Notre Dame Fighting Irish News: Alabama fans vocal against Marcus Freeman, more
Now that the cat is out of the bag as far as Nick Saban retiring the names of people who could take over has been floating all over the internet. Among those who are being discussed as top candidates is none other than Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman.
However, it doesn't appear that Freeman is a name that has Crimson Tide fans all that excited. In fact, if social media reactions are any indication, most of 'Bama fans on X are united in the idea that he should not be the guy.
There are obviously some Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans who are also not excited about the possibility of losing a coach that seems to be putting together a juggernaut of a roster this offseason.
“Marcus Freeman has been hired as the head coach of Alabama Football” pic.twitter.com/V7IyjPPC18
— Day 1 Scott Believer (@ScottWenig) January 11, 2024
if they call marcus freeman i will do some things that i’m not allowed to speak on https://t.co/OD4HwbD0BQ
— a naysayer who knew (@pants_so_short) January 10, 2024
Part of me is worried that Marcus Freeman heads to Alabama. Part of me thinks they'll hire a guy like Josh McDaniels from the NFL. Part of me thinks that they'll grab a "no way" guy like Dabo Swinney. There's no replacement for Saban. But disruption is coming to NCAAFB.
— Whatevs (@j035ich5pach) January 11, 2024
Marcus Freeman's agent is putting in some work to get named as a possible candidate for the Alabama job.
— Cameron Soran (@cameronsoran) January 10, 2024
It's safe to say that Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans would be perfectly fine with a social media uprising against Marcus Freeman in Alabama. He needs to stay in South Bend. It's possible he'll be in a better situation than the Crimson Tide will be this fall.
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— Notre Dame Women's Basketball (@ndwbb) January 10, 2024
congrats to @HannahHidalgo on being on the @WoodenAward Midseason Top 25 Watchlist!!#GoIrish☘️ pic.twitter.com/L0MfVdleaT
- Hannah Hidalgo is having herself quite a season. She's won Rookie of the Week in the ACC several times now and is almost always the Irish's top scorer in their games. While the team has hit a bit of a rough period, she's clearly one of the best in the game today. That's why on Wednesday, she was named to the Wooden Mid-Season Award Watch List.
- While the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team is struggling a bit right now, it seems as though Micah Shrewberry has his squad headed in the right direction. After a couple of close losses to very good ACC teams, he and his team got a big win on Tuesday night in overtime over Georgia Tech. It was the first road victory for Notre Dame basketball since February of last year.