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More of a point than an argument about trading places by gregmorrissey

The point that it's hard to win national championships and incredibly hard to find a coach that can do it multiple times. And, less so, I wanted to note that institutional alignment is as important as finding an elite coach --- though it's likely that's a bit of a chicken/egg situation.


Specifically to trading places, it is an interesting thought exercise assuming we don't get to pick and choose. I'm not sure anyone would give up Parseghian/Holtz both because of their success and because they truly loved Notre Dame and everything it stands/stood for. Devine is probably a toss up. And, of course, since then we'd trade for Tressel/Meyer and probably be happy with Day. Though, I'm not sure how those guys fit at Notre Dame.


I'm not well versed in the history enough to understand why we hired Faust. Davie is mind blowing -- did anyone that ever heard him for one second at a press conference think "this guy is elite"?! Willingham was a desperation hire after the O'Leary debacle not that O'Leary was all that inspiring as an elite hire. Weis was again a desperation move after whiffing on Meyer, but it was at least arguable that he might satisfy some of the qualities of an elite coach. And, Kelly was a "safe" hire of an up and coming coach. And, it's been (at least 2.0) exactly what I expected -- some undefeated seasons while getting outcoached by the elite coaches in the game.


My hope when we are finally hiring the next guy is that the AD/PTB actually put in the work to identify and hire an elite coach. As history from both our experience and others, it's unlikely to be the obvious choice. And, elite meaning national championships not 10 win seasons.