Lou Somogyi on Brey
My consistent contention prior to even the 2019-20 season two years ago was he wants to see the current junior class through at least next year. If I had to bet, I think Jack Swarbrick will grant that.
Notre Dame will have seven seniors next season: Laz, Hubb, Goodwin, Ryan, Wertz, Carmody and the Yale grad transfer center Paul Atkinson, and Brey has invested everything into that class.
It will be the first time since John Dee's final season in 1970-71 the Irish will have such a senior dominated lineup — and that happened to be Dee's final year too with an all-senior starting lineup of Austin Carr, Collis Jones, Sid Catlett, Jackie Meehan and John Pleick.
Depending how that season in 2021-22 goes — and also what they achieve in the 2022 recruiting cycle — I think mutual decisions on his future will be based off that.
I can't deny the current program is at its lowest ebb in terms of momentum and enthusiasm in his 21 seasons here. It feels eerily similar to Digger's final two years as well.
A main difference is whereas Digger had rubbed many the wrong way and was wanted out by athletics director Dick Rosenthal — and told before his 20thseason in 1990-91 that it would be his last no matter what — Brey's amiable persona has created more goodwill. At the same time, there has to be very serious, candid conversations with Mike and Jack after this season about how much fire in the belly remains. Those are conversations behind closed doors no one is privy to.
Complete thread:
- ND v BC bbal game -
JD in Portland,
2021-02-27, 11:44
- Pipe dream, but still..... - River, 2021-03-02, 18:51
- Lou Somogyi on Brey -
NDinVA,
2021-02-28, 15:33
- "Brey has invested everything into that class" - CK08, 2021-03-01, 07:19
- With all due respect to Lou -
KGB,
2021-02-28, 17:47
- One other thing I want to add (edit). -
KGB,
2021-03-01, 07:35
- Re: Running with the big dogs in the ACC - Dylan, 2021-03-01, 08:36
- So what that they are all juniors. -
JD in Portland,
2021-02-28, 19:06
- It's such a weird coincidence - KGB, 2021-03-01, 06:58
- Completely agree - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2021-02-28, 18:31
- One other thing I want to add (edit). -
KGB,
2021-03-01, 07:35
- I have seen the future of ND basketball and its name is - hobbs, 2021-02-28, 13:35
- The strange is they played their asses off the last 90 sec. - Chris, 2021-02-28, 08:50
- Brey's contract runs through the 2024-25 season. -
Bill,
2021-02-28, 06:29
- We have to make a move before then. Or else recruiting -
BillyGoat,
2021-02-28, 06:44
- How does something that doesn’t exist fall off a cliff? - Savage, 2021-02-28, 10:48
- We have to make a move before then. Or else recruiting -
BillyGoat,
2021-02-28, 06:44
- Likelihood of landing Porter Moser? -
Domer99,
2021-02-27, 18:33
- I hadn't thought about that possibility. Interesting. - BillyGoat, 2021-02-28, 05:03
- 42 yo, 17 yrs head coaching experience. That’s a + - JD in Portland, 2021-02-27, 20:58
- Imagine he'll have his pick of jobs -
Jeremy (WeIsND),
2021-02-27, 18:55
- Has the ND program fallen that far? -
JD in Portland,
2021-02-28, 08:37
- Name recognition shouldn't be the point of the hire. -
KGB,
2021-02-28, 11:03
- Regarding Kelsey -
terribletr,
2021-02-28, 12:25
- Interesting. - KGB, 2021-02-28, 17:30
- Regarding Kelsey -
terribletr,
2021-02-28, 12:25
- We hired Brey from Delaware - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2021-02-28, 09:04
- Name recognition shouldn't be the point of the hire. -
KGB,
2021-02-28, 11:03
- Has the ND program fallen that far? -
JD in Portland,
2021-02-28, 08:37
- Insert "STOP! STOP! HE'S ALREADY DEAD!" gif -
KGB,
2021-02-27, 14:56
- Does Brey just not give an F any more? -
HumanRobot,
2021-02-27, 16:07
- In all honesty -
KGB,
2021-02-27, 17:18
- So you're saying he's the Mark Buehrle of college coaching? -
hlewis,
2021-02-28, 13:41
- yeah, that works - KGB, 2021-02-28, 17:55
- So you're saying he's the Mark Buehrle of college coaching? -
hlewis,
2021-02-28, 13:41
- In all honesty -
KGB,
2021-02-27, 17:18
- Does Brey just not give an F any more? -
HumanRobot,
2021-02-27, 16:07
- Michigan has a super fun program going -
HumanRobot,
2021-02-27, 14:35
- I hate that I enjoy watching them - hobbs, 2021-02-28, 00:07
- They're a basketball school and Indiana is a football school -
Jason93,
2021-02-27, 15:12
- I'm pretty sure that only 5 teams who have won a title in - BillyGoat, 2021-02-28, 05:03
- That was BC's 2nd conference win this year.... - Domer99, 2021-02-27, 14:16
- Apparently BC has a few guys out too -
Jeremy (WeIsND),
2021-02-27, 13:04
- Shot 58%. Never led. -
Jeremy (WeIsND),
2021-02-27, 13:22
- The box score shows an easy ND win. Then you see the FT. -
Dylan,
2021-02-27, 14:13
- We shot 59% from the field and 30% from the arc.... - Domer99, 2021-02-27, 14:19
- The box score shows an easy ND win. Then you see the FT. -
Dylan,
2021-02-27, 14:13
- Shot 58%. Never led. -
Jeremy (WeIsND),
2021-02-27, 13:22
- Glass half full view - ndbk32, 2021-02-27, 12:28