Reporter: So Charlie, now that you've lost the Notre Dame coaching job and gotten paid, what are you going to do?!
Charlie: I'm going to Disney, wait ,I mean I'm going to Arby's!
Notre Dame is firing head coach, Charlie Weis, after 5 years and with 6 left on his contract (meaning he got paid son!). After going to two straight BCS bowls in his first couple seasons with Brady Quinn, Weis went 16-21 in the next three seasons and managed to accrue a lower winning percentage than both Tyrone Willingham and Bob Davie, his predecessors. It's widely accepted that Weis's bowl appearances were largely the work of Willingham's recruiting and development of players. His .565 winning percentage is a result of his overall 35-27 record, and that is clearly not good enough for an independent school steeped in history.
Well times are a-changing and Charlie is a-leaving. Notre Dame isn't a national powerhouse and the only team on television nationally anymore. But they still want to win like they are. they still want preferential treatment for at-large bowl bids over undefeateds like Boise State or Texas Christian. They still want to be discussed as a national title contender each year instead of brought up mockingly as the guys who fell the furthest from glory. And because of that, the bell tolls for Charlie today.
Among the people considered possible candidates to replace Weis are Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly, TCU coach Gary Patterson and Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh. They all seem like decent choices, but I'm not sure any of those people would really be successful enough for the Fighting Irish. In my opinion they need an absolute firestarter to inject some cojones back into the team. I believe they should go an NFL direction similar to USC - someone like John Gruden or Bill Cowher (yes i know they want to stay in the talking-head game). Those two are angry, in-your-face, condense the nonsense type guys. They will accidentally spittle into your mouth as they lambast you for errors and lapses. But they do it the right way...and players listen to them. Get one of those guys in there, let me straighten things out and you'll be well on your way to winning more than you lose.
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