I saw this pointed out elsewhere
The last four Notre Dame DCs are currently a head coach in the SEC, a head coach in the SEC, the head coach at Notre Dame, and a DC in the NFL.
That's pretty impressive.
On top of that, Golden was getting paid likely at the very top end of college coordinators.
On top of that, we just finished #2 in the nation and return the best CB tandem in the country to go along with a lot of other young talent. Great corners make all sorts of defenses work.
The timing may not be great, but ND has likely never had more leverage to land the very best. We all like Mickens, but the program owes it to itself to start with the moonshot candidates.
Complete thread:
- with Golden leaving (per ISD and Thamel) -
HumanRobot,
2025-01-22, 13:22
- Hire Mickens -- - omahadomer, 2025-01-22, 19:03
- I saw this pointed out elsewhere -
Pat,
2025-01-22, 16:14
- Freeman disagrees with you -
hobbs,
2025-01-22, 16:32
- no he doesn't -
Pat,
2025-01-22, 21:48
- Ah, I took what you wrote the wrong way.
- hobbs, 2025-01-22, 22:18
- Ah, I took what you wrote the wrong way.
- no he doesn't -
Pat,
2025-01-22, 21:48
- Freeman disagrees with you -
hobbs,
2025-01-22, 16:32
- bet it’s somebody nobody’s mentioned before
- Jay, 2025-01-22, 13:47
- Brian VanGorder might be looking for a job - Jeff (BGS), 2025-01-22, 15:30
- Matt Eberflus
- Tim, 2025-01-22, 13:48
- this isn't a Bears board -
HumanRobot,
2025-01-22, 13:55
- It's not?
- Jack, 2025-01-23, 06:10
- It's not?
- this isn't a Bears board -
HumanRobot,
2025-01-22, 13:55
- Gregg Poppovich?
- HumanRobot, 2025-01-22, 13:48
- There's little reason not to promote Mickens -
KGB,
2025-01-22, 13:34
- Or will be like BK and Elston? - JD in Portland, 2025-01-22, 15:05
- It's clearly the dominant strategy - Mike (bart), 2025-01-22, 13:46
- “Names” - Dallasdomer, 2025-01-22, 13:46
- Kind of curious if Freeman can give Mickens a Co-DC title -
Domer99,
2025-01-22, 13:38
- If you have Co-DCs then you don’t have a DC - San Pedro, 2025-01-22, 13:46
- and I *really* want to avoid co-DCs
- KGB, 2025-01-22, 13:43
- Agree. The only name that is intriguing to me is… - River, 2025-01-22, 13:38