He wasn't a classless jerk like Lou's successors
by ndtnguy (2019-06-05 14:40:43)

In reply to: I'm too young to remember Faust's time at ND  posted by irisharab

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This has come up here before, but the general story, so to speak, is that Faust was not an assassin, or an embittered jackass. He was in over his head and he failed, but he had a genuine affection for the University and maintained goodwill towards it and the program after his departure. People came to view him as an affably tragic figure, incapable of achieving football greatness but not deserving of active scorn once he had been ousted.

Now, is that accurate? People will point out that he refused to resign and forced the University to fire him. That militates against his good-guy persona. But he does not seem to have made a name for himself attacking and criticizing the University in the years since his departure (or at least, that's not what people remember). Maybe it was just the time. Or maybe Bob Davie just ruined the process of getting fired as ND's head coach such that everyone after that had to be run out of town on a rail as an embittered, angry, foaming wreck.

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