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12-14-2006, 09:15 PM
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After failing to land one of the nation's leading college coaching candidates, Notre Dame signed one of the NFL's top assistants.
WireImage.com Charlie Weis is the first Notre Dame alum to coach the Irish since 1963. New England Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis made it official Sunday night, becoming the first Notre Dame graduate to coach the team since Hugh Devore served as interim coach in 1963. Only Weis didn't play college football. He signed with the Irish 12 days after Tyrone Willingham was fired and eight days after Notre Dame officials returned empty-handed after flying to Utah to meet with Utes coach Urban Meyer. Meyer signed with Florida instead. Weis agreed to a six-year deal that will pay him $2 million a year, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports. His hiring ended an embarrassing two-week search by the Fighting Irish to find a coach for perhaps the most storied program in the nation. The 48-year-old Weis arrived at the school Sunday night, just hours after the Patriots beat Cincinnati in Foxboro, Mass. Within an hour, he met with the players. "Here's what we have to do. I believe there is a proper protocol, and right now, the most important thing is that I go talk to the players," Weis said. "So, tomorrow is our time for the press conference ... Let's do it tomorrow." The players seemed excited about their new coach. "It's nice to have a little bit of closure and know we have a coach and know what kind of system we're going to have next year," offensive guard Bob Morton said. "It's a good night for Notre Dame." Weis told the players he'll be around as much as possible, but would be staying with the Patriots through the playoffs. "He told us to have fun, finish things off right with our exams, have fun at the bowl game, enjoy break and come back ready to go," offensive tackle Mark LeVoir said. In Foxboro after the Super Bowl champions' 35-28 win, quarterback Tom Brady told CBS, "Even though he's leaving I think everyone's going to enjoy these last few games and hopefully we send him out the right way." Weis, who graduated in 1978, will attempt to restore Notre Dame to the powerhouse program it was when he attended the university as an undergraduate while Ara Parseghian and Dan Devine coached the Fighting Irish. The door for him to return to Notre Dame opened when Willingham was fired on Nov. 30 after posting a 21-15 record over three seasons. Willingham, who coached at Stanford before going to South Bend, returned to the Pac-10 by accepting the job at Washington on Sunday night. Willingham will match up against his former team when Notre Dame visits Seattle next Sept. 24. Weis has been the Patriots' offensive coordinator for the last five seasons, which included two Super Bowl championships. His stock has risen with New England's success, but the Patriots' long playoff runs have hindered his attempt at a promotion. An NFL rule prohibits assistants from being hired while their teams are in the playoffs. The New York Giants and Buffalo Bills interviewed Weis in January, but they hired other coaches before the Patriots won the Super Bowl. Weis could have faced the same problem this year, since an NFL team might have had to wait until after the Feb. 6 Super Bowl to hire him. Weis nearly died in the summer of 2002 from complications of gastric bypass surgery, commonly known as stomach stapling. The coach said one of the reasons he underwent the procedure was to make himself more marketable to teams looking for a head coach
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#122
12-14-2006, 09:28 PM
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 see these other "top" programs have had trouble luring a coach too but the media and other fans act like oh, oh this is not a primo gig the Bama job ain't what it was~who on God's green Earth would want to coach there, 2.2 million, top facilities, a team loaded for next season with a top 15 recruiting class lined up? what fool would sign his death certificate to that dead-end, widow-maker of a vocation? |
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12-14-2006, 09:31 PM
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http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=9&c=14&yr=2007
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12-14-2006, 09:50 PM
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b) it's subjective, if you go how "scouts" ranks as gospel truth, it varies widely according to publication back to Weis, an interview doesn't count as a bit, an offer does! |
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12-14-2006, 09:51 PM
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12-14-2006, 10:28 PM
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DrFager: thanks for that link to Scout.....It's good to see my boys in there at #8...with highest ranking quality of recruits(4.40) in the Nation! Rebuilding...HAH!
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12-14-2006, 10:29 PM
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12-14-2006, 10:39 PM
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12-14-2006, 10:43 PM
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They could be orange for all I care, it wouldn't change the fact that they suck.
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12-14-2006, 10:56 PM
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12-14-2006, 11:53 PM
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Rodney King was beaten by Birmingham police The Watts riots were somewhere in the Mobile Bay area and Bernie Getz shot all those guys on a Tuscaloosa subway thanks for reminding me! Last edited by BellamyRd. : 12-14-2006 at 11:56 PM. |
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12-15-2006, 07:29 AM
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I didn't say that I have been to both facilities, this is from 2 guys that covered SEC schools, Georgia and Kentucky, why would they lie? I think I have found a new group of the most delusional fans, it was a tossup between UK Basketball Fans and Ohio State Football fans, but I think the Alabama fans are actually worse than both. It's not a bad job, but why knock yourself out trying to win in the SEC and deal with psychos like you, it's not an attractive job as you guys think. And as for the horse comment, I have forgotten more than you will ever know... |
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12-15-2006, 09:59 AM
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ok well why did Dantonio bolt the first chance he had for the last place team in the Big Ten this year? UC's facilities = River Downs Alabama's facilities = Churchill Downs "Point Given, NOT TODAY!" |
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12-15-2006, 10:09 AM
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12-15-2006, 10:10 AM
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What the hell difference do facilities make anyway?
Its football, not figure skating. All you need is a weight room and a field for them to kick the **** out of each other on. I don't see what difference it makes. As far as the coach search goes, they will get a top notch coach sooner or later. Its too good of an opportunity for someone not to take it. BUt again, if the job is as great as Bama fans are claiming, then why is it still open instead of being immediately filled by guys trying to get in? Isn't that really the proof in the pudding that perhaps Bama fans think its a better job than it is perceived by everyone else? |
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12-15-2006, 10:11 AM
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Let's see why did Dantonio bolt??? #1 He was the second lowest paid BCS Coach behind Duke #2 Why beg to get 27,000 people to come to your games, when you have 71,000 more than willing. He had to call people in Cincinnati to ask them to come to a game... It's a no brainer, I don't blame him, Cincinnati is a Pro Football Town and College Basketball Town, it will never be a College Football Town and I don't pretend otherwise... Dantonio even said that the facilities are as nice or better than Michigan State or OSU, both places he coached. UC will max out at 35k attendance, so yes many schools have them beat that way, but for training and general setup, they have one of the best in the Country as stated by the anouncers on ESPN during one of the games, they couldn't lavish enough praise on the place, it just went through a huge overhaul. And for the Bama fans questioning me have I been to Bama and them claiming to have better facilities than NFL Teams, how many NFL Facilities or other College Facilities have you toured. Just more nonsense from the Bama fans. Pointg5=Realistic Fan Bellamy Road=Bama Nut Job |
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12-15-2006, 10:16 AM
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The other guy is a PW'ed stuttering boob who's got a mediocre record at best. Our problem is there aren't many real men left in the coaching ranks. Most of them are intimidated by the bear and settle for less by coaching at some jugblowing, couch burning, ****hole on the side of a mountain. |
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12-15-2006, 10:17 AM
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12-15-2006, 10:18 AM
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