December 18th, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^
Hire him!
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December 18th, 2016 at 6:01 PM ^
Borges was a horrible OC. Everyone hates their OC because of obvious reasons. Borges' problem was he tried to make Denard into a pro-style QB (never gonna happen), and he stuck too much to the pro-style stuff when he didn't have the personnel to do it. How much of that was Hoke? It wasn't like Nussmeier came in and immediately fixed everything. (RR ran a spread in 08 with pro-style players and we went 3-9.) We all know Hoke hated the spread and insisted on doing certain things.
The bigger issue imho was Darrell Funk. Dude fucked our OL in a huge way. Got worse every year, they couldn't run block, couldn't protect, so at that point it doesn't matter who your OC is.
Borges probably won't be hired by ND. But if he is - it's going to be fascinating to see a west coast pro-style guy like him mesh with Kelly, one of the most spready-spread guys around.
December 18th, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^
On top of that, Brian Kelly does most of the offensive stuff at ND. I'm sure he'll be looking over Borges' shoulder whenever it comes to gameplanning.
December 18th, 2016 at 7:34 PM ^
He should be used to that with Dave Brandon coming in to watch film all the time and probably diagramming plays weekly for Al to run. Perhaps Kelly will view his ability to have his shoulder looked over as a positive in the interview.
Kelly: Al, do you have any experience with others telling you how to do your job better? Potentially even by those who don't know what's going on?
Al: Tons.
Kelly: This is great to hear. Can we have someone show you around South Bend after we finish up here?
December 18th, 2016 at 8:04 PM ^
Brian Kelly may not be around there long. Al better get a multi year deal so he gets paid when ND cleans house.
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December 18th, 2016 at 6:37 PM ^
I think you're right, although our problems were more deep seated than any one coach.
December 18th, 2016 at 7:58 PM ^
I actually enjoyed listening to him speak. Seemed like a good guy. He was probably a victim of circumstance as much as anything. Wish him no ill-will.
Last time I heard him interviewed he was mentioning that he had lost some weight..made a joke equating the amount of weight he had lost to being proportional to throwing patio furniture off a cruise ship.
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December 18th, 2016 at 10:37 PM ^
We also can, I think rightly, speculate that there was a Brandon imperative enforced by Dave Branding on the team, and that all of the offensive woes were not his fault.
In fact, I think with better position coaches, Borges could have been a good OC.
But not a QB coach. Please god, anything but that.
December 18th, 2016 at 10:57 PM ^
What planet am I on? The play calling during his time was probably the worst coaching I have seen in any sport. We know Hoke didn't have a clue or a care about that side of the ball but lets blame funk for the shitty offense? Sure he wasn't able to develop young guys but he also inherited some real talent.
Play calling, play calling, play calling, thats all Borges and it sucked.
December 18th, 2016 at 11:00 PM ^
Nussmeier was even worse.
December 19th, 2016 at 9:55 AM ^
I'll see your Borges and Nussmeier, and raise you two Mike DeBord's, a/k/a De"Bored"!
December 18th, 2016 at 6:37 PM ^
Try Borges Sicilian Pizza. Trust me.
December 18th, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^
Hahahahahahaha
December 18th, 2016 at 5:04 PM ^
hahahahahahahaha
December 18th, 2016 at 5:04 PM ^
LOL
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December 18th, 2016 at 5:05 PM ^
Please hire him!
December 18th, 2016 at 5:05 PM ^
Freaking perfect.
December 18th, 2016 at 8:06 PM ^
There's a handful of Hires I associate with head coaches on their way out. Gerg, Coach O, Hoke. To me, Borges is now in that group. Most recently he was OC at San Jose state and that head coach just got fired. I see a similar fate for Brian Kelly after this move.
December 18th, 2016 at 5:05 PM ^
Excellent. His lack of adjustments shall suit them well.
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December 18th, 2016 at 6:03 PM ^
We never saw Al Borges. All we saw was the version whose job description was to be David Brandon's secondary sock puppet. Brandon dictated the approach and probably called half of the plays.
It's not like the next guy under Brandon did any better with the same players.
December 18th, 2016 at 6:24 PM ^
And then Borges really lit the world on fire at SJSU, so... oh, wait.
December 18th, 2016 at 7:48 PM ^
The guy who wouldn't throw a bubble screen no matter how wide open it was? The guy who tried to run the zone read while apparently not understanding how to run the zone read?
December 18th, 2016 at 11:17 PM ^
has everyone gone crazy!?
December 18th, 2016 at 5:05 PM ^
Please make this happen!
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December 18th, 2016 at 5:05 PM ^
Why interview anyone else?
December 18th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
Together again? Awesome!
December 18th, 2016 at 5:14 PM ^
We're getting the band back together again - we're on a mission from God.
December 18th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
Yes Please
December 18th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
I'll put in my recommendation! I hear Sputh Bend is a wonderful town to sit down and recruit from. And since he wouldn't be traveling to recruit, he should be in a wonderful town. Match made in heaven, call him Kelly's Jesus, he'll resurrect the firing talk in 3 days!
December 18th, 2016 at 5:08 PM ^
Hoke for DC.
December 18th, 2016 at 6:33 PM ^
We're puttin' the band back together...
December 18th, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^
Hahahahahaha
December 18th, 2016 at 5:10 PM ^
The combination of 0 experienced QBs and Borges should result in offensive fireworks
December 18th, 2016 at 5:11 PM ^
Hire the man!
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December 18th, 2016 at 5:11 PM ^
He actually usually called one of his two best games of the year against Notre Dame. Called a great game UTL but still would be a terrible hire when you look at his body of work at Michigan.
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December 18th, 2016 at 5:12 PM ^
UTL ll, was the game I was thinking of.
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December 18th, 2016 at 5:11 PM ^
Desperate times call for irrational measures.
December 18th, 2016 at 5:12 PM ^
make it so, #1
December 18th, 2016 at 5:12 PM ^
It's like hiring your own sanctions.
December 18th, 2016 at 5:20 PM ^
Borges seemed so-so, probably a little better without Hoke's manball fixation.
December 18th, 2016 at 5:13 PM ^
Is that the University of Notre Dame or Notre Dame High School?
Question is, if offered would he accept it? Could turn out to be a one-year gig like Hoke out in Oregon.
December 18th, 2016 at 5:14 PM ^
that would be super cool
December 18th, 2016 at 5:17 PM ^
This would be amazing.
December 18th, 2016 at 5:17 PM ^
I honestly don't understand a lot of the Al Borges hate on here. After Borges left, our offense completely fell off a cliff and Devin Gardner somehow managed to regress as a fifth-year senior. Borges also presided over some high-scoring offenses at UCLA and Auburn, where he turned Cade McNown and Jason Campbell into first round draft picks. I'm more inclined to blame any offensive issues on the systemic ineptitude of Hoke's leadership (or lack thereof) than Borges' coaching.
December 18th, 2016 at 5:23 PM ^
found Al's account!
December 18th, 2016 at 5:24 PM ^
I don't hate Borges. But I like him more as the not-OC of my football team.
ND probably remembers him for the 4th quarter of UTL1 and most of the '13 game. Easily the high points of his UM tenure.
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December 18th, 2016 at 5:24 PM ^
I signed-in just to downvote you.
You serious, Clark?
December 18th, 2016 at 5:32 PM ^
Descent coordinator, atrocious recruiter especially at the QB position. Brian has outlined the history before. Obviously didn't develop the OL while he was here either. Strictly as a play caller he's average and can put some nice game plans together.
Every other aspect of being an OC (recruiting, development, etc) he is brutal.
December 18th, 2016 at 7:10 PM ^
pretty much sums it up