This is nuts. How does he keep a job at Notre Dame? He started great and since has regressed in most peoples eyes. They had a schedule this year to get them 9-10 wins and barely finished at .500 with losses to Syracuse and USC to end the year. They will get a bowl game but what has this man done that is any different than previous coaches before him who got the axe?

Weis is a solid recruiter as I’ve covered before and he graduates his players. He’s a great leader in that regard. What he isn’t good at is getting this to translate onto the field. He’s at 3 straight top 10 recruiting classes yet nobody knows any of their players. They don’t have that big name that they always used to have year after year from Rocket Ismail, Rick Mirer (slight chuckle), Ron Powlus (bigger chuckle), Brady Quinn and so on. Clausen shows some serious signs of being a good qb but he’s not leading this team and has a lot on his shoulders.

What I love about this is the negative recruiting that is going to take place. Teams are going to jump all over current committments and future committments by saying “you don’t know how long this guy is going to be there” and I hope it works.

Weis is going to come back next year with another great recruiting class. He’s going to come back with all the promise that each year brings. Then he’s going to Norv Turner that promise to death and bring another average season to Notre Dame football.

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