let's not forget
by melanzana (2023-05-31 16:03:44)
Edited on 2023-05-31 17:38:47

In reply to: Also a nod to his Dad (Gene) who was ND AD from '81-'87  posted by NDoggie78

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Gene Corrigan kept Notre Dame out of the Big East in the 1980s because it was the dominant men's basketball conference of the era, and adding Notre Dame would have made it even moreso.

Corrigan was an ACC man and maybe knew he was always going back there. He wasn't about to strengthen the Big East any further.

Yes, he was a fine AD, but let's hold off on the hagiography. His action here resulted in a lost decade-plus for Notre Dame men's basketball and delayed women's basketball ascent.

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