tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post8165980979618827004..comments2024-01-10T13:13:28.243-06:00Comments on We Are Notre Dame: A Sad DayJimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03901172802515710288noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post-69405453538766420612008-11-11T14:37:00.000-06:002008-11-11T14:37:00.000-06:00Great post, and I agree with everything you have s...Great post, and I agree with everything you have said. Saturday was a depressing day in so many ways, and it revealed that ND's football program is probably no better off than it was under Davie or Ty or at any time since the end of the Holtz era. We are still spinning our wheels, and the light at the end of the tunnel is rapidly fading. <BR/><BR/>I agree that BC was not that good. Their quarterback had limited skills, their WRs weren't all that good, and I don't think Jags is a wizard by any stretch. An SEC team would have destroyed them. Even a good Big 10 team like Penn State or Ohio State would have pounded them. Pitt was a better team than BC. I could live with the Pitt loss. Getting blown out by BC was a disaster. <BR/><BR/>I don't know what happens next, but I don't have any confidence that Weis is going to succeed as a head coach (at least at the level that ND fans would like). I think we're going to continue to sputter down the stretch and probably into next year. <BR/><BR/>The bottom line is that sometimes you just KNOW when your coach is the real deal. Alabama fans KNOW they have a great coach and are happy with their program. Florida fans KNOW Meyer is a great coach. USC fans KNOW Pete Carroll is a great coach. If we had a great coach, I would never complain about the program. I wanted to believe in Weis and have rooted for him, but never really knew that he was it. Now it's becoming clear that he isn't the guy. <BR/><BR/>ND can do better, and I hope that we make the right decision and find the right guy.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749996801204575270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post-68642552314806644152008-11-10T14:08:00.000-06:002008-11-10T14:08:00.000-06:00Report Card Time:http://irishbandofbrothers.blogsp...Report Card Time:<BR/><BR/>http://irishbandofbrothers.blogspot.com/2008/11/ibb-report-card-boston-college-game.htmlProud Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02196287994171150056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post-75704808719883495182008-11-09T09:46:00.000-06:002008-11-09T09:46:00.000-06:00The fact that Weis continues to attract top-flight...The fact that Weis continues to attract top-flight recruits to South Bend is evidence that Notre Dame can rise to the top of college football once more. <BR/><BR/>The problem, however, is that Notre Dame's administration is fundamentally flawed that there is little hope for a revival. In order for a football renaissance to occur, we would need a board of trustees and university administrators who recognize football's importance to the University. This, in turn, would ensure that the proper resources would be devoted to football and that the athletic department would be run by competent professionals who are vested with sufficient autonomy. Under such circumstances, we could reasonably expect that Notre Dame would always have a tremendous coaching staff as well.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, while this may be the case at other universities, Notre Dame's leadership is completely inept and unaccountable. The "leaders" don't appreciate or respect the importance of football, yet they felt compelled to stick their nose in the hiring process, thereby resulting in the choice of Weis (and Willingham and Davie before him). As such, we cannot expect that a suitable replacement for Weis will be identified and recruited to Notre Dame.<BR/><BR/>Everything starts at the top. Unless there is a marked culture change in the administration, football will suffer. Unfortunately, there is no evidence to suggest that changes are afoot at Notre Dame.<BR/><BR/>A sad day indeed.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07003108385466740591noreply@blogger.com