Welcome, Coach Weis
As we take this opportunity to welcome Coach Weis, I'd like to mention the refrain heard across Irish fandom the past week and a half: that Notre Dame had no margin for error with this hire; that he had to be the right guy or the program was finished and might as well join the Ivy League.
Whether that is true or not is anybody's guess. But let's assume the worst case scenario happens and Weis is no better than Willingham at restoring the luster to Notre Dame football. At least we know we won't have to wait 5 years before making another change.
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Good points, sean-dog. In looking back at the past two weeks' events, I was thinking about a High School friend who asked if he thought the Willingham firing was justified. My reply included arguments against two previously popular dissensions (that three years is not enough, and that it's not coaching--it's the wrong players).
But I think more importantly, I told him that I'm not sure if he "deserved to be fired". If nothing else, he didn't deserve the privilege to continue as head coach at Notre Dame, because he just simply wasn't getting it done. I'm disappointed because TW was and will always be a first-class guy, and I wish him the best. But the results weren't there, and, by his own admission after the firing, he wasn't meeting the school's or his own expectations.
Do you also get the sense that the primary emotion Ty is experiencing right now is relief?
I dont want to assign any Machiavellian motives to his departure, but I have to believe that he felt UW was a better situation for him.
absolutely. I think Ty came to the realization that the expectations were too much for him to meet under the microscope in South Bend. I hope he does well at Triple U.
everyone is saying "circle Sept 24th". I'm more interested in October 22nd vs the Men of Troy. of course, it won't be apples to apples if Norm Chow and Leinart are gone (likely one or both).
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