Van Gorder was the awful Norte Dame defensive coordinator from 2014-September 2016. My brother is an ND alum and says that everybody thought BVG was awful. Now Van Gorder is the defensive coordinator at Louisville, and is doing an even more awful job there.
If Brian Kelly had fired Van Gorder after 2015, which is what almost every Notre Dame fan wanted, VanGorder probably would have been hired by Richt as Miami DC instead of Manny Diaz. VanGorder was Richt’s first DC at UGA.
I can’t imagine what a disaster Richt’s tenure would be if VanGorder were DC. We probably would have struggled to bowl eligibility in 2016 and 2017. This year, the only opponent I’m certain we would have beaten is Savannah State.
Essentially what’s saved Richt’s career at Miami seems to have been Brian Kelly’s idiotic move of not firing VanGorder after 2015. The athletic director at ND forced Kelly to fire VanGorder after 4 games in 2016.
If Brian Kelly had fired Van Gorder after 2015, which is what almost every Notre Dame fan wanted, VanGorder probably would have been hired by Richt as Miami DC instead of Manny Diaz. VanGorder was Richt’s first DC at UGA.
I can’t imagine what a disaster Richt’s tenure would be if VanGorder were DC. We probably would have struggled to bowl eligibility in 2016 and 2017. This year, the only opponent I’m certain we would have beaten is Savannah State.
Essentially what’s saved Richt’s career at Miami seems to have been Brian Kelly’s idiotic move of not firing VanGorder after 2015. The athletic director at ND forced Kelly to fire VanGorder after 4 games in 2016.
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