Rockne's Roundtable

Thanks Lou, Good read.

Now one question remains. Knowing the others have a greater upside, does the staff gamble on Navy and Purdue with Golson or Hendrix hoping two softer games give them enough experience to handle the next 10 games?

I say, shoot for the moon and shun the known.

Jimbo

This thread could get really interesting!

I agree with SDW......are you telling us TR is going to be the starting QB???
We need to get a guy in at QB that has the arm and the legs to make things happen while not turning the ball over. 19 turn overs.......... really!
The only thing more maddening then reading a fluff piece on TR is watching him stand in a collasping pocket and thow floaters 5-10 yards away into defenses hands........14 BLEEPING INTS & 5 FUMBLES.

Aside from the fact that I want to see Hendrix or Golson starting instead, I don't think Rees should start because of the off campus trouble he got himself into. Even though I agree with Kelly keeping Floyd around after his DUI, this incident is more reminiscent of SEC players getting into trouble. Rees thought he could out wrestle a cop and he should have consequences for his behavior.

FOFM,

I conducted this interview with Chuck Martin in the middle of June, about a week before we went to print with our 160-page 2012 Football Preview. The media relations department allowed us specifically to conduct a 1-on-1 with Martin and DC Bob Diaco for the Preview.

We had an agreement that we won't print the whole interview on our website, but excerpts of it are permitted. I thought this piece would be a good one to run.

I'm not sure I agree with the statements on this thread that a soft campaign is going on to get ready for Rees to be the starter again. When Martin said "you're trying to figure out the short- and long-term implications of what you do," I took it as everyone realizing that for the long haul beyond 2012, Rees might not be the best overall answer.

The bottom line for the staff is nobody else has emerged enough to grab control of the position. If ND is trailing Navy 21-17 with two minutes left and 80 yards to go, Rees probably at this point would be the one they'd be most confident in using for good reason.

"At some point you just hope somebody seizes the job," Martin noted in this interview. "They're all in position to battle for the job, win the job, but we're looking for somebody to take the job — with plays, with actions, with demeanor, the whole deal. I've said it a hundred times: We don't determine who plays. They determine it."

who chuck, you certainly let the tiger out of the cage on that one... not a good article if you are looking to explain away loses, "we didn't have a choice"? All that needs be said is, Tommy made mistakes and he is working to change that habit, and allow other guys to step up if they want it". In my opinion, Chuck kinda threw Tommy under the bus there.

10-2/11-3 this season... with Everett starting in Ireland and finishing in Orange/Sugar Bowl... Mark it down..