by Shorty, Milk Was a Bad Choice
I feel as though I should preface this post with an introduction of some sorts. My name is Shorty. Some of you might recognize me as Derek Jeter's official stunt double, while others of you may have visited my blog, Milk Was a Bad Choice. Regardless, I enjoy long walks on the beach, Ben & Jerry's ice cream and I'm a 28 year old Irish kid who roots for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Which leads me to my point in posting here today. Although I am not a Notre Dame fan, I get no joy in watching the Irishmen get straight molly whopped week after week. As I am typing, Michigan has just gone ahead 31-0 at halftime. Who's to blame? You guessed it, the fat guy pictured to the right of this paragraph.
Charlie Weis is well on his way to joining Bob Davie on the illustrious list of N.D. coaches to begin the season 0-3. He spent the first month of the season basking in the spotlight while his quarterbacks awaited his decision on who would start against Georgia Tech. This toolchest refused to disclose his starter to the media and then watched Jimmy Clausen and company fall flat on their faces. Weis has had two decent seasons with the players Ty Willingham recruited, but got blown out of Bowl games both years. If he wasn't a Belichick protege, he would have been let go already. I've never understood the fascination with Weis. How does he even find time to yell at his players in between the sixteen meals he must eat per day? With everyone caught up in the Fire Lloyd Carr campaign following the 0-2 start in Ann Arbor, I feel like people aren't giving Weis his due as the most overrated coach in America.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
THE EPITOME OF OVERRATED
Posted at 5:10 PM ET
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Awesome...our first use of the words "molly whopped" on EC. I am liking you already.
1. Willingham didn't recruit the best player to come to ND in his time, Brady Quinn. Chinedum Ndukwe's dad did all the recruiting for Ty. Ty couldn't be bothered to recruit Quinn.
2. Weis has only 20 upperclassmen on scholarship. Willingham left THIRTY scholarships open in those 2 classes. Willingham spent more time golfing than recruiting, which set the program back several years. The results are the absurdly young team Weis is dealing with now. 3 of the 5 offensive linemen are first-time players. Freshman QB. Freshman running back. Young wide receivers.
3. If Weis's verbal commits for next year's class all sign, he will have the #1 recruiting class in the country.
4. The only reason Weis didn't disclose his QB for so long was because he was waiting to see if Clausen would be ready in time for GT. Given one more week, he would have been. Turns out, he wasn't.
It's not going to show for 2 more years, but Weis has ND going in the right direction. Willingham didn't. Davie didn't. I'm not being an apologist for Weis (he's not perfect, he's not humble, and he's not thin), but the reason he hasn't been let go is because he's trying to repair a team completely crippled by the imbecile that preceded him, not because he's a Belichick protege.
I know it's fun for the ND haters to pretend that Weis is a worse coach than Willingham, but it's just not accurate.
Your points are well taken...BUT...this is Notre Dame...you don't get two years to wait for your prize recruiting class to mature...it doesn't work like that. I'm no Willingham apologist just as you aren't a Weis one...my only point is that the fat man was hailed as a genius & savior when he first arrived and he hasn't produced up until this point. When you coach N.D. you don't get to use those excuses, period.
Notre Dame sucks.
You guys should just apologize to each other adn make out. Maybe rubbin each other's dongs will help ease the pain of Notre Dame being worse than a pee-wee football team.
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