7 Coaches Who Should Replace Charlie Weis at Notre Dame

[joeybee12]

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/therundown/2009/11/7_coaches_who_should_next_season.php?page=2

As we near the end of another college football season, one of America's favorite subjects rises again: What happens to Notre Dame?

Why is this non-story a story? Yu don't have to look far -- whether in St. Louis or in any other part of the country -- Notre Dame fans, however obnoxious or uppity, are everywhere.

Since Lou Holtz left the Irish after the '96 season, the national relevance of the program has diminished almost as much as Holtz's relevance as an ESPN analyst. Notre Dame has no trouble being relevant to fans or the media because it's, well, Notre Dame. But the program isn't the problem, it's the coach. When Charlie Weis was brought in five years ago, it was because he was an alumni and he had credentials as the offensive coordinator for the Super Bowl-winning dynasty New England Patriots. It seemed like a logical choice, right?

Weis' credibility as a coach isn't in question; it's whether he's right for Notre Dame. In five seasons, he has amassed the same record and winning percentage as the two guys before him: 35 wins, 25 losses, just like Bob Davies; and a winning percentage of .583 just like Davies and Tyrone Willingham.

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Interesting that they have Urban Liar first.

[TZ]

1. Here's my suggestion...

Bobby Bowden...or Lloyd Carr..I hear he's available..:rofl:

[joeybee12]

2. Why, I oughta....

:mad:

[KamaAina]

9. Lloyd Carr might actually work

ND doesn't play Ohio State, you see. :P

[BOSSHOG]

3. Bobby Petrino is available

He's been in the same job for almost two years. He should be leaving soon. Although he usually moves up. Arkansas to Notre Dame sure as hell isn't a promotion relative to sports programs and facilities in the 21st century.

[joeybee12]

4. No, it's a jump from the 17th century to the 21st century...

:evilgrin:

[hughee99]

13. He wouldn't be the first guy to coach both Arkansas and ND...

My brother has a Lou Holtz Razorback doll all decked out in his 70's attire (checkered pants and Red Hogs windbreaker).

[BOSSHOG]

14. Lou spent a year at Minnesota

between his Arkansas and Notre Dame Gigs. Broyles hired Holtz to replace himself and that pissed off UA assistant Jimmy Johnson who left for Oklahoma State.

[hughee99]

16. I was reading about his short MN stint earlier.

He left before their bowl game that year because he had a "Notre Dame clause" in his contract that let him out to go to ND.

[madinmaryland]

5. Notre Dame has driven themselves into irrelevance.

Who really cares. There is no incentive to win a conference or actually anything. They have a fat contract to SUCK on NBC.

I suppose they could join the MAC and actually be competitive!!

:D

[brendan120678]

6. I'm still of the opinion that...

Notre Dame should be kicked out of the Big East for all other sports if they refuse to join for football.
Of course, TPTB at the Big East would never do that, because of the "prestige" of being able to claim ND as a conference member.

[Capt. America]

7. They can forget "pope Urban", Stoops, and Gruden. I would think the "sexy" choice now is

Kelly of Cinci or Harbough. I'm not familiar with the VT or TCU fellas.

[joeybee12]

8. You know, Urban Meyer was named after the pope who started the Crusades...

...incredible what lack of history his parents must have. Then again, they might be very much aware of it, which makes them pr*cks.

[Jack from Charlotte]

22. His mother is from Poland.....

and perhaps it's a Polish name. Reading his bio.... I didn't get the impression he's very Catholic or very religious, at all.

[joeybee12]

23. I don't think Urban is a popular Polish name...

...lots of Polish relatives and no one had that.

[madinmaryland]

10. Harbaugh will end up in Michigan.

[JonLP24]

11. Harbaugh has a good thing going with Andrew Luck

Maybe in 3 years but not now. No way he'll bail on a freshman QB that happens to be the best QB in the Pac 10. Plus Stanford built him an expensive bathroom just for him!

[RT Atlanta]

12. Nick "Sabear" Saban

He's a money grabbin' attention ho and should enjoy the fact the pope's school has its own dedicated network (NBC) to broadcast its football games.

[joeybee12]

15. At this point, an attention ho might just be what America's Most Beloved

College Football Team needs.

[BOSSHOG]

17. One and all can feel

all the love for Notre Dame on this thread. Notre Dame is an attention Pimp institution (which has embarrassed itself for years) so regardless of who gets the job they will be an attention whore.

[joeybee12]

18. No, don't be shy...say what you REALLY feel Boss! n/t

[bigwillq]

19. USA Today had a similar story

They mentioned Grudden, Stoops and Urban Meyer among a few others. Let me see if I can find a link.

[underpants]

20. As much as ND is the prime prime job Meyer isn't going anywhere

Florida is THE prime job right now because of him.

[Dulcinea]

21. Who would want that job?

-snip-

Domers will flood the blogosphere with breathless tales of Urban Meyer's lifelong love for Notre Dame and Bob Stoops' disillusionment at Oklahoma. Jon Gruden's dad was an Irish assistant on Dan Devine's staff, remember. Ara Parseghian is 86, unfortunately, but Lou Holtz is only 72. Catholic, too. So is Steve Mariucci.

All well and good. And not happening. Meyer chose Florida over Notre Dame in 2004 for a reason: It's a better job. Many of them are. Notre Dame hasn't won a national championship since 1988 or been in contention for one since 1993. It needs an upgrade to reach the middle-class prosperity of Iowa, Missouri or Cal -- decent every year, really good occasionally -- before it can aspire to rejoin the Florida-Texas-Alabama-Ohio State ruling elite.

Still a magic name, a special place? To some, but not everybody. Pat Fitzgerald was probably speaking for a lot of college coaches when he said don't even ask. He's at Northwestern, his alma mater, which is 8-4 this year.

-snip-

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/dan_mcgrath/11/23/notre.dame/index.html

[Jack from Charlotte]

24. Anyone who wants to make $3 million per year....

guaranteed for 5 years. I'm guessing that's lots of coaches who aren't currently making that much money.

[Capt. America]

25. Brian Kelly -everyone else is a pipedream.

[Ganja Ninja]

26. Brian Kelly would be the practical choice.

Forget about Gruden and Meyer. Meyer has a chance to rack up more national championships at Florida so I doubt he's seriously thinking about changing jobs. Choosing Gruden would be making the same mistake they made when they chose Weis. Pro coaches don't always win when they move to the college level.

[El Supremo]

27. I predict that It will be Lou Holtz.

No one else wants it.