Notre Dame Needs To Turn Sam Hartman Loose

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00:00 What I think is most interesting about the whole offensive conversation for me is that

00:09 what was the reason you brought Sam Hartman to Notre Dame for?

00:12 Right?

00:13 Because what was the best and worst of him at Wake Forest?

00:15 Because it's all intertwined in my opinion.

00:17 The best was my guy was super aggressive, could attack down the field, wasn't afraid.

00:22 There was no throw at Wake Forest that Sam Hartman was afraid to make.

00:26 Not a single one, which is the biggest negative to his game at Wake Forest as well.

00:30 The fact that like, maybe you shouldn't have done that Sam.

00:33 Maybe that wasn't the best decision in the world.

00:35 Right?

00:36 But that's what you love about him.

00:37 And it's like the Brett Favre, John Elway-ish thing at a time.

00:42 Right?

00:43 Where it's like, I'll take the good with the bad because there's a lot more good than there

00:47 is bad a lot of times.

00:49 Right?

00:50 And I think that's why you brought Sam Hartman here was to really get the explosiveness,

00:54 get the aggressiveness in this passing game going.

00:57 And we have seen him relegated throughout for the most part of this year to being a

01:02 system player, a player that is just operating and he's a one, two and let's get the ball

01:06 out and let's get the ball out on time and let's not kill ourselves and let's remain,

01:11 you know, very sound and safe with the football.

01:15 And ultimately he's done a pretty good job doing that.

01:19 But like, again, you're putting a cap on how explosive that you can be as a passing offense

01:24 at this point.

01:25 Right?

01:26 Like you have done that.

01:27 And I understand part of it at times because we've talked about it.

01:31 Wide receiver group has been decimated by hamstring injury throughout the last few weeks.

01:36 Right?

01:37 You're, you're working with a half a group.

01:39 You're working with guys that are not a hundred percent.

01:41 I mean, it's been obvious.

01:42 Right?

01:43 So I understand you being hamstrung in times, but there really hasn't been too many moments

01:48 this year, even during the four game stretch early on in the season where I looked at him

01:51 and said, you know, they're letting Sam loose, man.

01:54 They're looking at him and just letting him go and letting him fire and letting him be

01:57 him.

01:58 So I think that that identity is, is a part of it.

02:00 Like that identity in the passing game is my biggest thing.

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