Just watched the ND-Duke rubber game. 2-0 ND. They competed their way out a few tough situations including bottom 9. Duke was 13-4 going into today's game, all home games but 1, a win. Based on what I saw, IMO if we can compete consistently like we did today, we'll win a bunch of conference games. I'm not ready to predict season results, but I'm cautiously optimistic.
Pretty harsh criticism of Shrewsberry by Tim Priester. Probably deserved. When I think of how Micah Shrewsberry handled the post-game press conference at home against Stanford on Wednesday, March 4... ...What a terrible representation of supposed leadership. I can't think of a worse attempt at saying and doing the right thing than that nonsense he spewed, unless it had been profanity-laced, which has happened in the past. Few things about Notre Dame men's basketball fire one up these days. This did for me. "Credit to Stanford," said Shrewsberry post-game after Notre Dame's eight-point loss to the Cardinal in a game that tipped off at 9:00 ET on a Wednesday during the first week of March as the Irish fell to 4-13 in ACC play. A loss a few days later at Boston College eliminated Notre Dame from the ACC tournament. "I thought (Stanford) came in and were really locked in and got big contributions from a lot of different guys," continued Shrewsberry on the Cardinal. And then he said this: "But for us, you get what you deserve. I thought our focus sucked. I thought our discipline sucked. I thought our awareness sucked. And when your back's against the wall, you've got to come out and be better than that, and we weren't. "Somehow we keep getting chances, but now we need somebody else's help," Shrewsberry added. "If you just handle business, you come out locked in, you come out assertive and you do what you're supposed to do on every single possession…Mistakes are going to happen, but we have guys doing what they're not supposed to do. So you deserve to lose when you're doing that." No, coach, you yourself deserved to lose when you have eight TV timeouts and a halftime and you can't get your team to fire at home to secure an ACC tournament bid. You deserved to suffer the ignominy of being one of three teams out of 18 that didn't make it to Charlotte. Maybe they didn't play well and intelligently because they really didn't want this season to continue. To top off the absurdity of him throwing his team under the bus -- Shrewsberry spent most of his eight-minute press conference talking with disdain for his players – he chose to throw the people who had the good sense to stay away from another incomplete performance when the season was on the line. "The people who show up, that's not who I'm talking to," Shrewsberry said. "It's the people that are on their keyboards in their basement who aren't real fans anyway. "For the people who have showed up every night, nine o'clock on a Wednesday, those are true Notre Dame fans right there and that's the group that is going to see us have success." They were there earlier in the season when you had an opportunity to win them over. But you lost to Purdue Fort Wayne. You lost to Clemson and Miami by a combined 27 points. You lost to a bad Florida State team. You lost to Duke by 44 for the worst home loss since the late-1800s. It turns out those fans made the logical decision at 9:00 on a Wednesday night with nothing on the line any longer. They were spared seeing the unprepared team Shrewsberry put on the court. Rarely has a Notre Dame coach had a worse understanding of the temperature of the room than Shrewsberry. There's been no movement with regard to Shrewsberry upon the conclusion of his third year. That's not surprising from the way Notre Dame generally handles coaching situations. But man, if there ever was a final reason to stand up and make a statement by declaring that a lack of leadership was the reason for a change, it was after that Stanford game. Sound, effective, consistent leadership is not in his coaching toolbox.
ND's baseball team beat Louisville yesterday 14-11 partially thanks to two grand slam HRs in the same inning.
Irish lacrosse go to Ann Arbor and beat Michigan 9-4. They remain undefeated.. Looking like a really good team so farr. I say that not knowing anything about lacrosse!! Hockey lost to UM though in the Big 10 Tournament. End of season. Some feel the way we finished the season bodes well for next year. We'll see.
Watched Lou's funeral and it was moving to me, brought tears as they brought Lou's casket into the Basilica. Fr. Jenkins Eulogy was also moving as were Skips remarks after the Mass was over. RIP Lou, you were one of a kind.
Terry, I also watched and my thoughts are exactly the same as yours. I also was moved to tears. I also thought Fr. Jenkins' eulogy and Skip's remarks were moving.