Irish freshmen WRs.
Alabama sophomore WRs also have more targets than ND sophomore WRs.
Hard to understand what is so complicated about Irish offense that it takes years for WRs to make an impact.
at wasting talent. God I hate this guy.
grades?
At some point during a semester, you know what your grades are going to be and how it's going to affect you next year.
Something does not compute.
ND also has 10 players rated 51-100 on the roster, spread out across last 4 recruiting classes
They probably have more talent than the Lions and several of the
other NFL dregs.
Clemson's 5-star freshmen WR's make big time plays during the season and in the playoffs.
Notre Dame's 5-star freshmen WR's can't get on the field and in Johnson's case, ultimately hit the road.
in our head coach’s head
... or perhaps running an offense that's too complicated for young wide receivers to be able to see the field but to paint a broad stroke that, "Kelly won't play freshmen or can't recognize talent" is false when Tyree and Mayer logged significant minutes last year and were major weapons in the offense.
There's obviously a disconnect somewhere at the receiver position however. If Johnson's problems were more 'off-the-field', that's fine - but I always like to point to the 2017 Georgia game where Kelly's offense was shut down as he played Cam Smith and Freddie Canteen at receiver while a couple of youngsters named Claypool and Boykin rode the bench. Do you think those two future NFL wideouts could have helped in a one-point loss?
notable difference between Mayer/Tyree and our WRs.
Given the talent level we have had, we have always had problem getting separation (save Fuller). The likely cause is a combination of scheme and positional coaching.
Situations outside of Kelly’s control (not playing time)
And not typical BK ass kissers. We should recognize and admit when it wasn't the staff's fault. There are plenty of things to criticize BK and co for, this does not appear to be one of them,
around wr playing time is still valid.
If the root of the problem is why Kelly didn't want to give him too much time on the field? I know 0 about this issue but if it's what is rumored, I wonder if Kerly's view is why start relying on him only to find later he can't use him anyway.
1. Johnson's issues probably didn't have anything to do with the coaching.
2. Our coaching has done a poor job of getting WRs on the field early. I think the issue is overblown, as ISD did a breakdown of this and found that even guys like Justyn Ross don't really get a ton of time as true freshmen, but it does feel like you have to be a 3rd year player at ND to get more than five catches a year.
Are you thinking of someone else? When I think of freshmen not getting a ton of time, players like Golden Tate come to mind. Not many catches, but we saw enough to know that he had to get more playing time.
Tweet from Johnson linked below.
Sucks all around. It would be one thing if the receivers who beat him out were exceptionally productive or showed huge potential. We've seen nothing of the sort.
a year ago.
Hope it works out for him.
Their fans have been speculating about this since early January...too bad they were right.
surprising. Hopefully, Jordan will have a much better time after leaving ND than our most recent St. Louis transfer (from BB), Cameron Biedschied.