I like Charlie as a person. I know that he wants for the team to do well. He’s a great recruiter. He just can’t get it done on the college level. He did a good job rebuilding the team, but this is as far as he can take ND.

I think what was worse was actually that Purdue beat Michigan at the Big House on the same day that Navy dominated Notre Dame beginning to end. It showed that there really were no excuses for losing to Michigan AND that his boring-ass workman-like approach to game days just isn’t getting it done.

Sadly…if we can somehow manage to beat Connecticut at home AND beat either Stanford or Pitt on the road, his job is safe…thanks to Kevin White’s stupidity with the contract extension. Yes, I understand that the Saints were on the phone gauging interest from Weis about a head-coaching position, and that the buy out was supposed to be a windfall for the university, but it was still a bad business decision.

I have no idea what the hell he’s doing anymore, either, especially in the redzone. It’s plow forward for a minimal gain, plow forward for a minimal gain, throw a jump ball for Tate or (now) Floyd to pull down. Kyle Rudolph has completely fucking disappeared from the offense. The slot receiver at the back of the endzone and/or tight end flashing across the middle has gone away completely. We have six outstanding receivers in Tate, Floyd, Kumara, Parris, Goodman and Rudolph, top tier talent at running back, a good quarterback who can actually hit guys in stride, and yet Navy comes to the line and calls out what play we’ll be running? That’s fucking ridiculous.

Okay, thanks, I needed somewhere to vent.

/rant