OptionQB wrote:Notre Dame COLLEGE not University of ....
I CANNOT be any less excited for this move if this proves to be true
Ditto
I am unexcited about the prospect of Polian for other reasons, but ... Polian is on the coaching staff at the University of Notre Dame, located in South Bend, Ind.
Someone on one of these threads suggested Mike Jacobs, the coach of Notre Dame College (in the Cleveland area), as a possible head-coaching candidate.
OptionQB wrote:Notre Dame COLLEGE not University of ....
I CANNOT be any less excited for this move if this proves to be true
Ditto
I am unexcited about the prospect of Polian for other reasons, but ... Polian is on the coaching staff at the University of Notre Dame, located in South Bend, Ind.
Someone on one of these threads suggested Mike Jacobs, the coach of Notre Dame College (in the Cleveland area), as a possible head-coaching candidate.
I think that is options point. Jacobs from ND college could be an exciting hire. Grabbing a mediocre assistant from ND is not.
Yes, Mike Jacobs Is now 29-5 or 30-5 as a head coach. Yes it’s a D2 school in South Euclid (Notre Dame College) but they are undefeated on the year and in the national quarterfinals as the #1 seed in their Super Regional.
He’s in his early 40’s, played (LS) at OSU, so he knows what big time football is suppose to look like (fandom aside) and he’s originally from Maumee.
I would much rather fail here and take a Chance than fail with Polian where the downside is known and the upside hasn’t changed much since he’s mediocre run at Nevada. Being on a Brian Kelly’s staff another year or so doesn’t do a whole lot for my confidence levels.
With Jacobs you’re catching a rising star rather than one who has arguably peaked and is coming back to (retread) earth.
I think you are putting waaaay too much stock in the Nevada years for Polian. They moved up to the MWC as he was arriving. So he moved to a tougher conference, did have the resourcs to compete and he had to schedule 2 P5 games a year to pay the light bill.
I'm more confident in that guy's ability to build a program here at the (nominally) D1 level than I am a guy with D2 or D3 success. He's had four years of training, a wealth of experience at the D1 level as an assistant and has recruiting relationships all over the country via Notre Dame.
It's not the fall that hurts...it's when you hit the ground.
MarkL wrote:I have to give Moose some major credit for keeping it quiet. Often in coaching searches everyone knows the news every step of the way because agents chat in order to shop their guys around for higher pay. Moose has kept the agents under control.
The other part could be the complete unwillingness of the local media to find out the information. The agents got the names out to national guys like Feldman and Thamel early and its been radio silence from the local media for weeks. No stories in the Blade, the Sentinel, the BG News or any of the radio or TV stations. You'd think someone would be curious to find something out and do some digging but apparently that's asking too much.
Polian would be a great hire IMO. He's a proven recruiter both in the region and nationally and has already run a FBS football program and won't have the growing pains that afflict those that have never done it. He's a big-picture, CEO coach that hires well-regarded coordinators and lets them coach. His DC at Nevada is now the DC at Wyoming and his OC is the OC at Marshall.
Wait, people wanted to hire Pelini after beating Central Michigan, regardless of what happened at FAU. Now, Polian being the recruiting coordinator at 12-0 ND, and going to 2 bowl games in 4 years is a disqualifier?
BG recently hired Mike Jinks and Michael Huger. No experience, few connections, and ridiculous contracts. Polian would be the most qualified candidate BG has hired in 10 years. Oh and his dad is a former NFL GM. How is that a bad thing?
What does his dad being a former GM in the NFL have anything to do with him being able to coach? It took ESPN the better part of 10 years of listening to the sanctimonious Bill Polian to realize the game passed him by shortly after drafting Peyton Manning.
