[NU Sports] Football experiment

[Mark S. Ament]

Tom,
I think you have just hit what seems to upset so many people outside the ND
orbit.  For too long, the Domers have claimed to be something different,
something unique in college football, but by this action they have
demonstrated that they really are just like everyone else.  If Willingham
was doing everything right Sunday through Friday but not winning enough on
Saturday, then this is clearly only about winning. In fact, Kevin White went
out of his way to say that the team's graduation rate had never been higher.
A bit hypocritical don't you think.

IU is an entirely different matter.  I doubt that DiNardo was going to turn
things around.  I doubt that his successor, unless he walks on water, will
either.  That is, unless the administration is willing to throw considerable
sums of money into football. Something no IU administrator has ever shown a
willingness to do before now.

Mark
Mark S. Ament
prplehaze at insightbb.com
 


If all that matters to ND is winning, then they may very well be better
of with Meyer--maybe MUCH better off. And on that basis it may be a
very bold, and wise decision. The problem is that ND likes to pretend
that it's about more than that. And this decision deeply undermines
that stance IMO.

And I just think the DiNardo thing was wrong with a capital W (again,
unless there are factors going on we don't know about). His successor
will almost *certainly* have a better record than DiNardo, because
DiNardo was stuck rebuilt possibly the most broken college football
team in the country. Now someone else will benefit from his hard work. 

Tom

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