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Notre Dame FB: Weis Not So Wise Anymore
So let me get this straight.
Notre Dame is 0-4. As in zero wins—nada, nothing, naught, zilch, zip, goose egg.
This is the same program that earned BCS bowl berths in 2005 and 2006, and won 19 regular-season games against just four losses in the last two years.
So what, pray tell, is Notre Dame’s giant malfunction?
I refuse to believe that the departures of QB Brady Quinn and WR Jeff Samardzija are the only factors in the Irish’s run of bad luck.
Instead, my diagnosis is that coach Charlie Weis is the giant malfunction—literally and figuratively.
Notre Dame did have two successful seasons with Weis at the helm, but let’s not forget that the key players on those teams were recruited by former coach Tyrone Willingham.
2007 is our real first glimpse of Weis’ own recruiting ability.
And it hasn't been pretty.
This is Notre Dame Football. Practically every pee-wee-leaguer in America dreams of one day playing in South Bend. What type of recruiting difficulties could one possibly encounter while coaching the Irish?
Weis has his pick of the most elite athletes in the nation...and this is all he can muster?
"I'm not a pat-you-on-the-back-and-tell-you-things-are-gonna-be-all-right kind of guy," Weis has said.
Well, that’s good...because I have a feeling that Notre Dame fans, especially the check-writing alumni, aren't a pat-you-on-the-back-and-tell-you-things-are-gonna-be-all-right kind of crowd.
Maybe Weis has an old friend from New England who can do some videotaping for him during the Purdue game. It just might take an illegal act for Notre Dame to even sniff a win against the Boilermakers, who are 4-0 and averaging more than 48 points a game.
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