A Blast from the Past

Reading this article ripping Lloyd Carr and his offensive coaching staff brought me right back to the days of Tyrone Willingham. Uninspired play calling, an inability or unwillingness to make adjustments, a refusal to accept any responsibility. . . man, I do not miss those days.

This blurb in particular took me back to the great days of 2002 to 2004:

On their third play of the third quarter, the Wolverines sent freshman Greg Mathews in at receiver. Star Mario Manningham was on the sideline. Now, anybody who has watched the Wolverines knew they were not going to pass to their receivers on that play. I think the Wolverines have a spot on their depth chart for Freshman Receiver We Send Out There Once In a While To Let The Opponent Know We're Not Passing, and this season the guy was Mathews.

Anyone who watched Notre Dame football during this period should remember fondly that any time Chase Anastasio and Carlyle Holiday (post-position switch) came into the game for Maurice Stovall and Rhema McKnight that Notre Dame was going to run the football.

On a semi-related note, Holiday, who was my favorite player during my four years at ND, had 5 catches for 87 yards in the Packers last game this year. The fact that Willingham and his staff couldn't make use of his incredible talent is one of the greatest blots on their tenure at Notre Dame.