Enough Already!

Why is Charlie Weis continue to be tolerated. I can understand why the faceless Irish- blinded by touchdown Jesus bow at his feet, but the alumni are another story. Ty Willingham was fired because he was losing by too many points. Weis makes Ty look like the most successful coach in Notre Dame history.

Lets look at all Weis has been able to accomplish in only 8 games this year. Saturday's home loss to USC was the most lopsided loss of this rivalry in its 79 year history. Yesterday's loss was also the second worst in N.D. history. The Irish are 1-7 for the second time in their ancient football history. Amazingly, they have already been eliminated from the 100 or so Bowl contention. These have not been easy feats for Weis to accomplish

They clearly have the recruiting class, the talent and the size to compete with most teams. What they clearly don't have is any coaching ability. The Board of Trustee's have completely failed the faithful. How long will the alumni continue to pour the dollars into an incompetent program. Football put Notre Dame on the map in this country.

Worst of all the Irish seemed to have given up on their coach in the second half. They gained zero yards in the 3rd quarter. Weis continued the charade after the game with his defiance, "People better enjoy it now," he said, "have their fun now." They need to win at least 3 or their last 4 against their patsy end of year schedule. Failing to do so must make the alumni tell Weis to go have his fun some where else.

The Weis and Fall of Notre Dame

Last night's Sugar Bowl was perhaps the least competitive of the BCS Bowls thus far. The Golden Domers proved once again to be unworthy of inclusion at the highest level of college football losing to LSU 41-14. Earning Notre Dame the ignoble title of current longest streak of Bowl losses. Jamarcus Russell thoroughly outplayed presumed #1 pick Brady Quinn. How can the architect of Tom Brady's 3 Super Bowls get destroyed with the #1 pick? Is this the most overrated coach in college sports? It's starting to look that way.

Let's review his performance against Top 10 teams over his two year career. This year Charlie's team was crushed by Michigan at home 47-21. After they beat up on the service acadamies, USC humilated the Irish 44-24 to end the season. Two games against Top 10 teams, two humbling losses. What about last year? Same story. The Irish were beaten by Matt Leinart's, now legendary, push into the end zone at home. Couple that with the another double digit loss to Troy Smith in last year's Fiesta Bowl and we get a clearer picture. Charlie is currently 0-5 against top 10 opponents and 0-2 in Bowl games.

Was Notre Dame premature to give Charlie Weis a ten year extension last year? I certainly think so. As we sit in Chicago with the lowest paid NFL coach, many people say that Lovie needs to win a playoff game before he gets an extension. Shouldn't the boosters at Notre Dame be equally demanding? Next years team will be without Brady Quinn and Jeff Samardzija, so expect the team to be even less competetive than this year. What must be really pricking the Golden Domers is that their first choice, Urban Meyer, also in his second year, is playing for a National Championship with Florida. The funny thing, Florida has not extended Urban Meyer's contract as of yet.

I'll admit that two years is not enough time to make a certain decision on Charlie, but all the things that the boosters were complaining about with Willingham remain. No Bowl victories. No wins against USC. Not being competive against top 10 teams. Willingham was run out of town in his third year for these kind of results, let's see if they do the same to Weis.