Charlie Weis Nice Knowing You

I remember someone saying last November that it was Charlie Weis' job to earn or lose.  He obviously lost it.  Now, he is 18 million dollars richer but unemployed for now.  Notre Dame is left searching for answers and cannot keep a head coach to save the program. 

Weis never did it with his own recruits if they waited on Tyrone Willingham, he might be the one getting let go this season instead of Chuck Weis. Brady Quinn wasn't a guy that Weis bred into a first-round quarterback. It helped that Quinn had the two good years of his career under Weis that earned him that fatter than Weis 10 year multi-million dollar contracts.  

The other thing that we can agree on is that Charlie Weis is an offensive coordinator, not a head coach.  Weis brought in guys like Jimmy Clausen, Michael Floyd, Golden Tate, and Armando Allen.  But he couldn't convince any good defenders to play for Notre Dame. Like I said last year, Romeo Crennel would have been the perfect answer for this team. Obviously trying not to sound like John Madden, if they cannot stop an offense, they will not win most games.

I hope Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate do not come back for their senior year. Now its likely Clausen off to the NFL, his parents sold their house in South Bend, which would be the writing on the wall. Then, it will be the same sort of thing that happened when Weis took over.  Start fresh, let whoever the new coach to create his own team like Rich Rodriguez has been doing at Michigan.  Like I said earlier, if they do not win next year, RichRod is out of a job.

People have been buzzing like Adam Schefter, Joe Schad, and others say that the Bob Stoops rumor is pretty legit.  Stoops, a Catholic, Midwesterner, and I believe is from Indiana.  Also there are Notre Dame Boosters who are from Oklahoma.  Finally the other thing is he is defensive-minded.  Big part of this people may forget is Stoops cannot win a big game lately something Notre Dame failed to do in the past ten years.

My dad had a great suggestion that I will steal... Pat Fitzgerald from Northwestern. They are 8-3, on the rise and can recruit smart guys.  Fitz is also a young coach with a ton of energy and might like the idea of making the step up to Notre Dame.

-Charlie.