Tom Noie: Joe: Seven guys in the rotation, seven Ubers to the arena. If he did coach again, do you see it at a Power 5? Tom Noie: Peter: He's played in a lot of games, but never really added to his. I hope I've done that. Tom Noie: More proof? Tom Noie: Bonkers: Probably so many examples. Recursos Humanos. Tom Noie: James: So true. Number of out of state accounts on its website during football season and for the rest of the year. Tom D.: My biggest fear is ND hiring "Mike Lite." Why would he start now? Money is the reason Kelly is coaching at LSU. And Oklahoma has more resources/money than Notre Dame. Wadelite: You can win games with the right 3 stars and talented 4 stars. Ryan, though, may decide it's time to start his next chapter, though his return would work for various reasons. Tom Noie: Second time around for these guys today. I WANT to play for this guy. Kelly off Notre Dame, making Kelly the first Notre Dame head coach to leave the post, by means other than firing or retirement, for another job since 1907. Brey has talked a lot about this team taking ownership of itself, but no player has said, hey, this one's on us. I saw earlier you said a new coach is going to change putting butts in the seats and selling the place out. The elite of the elite college coach looks at Notre Dame and say, no freaking way. Tom Noie: How about this one - let's go with arrogance. 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. New assistants. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. Watch the end of the Syracuse game from the Dome. Then he returns. A torn pectoral cost Patterson the 2022 spring practices before a preseason foot sprain sidelined him for the Ohio State opener this past fall. You'd have been laughed out of Rocco's if you said the new guy was going to go to a couple Elite Eights. Zona, JR, Sanders who else? It's a sense of spirituality, and Williams would definitely fit. We're good. He'd be more than a basketball coach at Notre Dame. Tom Noie: Justin: Don't hold your breath. Craig in NJ: Well, I go back to Johnny Dee coaching in the old field house. During our most recent conversation we reached the mutual conclusion that the end of this season represented the right time.. The demand for them has never been higher. It's so hard to say, even the in the best of years, how a prospect's going to carry over from high school to high Division I. Notre Dame is different in so many ways. Tom Noie: John: That's best-case scenario, which everyone would sign up for right now. But I think the one thing last thing that hasn't been tried is starting Lubin and giving him more minutes. I've had plenty of talks with Jack Swarbrick, particularly about the basketball program. But I would love it. How soon after March madness can we expect an announcement? Cormac Ryan decides time to fly, that leaves them with eight. TJ Oltzenberger from Iowa State and John Beilein would be my home run hires. I can't tell you that "none of the teams that do compete every year don't have some standards," but I will. Tom Noie: I'd look hard at him. It's the exact opposite. Mike in PA: Tom - thanks for this much needed therapy session. Matt: Tom, what do you think the time line will be on getting a new 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? The ninth pick in last years second round, Washington cornerback Kyler Gordon to the Chicago Bears, signed a four-year, $8.7 million contract, per spotrac.com, with $5.8 million guaranteed. Justin Ft. Wayne: Hey Tom! Does Mick Cronin? 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. Maybe its wishful thinking on my part! Just as Pat Murphy was before landing a highly-coveted spot at Arizona State. by notices and features. His communication is so clear and well-structured. Tom D.: By the way, Tom, one of the reasons I have followed you for years and occasionally exchanged emails with you is your forthright and honest reporting of ND sports. joe from the south side: Tom,Absolutely true. Think back to 2014-15 and those seven - Pat Connaughton, Jerian Grant, Zach Auguste, Steve Vasturia, Demetrius Jackson, Bonzie Colson and V.J. Heres a 55-gallon drum of gasoline, push it toward that inferno. Every high-profile hiring that athletic director Jack Swarbrick oversaw seemed to turn to (blue and) gold. This will not be a quick hire, nor should anyone expect it to be. Chris, DC: Tom,I was wondering if ND can have a tickets policy of kids get in free for certain games. It might be difficult to see all the way out there, but if you sat in my seat, it all makes a whole lot more sense. Claire M: Tom, appreciate your coverage of ND hoops. His indifference on changing some of his long time philosophies. This is going to take some time. I hate to say it, but I might sit the 5 star recruit more in lieu of extra minutes for Lubin. Tom Noie: Jack: That was a fun line, but absolutely not. Make everyone go to school for 3-4 years and go to class, it levels the playing field. It's like that. I hear you all the way from the back row. In another week, it will have gone only five deep. The commits are a somewhat different category. Even though ND is a "football school", why can't they pour resources and money into it in a way we see many other schools do for their "Second sport"? Until there's something else to complain about. Mike, Nyona lake:Another question about recruiting. Jack Swarbrick's Profile | The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal joe from the south side: Tom,I don't see Brey coaching college ball again. Harold C.: I think that LaPhonso Ellis would be a great fit for ND BB Coach! Brey has failed in the dance. Mike in PA: I don't understand why it's so hard to grasp why men's and women's basketball are different. How many women's basketball players leave after one year for the WNBA? Notre Dame football botches offensive coordinator hire Beachem. Daniel Swarbrick - Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland | Berufsprofil - LinkedIn Now, if you believe Chris Quinn or Sean Sweeney (both NBA assistants) are the answer, and you can get them out of their current jobs today, you do it. Here are the key points from Tuesday morning's 25-minute press conference with Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, who discussed the future of the football program following the. Tom Noie: Mark: He's played/developed like someone who knows he needs another year in college, whether that's at Notre Dame or elsewhere, we don't know. Rank the Top 3 coaching candidates, if you'd be so kind, that are your most likely to be interviewed and offered the job. While it's true that Notre Dame basketball has taken transfers in the past dating all the way back to Ryan Humphrey in 1999 and Dan Miller in 2001, the game has changed. Too old. Starling possible transfer or NBA, VAL could leave. In men's basketball, the base compensation would be based on minutes played. Foskey joined former Irish tight end Michael Mayer in the second round, Mayer going five picks earlier, fitting as both were consensus All-Americans last season. Find something better for another year. "It is inevitable and appropriate that as we mark Muffet's retirement from coaching today, much of the focus will be on the remarkable record of competitive success that makes her a Hall of Fame. The Irish roster proved in over its head in November. Maybe less than zero. You have to do that in the context of 26 sports. Frank Eck Stadium, which was built amidst Pat Murphys successful run, holds just 2,500. Don't know how many times this has to be said to understand - it's beyond impossible to say for sure what's going to happen with the roster until there's a new coach in place. Notre Dame used to play like that. Afterward, the thinking was, he's gone. 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. I observe a lightness about the Coach retiringboth here and throughout college basketball that does not extend to the players in this disastrous season. And yet in short order, finding this great coaching talent has given way to figuring out how to keep Jarrett in the fold by making Fighting Irish baseball a destination, not a stepping stone. You have to leave that door open since it is an option. Tom Noie: Why would it? Why is there not information from 2023? At worst, a certain four-letter word with show tacked to the end would suffice. Whoa, a whole 25. New offensive coordinator Gerad Parker was promoted from tight ends coach on Feb. 18 to fill the void left by Tommy Rees departure on Feb. 3 to run Alabamas offense. Why? He saved Jerian Grant's career. . In 2011, Brey was named The Associated Press coach of the year after leading the Irish to a 27-7 mark and a 17-0 home record. Maybe not top ten guys but 15 thru 80. It's only a matter of time. And it's about way more than basketball there. It's Notre Dame football. Pros and cons of college - uiy.lapiz-fliesen.de Swarbrick became Notre Dames 12th athletics director on July 16, 2008. John: Cupboard looking awfully bare next year lol, especially if Ryan leaves. 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? John, Orlando: Hi Tom, where does Notre Dames winning percentage over the past 23 years under Coach Brey rank nationally among division 1 schools over the same period? Tom Noie: I don't see it happening. They also need to upgrade staff and facilities. Until then, there's nothing really to discuss/dissect. Robert from Mishawaka: Your recent articles have given the average fan some very interesting insight as to what the Notre Dame administration does for the program. Lubin played more Tuesday and was really good. No athleticism. . If you can get by with 10 or 11, we'd really appreciate it. A year ago, he was given a third-round draft evaluation while considering his 2022 plans. 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. That risk drove Swarbrick to a few phone calls with soon-to-retire ACC commissioner John Swofford and the current arrangement of 10 conference games in 2020. I don't know one ND fan that thinks it is. 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. Any of those above a 0% chance? Nobody, to the point that if the regular season had lasted another week, Notre Dame wouldn't have made the Field of 68. But again, you have to ask yourself - why would someone who has one of the best 30 jobs in the basketball coaching world where you have the best of everything at your fingertips while coaching the best of the best decide yeah, I'm done with this lifestyle of private planes and five-star hotels and sold-out arenas and international attention to go back to college and recruit high school kids? He's nothing if not loyal, and his loyalty to Trey Wertz and Dane Goodwin and Nate Laszewski goes beyond anyone's comprehension. He's just not. Tom Noie: Craig: In what universe do families of five-star prospects do THAT? PONSONBY NEWS - MAY '23 by Ponsonby News - Issuu Anyway, how's your month been? Assuming Burton and Parker stay in class, you're looking at Starling, JR, Sanders, Zona, and Lubin as starters? Burton can get to the basket as easily as anyone right now, but that's not the case when it's Armando Bacot lurking. Toggle primary navigation. And, don't knock them. None. No more Dunlap makes that nine. Tom Noie: Please, only in your dream. Getting to a Final Four, getting to a Sweet 16 isn't as easy as filling out a bracket every Monday in March. 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. Upon graduating from Stanford University Law School in 1980, he accepted a position as an associate in the Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels. My response to Dane Goodwin when he said it was, really? We're not in the confronting business (seriously). Not ever. My guess is no. Somebody's gotta keep the peace. degree from Stanford in 1980. Thoughts? In any event, I admired and appreciated your accurate assessment of where this season was going. 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. 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. The league drafts strictly on potential. This should be a program that should annually be good enough to where it shouldn't sweat Selection Sunday. Lead. Craig in NJ: Sorry Tom. You and your "many Notre Dame fans." But lately, its been more challenging for Brey and the Irish. And that might be too low. Do you have a long term solution for the program with these constraints? It's hard to see that sentiment changing. The 2014 announcement of an unmatched 10-year relationship with Under Armour that provides performance footwear, apparel and equipment for Irish athletic programs. Tom Noie: Tom: Still waiting for the phone to ring with Jack Swarbrick on the other end. A team on fumes from 2 cross country trips missing 2 of their top 5 guys. What are you talking about? 27 safety in the class, per rivals.com, Urlacher is an excellent downhill tackler and takes good closing angles. Mike Brey announcing when he did that this is it for him allows for everyone who might be interested in the job to really take a long look at it, and vice versa in terms of vetting candidates, but how much can you do with a sitting head coach in the middle of his season? Have skilled guys who can go off the dribble. It is something that has been missing in most games. We'll circle back around maybe after a hiring has been made. We've received your submission. College hoops for the last couple of decades is all about NCAA tournament success. Previous four seasons, Pittsburgh never won more than six conference games. Its an expression of alumni/fans support, Swarbrick said. The next hire will tell us a lot of how men's basketball is viewed by the university. This is not a Final Four program. Berlin's main airport canceled all departing flights today amid another round of strikes by ground crew, underscoring ongoing labor tensions in Germany's travel sector as the crucial summer . Swarbrick was previously considered for athletic director positions at Indiana University, Stanford University, Ohio State University, and Arizona State University [3] In 2007, he was considered for the position of commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, and in 2002 he was a finalist for the position of NCAA president, which went to Myles Brand. Tom Noie: Tom: You know that that means a lot. If it has, and has drastically, then yeah, he's on the short list. Guess which is which Wadelite: If Post and Corhen were at ND they probably would be just shooting treys with an allergy to the paint. Not a whole lot of togetherness there. Not the beat writer. Notre Dame will be playing at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Miss. Tom Noie: Little different deal there, my man. Afraid to give up run outs. In football, Notre Dame plays five games per year against ACC opponents and has full access to the leagues list of postseason bowl options. The same rules don't apply to the men's game. Foskey finished the year with 11 sacks, matching his 2021 total but falling short of Justin Tucks single-season record at Notre Dame. ?Both Duke guys that kno ACC n east coastrecruiting!I think could be nice fits but my list is like most ND fans 1-Monty2-Quinn then Kelsey!! That the ACC was down and that Notre Dame didn't deserve an NCAA bid. Not exactly the way to build interest/equity with your fan base, is it? Where the attitude of, to hell with it, we'll win despite you? When the United States Supreme Court has already said that players should be paid for their name, image, likeness, good luck putting the toothpaste back in the tube. At what point does pride kick in? Let that group get loose. When I went to check the internet I could only find a hit from 2020. On O, they have no ability to beat anyone off the bounce. Think Notre Dame can do better. Tom Noie: Chris: All depends on the next coach. He's won, he's as class as they come and he could relate to today's college athlete. I believe Notre Dame missed its chance when it started 0-2. Tom Noie: Ryan: A complete collapse in confidence from a group that was supposed to carry a boatload of it through this season. 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. 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? What we've seen from Starling this season is a lot of what we saw from him last season at LaLu. Burton is not scrawny, but of course will need more strength. Jarrett has the program humming, which means hes going to be in high demand. Never thought Nate Laszewski was coming backevery indication was that he was ready to move on. Anyone worth getting probably wont confirm to ND until their respective season is over with- am I correct in that assumption? Look at February. Most of it was wrong. We were expecting Brey to win some of the games against Old Dominion, Winthrop, Iowa State, Ole Miss, Florida State, Xavier, and Washington State. The College Football Playoff has done its own thing separate from the NCAA to crown a champion for the last nine years. Good luck, Dave: Hi Tom for the next coach will they focus on a young uand coming guy with recruiting experience. Those days are long gone. Get me somewhere inside and I can play to the best of my ability.. Two Mens Capital One Cup wins in 2014 & 2022 which prize includes a $250,000 donation to the Universitys student-athlete scholarship fund. ND needs to make a bigger commitment to basketball. 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. But now? I hope I've done that. That was the case with Wesley. Part 2 is I always supported PHUBB. Brey thought he could recreate that roster magic. It's hard. They must practice well as freshmen. He's got the flat-footed 3 and the low-post game and that's about it. In that way, he won. It was not the finest hour (at least, publicly) for Notre Dame football, or Notre Dame athletics. His salary was bumped down to $675,000 in 2021 after he gave up play-calling responsibilities to focus on the Badgers' offensive line and run game. That core lost 17 games the year before Brey got here. I know you're a Hubb fan, but the team dearly misses Atkinson's inside presence too. Wisconsin product Billy Schrauth and Michigan product Rocco Spindler figure to push for time at both guard spots during spring practice, which starts March 22. Speculation abounds as to the interest that some of college baseball's heavyweights have in coercing Jarrett to leave Notre Dame. Firearms licence fee could rise by almost 500% : r/newzealand - Reddit Maybe that's him. Been a season ticket holder for over 35 years. Was second to Notre Dame when he committed. Notre Dames baseball facilities pale in comparison to the powerhouses of the ACC and SEC. Maybe not the way anyone in the university would want, but he would. Nah, they whine about the NCAA tournaments and the losing seasons. Knows. 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. And who's the quarterback? Tom Noie: Or he can have them refurbish a farmhouse for him out on Mayflower RoadIYKYK . Got to. Fifteen days later, the Irish appear to have to found a worthy replacement. Look at the women's game as the women's game. The Murphys are a phenomenal couple that has stepped up with their second major endowment. Yeah, that matters and they want to get to the NCAA tournament, but if they don't, hey it's almost time for spring football. Just make sure to include your name and hometown. Others saw it. If you do, you don't have to ask the question. Or, maybe he still could be the guy. Pat H. Springfield Illinois: Forgot to ask my question: When can we expect Mike Bret to be inducted into the Ring of Honor? When you have an opportunity to make an impact and make a competitive leap, youre always inclined to try to do that. He's run his race. Ring of Honor that night? Among FBS guards with at least 200 snaps last season, Lunsford was tied for 48th with a 79.8 pass blocking grade, according to PFF. 2023 www.tennessean.com. John Jenkins, tweeted a photo of the arrangement at the Grotto along with a message for those in East Lansing: The senseless gun violence that continues to plague our nation has again shattered a university campus. The Jet from Evansville: Ive joined late but I want to add my name to the list of readers that appreciate your candor. How hard is it to put LAZ or Ven under the hoop and force Edwards out of the middle of the zone? Get it that you don't like the coach, but you've got to be better than that. Mike from San Diego: Do you need an intern? Get to the point where the only question is where you're going, not if you're going. Acknowledge that. Multiple actions. It's time. It's been the total opposite this year. Dunlap's departure drops that number to nine. Speculation abounds as to the interest that some of college baseballs heavyweights have in coercing Jarrett to leave Notre Dame. Wadelite: Have to disagree with Bill on Brady Dunlap. From the outside, I see 3 big ones. I had to trim it somewhere, so I went with 15. They made sure cameras framed him sitting next to Freeman. This will be an extended timeframe. Tom Noie: Donny: Be scared. Not only because hes skilled in communicating, but he has a great directness about him. Spend enough of it to stay competitive? The NBA is the great known. Niele Ivey was hired basically on the heels (no pun intended, Muffet) of McGraws retirement announcement. No nothing. As wrong as that might be. Notre Dame AD, president get roasted for essay on NIL, paying players New Orleans Saints draft Notre Dame defensive end Isaiah Foskey, validating With Patterson at the next level, the Irish offensive line will look largely to fifth-year center Zeke Correll for leadership while a handful of players continue to compete to start at guard, Notre Dame also needing to replace right guard Josh Lugg. Jarrett, a Tallahassee native, was bypassed for Mike Martin Jr. at Florida State where his father, Mike Martin Sr., won more than 1,300 games in 40 seasons at the helm of the Seminoles. Jim Tal Valley Center, CA: Morning Tom, Great work on all the latest doings involving the ND hoop program. Tom Noie: Tom D: Yes, yes, yes. Chris, DC: Tom,Do you think ND can keep Starling, Lubin and Campbell? 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. Look, I get your Brey doesn't do this and doesn't do that and should've done this when he didn't do this, but at some point, the players gotta play despite what the coach does or doesn't do. Better win. Theres something misguided about that. Yes, the game is the same - they play on rims that are 10 feet and courts that are 94 feet long and all that, but comparing what the Notre Dame men's program can't do compared to the Notre Dame women's program is downright silly. I surely hope they loosen up the policies so basketball can get to the national stage it should be at. Tom Noie: Mike: Mike Brey's answer the other day for what's next was along the lines of being at a party/gathering for an extended time, enjoying the hell of out of it, but then ducking out to take care of something and promising to return. As much as he sees himself as a teacher, and I think he is, I just don't think he is willing to put up with all of the "distractions" that prevent him from teaching. Why? Mike Brey did a whole lot for that program, and it's still in the coaching stone age. Originally from New Zealand, I have lived in Berlin . That would open up the job in Gainesville. Football needed an offensive coordinator. I don't get this NCAA tournament scorecard nonsense. Dan - Chicago: I think we all overrated this team's talent before the year. ND may provide job secuirty but it is not one of the top twenty jobs in the country. Where Notre Dame loses me in all this is they are not paupers. Tom Noie: Joe: All true. Put it on Brey, but put it on a group that was given so much, but delivered so little. That's a once-in-a-lifetime situation. We need to see the next coach before figuring out the next starting point guard. They have it, and they're not spending it . on athletics?? J.J. Starling may look at the new coach and say, nah, I'm out. Starling's not there yet. 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. The ground on which he walked in on as the third coach in three years was a whole lot shakier than you might want to believe. Tom Noie: Dan: He's not, and it's not, but it's there. Guys that don't really get what we do (I'll refrain from names) who truly believe I should be more of a champion/cheerleader of the program. Yeah, next year is going to brutal unless Jack Swarbrick nails this hire. But for the moment and perhaps longer Jarrett signed a five-year contract with the Irish he proudly belongs to Notre Dame. And the Big Ten. Everybody believed it. Not that hard. Don't think he's going to do that anytime soon - OK, never - but I'll play along. 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. Prentiss Hubb was really good for this program - trouble is, he was too inconsistent, which blinded fans' perspective of him. Nate and/or Dane good enough to play some overseas? Never knew Belein had said that Notre Dame was his dream schoolTom Noie: Joe: Timing with Porter Moser. 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. joe from the south side: Tom,I think Parker F. walks as well. Were going to announce another gift shortly where baseball was important to the donor.. Like that, after only one year back in his second Notre Dame assistant coaching stint, Hiestand wanted to spend the proverbial more time with his family.. 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. We had a pretty good sense that thats where it was headed, Swarbrick said to Jac Collinsworth on NBC Sports new ND on NBC Podcast.