January 12th, 2014 at 8:25 PM ^
January 12th, 2014 at 7:50 PM ^
I predict that Borges will be hired by another team quickly, do reasonably well there but not great, and as soon as he has even minor success, people here will shit their pants and claim that we made a mistake firing him.
Also, if Brian Kelly decides to hire Al Borges, I will eat my shoe, tape it, and post it on here. There is no way that ever happens.
January 12th, 2014 at 7:52 PM ^
January 12th, 2014 at 8:04 PM ^
But this does not strike me as a Kelly-type hire. He seems to go for younger coordinators; Domers think this demonstrates his insecurity. Also, FWIW, I think next year is going to be a bit of a challenge offensively for the Domers. Breaking in Golson (who likely has higher upside than Rees), and losing some skill players to the draft (Atkinson/Daniels/Niklas).
January 12th, 2014 at 10:26 PM ^
Atkinson was buried on the depth chart, no loss there. Daniels isn't gone to the draft, he will be back for the fall. The killer is Niklas. Great blocking TE and was just coming into his own as a pass catching threat.
Next years offense will finally get some of the roadblocks removed (Rees etc) and Kelly can start using the full playbook.
January 13th, 2014 at 6:21 AM ^
January 13th, 2014 at 9:13 AM ^
Well I guess you are in for a shock on Sep 6th.
January 12th, 2014 at 8:13 PM ^
With someone talking on his headphones ?
January 12th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^
We can't change the past. I believe, whether Al was a good coordinator or not, he was not the right person to lead our offense. One point I really did not care for with Al was when things started to go bad, he would always blame it on our players not executing the plays correctly. I think that kind of talk just pushes our players down more when what they really needed was motivation and proper coaching.
January 12th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
Those most anxious to fire Borges will find a way to be furious with Brandon or Hoke if he has success elsewhere.
January 12th, 2014 at 10:05 PM ^
if there is a precedent to suggest that but, there is a precedent that suggests that if he does well there will be many rounds of "I told you so" from his defenders.
January 12th, 2014 at 9:27 PM ^
Every unemployed OC is a "candidate" according to their agent.
January 12th, 2014 at 9:54 PM ^
it's coming from a list of scheduled coordinator interviews posted at ND pay sites. It doesn't seem to be a leak from Borges.
January 13th, 2014 at 1:05 AM ^
It's actually stupid for ND not to interview Borges (even if they have no intention of hiring him). Get his ideas about what he would do with the offense, how he would attack Michigan's defense, etc. He might give them a few good ideas.
January 13th, 2014 at 2:08 AM ^
one game? Doesn't seem to be an efficient way of doing things, not when game tapes are free for the looking and analysing. Besides, Borges wasn't game planning against Michigan's D, he was game planning against the D of Michigan's opponents.
January 13th, 2014 at 8:33 AM ^
January 13th, 2014 at 11:21 PM ^
Borges game planned against Michigan's D every day in practice. Bring him in for an interview, ask him what he would do with the offense, how he would attack Michigan's defense or any other common opponent. He can refuse to answer or he can lay it all out. Borges gives a bunch of good tips for a couple of hours and ND says that he was in their top 4 but they decided to hire someone else and all of a sudden Borges doesn't look so bad when another school hires him. An interview would be mutually beneficial to both parties even if they both know he won't get the job.
January 14th, 2014 at 8:29 AM ^
Well lets really be honest for a second. Its not like ND has had issues scoring on UM. Aside from the 2012 win (13-6) you guys just out scored us. I think the average was like 30ppg.
January 13th, 2014 at 9:33 AM ^
he would be a better candidate.
January 12th, 2014 at 11:13 PM ^
January 12th, 2014 at 11:20 PM ^
January 13th, 2014 at 7:02 AM ^
January 13th, 2014 at 11:58 AM ^
January 13th, 2014 at 12:06 PM ^
January 12th, 2014 at 11:32 PM ^
January 13th, 2014 at 6:30 AM ^
January 13th, 2014 at 9:34 AM ^
Kelly called plays. Then someone else did briefly, only to have Kelly do it again. Then Kelly gave it up but still wants to call plays in the redzone. Supposedly their O-line coach calls run plays and their OC calls the passes. As of now I think Kelly still has the final say in the redzone.
This all comes across to me as extremely confusing. Personally I would not really want to be an OC in a system like this unless I had more say over what plays are actually called.
January 13th, 2014 at 10:19 AM ^
He will only be partly responsible for the ND split personality offense. Can't wait for the epic first "you mad, bro?" mercury-red Kelly explosion aimed at Al. Pax tibi, Coach Borges.
January 13th, 2014 at 7:51 AM ^
January 13th, 2014 at 8:54 AM ^
Time to start a new thread.
January 13th, 2014 at 10:15 AM ^
Perfect fall guy...
January 13th, 2014 at 12:37 PM ^
I'll say it 'til the day I die, Brandon should have breached right after UTL2. We can handle the economic blowback. I mean, we charge for school visits to the Big House now. Dolla, dolla billz!
January 13th, 2014 at 1:06 PM ^
I would love this, but since I'm not and wish Al nothing but the best I hope this is false.
Good luck to Al, but hopefully it isn't in South Bend. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. Imagine coaching with that purple faced leprechaun. what a nightmare that would be. You can do better Al.
January 13th, 2014 at 2:39 PM ^
Yes please! I can't wait to see Borges drive that offense off of a cliff. Golson won't be bailing him out like Denard did.
January 13th, 2014 at 4:23 PM ^
No personal bitterness towards Gorgeous - it just didn't work for any number of reasons. Figuring out what works is the coach's main responsibility and it didn't pan out in A2 for him. Good luck and no animus. But...if couldn't correct course with the guys we had, it wouldn't bode well for a qb that will have to be re-coached up just to continue on the curve he had in his previous offense before suspension.
Also, I want everything, I mean everything, to fail at Notre Dame.
January 13th, 2014 at 4:07 PM ^
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Kelly run a spread? When was the last time Kelly hired a pro-style OC?