tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post7205306564872873918..comments2023-12-25T14:06:47.943-05:00Comments on Domer Law Blog: What does beating Purdue mean?Wackohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11573984468865704789noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post-75144353535586959002021-12-29T17:22:21.976-05:002021-12-29T17:22:21.976-05:00Thank you for sharing thisThank you for sharing thisRecipe Tomhttps://www.recipetom.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post-70695141816200197152009-09-30T16:48:10.163-04:002009-09-30T16:48:10.163-04:00An admittedly late response to Roland:
Roland, I ...An admittedly late response to Roland:<br /><br />Roland, I think your metaphor is a good one, but the questions you pose are not accurate in regards to the ND football program. Has our product marketability shrunk? It took a dip in '07 and '08 when the program was essentially suffering from a Willingham-imposed death penalty. To continue the analogy, our manager's predecessor had recruited 3 offensive lineman in 3 years. He had brought in 3 executives when we needed closer to 9 or 10. So of course our marketability shrunk in '07 and '08. With the Irish sitting at 3-1, it remains to be seen whether Weis will increase our marketability long term--i.e. whether 9-3 and 10-3 seasons in '05 and '06 are the norm for Weis coached teams, with '07 and '08 aberrations or vice versa. <br /><br />Do we consider ourself lucky to outsell brands that just a few years ago were far our inferior? Prior to '05 and '06, Purdue and Michigan State were not inferior teams or brands, much less far inferior. As Irish fans, we know that ND is better in every way than Purdue and Michigan State, but prior to '05 and '06 we certainly weren't showing our superiority on the football field. In '05 and '06, Weis produced brands superior to Purdue and Michigan State (even though we lost to state in '05, we had a better record and thus were a superior product, I'll posit). In '08, Weis produced a brand superior to Purdue. In '09, Weis at this point appears to have produced a brand superior to Purdue and MSU--in addition to beating both head to head, this ND team appears to have a higher ceiling, though we have to wait until the end of the season to confirm which brand is superior this year. <br /><br />Does the company, ND, need to move in a new direction? Possibly, but I'll wait until the end of the season to see what Weis does with this year's squad. Adidas didn't become Adidas overnight, and Notre Dame--though it pains me to say it--wasn't Adidas when Weis took over. As the dearth of talent in the lower classes at the time of Weis' arrival shows, ND was more like a company on the verge of filing for Bankruptcy (the '07 season).Clayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013807630252000394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post-32291514230331620762009-09-29T16:31:29.803-04:002009-09-29T16:31:29.803-04:00Hey, they won without 2 of their 3 top impact play...Hey, they won without 2 of their 3 top impact players. The most important one could only play less than a full half of football and he still took them in for a win. <br />What would Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama and Florida look like without those top 3 players? Without Sam Bradford, Oklahoma lost. Yes they are not a pro team, and their defense needs work but that was a great win under the injury conditions. <br /><br />The last 2 years, nothing but complaining about the offense and how that was Weis's best skill but they were under-performing. Now it's defense. Conveniently that offensive improvement has been forgotten. To take this team down in a 2 minute drill without Allen and Floyd and still get 6 was really, really good. <br /><br />Agree with Clay...Sam Youg's mental errors are getting old. I expect a lot more out of a 4-year starter.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post-61750164953990691232009-09-28T19:42:42.205-04:002009-09-28T19:42:42.205-04:00Think for just a minute if Notre Dame football wer...Think for just a minute if Notre Dame football were a business. Out there competing. You have a five year track record on your manager. Your product marketability has shrunk. You consider yourself lucky to out sell brands just a few years ago were far your inferior. At what point does the company move in a new direction? At what point do you become Adidas?valpodochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129682804345412041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post-84325707023496351832009-09-28T19:38:06.485-04:002009-09-28T19:38:06.485-04:00I agree with Clay. I was shocked at the lousy tac...I agree with Clay. I was shocked at the lousy tackling. Also, if you're calling guys out, has Harrison Smith made a play all year! He looks lost and takes dumb penalties time and again.<br /><br />Unfortunately, Weis sounds like the frustrated golfer who rewinds his game and takes strokes off for the shots he "should" have made.<br /><br />With that defence, its going to be a "B" level bowl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15561288.post-38274155125426526152009-09-28T13:10:50.193-04:002009-09-28T13:10:50.193-04:00I love a post that begins with a biblical referenc...I love a post that begins with a biblical reference as quality as "wailing and gnashing of teeth." <br /><br />The team got a quality W this weekend, and I am truly happy for the players and coaches. I am pretty happy with the season overall thus far, save for the screw job at Michigan (sucks). <br /><br />But you are correct--this team badly needs to improve upon--nay, develop--fundamentals. To say that this team needs to improve on its fundamentals is too complimentary. As is evidenced by (as you point out) poor tackling, and (which you don't discuss as much) stupid penalties. In addition to working on its blocking, tackling, and to a lesser extent its catching, this team needs to avoid penalties. I hate to call a guy out, but Sam Young, a four year starter, is the most penalized guy on the team. Holding and personal foul calls are drive killers on Offense. If we are as deep on the O Line as Weis says, guys that get consistently penalized should sit--for a while at least. <br /><br />Anyway, great win. Give the rock to Hughes up the middle more often--he definitely entered Ross-Ade with his "loins girt, sandals on his feet and his staff in hand."Clayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013807630252000394noreply@blogger.com