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How is Charlie Weis Still Employeed?

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by Kingsrule41

How in the world can anyone excuse this pathetic team?

I seriously don't understand how this is even debatable, let alone people actually defending the guy.

You see, in college, there is this important thing called RECRUITING. You know, where you go out and get talented players to play for your school.

It's tough work, recruiting! You have to compete with every other school in the country for the best players, and the best players are usually drawn to winning teams, so those teams keep winning while the schools that NEED these guys have to settle for second-rate athletes and sure enough, keep losing.

Simple enough concept to understand.

Here's the thing. Notre Dame has...

1) History. Prestige. One of the most storied programs in the nation. Always televised. Always talked about. Any player that plans on going pro has a great chance to be recognized here.

2) A coach who was offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots with TWO SUPER BOWL RINGS! Who doesn't want the chance to play for a guy like that?

With these huge advantages over most of the rest of the nation, how can Weis be forgiven for such an awful, pitiful recruiting job?

Because players have to keep their grades up? That didn't stop Ty Willingham from recruiting a great team, or, for that matter, many coaches before that.

If it isn't pathetic recruiting, then it is pathetic coaching. Whatever it is, it IS PATHETIC.

And there is absolutely no excuse for Weis to still be this team's coach.


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Niteowl049AAA-er
758 days ago
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Weis is hanging on by a thread...don't know how long his contract was for or how much money he is making but Notre Dame needs to cut their losses...apparently Weiss is not that great a recruiter or they would have a better team on the field. Would be interested to know who recruited Brady Quinn.
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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer
758 days ago
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Charlie Weis has a mammoth sized contract that was extended to 2015.
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Oh No RomoDraft Pick
758 days ago
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Ty Willingham recruited Brady Quinn
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JTStallyWaterboy
750 days ago
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Niteowl049 that is by far some of the worst research (or lack thereof) I've ever seen. It doesn't take that long to look up simple facts so as to not make yourself look uneducated. As replied before, Weis has a 10-year deal and Tyrone Willingham recruited Brady Quinn; this is more or less common knowledge.
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Oh No RomoDraft Pick
758 days ago
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Weis ain't going anywhere. He's got a long contract and it's only his third season. He has two seasons where he leads the Irish to a BCS Bowl Game and one bad one, all the sudden he needs to go?
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Oh No RomoDraft Pick
758 days ago
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Besides, I like seeing Notre Dame lose
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JTStallyWaterboy
750 days ago
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Did you even read this article? You just turned into one of those people defending him that are criticized by the article. The only reason Weis ever had a good team and made BCS appearances was because of players like Quinn, Walker, Samardzija, McKnight, Zbikowski, etc. that Tyrone Willingham (not Charlie Weis) recruited. I mean seriously, this isn't excusable. They haven't lost to two service academies since World War II (what's next!? The Cubs go to the World Series!?). This is one of the worst Notre Dame teams in history, and Weis should be fired.
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Niteowl049AAA-er
758 days ago
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Being born in West Lafayette, Indiana in 1944 I am a Purdue fan since my dad got his Ph.D in chemistry there in 1953 but still keep up with Notre Dame. Wait till Regis Philbin talks about this loss on his morning show on Monday...am wondering what he has to say about Notre Dame's season...UCLA has to be in the dumps after losing to Notre Dame while Navy beat Notre Dame.
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Oh No RomoDraft Pick
758 days ago
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UCLA was already in the dumps because they lost to Utah
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Niteowl049AAA-er
758 days ago
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UCLA should finish 5-7 since they play No.4 Arizona State, No.5 Oregon and crosstown rival USC to finish the season. The best they can hope for is to win one of those games and finish .500.
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