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December 15, 2004
'Don't Put Words In My Mouth': Notre Dame Coach Charlie Weis chewed out a reporter who suggested his nearly fatal stomach-stapling operation was an effort to put more head coaching offers on his plate. "You want to know why you do it? Because for 10 years you're over 300 pounds and your father died at 56 of a second heart attack."
Bruce at Boston Sports Media Watch has been on top of this one. He mentioned it yesterday and then followed up on it today to say that Tom Curran of the Providence Journal did mention it (registration required).
posted by yerfatma at 05:48 PM on December 15, 2004
He is a fucking asshole
posted by allstar at 08:47 PM on December 15, 2004
He is a fucking asshole Pronoun antecedent unclear. Please advise.
posted by Uncle Toby at 10:03 PM on December 15, 2004
Weis is being a fathead by making a story out of this again. It certainly looks like he said it two years ago to Chris Mortensen, and if he was wildly misquoted, the time to address it was back then, not after accepting one of the most high-profile coaching jobs in the country. I'm guessing that Notre Dame has more pressing issues than whether its new coach thinks thin is in.
posted by rcade at 11:30 PM on December 15, 2004
I could have sworn I read a direct quote well over a year ago (after his recovery) where he said that this was at least partially about becoming a head coach. Heck, it is in the Mortensen article linked[1]- is Mortensen the 'reporter' Weis ripped this week? (Won't bother with registration, sorry...) [1]"My thoughts were that if I wanted to be a head coach, I had to lose weight. If that was the obstacle that was going to keep me from being a head coach, then why not do something about it?"