Notre Dumb loses another starter

[ArrowheadBlue]

Notre Dame’s Torii Hunter Jr. had 38 catches for 521 yards and three touchdowns this season. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Torii Hunter Jr. will not return to Notre Dame for his fifth season of eligibility.

The wide receiver announced Thursday that instead of returning for his final season of college football, he will instead follow the path of his MLB All-Star father and pursue a career in professional baseball.

Hunter, who also played baseball for Notre Dame, was drafted in the 23rd round of the MLB draft by the Los Angeles Angels in June. He signed a contract with the team on June 25.

 

[GoBlue_since1985]

Can't blame him. No salary cap in baseball right?

 

[ArrowheadBlue]

Also no Brian Kelly sniffing up your ass ruining quarterbacks annually.

 

[detroitjohn]

Notre Dame’s Torii Hunter Jr. had 38 catches for 521 yards and three touchdowns this season. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Torii Hunter Jr. will not return to Notre Dame for his fifth season of eligibility.

The wide receiver announced Thursday that instead of returning for his final season of college football, he will instead follow the path of his MLB All-Star father and pursue a career in professional baseball.

Hunter, who also played baseball for Notre Dame, was drafted in the 23rd round of the MLB draft by the Los Angeles Angels in June. He signed a contract with the team on June 25.

He nearly lost his head on a vicious hit by a Texas player. Perhaps enough is enough for him.

 

[wolverines74]

Notre Dame’s Torii Hunter Jr. had 38 catches for 521 yards and three touchdowns this season. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Torii Hunter Jr. will not return to Notre Dame for his fifth season of eligibility.

The wide receiver announced Thursday that instead of returning for his final season of college football, he will instead follow the path of his MLB All-Star father and pursue a career in professional baseball.

Hunter, who also played baseball for Notre Dame, was drafted in the 23rd round of the MLB draft by the Los Angeles Angels in June. He signed a contract with the team on June 25.

elly must be some really low life and horrible coach. I wonder with all this happening does e et a shot at other schools if ND let's him go? I don't think ND does since it should have happened already unless they are waiting for a big name in a l to finish. WHO ??? U think Nick Saban ? "74

 

[BHWolverine]

I give him credit for playing after that hit he took. Baseball is a lot safer..unless you're facing a 103 miles per hour Chapman fastball

 

[Jake_from_state_farm]

Kelly's buyout is ridiculous since he signed an extension last year. They still have the old M football concept of "it's an honor to even be chosen to coach at the university"

 

[Duo]

Well, it looks like those bright minds at ND are getting about what
someone would expect from a coach from Cincinnati and a defensive coordinator from Wake Forest. The bar is set........8+4 best case scenario, 6+6 or 7+5 acceptable enough to give the coach another year.

Star ratings? Ever wonder about this? Do the rating services tend to give players a higher star rating just because they are being recruited by ND? Maybe not always but occasionally?

Ever wonder if ND will at some point take kids from the really, really tough backgrounds? Specifically defensive players that grew up in some God awful neighborhoods and circumstances. Would those players even consider ND and if they did would they last in the ND regimen?

How long before ND is looking for another coach?

 

[GoBlue_since1985]

I'd say ND needs a Harbaugh like minded coach to have success on the field and in the classroom.
TO BAD HE'S ALREADY TAKEN! HAAAAAAAA!
WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THEN US?!
NOOOOBODY!

 

[Duo]

I'd say ND needs a Harbaugh like minded coach to have success on the field and in the classroom.
TO BAD HE'S ALREADY TAKEN! HAAAAAAAA!
WHO'S GOT IT BETTER THEN US?!
NOOOOBODY!

Go blue.........................

You are exactly right about ND's coaching needs. The last coach ND had that knew how to get it done was old Lou "spits while he speaks" Holtz. But they couldn't control him and along came "Under the Tarnished Dome" and old Lou was fired..........ahh hem..........or something mysterious!?!? Whatever???

Now...........name one Big Time college coach that would be willing to "walk the chalk" at ND. Good luck with that!

 

[ArrowheadBlue]

DUO, you make excellent points. So just how many coaches want to go to name schools anyway? You may recall the OSU challenge to find a coach until settling on a DII coach named Tressel? UM and Hoke? Alabama's years in the wilderness until Saban.

There's always Miles would do good, I think. Fleck at WMU. Both are proven winners.

Still you are right. A small risk pool out there

 

[Duo]

DUO, you make excellent points. So just how many coaches want to go to name schools anyway? You may recall the OSU challenge to find a coach until settling on a DII coach named Tressel? UM and Hoke? Alabama's years in the wilderness until Saban.

There's always Miles would do good, I think. Fleck at WMU. Both are proven winners.

Still you are right. A small risk pool out there

Arrowhead Blue........

More and more now days the big time programs are taking measures to keep their coaches from bolting. They are aided of course, by savy agents that maintain a constant vigil on ways to leverage their clients current position. Just a few examples would be Bob Stoops, Jimbo Fisher, Dabo Swinney, Nick Saban and now Jim Harbaugh. These guys' names get mentioned nearly every time a big time coaching job opens up. And when that happens, voila, their professional agents are in there renegotiating their contracts for a big raise and getting a piece of the pie. Thus, the huge jump in coaches salaries in recent years.

A few years ago without doing any homework ND was led to believe that fat Charlie Weis might go to the Pro's . They fell for it hook, line and sinker and singned the most ludicrous, front and backend loaded contract extension in the history of sports to the tune of somewhere around $40 to $50 million all tolled for Charlie and his agent Bob LaMonte. That contract got the attention of agents and their coaches all around CFB. (Never under estimate the stupidity of academia. Later Charlie and his agent Bob LaMonte actually pulled the same stunt off again at the U. of Kansas!) Now that ND finds themselves seriously snake bitten they are loath to go after a big name coach and are unwilling to sign a big contract. The ending result: they cooked their own goose. Now because of stupid mistakes made in the past they are relegated to pursuing small time coaches they can get for a relatively low cost in a fairly short contract period with a relatively small buy out clause.