Comments on: The Weis Fact Sheet

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:08:35 +0000

I really don't like to compare our coach with Pete Carroll but Pete Carroll turned SC's football program within two years. What does our Cholly do? NOTHING, not a god damn thing and our football team gets worse and worse. Please please go out and find a great coach so that we can kick SC's behind.

By: James

James — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:32:48 +0000

don't overlook the fact that Weis has no AP All-Americans to his credit. All-American Jeff Samardzija goes on Ty Willingham's resume not Weis'. Notre Dame has a glorious history for producing All-Americans, but not on Weis' watch.

By: Dad

Dad — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:34:18 +0000

I think David Collins is right. The times have changed and ND has to decide which path it's going to take. Do we really want to be like USC or Florida, where the football team is really just a semi-pro team that represents the school, just like the Bears, for example, represent Chicago? Do we really want to "hide" unqualified students whose classwork is a joke and whom we have to monitor constantly to keep out of jail? I'd rather have my beloved Notre Dame be honest and true to itself than a hundred NCs. We never should have expanded the stadium, built the Goog, signed a contract with NBC, or packaged the pep rallies to the point that they're held in contempt by people who can remember how it was back in the day. (Oh, for a time machine.) Let's form a league with the academies, Stanford, Northwestern, etc. Let the other schools have a pro football team if they want. We won't sell as many T-Shirts, but we'll still have the school we love.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:18:00 +0000

not verified myself but the combined records of the teams cholly has beaten the last 3 seasons is something like 50-100. or teams that only win about 1/3 of their games

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:58:21 +0000

who ever pointed out the amount of slipping on the field is a genius and I think he is right. I have watched numerous players slip and fall and on some slips it prevented them from scoring a touchdown. The slip in the USC game is a good example. I hope the powers that be look into this. I hope this away game at Pitt may prove something.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:51:33 +0000

Weis is clearly not a good or even average head coach and should not continue at ND. In addition to his inept performance, I don't think he is a good representative of ND. Based on his recruitment of Terrelle Pryor, he is considered to be very arrogant here in Western PA. As an example, according to those at Jeannette High School, Weis showed up and was flashing his super bowl ring and asking if anyone wanted to touch it and/or have an autograph. He is way too full of himself.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:04:39 +0000

I think the 2007 year should be thrown out of the discussion since that team was made up of Willingham's Juniors and Seniors….all 7 of them. This year is inexcusable though.

By: Kurt in Foco

Kurt in Foco — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:57:32 +0000

As a USC alumnus and fan who experienced similar football program lows in the 1980s and 1990s, I want to throw out a few ideas about the current problems of ND football...this is not ND bashing, just observations:

1. I think that many of the systems that rank recruiting classes over-rate the incoming talent of many major college programs based on simply "who they are." It happened to USC a lot in the mid-80s (with that talent going 6-5), and I think that is part (maybe 25%) of the problem for ND recently.

2. On the flip-side, some years ND hauls in a LOT of talented recruits, yet the fans watch in frustration as the COACHING fails to correctly utilize the playing talent (such as USC throughout the 1990s). The program will send lots of talent to the NFL, and you wonder why they couldn't put it together while at the school. This is clearly 75% of the problem at ND right now.

3. Weis has an ego from me to you. It is actually sad to watch this guy operate as if he is bigger than the Irish football program (no pun intended), and that harms the entire atmosphere of ND football.

4. The "Weis Fact Sheet" speaks for itself. He is not at all a good coach. He should be let go.

In closing: take heart, Irish fans. USC went through many down years and some poor coaches before we struck gold with Pete Carroll, as did Oklahoma with Bob Stoops. Perhaps the next ND coach will put it all together and wake up the echoes, provided that the powers-that-be make the right selection this time.

By: Melis

Melis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:52:45 +0000

Can I just say that I was pregnant for 2 1/2 of these godawful seasons? And had to watch all of these games dead sober? Do you know what that's like?! It's awful. I hate him.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:16:02 +0000

You forgot to mention: most yards gained against ND in a single game (one of the USC games).