why marcus freeman can’t win the big one
welcome to the burner blog. i am just a normal guy that watches a ton of sports. i have a lot of takes and a lot of opinions and just looking for a place to let those takes get out there. i am not going to use capital letters so if you don’t like that i do not care.
notre dame fell in the national championship game. everyone would probably agree that playoff expansion gave them seemingly an automatic bid on a year to year basis. they even lost to northern illinois this year and they were an absolute lock to make it. every year moving forward they will be a really hard program to keep out of the playoff. i give them a ton of credit for making it that far. i rode them the whole way. picked them to get to the title game even.
will they ever win a national title? maybe. i just really don’t think they will get to that level under marcus freeman.
after taking over for brian kelly (scumbag) for the 2021 fiesta bowl, coach freeman has led notre dame to an overall record of 33–10. that’s not too bad. he’s done a pretty good job as their coach. national runner-up coach even!
notre dame’s recruiting classes have ranked 7th, 12th, 9th and 12th (2025) under freeman. that’s not too bad!
but there is just one thing wrong with marcus freeman and i don’t think he will ever reach the elite of the elite as a college coach because of it.
he is in way too good of shape.
(via on3)
i mean just look at the guy. he’s an absolute specimen. he’s truly a beast.
‘oh come on burner that’s a really dumb reason’
no it isn’t. he could be spending his time doing more productive things than getting jacked out of his fucking mind.
‘oh come on burner, have you ever seen sean mcvay?’
yes, he’s also a specimen. but you know what he doesn’t have to do? recruit.
‘oh c’mon burner you already said he was a good recruiter.’
yes i did! but maybe he should be better? or maybe he should be spending time watching more tape or talking to the assistant coaches about scouting reports or planning program specific details.
instead, he’s getting after it in the gym. college football head coaches should not be in elite shape. that is my theory and i stand by it.
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one thing i want to make unequivocally clear is that i DO NOT want them to be sloppy either. no offense to charlie weis or mark mangino, but i do not want my ball coach to be in similar shape. i just simply cannot have my coach looking like a greek god out there. he definitely can be spending his time on more productive things than perfecting his chiseled body.
(via football scoop)
just look at coach saban. he’s not sloppy but he definitely isn’t setting any bench press records either, nor would he care to.
coach saban for sure got in a workout here and there. but he definitely was only doing so in order to coach football for more years.
it isn’t just coach saban. think ‘ball coach’ and you’ll think of someone that is perfectly in the correct physical shape to coach college football at a high level.
another guy that comes to mind is kirby smart. kirby smart is a ball coach. there really is no doubt. any man, who willingly rocks a bowl cut at his age is not concerned with anything other than winning football games (not hating at all, nothing but respect for kirby smart and his beautiful bowl cut).
(via tbhorka on x.com)
yes, i know he just beat kirby. but when you look at that picture you think one is a football coach and you think the other guy is a male model. also kirby has two national titles.
is marcus freeman a good coach? yes. sure. he’s done a pretty good job. i just would like my ball coach to not spend as much time working out like he clearly does.
i mean, people are writing articles about it.
https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a61708918/marcus-freeman-notre-dame-workout/
he is quoted in the article as saying ‘the minute i walk into my office, there is no time’
he even recently told pat mcafee he needs to be able to walk into a gym and know he can bench 350. alarming to me!
yeah maybe you should spend a little less time squatting and having articles written about it and instead beat northern illinois or spend on a portal qb that can throw the ball (congrats to riley leonard for being national runner-up though).
would nick saban or kirby smart have ever achieved what they have if men’s health was writing articles about them?
ok, i apologize for getting a little off base there. marcus freeman is a good coach, and his wife is a very lucky lady (look at his pecs!). i just think if he wants to get notre dame to the pinnacle of the sport and be a truly elite college football coach, he may need to let his physique suffer a bit.
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