Tommy Rees leaving ND for Alabama OC job
https://twitter.com/tomloy247/status/1621609671676108803?s=46&t=eTP2rtq3yXkoinIqLh1qVQ
Will admit I didn’t see this coming, but this doesn’t have exactly that Lane feeling to it. But may change some things with regard to CJ Carr, unless it doesn’t.
February 3rd, 2023 at 6:44 PM ^
Saban knows a helluva lot more about football than the average Domer.
February 3rd, 2023 at 7:44 PM ^
Not if you ask a Domer…they are all smarter than Saban. Just ask them…
Oh, most thinkSouth Bend is a great college town too…
February 3rd, 2023 at 4:39 PM ^
I know in my head that you don’t have to have been a great player to be a good coach/coordinator. But this is still hilarious to me
February 3rd, 2023 at 4:44 PM ^
He'll fumble about ten yards from Tuscaloosa.
February 3rd, 2023 at 4:44 PM ^
CJ Carr is at ND partly because Michigan wanted Davis more. Harbaugh knows the value of a QB with mobility
February 3rd, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^
CJ Carr is at ND because it's his dream school. It has nothing to do with anything on the Michigan side. A change at OC isn't going to do anything.
February 3rd, 2023 at 4:52 PM ^
I seemed to recall closeness to Rees factoring in as well, but obviously there are factors beyond just that, thus my caveat.
February 3rd, 2023 at 4:58 PM ^
knows the value....just not how/when to deploy one??
February 3rd, 2023 at 6:16 PM ^
Well if that’s true then Harbaugh should be fired. You’re an idiot if you don’t recruit the “legacy” 5* recruit that goes to school across the street from the stadium. I know this isn’t true, but your assumption is way off base.
February 3rd, 2023 at 11:55 PM ^
Fuck Lloyd Carr and his narcissistic nonsense that contributed to UM football tanking for years. We don’t need more Carrs and the tunnel naming is shameful.
February 3rd, 2023 at 4:47 PM ^
This is a good move for Rees. Gets him out of the shadow of the Dome, allows him to work with elite talent, and lets Freeman bring in his guy. There is an art to knowing when it's time to move on, and I expect he'll do so more gracefully than Gattis.
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:38 PM ^
... is it even possible to move on less gracefully than Gattis?
February 3rd, 2023 at 6:17 PM ^
Urban says hello. Not OC obviously, but I’ll take a dig at OSU anytime I get a chance.
February 3rd, 2023 at 6:45 PM ^
Yes, indeed, this digging is always perfectly acceptable behavior.
February 4th, 2023 at 3:14 PM ^
Urban likes to get his digs in too...
February 3rd, 2023 at 4:49 PM ^
It’s not as if Davis is quickly coming to a decision for Michigan so I’d kick the tires on it if I were Harbaugh. You can sit around and do in 2024 what we did with Dante Moore and then miss out completely.
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:30 PM ^
In which case, Harbaugh could probably just take his pick of top transfer QBs. The days of needing to recruit 5-star HS quarterbacks are over. Great if you do. But hardly the end of the world anymore.
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:05 PM ^
Hope the staff puts some feelers out to some of their 2023 signees. A lot of them were Michigan targets. I'm usually against tampering but fuck Notre Dame
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:11 PM ^
Not that they are a reliable source, but most of the Domers I know hated Rees as OC, and I thought their offense was well outside the top 25, maybe outside top 50. Young guy not blowing the doors off — feels like an odd hire for Saban
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:13 PM ^
Boy he really dropped the ball here
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:14 PM ^
"Why would Rees settle for a lateral move like that?" say more than a few ND fans.
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:39 PM ^
Lateral move... Hahaha haha haha hahaha idiots
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:28 PM ^
Didn't they know Gattis was available?
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:47 PM ^
+1 Underrated
February 3rd, 2023 at 5:31 PM ^
CJ Carr has left the building. He ain't comin' back unless it's through the transfer portal.
February 3rd, 2023 at 6:12 PM ^
Addition by subtraction for ND.
February 3rd, 2023 at 7:01 PM ^
Tommy is probably still having nightmares from the 2010 game. Three interceptions and sacked multiple times.
February 3rd, 2023 at 7:04 PM ^
I don’t care about Rees. I would prefer him and his lameness at ND. This gives ND a chance to upgrade its OC. Something I wish…
February 3rd, 2023 at 8:25 PM ^
If I saw an opportunity to coach for and learn from the best in the business, I’d take it.
Go be the OC for Saban, work with the best talent in the country, you’re guaranteed to win a title if you’re there for 2-3 years. It’s trial by fire and you’ll get your ass chewed out more than once, but prove yourself and you will have the inside track to tons of prominent HC coaching gigs within 3-5 years.
Or stay at ND and work for a coaching staff that may not even be there within a few years.
February 3rd, 2023 at 10:43 PM ^
Ryan Grubb turning Saban down to stay at Washington must have humbled ol Nick.
February 6th, 2023 at 10:52 PM ^
Can’t wait to see Saban yelling at Tommy Boy.