4 ND Football Players Dismissed From Team
Kevin Stepherson - Jr. WR: Was a starter and very talented player, previously suspended 5 games this past season
https://247sports.com/college/notre-dame/Article/Brian-Kelly-dismisses-…
January 16th, 2018 at 9:53 PM ^
again? didn't that happen last off season at NfD?
January 16th, 2018 at 11:28 PM ^
It's that time of year again. It's becoming the new ND tradition.
January 16th, 2018 at 11:47 PM ^
Ditched them for us?
January 17th, 2018 at 10:16 AM ^
method to prevent oversigning = dismissal from the team.
One of the players dismissed wasn't even publicly in trouble. He was just down the depth chart.
Interesting.
January 16th, 2018 at 9:55 PM ^
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January 16th, 2018 at 10:00 PM ^
Nice! Stepherson is a major loss for them, that dude was super fast and was in line to get a bunch of St. Brown's catches next year.
January 16th, 2018 at 11:45 PM ^
Really worried about them passing the ball. Winbush is more dangerous running the ball isn't he?
January 17th, 2018 at 9:43 AM ^
Wimbush struggled so much down the stretch (once teams realized he really was that terrible at passing) that he got benched in their bowl game. His replacement (Ian Book) is a very good passer ... he came in and led them to victory over LSU. He's also not a statue ... not Wimbush, but certainly a reasonable threat to run.
Officially they will have a QB competition in Spring and Fall, but I think the Domers expect Book to start and Wimbush to be the backup.
January 17th, 2018 at 10:33 AM ^
I'm not too worried about their offense in general, with a chunk of their line, St. Brown, Adams, and Smythe gone, plus the possibility of a new coordinator, I would expect our defense to dominate the day. Stepherson is a big loss because that is someone that they could have used to attack our safeties from the slot and theoretically could have taken the top off our defense. However, as tspoon said, Wimbush had been replaced by Book, who is a better passer. I still don't think they'll be able to stack up with our front 7 and 2 elite corners, however. Our offense just has to show up.
January 16th, 2018 at 10:01 PM ^
If they could just suspend or dismiss 8 more key players and hire Jim McElwain I will feel a lot better about September 1.
January 16th, 2018 at 10:09 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 10:10 PM ^
There's no sharks in Lake Michigan
January 17th, 2018 at 10:07 AM ^
That's okay, the Asian carp will get him.
January 17th, 2018 at 11:17 AM ^
He has a certain affinity for marine life. You could say he LOVES it.
January 16th, 2018 at 10:19 PM ^
He could hire Nussmeier for OC!
January 16th, 2018 at 10:25 PM ^
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January 16th, 2018 at 10:28 PM ^
The "tying Irish". Do you remember who called them that?
January 16th, 2018 at 11:04 PM ^
Aren't they the Figthing Irish?
January 17th, 2018 at 11:30 AM ^
I'm guessing it was someone after the 1966 ND-MSU game. Duffy Daugherty?
January 18th, 2018 at 10:10 AM ^
called them the "tying Irish".
January 16th, 2018 at 10:40 PM ^
Was the DT basically cut? The article says he didn't get trouble and made it sound like he was cut because he wasn't on the 2-deep.
January 16th, 2018 at 10:41 PM ^
I'll give Kelly some credit, he seems to be doing things the right way the last few years after being a horrible person for several years.
January 17th, 2018 at 8:09 AM ^
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January 16th, 2018 at 11:32 PM ^
January 16th, 2018 at 11:47 PM ^
To hell with Notre Dame.
January 17th, 2018 at 12:16 AM ^
That name sounds familiar.
January 17th, 2018 at 12:48 AM ^
Notre Dame deserves zero credit. They are Michigan's little brother in the arena of football. The majority of Indiana residents I've talked to don't even like the school. That goes for the majority of the state from what I understand now days. The only reason they've ever had a national audience is because of their catholic beliefs. The majority of their fans are from the bible belts of the country who know of no one else to be a fan of over the past 60 years except for the team that prays to and acknowledges the lord. They played that card well, it's all they've ever had going for them. I believe in a higher power and I'm Catholic, I sure as hell am not going to pull for a bunch of arrogant dipshit pricks though.
January 17th, 2018 at 9:04 AM ^
I dislike ND, and I dislike even more that Manuel dropped an SEC home-and-home to put these guys back on the schedule. But I do commend them for standing behind their values and booting punks off the team who do not deserve to be there. They really do hold their players to a higher standard than most other programs.
January 17th, 2018 at 9:26 AM ^
If only they held their coach to the same standard...
January 17th, 2018 at 9:13 AM ^
They should animate Touchdown Jesus and put orange traffic controller iights in his hands to direct all of these guys from the campus out toward the front entrance.
January 17th, 2018 at 9:35 AM ^
I don't get the attitude in this thread though. Kelly is an asshole, but didn't he do the right thing?
Would it be better if instead he tried to keep these kids on the team?
January 17th, 2018 at 10:11 AM ^
It's the timing that makes us roll our eyes. A couple of weeks until signing day; opening up more spots for recruits. If he were a real man, he would have done this a long time ago, regardless of whether he had enough new recruits to fill their spots.
January 17th, 2018 at 10:16 AM ^
And Mcintosh had already been suspended for the bowl game, then he was even sent home from the bowl game for a team rule violation. Holmes was arrested with Stepherson. All of this just happened a few weeks ago, so I don't see how that is the case.
January 17th, 2018 at 1:51 PM ^
...and...scene. That's all well and good but I will not give that guy or school credit for doing the right thing. It's the right thing.
January 17th, 2018 at 9:49 AM ^
I don't think I'm holding a stone in my glass house here, but it sure seems like MSU and ND have suspended and/or dismissed a ton of guys for disciplinary reasons in the last few years while things seem quiet in A2. Who have we dismissed for disciplinary reasons? Brian Cole, LTT, probably some other guys I'm forgetting, but most of those seem like one-offs whereas ND and MSU seem to have broader issues with program control
January 17th, 2018 at 10:19 AM ^
Grant Perry's situation was on a knife's edge last summer.
January 17th, 2018 at 10:19 AM ^
To hell with Notre Dame.
January 17th, 2018 at 1:28 PM ^
...as credit for Notre Dame.
January 17th, 2018 at 3:13 PM ^
last one out of the locker room, please turn off the lights