01-31-2017, 01:02 PM
The trend line for Willingham was not good at ND.
Indeed, his first season was a lot of smoke and mirrors as the Irish racked up wins with flukey plays/breaks. IIRC, the proverbial chickens came home to roost in the bowl game where ND was exposed for the overrated team they were.
Understand why he left for ND, but wish he would have stayed at Stanford. And if it weren't for the bank he amassed at ND (which beget more bank from UW), the I'd bet he'd agree. Of course, that's a gigantic "if."
Indeed, his first season was a lot of smoke and mirrors as the Irish racked up wins with flukey plays/breaks. IIRC, the proverbial chickens came home to roost in the bowl game where ND was exposed for the overrated team they were.
Understand why he left for ND, but wish he would have stayed at Stanford. And if it weren't for the bank he amassed at ND (which beget more bank from UW), the I'd bet he'd agree. Of course, that's a gigantic "if."