Comments on: COACH, THAT’S NOT A PROBLEM. REALLY.

By: Out of Conference

Out of Conference — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:44:54 +0000

Sean @12 – It may be incorrect to assume “that every trivial bit of news coming out of spring practice signifies something bad”, but still a high percentage assumption, nonetheless.

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:04:45 +0000

Oh, I wish I’d seen this earlier so I could’ve waxed poetic about Harrison Smith. He played high school ball with one of my baby brothers, and he’s a fucking nightmare. Watch out.

(HARRISON: COME HOME. ALL IS FORGIVEN.)

By: Defender90

Defender90 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:23:43 +0000

Anyone know why the official ND site does not list the results for the 2007 football season? Are they still compiling Clausen’s stats? It’s one thing to want to forget an embarassment, it’s another to try and pretend it never happened. Own it, domers!

By: SpookyJuice

SpookyJuice — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:30:15 +0000

That’s Najeh Davenpoop. Damn it, you beat me to it.

That D-coordinators got some weird fetishes. Maybe he should coach a non-catholic school for a while

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:40:50 +0000

Harrison Smith taking a few reps at OLB during one spring practice doesn’t mean that Corwin is less than satisifed with the current defensive lineup. In fact, OLB is one of ND’s strongest positions.

Brown sometimes likes to replace a linebacker with a safety on obvious passing downs in order to augment the unit’s coverage ability. He did the exact same thing with Tommy Z last year. Harrison Smith is the obvious choice in this situation because he is by all accounts a physical freak of nature and needs to see the field in some capacity. He’s not starting at safety because he’s still young and the safety position is by far the deepest on ND’s roster, so why not see if he can contribute elsewhere?

In short, I think it’s inaccurate to accuse Corwin of “tinkering” because he “doesn’t have a perfect lineup.” This isn’t to say that ND is free from defensive question marks (far from it), but it’s still incorrect to assume that every trivial bit of news coming out of spring practice signifies something bad.

By: Domer Guy

Domer Guy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:36:55 +0000

LOL @ 10.

By: Brian O'Blivion

Brian O'Blivion — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:23:28 +0000

Najeh Davenport doesn’t think that is funny.

By: Harris

Harris — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:58:49 +0000

The article’s title? “Mining for Gold” Sometimes, writing this blog must be the easiest thing in the world

By: yoyofutbawl

yoyofutbawl — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:30:58 +0000

This should be a CFB and not exclusively ND (well, they would have been a frontrunner last year) weekly award this fall with points a la the Fulmer Cup.

Winner gets an all expense paid tour of the Hormel plant in Austin, MN in January. With free ice fishing and a year’s supply of SPAM.

By: okiedomer

okiedomer — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:21:21 +0000

at least shitting in a coach’s lunchbox would be a sign of aggression, something we haven’t seen from the Irish defense since…hell, since i can’t even remember when

By: maskedavenger

maskedavenger — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:17:26 +0000

At least two for style Doug.

BTW, moments like this is when it sucks that your rival has hired one of your alums.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:10:43 +0000

Just out of curiosity, if Smith actually did that, how many Fulmer Cup points would we be talking about?

By: sb

sb — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:10:09 +0000

Between Brown’s lunch-bucket latrine and Tommy Bowden’s tight-pants envy, there ought to be a memo to all coaches…”STFU”…or for those who can read, “Better to say nothing and let people think your stupid than to speak and leave no doubt.”

Not that I am advocating the stifling if idiotic coach-speak, just sayin’.

By: Orson Swindle

Orson Swindle — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:09:06 +0000

They call TAH-NOO-TAH the “assistant head coach” on defense. Brown is still technically coordinator.

By: IrishCane

IrishCane — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:09:00 +0000

He’s the Defensive Coordinator.