If you look at the history of Notre Dame, if you hire a coach who's been successful at another college program, they're going to be ultra successful at Notre Dame because the talent will always be there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have no desire at all to become the winningest coach at Notre Dame. The record belongs to Knute Rockne or some other coach in the future.
Notre Dame was my dream school growing up. But in recruiting, they had some other plans, what position they wanted me to play.
I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.
Notre Dame is the one school that has a national recruiting base, from Florida to Texas to California.
You don't go to Notre Dame to learn something; you go to Notre Dame to be somebody.
I'm an old man, and all my life I've said that Notre Dame should remain independent because it's a national school.
I don't begrudge a coach for trying to get all that he or she can. I don't resent a school feeling it needs to pay to keep top talent. I'm just afraid to think where all of this will end up because the overall impact seems to be stretching far beyond the scoreboard.
There's a handful of teams that have a revolving door, that are changing coaches every couple of years, and you can look at the success that they're having. They're not.
It's a unique situation to have, but again they say sometimes talent doesn't win. It has to be brought together right. That's the coaching's job. That's what we're doing.
I truly believe the things Notre Dame stands for.
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