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[QUOTE="TerryD, post: 4075680, member: 3399"]
There was no search, nobody turned them down, this has been in the works since the moment Kelly resigned.

It all took less than two days.  OC Tommy Rees and strength coach Matt Balis both turned down Kelly's offer to go to LSU and have agreed to remain at ND.

Only two or three ND assistants are going to end up agreeing to follow Kelly.

Did Oklahoma panic or whiff by hiring Lincoln Riley ??  Did Ohio State do likewise by hiring Ryan Day ??

Georgia with Kirby Smart, etc.. ??

Freeman is one of the most highly thought of young coaches in the country and is a dynamic recruiter.

Ironically, ND outbid LSU last January for Marcus Freeman as DC.

Marcus Freeman recruited more 5 stars on defense in the past 10 months than ND signed since 2014, total.

Almost all of ND's recruiting class posted that they wanted Freeman hired.  Many of the current players and former players did too.

The fifth ranked recruiting class was at stake, as well as potential transfers.  ND didn't want to wait a month on Fickell when they all thought that they had their man on campus.
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