Pat Forde wrote an excellent column on ESPN.com that included this nugget about Charlie Weis: If Notre Dame loses to Pitt, his won-lost percentage is .583, the same one that got Ty Willingham fired after three seasons. Yet Weis lingers. Adds Forde: "Whom has he beaten? An endless succession of nobodies. Of his 35 victories, exactly two have come against teams that finished the season in Jeff Sagarin's ELO_Chess Top 30 (the rankings the BCS uses). One of those was against Michigan in Weis' second game as coach, in 2005 — the Wolverines finished that year No. 24. The other was against Penn State in the second game of Weis' second year — the Nittany Lions finished that year No. 14."
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Two things about this: 1). I hate using it, because it is so overblown, but you really have to start to wonder if race was a factor in the firing of Willingham, what with Weis's abysmal (relatively speaking) record/results, and C). maybe Willingham did something(s) behind closed doors that warranted his getting canned.
"The echoes keep right on sleeping" – very literary. Been reading some poetry there buddy?
Paul Hornung said it correctly a few years back and got in trouble for it. He said ND was at a disadvantage in recruiting stud athletes who are not necessarily academically gifted because of their strict admissions policies and I agree. Obviously some schools are easier to get into especially if you are a great athlete than others.
cursedfan, that's not what Hornung said. Strict admissions policies? Please. Some of those kids would have trouble counting their toes. You'd think Hornung was describing Yale, Harvard or MIT.
No, what Hornung said is Notre Dame is at a disadvantage because they can't get the BLACK athletes. THAT is what got him criticized. Political correctness.
It's a darned shame Lou "Mr. Probation" Holtz still ain't around. I'd turn on NBC today, and Notre Dame would be blacker than a Nigerian frat house at midnight.
Wow, that's some racist stuff right there. Good thing nobody reads this blog.
Doctah King?
I absolutely hate you, Alan. You are evil……and Pat is a loser for continually allowing you to speak.
You hate me, Joyce? Hey, you're the one who thinks Lou Holtz is Brad Pitt, not me. Don't kill the messenger. But yes, I am evil. In the words of that old "Saturday Night Live" parody of "The Exorcist" when Richard Pryor guest-hosted, your mother sews socks that smell.
Weis should be canned but Willingham undercut any argument that racism was involved in his firing with his worse-than-abysmal performance at Washington.
Paul Hornung was right, Notre Dame needs to get more black guys for Notre Dame to really compete at a very top level now. Or more term papers written for them and more money given to them and more free meals, lodging and gifts. That brilliant recruiting strategy seemed to work great for Holtz.
Does anyone feel Bill Parcells or Joe Montana has a chance of being named?
Take a look at these latest odds:
http://www.playblackjack.com/prop-bets/who-will-replace-charlie-weis-at-notre-dame-bet-on-it.html
good one alan, good one. I'm glad that Ohio State doesn't allow any black players, especially the dumb ones.