Charlie Weis

So Charlie is making news again in South Bend. I guess at the Blue-Gold spring game he said "To Hell With Michigan" saying that they will use the fact that they are learning a new system and everything when they lose, and that he would never blame anyone but himself. Now that is true, this year during a 3-9 season for the Irish after every game Weis only blamed himself saying he didnt have the team prepared to play. But I dont know if I would go taking shots at a coach who you have never coached against, especially when it is a big rivalry game. If they dont win in September he will have a little bit of egg on his face. Here is a link to where I read the story.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/SPORTS06/80507085/104
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Please dont turn this into a bash ND threat and say they need to just join a conference and they they suck and blah blah blah, if you want to do that, start another thread and I will see you in there. 

But let me know what you guys think. Why do you think Weis is saying all of these things, such as the recruiting thugs, and now this with the Michigan comment.

Personally, I think he is being stupid. If I was him, I would go visit Tom Brady and maybe ask for a serving of that humble pie. After the worst season in Irish history, I think he should just be quiet, go about his business and if the team plays better, and if they brought a NC to South Bend then he could talk crap. But until then, I wish he would just keep his mouth shut.

As a UofM fan I can't see giving the opposition bulletin board material. I know he wants to fire up the home crowd and make a statement, but it would be wise to avoid giving a team any reason to get up for a game.

Let the players do the talking. You think Weiss would be pissed if Claussen made the statement... We will kick USC overrated A$$. My guess is he would.

Weiss is coaching for his job, heat is on Domers do not stand for consecutive losing seasons. I think maybe Charlie is feeling the pressure and looking for anyway to gain support from the alums.

Chucky is a joke of a coach.  When he was winning (albeit only against weak teams) with Ty's experienced players he was taking credit for his coaching genius.  Three years in he was getting his butt handed to him and he basically pinned the blame on Ty's "poor recruiting".  Weis just isn't a good head coach and he isn't good at developing talent.

And taking shots at Michigan for making excuses, when they haven't made excuses is classless.  Especially since it's far from a lock that ND will win the game.  I'll be rooting for Michigan to win that game, just so I can hear reporters ask Chucky about his "excuses" comments.

My admittedly uninformed take:

(1) Quotes get taken out of context.  Ever since the days of the Spanish-American War, yellow journalism has been the driving force behind media profits.  Unbiased, nuanced reports of complicated situations put people to sleep.  Out-of-context sound bites have led to the creation of a half dozen cable news networks and the dilution of meaningful media analysis.

(2) Weis should know all of this, and he should keep his mouth shut. 

(3) I don't think the man's used to being held accountable for the ramifications of his blabber.  Belicheck had the spotlight in New England, and the collective Notre Dame fan base was so enamored of his hiring and bringing the Irish to a BCS bowl that they largely overlooked any possible personal infelicities he may have. 

Let your team's performance do the talking, Charlie. 

Like I said in the first post I think I wrote please dont turn this into a ND bashing thread. I guess that was a little too hard for you. The fact is Weis took a team that was 6-6 and turned them into a 9-3 and a 10-3 team. So that is pretty good if you ask me. I would like to see what he can do with this young talent. 1 bad year doesnt mean he cant develop talent. You sit there and say that ND was playing only weak teams and Weis was getting all of the credit. Well tell me this, in the past 3 years since Weis has taken over name 1 win that tOSU has that you will say is a quality win. What the game at Texas when Colt McCoy was in his second game of his career.  That is about all I can think of. The rest of the teams you beat, ND has played them as well, and have beaten them, so does that mean tOSU has only beaten weak teams.

Lets see how tOSU does this year since they actually have scheduled a tough OCC. Then maybe then you can say other teams play weak schedules and brag about beating tough opponents.