Gee, Thanks Again NBC
To anyone who complains about the unfair advantage that Notre Dame receives from the NBC contract, I point out another one of those “unfair advantages” from today’s NFL coach unimpressed with Quinn’s workout article on NBCSports.com. First off, its interesting that this was the only article I could find that was not positive about Quinn’s performance Sunday, but whatever, I’m fine with that. What annoys me is the accompanying video which sounds like a bad political commercial shown during the nightly news in November. Take a look. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like they stopped just short of fading a color picture of Quinn to black and white and ending with a closing line “Do you want Brady Quinn quarterbacking your team?”
For those not interested in the video, here’s an excerpt from the article mentioning what was so unimpressive about Quinn’s performance.
He did not have a great day in terms of accuracy,” the coach said, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to not put his team’s plans at risk. “He didn’t have a great day in terms of that. He missed a few throws. I mean, you usually don’t see the ball on the ground that much, but it was hitting the ground. He missed on some wide and really didn’t show great touch.”
Quinn completed 58 of 63 passes and of the five incompletions four were catchable according to Weis (where have we heard that one before?), and an NFL.com article backs that up.
“On two occasions, former Irish receiver Matt Shelton got his hands on passes but couldn’t pull them in. Rhema McKnight couldn’t catch a 35-yard pass or a 20-yard pass he dived for. Quinn also overthrew tailback Darius Walker on a 25-yard pass.”
That does should rather unimpressive… why wasn’t Quinn there to catch the ones that his receivers couldn’t haul in?
Frank Vitovitch has been Co-Owner and Editor in Chief of UHND.com since joining forces with Kyle Flavin in 1999. Since that time, he has written over 2,000 articles covering Notre Dame football, recruiting, and basketball. He also works with all staff and external writers on all articles published on UHND.com. Frank's love for Notre Dame football started at a young age watching Rocket Ismail give opposing coaches ulcers in the late 1980's. By day Frank works in marketing and holds a degree in Digital Media from Drexel University. Frank's work has been cited by online/print editions of NBC Sports, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated and has been quoted on air by ESPN's Collin Cowherd. He's conducted interviews with Notre Dame legends Rocket Ismail, Randy Kinder, Lee Becton, Reggie Brooks, Michael Stonebreaker, and Ned Bolcar among others over his 20+ years of covering Notre Dame football. He's also been published in the print edition of USA Today Sports Weekly and the USA Today College Football Preview multiple times. Other Published Works/Citations for Frank Three Reasons Notre Dame Will Beat Alabama - USA Today Notre Dame Suspends WR Kevin Stepherson, RB C.J. Holmes Indefinitely - Bleacher Report Notre Dame / Ohio State Fiesta Bowl Preview - Eleven Warriors Brace Yourself: The Fighting Irish are Relevant Again - Sports on Earth Interviews with the Enemy: A Q&A with Frank Vitovitch of UHND - Yahoo! Sports Five Good Minutes: Notre Dame Football Preview With UHND.com - BC Interruption Vicious Electronic Questioning with UHND - MGO Blog
There is now and will always be anti ND coaches and fans. If Quinn would have had a 100% completion rating that coach would have said it’s because of easy routes and hand picked receivers. Brady is a high quality person and player…GO IRISH!
P.S. ND is playing Duke this year correct? the future schedule for 2007 doesn’t show it.
I bet that coach wants Quinn to fall in the draft to his team.
I don’t know Frank.
I just saw the clip of Brady’s NBC Pro Day and the commentator seemed more interested controversy than how the facts were. Is it a swiftboat campaign against Quinn? This sounds more like a rookie reporter trying to invent a story and he doesn’t sound like he knows much about football or what being a top level athlete is. This reporter is just another “duh…” in the sports biz world; like we need to hear from more of those. The unfortunate part in all this is he’s reporting on a national level where viewers will take what he says as Gospel thinking he knows what he’s talking about. This reporter probably thinks the Raiders will win the Super-bowl this coming season and that Ted Williams was just a Root Beer.
It has always been my policy that when someones has something t0o say but hides behind the, speaking on condition of anonymity coop out, that I don’t bother to read the rest of the article. This guy??? is either an anti ND/Catholic person or is afraid of his job. Quinn will do VERY WELL in the pros.