Question from Mohamed Abdi-Bryan.

Is this a make-or-break season for the strength and conditioning coach?

There have been a significant difference from previous regime and player availability down the stretch.

Well, let's not forget that none of the other coaches never had to coach in 14-plus games.

So that's a part of it.

I actually think that they did a pretty good job of not losing a lot of guys late in the season.

A lot of the guys that you didn't have available down the stretch are guys that got hurt early in the season.

I think part of Notre Dame success last year is because they were in such great shape in

November and December and January. Now, were the injuries last year result of Lauren Lando? I don't know.

I will see. If they have a lot of those issues again this year, then we can have a conversation

about it. But I think it's a very telling year. I don't think it's a make or break year.

I think it's a very telling year.

I think this year starts to establish some trends that could become problematic.

Meaning like if the issues happen again, then they become problematic.

They are things that we'd have to look at and say, hey, this isn't good.

I'm concerned about this type of thing.

But it's an important year.

It's a year we're going to learn a lot, but I don't know that I'd say it's a make or break.

There's a few coaches.

There's a few people in the program that this is a make or break year, including I would argue a couple coaches, but I don't know that it is that way for

Lorlando. Lord Landau, excuse me. For me, Brian, I think this is later, right? You can't question him

when it comes to actually strengthening the team and getting them to shape.

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