I am a newcomer. I didn't expect a winning season (I watched or listened to most of the games last year) but I did not expect the absence of hope. Watching this team is an exercise in a failure of logic. The team HAS gotten better but with exactly nothing to show for it. If it is this discouraging to me, it must be devasting to those young athletes.
I can tell you first hand, it IS discouraging to those young athletes. The coach lost their respect last year. He came in here bragging about his connection to Notre Dame, thinking that that was all that was needed to qualify him, and thinking that we and the players would all be in awe of him.
Well, guess what? NO ONE respects him - and especially the players - I can assure you first hand!