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I'm getting tired of the Polian bashing - edited by quasimodo

With all due respect...

Not to pick on you but about every week or two someone here takes a pot shot at BP.

I don't think he deserves that level of abuse.

quoting from BGI april 2021 issue:

"3 - consecutive years Notre Dame's special teams finished in the top 30 nationally in the Fremeau Efficiency Index (FEI) stats by football Outsiders that rank all 130 football bowl subdivision teams. This takes into account myriad factors including field position. The irish had placed #61 in 2017 and #81 in 2016 when special teams setbacks cost them dramatically in at least 5 losses"

Do you remember how crappy ST's were in 2016 before he got here?

Things have improved dramatically yet he still gets ragged on here for not taking chances on punt returns.

I don't have the stats handy but our kick off and punt coverage and punt teams have been excellent in this time period.

So, he's not perfect and indeed he could improve in the return game but STs are a lot better thanks to his coaching.

And I haven't mentioned his recruiting which is excellent. He recruits from Hi, CA and now Wa he had a hand in the latest high ranked commits.

Addendum: Don't know if anyone will read this edit but after I thought about it, BP does deserve some criticism for how crappy our team has been in recovering on sides kicks. How many did we screw up in the last few seasons alone?

Quasi