Notre Dame Must Execute Better Down The Stretch
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00:03 >> Well, I mean, you can say that, but it's absolutely 100% positively correct.
00:09 >> Mm-hm.
00:10 >> I mean, look, we can say whatever we want about play calls and
00:12 all that kind of stuff, and there's plenty to say.
00:14 I'm not someone who's like, the coaches, but the same time,
00:18 if Chris Tyree catches that ball against Louisville,
00:20 if Blake Fisher doesn't hit that guy in the face on the 30 yard pass to Mitch
00:25 Evans, I could give you seven or eight plays where it's like,
00:28 if you just do this simple thing, I'm not asking you to be like Superman or
00:32 do something beyond, just don't hit a defensive lineman in the face when you've
00:36 been taught since you started putting pads on not to hit guys in the face.
00:39 When you're blocking, catch the ball that came your way, those type of things,
00:43 they win that game.
00:44 Same thing against Ohio State, DJ Brown, pick off that pass.
00:48 Ramon Henderson, drive on that seam route like you're supposed to.
00:51 You're at the goal line for a reason.
00:52 Your feet are on the goal line because you are not supposed to take a step back.
00:55 And what did he do at snap?
00:56 Took a step back.
00:57 That's why he didn't drive that seam route.
00:59 Like, yes, I hated the call.
01:01 But if you drive on the play and execute, guess what?
01:04 It's a ball game.
01:04 Right, these are Notre Dame players.
01:07 We need to be able to say, hey, I don't like what this coach is doing.
01:10 But, like I've said this before, the third 19 play, hated the call.
01:15 Hated it, hated it, hated it.
01:17 You're playing not to lose.
01:18 We don't wanna get people on a goal ball.
01:20 Try and have them beat your guys on a goal ball.
01:22 You have the best corner tandem in the country.
01:24 If they beat you on a goal ball, tip your cat to them, they're better than you are.
01:27 It's as simple as that.
01:29 However, two things can be true at once.
01:33 If Ramon Henderson does his job, just does his job, not Hercules,
01:38 and not, do your job, it's fourth and 19.
01:42 Or he may step in front and pick it off.
01:44 But at the very least, it's fourth and 19.
01:46 Do your job.
01:47 That ball should have never been caught because the safety is supposed to.
01:50 You can't catch a ball at the two yard line, Vince,
01:52 when your safety's playing at the goal line and you're at the 21 yard line.
01:57 That ball should have never been caught.
01:59 So it's both.
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