Rockne's Roundtable

I'd like to think we're more selective in our use of keystrokes here, Mr. R. I'm not being facetious in saying that. I left one of those sites a while ago, because most of the board was cluttered with too much drivel that just wasted my time. If there's something you want to discuss, please start a thread. Right now, some very good posters are on hiatus because they disdain all the recruiting drama, for which I don't blame them. But, we can still get a few good discussions cranked up. However, some folks are burned out on all the talk, particularly after the frustrations of the season. Check out some of the threads by irishm. He's always asking questions. Sometimes they fall flat, but he's trying to prod some meaningful discussion. It's slow, but it's not stagnant.

Glad you're here, by the way.

Mr. Rice,

Welcome aboard, and feel free to fire away with some inquiries on the "Ask Lou" thread. I can't guarantee I can always give you want you want, but our objective is to always do our best to please the consumer.

Welcome aboard. Ham summed it up perfectly. Bear with us we'll get it cranked up...

Mr. Rice! If this board isn't fast enough for your liking feel free to pay a visit to TBB.. I'm over there quite a bit.

HI Lou;

We've actually spoken several times, but it was many years ago, long before electronic media replace the old BGI. I always enjoyed my discussions with both you and Tim. When the web came about, I ended up at NDNation with Ed O'Connell. He actually asked me to help him with that board, but I was, and remain too busy with other things. When Mike and Smitty showed up there, I stayed with them for probably 13 years. I finally left because posters whose handles you might know were too obnoxious, and there was a definite double standard between certain alumni who thought themselves erudite and influential and the more every day posters. After that, I joined II for a year, but it's almost as bad. I've enjoyed it here in my brief time.

Thanks to all for the welcome. I don't really post a lot. Even as an old man, I'm too busy for voluminous composition. I'll chime in from time to time, and will enjoy other posters when I can't.

Mr. Rice,

Is it just coincidence that when electronic media came to the forefront, ND football began to regress? Kind of telling how ND fell a little behind the times in the late 1990s and is now just catching up.

Mr. Rice,

Lou is being modest. He does have all of the answers for everything ND related. You will find his knowledge, writing and opinions alone more than enough to make your stay on this site worthwhile.

WOW! is this thread BORING

Mr. Rice,

A while ago I decided to post less banter and make an effort to post things that are actually intelligent, football-related items. Accordingly, my posts have become far more rare because I'm not that intelligent and don't know much about football. Sigh. But I do like beer.

I think it has more to do with guys named Malloy and Beauchamp. Notre Dame was built by football. They were embarrassed by it, and couldn't stand being regarded as a football factory. It's hard enough to hire a great coach; a lot of it is pure luck. How do you really know, even if a guy has been successful at Miami of Ohio and Northwestern that he can handle the rigors of Notre Dame? When you're not evaluating every criteria available to weed out candidates (like head coaching experience, college coaching experience, hard core integrity and a work ethic beyond that of any normal man) you're virtually doomed to end up with a loser. Ergo, Faust, Davie, Willingham and Weis.

I'm a bit defensive about electronic ignorance. I don't tweet. I'm not on facebook. I'm not linked in. I'm a cyber non-entity. The worst part about it, I think, is that I'm proud of it.