Irish Breakdown

We start Rapid Fire with more comments from Notre Dame offensive coordinator Gerad Parker on his background as offensive coordinator at West Virginia. More comments from Parker and other topics include:

*The importance of connecting early with grad transfer quarterback Sam Hartman.

*The skillsets of Hartman and Tyler Buchner and how to take advantage of them.

*What his role, as an offensive coordinator who will not coach quarterbacks, with the quarterbacks will be.

*An ESPN report that former Notre Dame assistant Brian Polian has lost his job as special teams coordinator at LSU.

*Proposals to shorten college football games.

*Does New York Giants QB Daniel Jones deserve $45 million a year?

*Charles Barkley's comments on Salt Lake City during the NBA All Star Game.

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Irish Breakdown has comments from Notre Dame offensive coordinator Gerad Parker on a variety of topics, including:

*His offensive philosophy, which includes playing to his players' strengths, and leadership.

*His diverse offensive background, which gives him a lot to pull from.

*How he sees the strengths of his offensive personnel.

*Jesse brings out the white board to draw up some possible plays in Parker's offense.

*If spring practice started tomorrow, how prepared would Parker be to go?

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Malik Zaire and Shaun Davis discuss:

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Irish Breakdown has more reaction to comments from Marcus Freeman's Gerad Parker press conference. Topics include:

*Freeman's unsolicited response to the reports of the failed contract buyout of Utah's Andy Ludwig. 

*Does Freeman think Notre Dame is committed to winning national championships?

*Freeman's rationale for taking Ludwig to a hockey game. 

*Would the new XFL have a better chance for success if it played its games in the middle of the week in the fall while the NFL and college football are playing than trying to play in the spring?

*Notre Dame baseball dropping two of three games at Lipscomb to open the season.

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Irish Breakdown discusses some of Marcus Freeman's comments from his introductory press conference of Gerad Parker as Notre Dame offensive coordinator. Comments include:

*Freeman's criteria for hiring an offensive coordinator.

*Parker's relative inexperience compared to other candidates.

*Will Parker be running his offense or Tommy Rees's offense?

*How the trust Freeman has built up in his 10-year relationship with Parker played into the decision. 

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Malik Zaire and Shaun Davis discuss:

-Marcus Freeman

-Notre Dame and CFP Expansion

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Malik Zaire and Shaun Davis discuss:

-Marcus Freeman

-Buyout Narrative

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After our Notre Dame Recruiting Hour, which focused on the linebackers, we answered more subscriber and listener questions about Notre Dame football.

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Irish Breakdown dives into the evolving linebacker board for Notre Dame, which is still being put together after some early losses and coaching changes.

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