I really dont know if you can doubt Cosgroves ability, he must have somthing or he wouldnt be where he is, i think the real problem will be whether he can fit himself into this program, and the same goes for BC, no matter if your a good coach or not, if you cant adjust to where your at your not gonna make it. Major changes in systems, your gonna have problems, but you cant keep forcing it when it doesnt work, i think after a 70-10 blow-out you need to adjust to fit your personel better personally. Its good that they are getting good recruits, but they are gonna be freshman, and dont expect a few to come in and make a difference in a year. I live in Indiana, and everyone watches Notre Dame here, fan or not its on every channel, or used to be.........and they made some bad coaching changes, not that the coaches were bad, but just not right for the program, they are still suffering even with good recruiting classes. This year will be a good measure to see if the current staff can do much, if both sides of the ball still suffer, there may be a major problem ready to start. Hopefully these coaches can get somthing rolling, because if they dont here in a couple more years at most, i would say that NU has made the same fatal error the ND made, i hope not, but time will be the only way to answer these questions.
Strange that Rudd was complaining about BC too, wonder what his excuse was? not lack of PT, maybe hes just as frustrated as everyone else, probably like the other players that are leaving early or have already left, im sure it has been hard for players and coaches to adjust.