drafts strictly on potential. I'll go, in no particular order, with Darian DeVries (Drake), Micah Shrewsberry (Penn State) and Pat Kelsey (Charleston) with wild cards being Chris Quinn and Sean Sweeney. The talent on this roster that is coming back is bad for even a mid major team. Tom Noie: Craig: Mike Brey's thinking probably runs along the lines of, haven't done it, why start now? That's obvious. They demanded senior associate athletics director (football) Ron Powlus also go. I WANT to play for this guy. Notre Dame? In Waco he has to play second fiddle to Chip and Joanna Gaines. It's the same game, but really, it's not. 16 on my list, so he definitely was on my radar. Maybe. Same sport, way different success models. Get to the point where the only question is where you're going, not if you're going. 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. Tom Noie: Harold: If there's a person in the world better than Phonz, show me. Nah, they whine about the NCAA tournaments and the losing seasons. The podcast should be available for download from all your podcast listening services, including Apple Podcasts. This time, Swarbrick expects the interest to come to him. They're busy planning for their gifted son to get to the league to start their clocks and get to that second contract. Tom Noie: Pat: The Ring of Honor was Brey's baby. Just when you think you know, you don't. Two Elite Eights? His visit was more courtesy than reality. Tom Noie: Tom: Better late to the party than never. Tom Noie: Makes sense. They know. Afterward, the thinking was, he's gone. It's hard to see that sentiment changing. Don't ferry him to the basket. Anyone worth getting probably wont confirm to ND until their respective season is over with- am I correct in that assumption? Three? Nobody knows. I completely disagree. However, such a situation would likely not doom the football season now. Maybe its wishful thinking on my part! Matt: I really hope Brey just empties what bench he has and let them all play at this point. Tom Noie: Mike Brey admitted he made a mistake against Boston College by not playing Ven-Allen Lubin more. Tom Noie: Chris: It depends. I realize that this data may be difficult to find / access but to paraphrase Coach Brey this is the ultimate measurement. Tom Noie: Donny: Be scared. Why can't ND? That includes academics and life after basketball. 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. An extension of the Universitys relationship with NBC Sports through the 2025 football season. Guest: Any word of Bobby Hurley or Chris Collins being considered? Tom Noie: Brian: A complete tear-down and overhaul of the Notre Dame men's basketball program as we know it would be a start. Two Elite Eights? Yes he secured his verbal, but would he have landed it from the beginning. And the ACC is probably two steps up from that. Brey fell short in a few areas, yes, but he far exceeded expectations in many more. Rudolph, 50, was former Irish quarterback Jack Coans offensive coordinator at Wisconsin, where the 50-year-old from Western Pennsylvania (Belle Vernon) spent seven seasons (2015-21) as associate head coach and offensive line coach. 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? John Brian Swarbrick, Jr..[1] is the director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame. The portal the way it's currently constructed works against Notre Dame. Watch the end of the Syracuse game from the Dome. Let's let this play out and put some faith in his track record. So you need a little of everything from someone who's got endless energy, someone who's going to sell his program, and the sell the fans the product is worth watchingTom Noie: As for the second part of your question, I'd be surprised (stunned) if this was a quick hire. Tom Noie: Or he can have them refurbish a farmhouse for him out on Mayflower RoadIYKYK . This is how we do it. Tom D.: My biggest fear is ND hiring "Mike Lite." Glad to have you aboard. But the top three, in any order, would be Darian DeVries from Drake, Micah Shrewsberry from Penn State and Pat Kelsey from Charleston. In men's basketball, the base compensation would be based on minutes played. Tom Noie: Want to win today? Plus he's used to living in snowy, cold-weather towns. Tom Noie: Go back and watch the end of the Florida State game. Here's what I mean - run a program that doesn't worry about getting to the NCAA tournament. But they couldn't be in more different universes right now. Ed,Greensboro: Tom, same old story last night in Raleigh.How much damage is this season's death march doing to the program? What are you talking about? Does he come back? Doing so clouds the overall educational mission. Maybe they'd have been better, but still, too many guards and not enough dudes. Dan - Chicago: Is Markus Burton the starting pg next year? We all were spoiled for 23 seasons. Instead just hire some younger guys who just parrot we need to score 80 to 85 points to win. Terry: All 5 star and 4 star athletes dont jump to the NBA after 1st year! If you need to be walked through where this program was when Mike Brey arrived and where he took it, NCAA tournament flameout aside, we'll just have to agree to disagree. Those days are long gone. 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? Silly. George Bernard: I heard Bill Walton this morning say that 25% of NBA players were international. -86.238985. No. Swarbrick became Notre Dames 12th athletics director on July 16, 2008. That's what made Brey so unique - he accepted all of it and said, yeah, fine, I'm going to win anyway. You were exceptionally critical, but truthful to a fault. College basketball in 2023 and beyond is the great unknown. Thanks my man! Kentucky wants me. 2./3. Others saw it. Tom Noie: More Ven-Allen Lubin, still not sure on Matt Zona, but that's another conversation. Brey's at fault, but the guys he trusted to deliver didn't deliver. Donny: Obviously this season is not over yet, but I am extremely scared of what this roster is going to look like next season. Jack Swarbrick has nailed a lot of thebig issues (football coach, women's basketball, ACC membership, football independence). [8], He was the vice-president of the team that successfully bid to host Super Bowl XLVI in 2012 in Indianapolis. In that way, he won. Not only because hes skilled in communicating, but he has a great directness about him. He chose the guys to go up. Every high-profile hiring that athletic director Jack Swarbrick oversaw seemed to turn to (blue and) gold. It is practically College Coaching 101. They knew the drill. The reaction of the ACC was like, meh, who cares, we're the ACC. Mike in PA: Tom - thanks for this much needed therapy session. I had to trim it somewhere, so I went with 15. He did the same in different ways for Tory Jackson and Demetrius Jackson. Next year will suffer with a patchwork roster. Joe: It shocked me that Breys first game was a sellout. Nobody. Of those 10, maybe two, sometimes three would actually have a passing interest in the program. You better have at least one pro every season. Should this program have won more? You then spend a lot of time talking to your colleagues at other schools, what are you thinking about?. Wadelite: Is it a bit disingenuous to even suggest Brey inherited a dumpster fire job. Swarbrick and Jenkins are afraid the NCAA is going to collapse over NIL; well, maybe it should? Doing alright at Utah State, a sneaky very good mid major program. Soon, Swarbrick (trending Friday morning on Twitter) will turn attention to the hiring of a mens basketball coach. Admitedly, that was some time ago, but "ya never know until you ask.". This is more of a comment than a question, but the folks who say good riddance to Brey, or say 3 sweet 16's in 23 years is underachieving or mediocre, must not have been alive for most of the 80's or 90's, right? You cull this information because as you've said, you know .. 25 Notre Dame fans? Craig in NJ: Sorry Tom. 5 in the country behind Michigan, Ohio State, LSU and Georgia. You have to do that in the context of 26 sports. James - Indiana: Micah Shrewsberry as next HC? Say you're a five-star prospect. He said he wouldn't rule out coaching again. Speculation abounds as to the interest that some of college baseball's heavyweights have in coercing Jarrett to leave Notre Dame. Tom Noie: John: That's best-case scenario, which everyone would sign up for right now. Get the national media to understand that even if you lose a game, you're good. Notre Dame O-line coach Harry Hiestand announces retirement. During your last chat in November you ended the chat claiming I was pretty much crazy in my opinion of Brey. He barely cared. The ACC bided its time and thought. No throwing NIL money at recruits. And that might be too low. . He is 481-269 with Notre Dame, a victory total that ranks sixth among active coaches at their current schools. Lubin had to play, and finished with 10 points, five rebounds and two blocks in 22 minutes. Having played the most games in school history, this year he has looked slower and less consistent. Ryan mars pa: Tom what is going on with this team lost some close games will miss coach brey after this season. Im confident we have more wins if Matt Farrell is on the team. In spring practices, fifth-year Andrew Kristofic, sophomore Billy Schrauth and junior Rocco Spindler seemed to lead the way among the possible guards. But you leave anyway and when you return, the vibe's different. - I'll buy you and your 25 fellow fans dinner. Let's take Gonzaga and Villanova for their previous sustained successes and Marquette and Xavier right now. Think Notre Dame can do better. But again, if you're an NBA coach, at the peak of your profession, why college? We'll see Dave - NY: I think this is a worse job than people think. 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. Foskey was a two-year starter for the Irish, leading the defensive linemen in tackles in both years. I get that the losing the last few years is going to drive fans away (I was looking for Wake Forest tickets and its incredible that the cheapest ticket is $35), but what do you think the new coach has to do to re-energize the fan base?
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