Comments on: What’s Really Curious About Joe Montana’s Comments https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/08/13/whats-really-curious-about-joe-montanas-comments/ A Notre Dame Football Blog Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:55:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 By: trey https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/08/13/whats-really-curious-about-joe-montanas-comments/#comment-124869 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:55:18 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3731#comment-124869 Three cheers for Mark! Spot on, brother, spot on!

]]> By: Mark https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/08/13/whats-really-curious-about-joe-montanas-comments/#comment-124865 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:44:14 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3731#comment-124865 I think what he’s trying to say is Notre Dame fans should be more like Stanford fans. Instead of expecting a national championship we should be doing backflips about beating up Hawai’i with our f****t dance.
While that might be a nice sentiment, there’s one other issue that goes with a program like that. The fact Stanford couldn’t fill their stadium if they had a free rainbow flag and pentium processor giveaway day in Palo Alto. The reason ND still can get away with an independent status is because it has a fiercely passionate fan base and stupid high expectations. Maybe living in the sun has made Nice Guy Joe forget what fans who come to South Bend are like.
Oh, and I don’t think anyone should model anything after a school with a drunk dancing tree for a mascot and a hate mongering pep band who can’t figure out when games are over.

]]> By: AbbyAnn https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/08/13/whats-really-curious-about-joe-montanas-comments/#comment-124782 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:17:52 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3731#comment-124782 Domer, I had to laugh when i read your first comment on this entry. My fiance played hs football for Hobart, starting 3 out of 4 years on varsity playing og. After hs, he got a full ride to Rose Hulman and played football another 2 years. On the other hand the dt that graduated the same year as my fiance went on to be a drunk who still wears his lettermans jacket. After reading your comment, I had to call my fiance so that we could laugh about it! 😀

]]> By: domer.mq https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/08/13/whats-really-curious-about-joe-montanas-comments/#comment-124691 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:17:13 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3731#comment-124691 David,

Not sure if you realize, but just to clear out any ambiguity, Joe’s expressly said that Nate has moved over to PCC to that he can get enough practice reps to actually improve as a football player. Nate wasn’t really even playing football 3 years ago. He’s got a long, long way to go. And being the 4th QB, at best, this season at ND wasn’t going to improve his odds one bit in getting to be the 3rd QB next year or the year after that.

]]> By: David https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/08/13/whats-really-curious-about-joe-montanas-comments/#comment-124653 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:42:19 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3731#comment-124653 Why is it that Nate is going to PCC then???
Take Joe’s name out of the article and it’s hogwash.

]]> By: trey https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/08/13/whats-really-curious-about-joe-montanas-comments/#comment-124644 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:39:10 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3731#comment-124644 Please tell me there is some form of context that quote was taken out of. If you removed the part where you told us “Joe Montana said,…” and said “Some idiot quipped…” I wouldn’t have batted an eye. WTF Joe? STANFORD?!?!?! “If you have a good team, be happy????” What the hell kind of mentality is THAT?

]]> By: tjak https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/08/13/whats-really-curious-about-joe-montanas-comments/#comment-124642 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:26:35 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3731#comment-124642 Shouldn’t Notre Dame attempt to be the best at everything. What I mean by that is, shouldn’t Notre Dame attempt to be the best academic institution in the nation, while attempting to win national championships in football and everything else. The moment Notre Dame eases academic standards is the moment Notre Dame loses crediblity. As I have said at this blog before, as a teacher, I have gotten Canadian kids in a small west coast town to get excited about Notre Dame not just because of its football team, but because it is a school that strives for excellence in all that it does. Coach Holtz won a National Championship and had his kids excelling in the classroom.
Go Irish!

]]> By: domer.mq https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/08/13/whats-really-curious-about-joe-montanas-comments/#comment-124618 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:28:29 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3731#comment-124618 Eh, BDM, I do think there’s something to the idea that he’s softening expectations for his friend. Trying to release some of the pressure, if you will. But I think he’s just dead wrong about the recruiting issues, aside, possibly, from the DT recruiting. A vast majority of DTs in HS are idiots. Huge, smart kid on your team, HS coach? He’s your OG. Huge idiot? He’s your DT. Tough to find kids with the academics who can play at DT. Still, how often do DT in cfb match the weight of OL? Most don’t match the weights our our OL.

]]> By: BDM https://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/08/13/whats-really-curious-about-joe-montanas-comments/#comment-124611 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:52:15 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3731#comment-124611 I think Joe was laying the ground work for a sub-par year and backing his friend at the same time. I also he is taking the tack (hear this admin) that some give in academics would help. You have to believe that when Montana says something, people in high places take notice. Kind of a backhanded complement. With everyone saying 10+ wins this year, I think Joe is lowering expectation.

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