This is why we need good leaders

by Greg, seemingly ranch, Tuesday, March 09, 2010, 15:02 (5936 days ago) @ APND02

I wonder if we would even be having a conversation about this if Notre Dame football was what it used to be. If this was the late 80's or early 90's and the team consistently played at an elite level would something like this conference expansion movement even be enough to force Swarbrick's hand?

We need good leaders because you and I can wonder about this, but Jack has to be certain. He has to know exactly what is out there facing us, and what is going to be facing us in 5 years and what is going to be facing us in 10, and in 20 (well, he has to be calculating based on available information and trends when he gets that far out).

It's also why we need to admit, as rational people, that we don't have all the information and that our desires are just that -- desires -- and not rational conclusions based on all the facts.

But most of all it's why we darn well better have good leaders in Jack and Fr. John. Lord knows we didn't in their predecessors.