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Congrats, Alabama fans
Posted on 1/9/13 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 1/9/13 at 1:56 pm
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Now that that's been established... I've been a little tied up the past few days, but finally have some time to issue some congratulations. Had an incredible four days down in south Florida, despite the result. Great experience that I'll never forget. Met some great Tide fans down there, a few bad ones, but that's to be expected.
We're just not quite ready for the big stage, but we're definitely going in the right direction. We were only a good team but had a very, very good season (what I mean by that is we were probably only about the tenth best or most talented team in the country that had one of the top five seasons of anyone this year, because we just always found ways to win in the clutch), not a great team, let alone elite, but given that we were unranked coming into the year and with the preseason expectations, I will take it in a heartbeat.
I hope our team (more specifically our coaches) takes a lesson on how a championship team prepares with a clear example like that. CBK said something in the past that we want to model our program like Bama's. Barrett Jones had a quote after the game:
"They're good because they are so simple," Jones said, "but, also, they're simple. We knew if we had certain shifts, they would get into certain formations that we felt like we would have good runs against. We were right -- every play, almost. This is not a flaw in Notre Dame. We watched a lot of film. We had a lot of time to figure out what they did in certain formations."
I like Kelly a lot, and believe he is a great fit. It's clear, however, that right now, his strengths are recruiting, building a program, strength and conditioning, and laying foundation. He still has a lot of work to do in the game-planning/playcalling department, but I think CBK can get there. Saban wasn't a great bowl coach early in his career, and now, he turns three point home losses into 21-point blowout wins where the other team doesn't cross the 50 until five minutes left when he has five weeks instead of one.
Anyway, I'm excited for our future, especially with our incoming recruiting class and many of our players who are returning. Hopefully, we can take this as a lesson. Congrats on the dynasty.
Now that that's been established... I've been a little tied up the past few days, but finally have some time to issue some congratulations. Had an incredible four days down in south Florida, despite the result. Great experience that I'll never forget. Met some great Tide fans down there, a few bad ones, but that's to be expected.
We're just not quite ready for the big stage, but we're definitely going in the right direction. We were only a good team but had a very, very good season (what I mean by that is we were probably only about the tenth best or most talented team in the country that had one of the top five seasons of anyone this year, because we just always found ways to win in the clutch), not a great team, let alone elite, but given that we were unranked coming into the year and with the preseason expectations, I will take it in a heartbeat.
I hope our team (more specifically our coaches) takes a lesson on how a championship team prepares with a clear example like that. CBK said something in the past that we want to model our program like Bama's. Barrett Jones had a quote after the game:
"They're good because they are so simple," Jones said, "but, also, they're simple. We knew if we had certain shifts, they would get into certain formations that we felt like we would have good runs against. We were right -- every play, almost. This is not a flaw in Notre Dame. We watched a lot of film. We had a lot of time to figure out what they did in certain formations."
I like Kelly a lot, and believe he is a great fit. It's clear, however, that right now, his strengths are recruiting, building a program, strength and conditioning, and laying foundation. He still has a lot of work to do in the game-planning/playcalling department, but I think CBK can get there. Saban wasn't a great bowl coach early in his career, and now, he turns three point home losses into 21-point blowout wins where the other team doesn't cross the 50 until five minutes left when he has five weeks instead of one.
Anyway, I'm excited for our future, especially with our incoming recruiting class and many of our players who are returning. Hopefully, we can take this as a lesson. Congrats on the dynasty.
This post was edited on 1/9/13 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 1/9/13 at 1:57 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
I think it's funny to congratulate fans like they had anything to do with anything.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 1:57 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
your team didn't play in the title game you bandwagon frick.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 1:59 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
Are you a buckeye fan or a ND fan? Or are you just some tshirt shmuck without a degree who went to Walmart instead of college?
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:00 pm to sorantable
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I think it's funny to congratulate fans like they had anything to do with anything.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:00 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
Has Notre Dame changed its nickname to "Buckeyes," Buckeye Fan 19?
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:00 pm to Elleshoe
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your team didn't play in the title game you bandwagon frick.
Um... I'm a junior at Notre Dame. I'm from Cbus and joined the site before the 07 NCG. Don't really care about OSU anymore (I'd rather them win than lose, unless it harms ND [I was rooting for Mich St over OSU this yr because of SOS], because they were the team of my youth and my brother is a freshman there, but doesn't really matter to me).
This post was edited on 1/9/13 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:01 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
Couldn't disagree with a single letter of that post.
ND's season reminds me of Bama's in 2008. Even when we lost the last two games on the season, I was still so happy that we were finally relevant again and had gotten so far.
A fan's job is to be positive even when it doesn't make sense to be... looks like y'all are back to a position that makes it much easier to be a fan. Enjoy the situation while you got it. Kelly is a good coach.
This post was edited on 1/9/13 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:02 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
ND's defense is incredibly simple. 2 deep safety look all the time. Compared to Bama, who has safety blitzes every other play.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:02 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
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Um... I go to Notre Dame. I'm from Cbus and joined the site before the 07 NCG. Don't really care about OSU anymore (I'd rather them win than lose, unless it harms ND [I was rooting for Mich St over OSU this yr because of SOS], because of my youth and my brother goes there, but doesn't really matter to me).
Fine. You may pass. I didn't realize you're a child
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:04 pm to m2pro
Agree with m2pro. Notre Dame does not deserve criticism for being less than what OTHER people said they should be going into the final game...they deserve respect for being more than what was expected before the season started.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:06 pm to Elleshoe
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Fine. You may pass. I didn't realize you're a child
Didn't realize 21 years old is a child. I guess I'm a child for growing up cheering for the team from my home city/state and switching allegiances to my current school. Fine then.
ETA: When I said, "because of my youth", I meant "because I cheered for them in my youth".
This post was edited on 1/9/13 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:07 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
I meant because you're young. I always assumed you were old
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:08 pm to Elleshoe
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I meant because you're young. I always assumed you were old
Gotcha. I guess I'll take that as a compliment.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:21 pm to m2pro
"ND's season reminds me of Bama's in 2008."
You're kidding, right?
You're kidding, right?
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:23 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
You should apply for a name change. Seems like they might grant it for you.
Thanks btw.
Thanks btw.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:26 pm to sorantable
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I think it's funny to congratulate fans like they had anything to do with anything.
Fans play a small role in a program's success. There are dollars contributed, atmosphere created at games (benefits both the game being played and recruits watching), purchases are made that the program benefits from, etc.
Players and coaches win games. Fans impact a program in the ways I've listed above. That's why players and coaches always reference their fans as being "the best fans in the world". If fans don't make any difference or have anything to do with a team's success, then why does Death Valley have any type of reputation?
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:27 pm to sorantable
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I think it's funny to congratulate fans like they had anything to do with anything.
You obviously haven't been listening to Saban.
Posted on 1/9/13 at 2:28 pm to JaboStokes
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You're kidding, right?
No, you're right. I'm totally joshing.
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