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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy
Pros:
Agree w/ Wickedsons for the most part except the Florida thing, who cares
Cons:
Once he started getting his own talent at Notre Dame, they started to suck
He has had 4 jobs in 4 years
His wife and daughter are staying in Florida
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He had a lot of the same personality issues at ND that Mangino had at KU. Further, the reason a lot of his 'own talent' sucked at ND was that recruits were evidently turned off by a great deal of his 'look at me' schtick.
His track record as an offensive coordinator at NE isn't actually all that great. During his 5 years in NE, his offenses were in the bottom half of the league 4 times (with Tom Brady at QB?!?!?!). Their offensive efficiency skyrocketed after he left.
I think it's incredibly fair to ask what, precisely, has he done
well? His brief tenure at Florida was bad. His time in KC was decent, but not spectacular. His NE period actually looks pretty lame in comparison to his successors. And his time at ND, on balance, is an unqualified disaster.
Call it a 'meh' hiring if you want to, but there are a ton of things on his resume that would make me take pause. Especially when you're asking him to operate as the CEO of a BCS level team. There are significant reasons to believe that his 'strengths' are a little overrated. Worse still, those strengths are a little underutilized as a HC at the college level. Combine that with the fact that his weaknesses are even more emphasized as a HC and you really have to dig deep to find the upside here, IMO.