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He hasn't done anything. When he does, I'll credit him for it.
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We know he can coach, he went 10-3 his first year. (Oh, I'm sorry, he went 9-3, that was some other guy who went 10-3.)
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Ty also started that year 8-0. Funny, no contract extension.
I also wonder if people were blaming Ty's bad 3rd year at ND on the previous coach. Ummmm. Nope.
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Also, you should give him credit for being 1-7, a home dog to Navy, and getting a puff piece passed on the AP wire by a fellow alum. That is skillz.
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He's a helluva salesman.
I'm still trying to figure out what the big deal is about him. It sure isn't based on perfomance.
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Hey Bernie,
Let me tell you a little bit about the wonderful 8-0 start Ty had at ND in 2002, you know, the one you love to site as "OMG Ty started this well at ND and no contract extension." Through 8 games including their win at FSU on 26 October 2002, they had a plus 8 turnover margin, with 78 points scored off of turnovers, with 5 defensive touchdowns. Now, this being a poker board and all, I think you understand that luckboxing points at that rate is certainly unsustainable. The 2002 Irish featured an erratic and inconsistent offense that was consistently bailed out by big defensive plays. In truth, they were a couple of lucky bounces away from being 5-3. Once the team's short-term lucky breaks evened out to around its expected long term average, ND's season win totals came down to an expected 5 or 6 per season. After that 8-0 start you mention ad nausium, largely accomplished through an unsustainably high concentration of turnovers and defensive scores, the Irish dropped to 13-16 for the remainder of TW's tenure.
Expect similar mediocrity in Washington (your 20-6 home loss to previously winless Stanford at the end of last year is a good indication of what's to come).
There is no comparison to the 2005 Irish, which regularly blew opponents out, and only lost in OT to MSU, USC with the "Bush Push", and played OSU close for 58 minutes in the Fiesta Bowl until the Buckeyes put on a 2nd TD lead w/2 minutes left.
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