Charlie Weis success in Kansas sparking Notre Dame angst
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Have you noticed that the Kansas City Chiefs have started 3-0 , their best record in decades and that the quarterback Matt Cassell is burning up the NFL?
Have you noticed that the offensive co-ordinator is someone called Charlie Weis and that he formerly coached a college team called Notre Dame.
Notre Dame are 1-3 last time I looked and some are starting to look at the Weis years as the golden ones.
I'm sure Weis who was vilified in his last season by the Golden Dome is allowing himself a smug smile or two as he surveys the
chaos since he left and the incredible start the Chiefs have made.
Jimmy Clausen, his main player is already a starter in the NFL, starting against the Cincinnati Bengals for the Carolina Panthers.
Okay, he didn't blow the world away but he still had a solid outing 16 of 33 for 188 yards.
Meanwhile over at Arrowhead Stadium Matt Cassel is hitting his stride, decimating the 49ers on Sunday and sparking a dream season for long suffering Kansas City fans.
That is Matt Cassel who is a major reclamation project for Weis,who has shown he has a magic touch with quarterbacks.
With Notre Dame now 1-3 and more and more questions about whether Brian Kelly is talented enough to make the step up to coaching the Fighting Irish, Weis is starting to look better in the rear view mirror.
Hindsight is 20/20 but I'm sure Charlie Weis, who did not leave Notre Dame in the happiest of circumstances is heating up that cold dish called revenge these days.
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Shmrck5S | Sep 27, 2010, 12:28 PM EDT
The Chiefs are NOT in Kansas. They are in Kansas City, Missouri. Kelly's team should be 3-1 instead of 1-3, but Weis certainly showed no ability to do better at Notre Dame.
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pflynn70 | Sep 27, 2010, 10:55 AM EDT
Charlie Weis was and is a damn good coach, sometimes the pressure to win especially with a school like N/D is so great that all the "smart minds" have a brain fart and do something like fire Weis.
Given a little more time, he would have turned the N/D team into a dynasty that it once was.
The "Brain Trust " at N/D should have looked up the old Irish saying, "Do things in haste, repent in leasure".
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John61254 | Sep 26, 2010, 10:48 PM EDT
You are so wrong, and I am so glad Weis is no longer the ND coach. His success (so far) at KC is simply proof that he's a great offensive coordinator AT THE PRO LEVEL, which we already knew. He is not a good head college coach (or maybe not even a good head pro coach). I like Brian Kelly and his philosophy much better. For one thing, he's a much better role model for college age kids. I always felt Weis's lack of physical discipline (as demonstrated by his physique) was a big problem in gaining respect of his players at ND. Kelly is just the opposite. He demands and thrives on discipline, first from himself, and then from his players. He practices what he preaches. Sure I wish we could have won at least one of those first two games (Stanford was just too good: maybe better even than we know: time will tell), but I'm certainly all for giving the guy a chance past 4 games before saying I wish we had Weis back. Give me (and Kelly) a break. Give his system, and his philosophy a chance to take hold. I'm willing top bet that by the end of the season things will look a lot better than they do now.
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mightymjolnir | Sep 26, 2010, 07:59 PM EDT
I'm pretty sure the Chiefs are 3-0. Unless you know something we don't about next week.
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SouthBendNative | Sep 26, 2010, 07:49 PM EDT
Where do you get your information? There is no angst among ND fans or Alums about Weis' current success. But there is plenty about the coach you touted last fall as the savior of ND's program.
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