December 13, 2004

Charlie Weis takes the job.: Notre Dame has hired the Pats offensive coordinator to take over the embattled program. He's a good football coach, but is he the right man for the job?

posted by 86 to football at 11:45 AM - 8 comments

And Tyrone Willingham has found himself a job in Seattle as the new coach at U-Dub. I hope they give him more than three years.

posted by 86 at 11:52 AM on December 13, 2004

He's a good football coach, but is he the right man for the job? You mean, can he play the stupid university politics? No idea. I hope he doesn't even try. I hope he just says, "This is how I intend to run it, and if you don't like that, fire me." I'm no expert on Notre Dame or college football, but as a Pats fan, my opinion is that that bunch of weeners probably doesn't deserve him no matter what they're paying him.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 02:06 PM on December 13, 2004

Interesting that Weis got a six year deal, compared to the five years most of his predecessors' contracts ran. If he's 21-15 after three years, will he get the boot too?

posted by billsaysthis at 02:14 PM on December 13, 2004

I'm torn. I love the Patriots and I'm happy for Weis getting a sweet job. But I despise Notre Dame. Damn it.

posted by blarp at 02:57 PM on December 13, 2004

The three year clock starts ticking...

posted by chris2sy at 03:03 PM on December 13, 2004

You mean, can he play the stupid university politics? No idea. I hope he doesn't even try. I hope he just says, "This is how I intend to run it, and if you don't like that, fire me." As long as he's winning big time, I imagine they'll let him say whatever he wants. It doesn't hurt that he's an alum, so they'll probably cut him a little more slack. But let him start losing at ND, watch out. Then he'll have to play the politics and satisfy the boosters cries, or he'll be out too.

posted by roberts at 04:49 PM on December 13, 2004

I don't know why he would want the job when he would probably get a head coaching position after the end of the season. ND is getting a great coach, but an unproven head coach. The only head coaching experience he has was at the high school level.

posted by bperk at 05:29 PM on December 13, 2004

I don't know why he would want the job when he would probably get a head coaching position after the end of the season. That's not a given no matter how talented he is; in fact, the argument is that his talent is part of the reason why he doesn't have a head coaching position already. According to NFL regs, he can't be hired while his team is still in the playoffs. He had interviews with the Jets and the Bills last January, but they signed other coaches while Weis was still officially unavailable.

posted by lil_brown_bat at 07:00 PM on December 13, 2004

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