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Pretty good quotes from a few guys who have won a game or two in their day. |
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Looking forward to his own words about how he plans to shape our D. If his coaching is anything like his Keyshawn bulldozer tackle, I can't wait. |
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The one word that I love about the description of Brown: Passionate....that's the kind of coach or defense needs right now. Someone who will fire them up. I'm very excited to see what formations or defense will run next year. Perhaps we'll finally have some different blitz packages besides "Plow up the gut and do your best to get to the QB". And perhaps our DB's will even play a little bump 'n run as well....no more 5 yard cushions! |
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Corwin Brown has a fantastic football pedigree as evidenced by what the Parcells/Belichick Tree is saying about him. He also had good training as a Skunkbear, and I am excited about what he brings to the table. I'll bet that he becomes a star recruiter, too. |
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I like this hire the more I think about it. I grew up in Fort Wayne where in '93 coach Al Sims led our IHL hockey team to a championship over a heavily favored opponent - a team from San Diego that some considered the best minor league hockey team ever assembled. The Komets swept every series in the playoffs - didn't lose a game. Apparently one favored Sims technique was to make highlight films to show the players - play after play of guys hustling, making plays, and getting breaks. Never anything negative. Since then I've always reflected on the importance of 'positive' coaching, and Brown seems like a guy who will bring this and more to ND. Hats off to the brain trust for this one - I think our 'athleticism' will seem much better with a guy like this at the helm. |
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"Corwin Brown was a fundamentally sound football player and is a fundamentally sound football coach" |
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Seems Weis called in a few chips. Wasn't there an some weird Coach that implied you couldn't influence an NFL coach? |
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Belichick doesn't seem like the kind of guy to take time out of his day, especially the week before the AFC Championship game, to put out a statement unless he really believes in it. Brown sounds better and better. Hopefully this will be the breath of fresh air the defense looked like they needed this year. I'm really looking forward to hearing Brown's overall defensive philosophy and his take on what needs to be done before fall camps. |
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JohnWA, |
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It sounds like CB is the kind of guy who will really get after a player who doesn't tackle well. Perhaps we will see Zibby turn into a monster after all? |
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I'm guessing it's too late for this hiring to have any impact on our D recruiting for this year. But I'm holding out hope that an odd five star guy might take another look at ND in these waning days. |
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That is an impressive list of compliments from some pretty damn good football people. Belichick couldn't even bother to say Eric Mangini's name when they played earlier in the season...I can't imagine he'd go out of his way to praise Corwin Brown is he didn't really mean it. |
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Look, don't get too excited about the quotes. Here's how it works - "Hey, Bill, I'll draft a couple sentences hyping CB, you take a look at it and as long as you don't have major issues, do you mind if I attribute it to you? Not a problem? Great." |
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Ron P devoted much of his comment in the press conference to saying he's going to be learning how to be a QB coach from the best QB coach in the business. |
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Wonder if it was the long run against USC. He looked like he was in pain after the play. Hopefully it is not something serious. Maybe it's a ploy to get the Lions to pass on him....... |
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Domer '99, |
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Looks like Shark isn't going into the NFL draft. |
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Minter and Vaas are out. Weis said it right at the beginning. |
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Not surprising. Cubs wouldn't want to share him and get him injured. Shark probably can milk a much longer career in MLB plus Chciago -home-boy endorsements if he makes the big leagues...probably not a bad decision. |
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That stinks about Shark... I would have loved to see him play on Sundays. Maybe he'll give it a crack in a couple years if baseball doesn't work. But I still wish him the best of luck playing for one of my favorite baseball teams. |
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That's "if he makes the big leagues" which is far from definite. Good luck to him, but I was looking forward to rooting for him on Sundays. I can hardly stand to watch baseball, so unless he does make it to the bigs and the Cubs get to the Series (ha ha!) I won't be seeing much of him. |
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Pro baseball money has gotten ridiculous. I was looking forward to following him in the NFL, but I too wish him all the best. Hey, if he's disenchanted with MLB in five years, he'll only be 27, so you never know... |
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You think Belichick actually took the time to draft up a quote for him? Bigdadda is right. They are nothing more than quotes, that's it. |
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Sorry... "ND is" not "ND are" |
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Oh yeah...I would not be surprised if some NFL team spends a low round pick on him anyway, ensuring that if he ever does want to play pro football, they will have his rights. Both the Cowboys and Raiders have done this in the past and ultimately reaped dividends. |
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I think this article means he won't be IN the draft... |
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Anybody know why Peter Vaas is out? |
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Re: Vass - I heard from someone who knows him very well that even Vass himself doesn't know why he was out. It was a total shock to him... |
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Re: Vass - I heard from someone who knows him very well that even Vass himself doesn't know why he was out. It was a total shock to him... |
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Samardzija shouldn't worry much about being a Cub. If he shows any promise at all, they'll trade him to the Marlins or Pirates for someone at the end of his career in order to make a push for second place in the wild-card race. |
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Whether written by (nope) the HC's they're attributed to or not, the "Quotes" regarding CB's hire get around. They help assuage whatever potential negatives may have come from the staff shakeup. One hand washes the other. Think old BB isn't expecting some inside info on a fifth round pick some year ... that CW may "Givens" him? |
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I saw this on another website. Looks like Trattou is visiting Florida. Don't know if that means anything or not, but here is the link. |
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Free trip to Gainesville. Not so bad this time of year. Justin's interest level is rated as "None." |
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Don't they just put "None" on everyone else once someone gives a verbal? We all know how those can change. I believe that Chris Little's said "None" for ND after he gave his verbal to FSU. Also, on Rivals, they have him as a soft verbal now. Hopefully, it doesn't mean anything, but I am just throwing it out there. |
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That sounded like a weight loss infomerical.... "I loved my new Corwin Brown. Only twenty minutes a day and now I can fit into the same jeans I wore in high school." Sadly, he no longer plays. ND could use him. |
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I’m not clever like you fellas. |
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Re Vaas: I have no real information, but I am going to guess (because that's what we're here for). |
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I understood CB to say the other defense coaches will stay? Did you read it differently? |
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Regarding Trattou, is Meyer trying to pull a Raeshon McNeil move, like he tried (and failed) last year, and snipe one of our guys after he committed to us, even though Urban has said he thinks this practice is wrong. |
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Tommy O, Shark is draft-eligible (three years out of HS) and has used up his college eligibility. He doesn't have to declare for the draft for a team to select him. That team just then owns the exclusive right to sign him if he were to decide to play football later on. |
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ESPN Article on Shark going to the Cubs: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/
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JM, |
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Thanks JohnWA for clarifying my earlier post. Rightly, Samardzija is informing the NFL of his intentions before someone wastes a pretty high pick on him when he fully intends to play baseball and only baseball. This doesn't exclude him from being drafted, nor prevent a team from drafting him. |
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Trattou is a TE. He is coming to ND to play under Weis. The trip to Gainesville is just a spying excursion to report on UF recruiting techniques primarily, secondarily to absorb excessive amounts of southern coed hospitality in the coldest month of the year. Go Justin! |
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trattou is a DE |
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What do you guys think about Samardzija's decision. I think he is guarunteed more money playing baseball but would have liked to see him try both. |
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I would have loved to see him play football in the NFL too, but it's not my decision to make...nor any of ours. |
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Let me see, if I had the opportunity to pitch in the major leagues. Work every four or five days and make 10 million in a few short years and possibly make a helluva lot more and still be playing when I am 40, or getting my head busted going over the middle, maybe being able to play when I am 30 and still being able to walk when I am 50 and maybe make 10 million. JS didnt waste his time going to class at ND, they taught him how to make sound decisions. Great decision, how long did Bo Jackson last? Football is a brutal game and as much as we love watching it, have you ever watched a player come out of the locker room after a game with ice on every joint? |
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If he's good enough for Parcells and Belichek, he's good enough for me. |
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urk, thanks Chris. Can I claim it was a typo? |
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As far as the Vaas firing, I'm not terribly suprised. The first thing I thought immediately was that with the player turnover we are going to go through next year, Charlie needs to get one of our completely inexperienced QBs ready and in a hurry to compete in the fall. While we all expect a bit of a down year, somehow I don't think that phrase exists in Charlie's lexicon. I think he wants total and personal control over the QBs to prep them, and this just makes it easier for him to dominate the preparation of the offense. It's the best way for him to get the most out of the team, and it makes sense. It just happens to be a bad situation for Vaas, and I'm sure he'll find a nice job soon. |
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CW thinking as he announces Corwin as DC: "Things are going to change around here - fast!" |
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Charlie performed the Vaasectomy so that he could be completely in control of QB mentoring. Ron P in the press conference repeatedly said that his new job is to learn how to become a QB coach from the best QB coach in the land. |
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Sorry. I'd be more excited about Rick Slager coming back as quarterbacks coach. I hated watching every single down that man took at ND. |
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Anyone else vaguely worried about the following scenario... |
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BlueDevilDave, |
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BlueDevilDave, |
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The HC gets a pool of money to divide up between the assistants. I kind of wonder if it was a deal where Weis was paying Powlus less than Vass and CB more (to lure him away from the NFL) than Minter. Just a theory. |
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Good theory, Peck. I hadn't thought of that one. Even at ND, the pool of money for assistants is going to be limited, and I'm sure Vaas was pretty expensive for a QB coach. |
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no surprise that ND had to turn to a Michigan man in order to turn around the D. |
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You are right. It should come as no surprise that a Michigan man who wants to coach a great D would come to ND. |
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Couple things, which I will likely post both here and on the other newer post in case this one is dead... |
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And so it begins again. With Bill Parcells retiring today for the 74th time have already seen media speculation that Jerry Jones may go after a "big name candidate" and they specifically metion Charlie Weis. Guess that's to be accepted given most coaches (see Saban, Nick) are, as CW said, liars. I am confident he is not. |
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Brad, |
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