Charlie Weis exposed?

[scribebaseball]

I know the game already has like three threads, but this is kind of a second-day one. A follow, if you will.

Is it fair, at this point, to begin to wonder if the Little Tuna just doesn't have the goods that his mentors Belichick and Parcells possess? It's not like this never happens. If Eddie Van Halen learns someone how to play guitar, that doesn't mean that the protege, with full possession of Eddie's scales, techniques, etc., can play like Eddie.

In big games, Weis just seems to lack something that those guys possess. Or maybe I'm wrong. I don't know.

 

[Starman]

Now that's not fair. We haven't seen Wolfgang on stage yet. : :

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

Well, we can't say that he wasn't aggresive. It seemed like he went for it on every 4th down last night.

 

[Songbird]

I submit to you that the reason he gained so much weight the last year is because he spent 365 days, upwards of 15 hours a day in the film room devising a game plan for USC. The other games -- Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Maine Maritimes -- he could sleepwalk through a game plan. I'm not so sure the Michigan game meant much to him, either; OK, a little bit but not much. But USC? That's the game he wanted, devoted his waking life to; even his non-waking life. He wanted to beat down Pete Carroll. Had a year to come up with a strategy. And he still lost by 20.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

In big games, Weis just seems to lack something that those guys possess.

Yes -- a defense.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

In big games, Weis just seems to lack something that those guys possess.

Yes -- a defense.

Black people. [paulhornung]

 

[sportschick]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Charlie Weiss is in the same category of fraud as Romeo Crennel.

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

The thread title alone was enough to make me do that.

 

[leo1]

i'm no ND fan but isn't this only his third year in south bend? before we officially declare him a fraud he should get at least a chance to have the entire team consist of his own players.

 

[scribebaseball]

i'm no ND fan but isn't this only his third year in south bend? before we officially declare him a fraud he should get at least a chance to have the entire team consist of his own players.

Why? The previous guy didn't.

 

[the fop]

Actually it's his second year.

 

[Claws for Concern]

Does this mean Weis won't be looking longingly at rejoining the NFL?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

He's 19-5 and looking at a second consecutive BCS bowl. Hard to see that as unsatisfactory. Their defense stinks, possibly because every good D needs a couple of bona fide sociopaths out there and those aren't Notre Dame types.

 

[Starman]

Does this mean Weis won't be looking longingly at rejoining the NFL?

He's got a 10-year contract, so he won't be leaving for at least 10 years!! [/ndlooserfanboys]

 

[Beef03]

Christ, give the guy a chance to recruit some defence and let them mature. Didn't get to see the game, and I loathe the ****ing fighting Irish, but I have a hard time calling him a fraud at this point. It usually takes about three years to turn a program around completely. Let his first wave of recruits hit their junior year at least. Still, as someone pointed out, potentially two BCS seasons in his first couple of years at the helm it's a little tough to call him a disappointment. Hell, as an Aggie fan I would have liked one in the first four years of Coach Fran (you want to talk fraud, well there you go. I don't care if he finally beat UT this Friday).

 

[Armchair_QB]

Why should he be cut more slack than Tyrone Willingham was?

 

[Boom_70]

I am not a big fan of Charlie Weis but he was not the reason ND lost. Their secondary is just not that good. You could see this loss coming a mile away. It also did not help that Rhema McKnight developed a bad case of aligator arms.

 

[Chi City 81]

Why should he be cut more slack than Tyrone Willingham was?

Because he's white. [/ND looser fanboys]