I should feel sorry for Charlie Weiss and the Notre Dame football team. But I don't. Even after our painful 3-9 season, I should have more empathy. I don't. I have some life-long friends that are Notre Dame grads. It doesn't matter. In my heart I know that a good Notre Dame program helps the Big Ten in the eyes of the national media. I still don't care. This guilty tug-o-war game of "should we or shouldn't we fire him" is fascinating and morbid to watch. Two years ago I started asking if the great Irish recruiting classes should be contributing yet ? Now four years into the Charlie Weiss era, the last of the Willingham recruits should be gone, right ? It looks to me that they are headed down hill, not getting better. Weiss did better with Willingham's recruits than he is with his own "five star" classes.
...the job security of Charlie Weis, the Notre Dame football coach who surely ran out of real estate, rope and rational defenses in a humiliating 38-3 loss to relentless USC. What Syracuse began last week in South Bend, the Trojans finished here.
Whatever was left of Weis' worthless offensive genius façade crumbled on a night when the Fighting Irish were without a first down until the final play of the third quarter. They had four first downs and 91 total yards in an utterly feeble performance that should be Weis' last as head coach.
No amount of pretzel logic should save Weis now, no amount of finger-pointing at the previous regime, no amount of blue-skying about how recruiting rankings could beget future greatness. Unless the Fighting Irish brass refuses to spend what ESPN has reported is an outrageous sum to buy Weis out of his massive, millstone contract, he's done in South Bend.
There can be no other justification for keeping him. Not now, as his winning percentage dips to sub-Ty Willingham levels and his offense sinks to new lows.
It's very simple. If Willingham had to go after three seasons, Weis has to go with a worse record after four. Or the explanation for keeping him had better be brilliant.
I want to go on the record this morning: If in his 4th year -- Rich Rodriguez finishes 6-6, never wins a bowl game, delivers several embarrasing losses to undermatched teams (cough, Syracuse) , and never beats Ohio State, I will officially be unhappy and support his firing.
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here's a crazy thought for ya....
Notre Dame dumps Weis, and Mr. Ford hires him for the Lions
Armageddon.
At that point, I quit being a Lions fan.
In case you had not heard about this, Texas has now passed up ND to move into second place in all time college wins. Texas now has 831 and ND has 830. Michigan is still first with 872 but with the three win season has lost a little ground. Sorry Charlie still holds the record for most trips to the buffet line at the Old Country Buffet in South Bend.
The one who answers this the best wins ten points:
Can Charlie Weis eat his entire ego?
It's funny to me that both Weis and Romeo Crennel suck as head coaches. They were both hired at the same time. 1 to a prominant college football team one to a not so prominant NFL team. They both had outstanding recruiting classes. ND with it's recruits the Browns with draft and free agency signings. They both have outstanding teams... on paper. And yes they both will be fired at the end of the year. The vicious circle of life continues.
Texas may be 2nd in wins, but they are 4th in winning percantage (behind UM, ND and OSU in that order)
Texas is also 2nd in the Big 12 South apparently. As the BCS continues to suck.
interesting aside- i tried to find Charlie's books (yes, plural- the man has written more books than he's won bowl games) on Amazon.com.
couldn't seem to find it.
too bad- i have a feeling that "The New Gold Standard" is going to become a collectors item.
someone on another site posted a link were one of his books was going for $2.95.
WNDU is reporting the Charlie is staying in South Bend. Good. Beating them next year will be even more sweet.
He has 6 years left in his contract. I can't see ND eating that much....Maybe he could though...:)
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