Not Like Everybody Else
One of the themes emanating from the media this morning is that TW's dismissal is proof that Notre Dame is now no different from any other football school...
Firing Willingham tarnishes Golden Dome
White's quick trigger kills myth of special place - Star
Shame on Notre Dame
ND now looks like everyone else
That's right, if you'd just take the time to read the dozens of articles, or watch the numerous news stories, or listen to the ubiquitous talk radio segments on Irish football, you'd realize that they're correct--Notre Dame is no different than any other school that fires its coach after a sub-par season, like Florida or Nebraska or Stanford.
Whoa, Stanford fired their coach?! When? Well, nevermind that, let's get back to focusing on how Notre Dame isn't special...yawn.
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You can add Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe to the mix:
http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2004/12/01/irish_in_reality_show_not_the_old_movies/
While I haven't read all the other articles, I do have a question for all these detractors: what about the fans? what about the players? Is it fair to them to continue to let an inexorably worsening situation to fester, simply out of precedent or principle? I say no.
The Ryan article peeved me because it makes a generalization about ND's supporters, and that they all claim to be holier than thou. Not so. We want to win, to succeed and when feasible, do the right thing.
Bottom line, as Sean said: most of them hate us anyhoo, so why should we care about what they think?
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