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A friend of mine (not an ND fan) once observed - ND has by boomer80

the worst problem a football program can have - a coach who is pretty good! Good enough to not get run off, but not good enough to get to the top, so the program will always just be competent, not elite.
He was right.
We don’t have that problem anymore. If they take a flyer on Freeman, and he’s a bust, it will be a cheap contract buyout. An established HC like Fickel will cost a lot more and be tougher to dump if he’s another Kelly. So I’m warming up to the idea of Freeman, as ridiculously green as he is…