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(12-13-2021 03:49 PM)RuckleSt Wrote:  

(12-13-2021 03:06 PM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I was also just thinking in terms of coaching carousel stuff -- isn't it funny that Marcus Freeman leaving the Bearcats ended up being great for us in the long term? Would have loved to keep him forever, but we all knew he was a rising star in the profession and was destined to be a head coach. But if he had stayed one more year, I doubt he gets serious consideration for the Notre Dame job. Without Freeman as an option, Notre Dame would be more inclined to wait for Fickell unless they settled on someone like Matt Campbell before then.

Also, there is a good chance Notre Dame would have had more than one loss if Freeman wasn't there, so he helped us in that regard as well.

Good point. It's obvious now that most of that roster's buy-in was coming from Freeman and other coaches, not Kelly.