his tuteleage

He was like a firecracker. Light it, it burns instantly and then poof......... it burns out.

I am not sure he ever had the temperament to last long at any major job and be successful.

Would never work with today’s kids. Didn’t work back then either, as his record shows.

I watched his SMU team play one time and was immediately struck by the players body language. Clearly a disconnect. Also met him once and didn’t think he was particularly nice.

He was at ND about as long as was beneficial. His biggest positive was his energy. That energy injected some life into a program that had kind of fallen asleep under McLeod (this is not to blame McLeod - he had to navigate unique challenges bringing the program into the Big East). However, Doh had a manic personality and could fly off the rails in practice and be verbally (and from what I hear sometimes physically) abusive to players.

Although not physically abusive. Toward players and students. Fortunately, for some reason he liked me.

Not being able to win there in basketball is like not being able to win at ND in football. He just wasn't a good leader.

Chris Thomas was a McDonalds All-American, consensus top-25 recruit. Notre Dame's highest-ranked commitment since Phonz verballed in'87? Jordan Cornett was well-regarded. I believe Doherty was also credited for getting Ryan Humphrey to transfer from Oklahoma.