Irish Round Table

I have been asked recently whether I thought Stoops would be the next coach at Notre Dame. Here’s my answer: I don’t know.

All of the posts on this site recently have been regurgitated rumors from all over the internet. By centralizing all the big rumors, we have a nice database and history of the process to look back on and plenty to discuss. All the rumors have been based off of people I do not know. If I ever hear from one of my contacts at ND(basically, the south dining hall crew(Hooray!)) I’ll post what I hear.

I am not sure if Stoops will be the next coach. I have not crossed him off the list though. And I haven’t crossed Gruden off the list either. About the only guy I have crossed off is Dungy although I’m not sure he was on anyone’s shortlist to start with.

On Stoops and Gruden: Sign me up.

On Kelly: I think he would be a fantastic hire. He has a better resume at this juncture than Meyer had 5 years ago coming out of Utah. Cincy’s defense is fine. They lost 10 starters this year and still have only allowed more than 20 points in only 2 games this year. Cincy’s schedule is fine. They have beaten the likes of Syracuse, UConn, and Pitt with 2 and 3 star players. Imagine what he could do with Notre Dame’s kids.

On Meyer: I think he is the greatest coach on the planet, but I don’t want him. He had his chance. I can get into this more in another post.

On Harbaugh and Fitzgerald: Both of these guys have said some things in the past that make me think they don’t belong at ND. Besides, Harbaugh is a Michigan man. Forget that. Notre Dame has no place for a Michigan head coach(sorry, Corwin.)

On Butch Davis and Paul Johnson: Not very fired up with these guys. More of a gut feel.

On Ditka: Regular sized Ditka, no. Mini-Ditka, yes.

This process has a long way to go. I’ll continue to post the different rumors floating around the interwebs. Eventually one of them will turn out to be true.

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