Comments on: On-the-Job Training is Over

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:29:35 +0000

Is it too early for the student section to start sporting "Kelly's Heroes" tee shirts?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:52:11 +0000

For everyone who is not yet drinking the Brian Kelly Kool-Aid, tune in Friday night to see the Bearcats put a major beatdown on the Mountaineers. Carefully observe Kelly's level of engagement with his players and coaches and then tell me he is not the guy who should succeed Coach
Weis.

By: John

John — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:21:55 +0000

Tenuta's national ranking on defense at Ga. Tech was:
2003‘ 32nd
2004 12
2005 10
2006 27
2007 20
What happened at ND? Did Tenuta just lose it or did CW forget to recruit defense? ND's blitzes don't at all look like the blitzes Ga Tech ran against ND when Tenuta was there.

By: NDRoy

NDRoy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:24:44 +0000

The defense of CW completely astounds me. He is clearly the problem. He does not have the players' respect, he seldom has them game ready, he is unable to adjust at halftime, on and one. What other coach in major college football can boast no signature win in his career. They've beat noone that matters.

I am an ND alum, a contributing alum no less, so I get the sentimental stuff about CW being a grad and wanting him to do well. So did I. And years have passed and we're going backward. I agree with the previous poster that cited the upcoming games. It pains me to realize we are going to lose at least 2 more games this season.

Give Charlie a job as an ND PR rep.

What coach is next? I don't know, but CW must go.

By: valpodoc

valpodoc — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:15:42 +0000

Let us assume Charlie is shown the door. The next coach does not need to be the messiah. All we need is a good coach. There are plenty of good coaches. If you coach at Cincinnati you need to be a wunderkind to win a national championship. The history of our program insures a certain talent.

By: tehmaven

tehmaven — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:50:02 +0000

There is one flaw in your article towards the end about finding someone that has proven in the past. With the exception of Dan Davine, all other ND coaches that won national titles did not come from power house programs.

Ara was 36–35–1 at Northwestern
Holtz was 4-7 and 7-5 before coming to ND

Pre-Ara doesn't count as it was almost always ND players becoming coaches.

Great leadership is hard to find, looking for the "standout" great coach isn't easy. Pete Carroll didn't exactly tear things up in the NFL. ND needs a coach that can handle LOTS of pressure and keep football fun for the kids playing while instilling a hard work ethic and commitment to the team and ignoring the media as much as possible. ESPN (as it is today) and blogs like these didn't exactly exist when Holtz took the 88 team to a National title.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:19:25 +0000

"not enough evidence"

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? What have you been watching the last 5 years? Weiss has NOT won a BIG game yet. 2 or 3 games this year we have had to win by a last-second, last play throw....

..it's been a bad decade & a half for the Irish & sadly it doesn't currently look like it's going to get any better...

teams used to fear playing ND.. .not now.. I heard a sound byte that the Navy players looked at this game like any other game. That's sad

COME BACK LOU!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:59:43 +0000

Going to stay anonymous here, my apologies, but I have it on good authority that Tony Dungy has been monitoring the ND situation since before the season started and should the position become available he would have great interest.

Whether you believe this tip or not (you should), Tony Dungy is an available and accomplished head coach that should at least be in the discussion of future replacements. He has name recognition, would bring instant credibility to our defense and passes the image/integrity test. As a bonus, Dungy's role as mentor to troubled athletes could give him some leeway with regards to admissions.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:17:46 +0000

The players said it was their fault last year too.

Do we wait on new players?

How winning coaches don't have this problem?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:16:48 +0000

I wrote it yesterday, but got filtered…I'll say it again. It's the players first and foremost. Yes, they have talent, but lack the spark except when it seems critical. Point the fingers at them first. They miss tackles, they get man-handled by guards 40 pounds lighter, they miss assignments and allow passes to hit them in the back, they miss field goals, and then one of them blames the scheme. Based on what I've been reading that guy will make a good alum some day. Point fingers at others. If a student fails a class, blame the prof, right? Sheesh! I really am not a Weis apologist, but dang guys. When it comes to blocking and tackling, they know what to do by now….
For all the Weis critics, when ND was stopping Navy and moving the football late in the fourth quarter, what was Charlie Weis doing better? The answer: nothing. The players seemed to turn it up a notch. I suggest an intestinal fortitude problem on their part. (Please no comments about that being the coaches job. By now the players control that.)
Some of you guys sound like the whiney parents I would always have to listen to when coaching a summer select ball club. Always their High School coach's fault for their lack of performance!