Notre Dame SOS, history, Charlie's weight, opinions (not football)

[Muck]

Originally Posted by OCBucksFan

Does anyone here besides me realize that Charlie is fat?

I don't know, I've never actually seen him.

For some reason in every photo of him I have ever looked at there is an 800lb sack of [censored] standing in the way.

[cincibuck]

Just yankin' your chain Grizz... I hate the Cowboys and, yeah, there is a lot of love for the Irish amongst Catholics... but there's also a lot of resentment (Univ. of Dayton, Xavier, BC) of ND's athletic name recognition. There is also a schism over education and academic power/reputation...BC, Georgetown, Jesuit schools versus ND... and a significant rift between many Catholic colleges and the American Bishops, who want more say re; academic freedom.

[GrizzlyBuck]

Cincibuck, my ignorance of the Catholic and Jesuit aspects of some of these Universities is almost as bad as my loathing for some of them (care to guess which one)

As to Weis being fat, as someone who the government says is obese (6'4" 260lbs) I think that CW is somewhat beyond fat, but we'll just have to agree to disagree

[SNIPER26]

Originally Posted by NOTREDAMECHIEF

According to Forbes ND is #1.
South Bend Tribune: Backfield options growing

YEAH YEAH ND SUCKS I KNOW.....

The Sagarin computer rates the Irish 99th this week among the 242 combined teams in what used to be Division I-A and I-AA, just below Villanova and just ahead of Florida Atlantic. Villanova, in fact, is one of 14 Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) teams rated ahead of the Irish.

[buckiprof]

Nice to see you taking things in stride Chief. However, you should change all of your sig

ND...THE JOKE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL!


EXCEPT AGAINST OSU! CONGRAT'S BP

The last line of your sig doesn't match well with the first line .

[NOTREDAMECHIEF]

Originally Posted by buckiprof

Nice to see you taking things in stride Chief. However, you should change all of your sig



The last line of your sig doesn't match well with the first line .

Check out the new one...

[buckiprof]

Ah Chief, your new sig got a legit LOL from me! That's great.

[BUCKYLE]

Originally Posted by SNIPER26

The Sagarin computer rates the Irish 99th this week among the 242 combined teams in what used to be Division I-A and I-AA, just below Villanova and just ahead of Florida Atlantic. Villanova, in fact, is one of 14 Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) teams rated ahead of the Irish.

Overrated. As usual.

[GrizzlyBuck]

Nice sig Chief, I wonder if Weis realizes that the decisions he makes can affect his players psyche. By not attempting that field goal, and following that with his reasoning about why they went for it on fourth and a bunch, how must that kicker feel ? Couple that with his question of whether his players have a problem learning (while touting himself as a great teacher) and you have the makings of a lost (in more ways than one) team.

[Best Buckeye]

Everyone in the world knows that Charlie is not a good College coach.
That being said keep in mind that he is smart enough to become one and that ND will give him 2 or 3 years to see if he can. Will you sing his praises then?

[SanAntonioBuck]

[ORD_Buckeye]

Originally Posted by cincibuck

.. and a significant rift between many Catholic colleges and the American Bishops, who want more say re; academic freedom.

God help BC, ND and GT if the Bishops seize academic control. This is the same group who just told me that if I don't vote the way the pope wants me to, I'm going to hell--not exactly the group to nurture academic freedom and quality.

[ORD_Buckeye]

Originally Posted by Best Buckeye

Everyone in the world knows that Charlie is not a good College coach.
That being said keep in mind that he is smart enough to become one and that ND will give him 2 or 3 years to see if he can. Will you sing his praises then?

Not sure that he gets 3 years. I think he needs to show significant improvement next year, or he's gone. While the Willingham excuse is ridiculous now, next year it will be pure nonsense. My hunch is that he needs to get to a bowl next year and get to a BCS bowl in '09. Anything less, and they run him.

[Jaxbuck]

Originally Posted by ORD_Buckeye

Not sure that he gets 3 years. I think he needs to show significant improvement next year, or he's gone. While the Willingham excuse is ridiculous now, next year it will be pure nonsense. My hunch is that he needs to get to a bowl next year and get to a BCS bowl in '09. Anything less, and they run him.

I don't know. I think ND has gotten themselves into the situation we were in with Coop. You can only burn through so many coaches before their very close fraternity puts a big fat "undesireable job" label on your program. If ND isn't already there, they are playing with fire if they boot another one inside of 5 years.

Also, coaches are going to start wondering what is it about ND thats causing a lot of well respected coaches to fall flat on their face. Ty and Davie were and are well respected by their peers, a lot of guys said no thanks during the last search. All that tells me is that the questions about the overall appeal of ND is not being questioned by just the unwashed message board masses.

They fire hevy Weisen and their next coaching search is going to be an even bigger embarrassment for them than this last one imo. No big names will come on board and I don't know that they can lower themselves to take a chance on a lesser known up and comer.

I think they are weded to their very large bride for the next 3 at a minimum and then he'll pull a Coop and not suck just enough where they end up keeping him much longer than they want to.

[ORD_Buckeye]

Originally Posted by Jaxbuck

I think they are weded to their very large bride for the next 3 at a minimum and then he'll pull a Coop and not suck just enough where they end up keeping him much longer than they want to.

Makes sense and is probably the best scenario for haters of the dome.