Pat Connaughton, Bonzie Colson stick up for Mike Brey

As Notre Dame slogs to the end of a disappointing season, calls for Mike Brey’s dismissal are growing.

As Notre Dame slogs to the end of a disappointing season, calls for Mike Brey’s dismissal are growing. The latest such campaign occurred at the end of the Irish’s loss to NC State on Wednesday. With a limited number of students allowed inside Purcell Pavilion for the first time all year, that group did not waste its opportunity to be heard. In response to this and restlessness from others in the fan base, former Irish standouts Pat Connaughton and Bonzie Colson both took to Twitter to back the coach who took them to the Elite Eight during happier times for the program:

I’m not going to pretend Brey has been infallible over the past few years, but he’s been put in a very tough spot. When you have a roster with very little depth and not enough talent at the top, a season like this is inevitable. The question is whether Jack Swarbrick trusts Brey enough to give him a chance to climb out of this whole next season. At least he can take solace in the fact that two of the better players he’s coached are publicly defending his honor.

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