According to multiple reports all over the internet (and wherever) Notre Dame Football’s new general manager is going to be Mike Martin of the Detroit Lions.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Marcus Freeman just had a very long and very public failed courtship of Jame Blanchard from the Texas Tech Red Raiders for the GM position. With Blanchard, I felt like I had a fairly good understanding of who he is and how he likes to do things.
With Martin… I don’t. I get it — the elevation of the Detroit Lions over the last four years is a great way of looking at this, but I still don’t personally know enough about him to have a strong opinion (surprise — it happens from time to time).
I will say that I think this is a much different direction than keeping Chad Bowden on staff or even hiring James Blanchard. As we all read between the lines a little bit, it sounds like Notre Dame will have the GM position but definitely be supplementing the position with more people to provide better scouting and player development.