Charlie Weis is a loser
posted by LW, Wednesday, May 20, 2009
If Notre Dame's media guide is to be relied on to provide, you know, the facts, you'd think Weis has done nothing but win during his coaching career.
Turns out, according to this report, that Notre Dame has omitted the losing seasons from Weis' year-by-year biography in the 2009 spring prospectus and the 2008 media guide.
Among the records that just so happened to be left out: The Irish's 3-9 record in 2007.
The decision to omit those records goes back to when Weis was hired in 2005 without any prior head coaching experience. Notre Dame’s media relations department said Monday that it treated his coaching history like that of an assistant – only accentuating the positive.
“That’s the way we did it at the time and that’s what we’ve lived with, for the most part,” said Notre Dame senior associate athletics director for media relations John Heisler said. “If you go back, it didn’t necessarily look the same as Bob’s or Tyrone’s or anybody’s. We weren’t trying to make it look identical.”
Other records that are missing include the New England Patriots’ 5-11 season in 2000, the 6-10 year the Patriots had in 1995, the 5-11 year in 1993, a 6-10 campaign with the New York Giants in 1992 and two losing seasons at South Carolina: 5-6 in 1985 and 3-6-2 in 1986.
However, any .500 or better season Weis helped out in, from the 8-4 Gator Bowl season at South Carolina in 1987 to the 10-2 Sugar Bowl year at Notre Dame in 2006, was included.
Heisler said the decision to make the omissions had nothing to do with Weis. Uh, not sure about that one.
You've heard of political correctness run amok? Well the trend toward positive spinning is close behind.
If Notre Dame were composing a commemorative magazine on Weis' coaching career or something like that -- boy, wouldn't that just fly off the shelves -- you might begin to understand the omission of not-so-positive developments.
But this is a freaking media guide ... something that's actually supposed to serve as a document of record by reporting things like facts and reality.
Who does Weis -- or Heisler, or whoever -- think he's going to fool? It's not like recruits, fans, media and anyone else perusing the media guide is going to forget about the years his teams have stunk it up.
Climbing off the morning soapbox...
Speaking of Notre Dame, you know things are bad when the president pokes fun at you.
Obama’s appearance at the University of Notre Dame’s commencement Sunday "paled in comparison to what to do about the football team," Obama joked later.
At a fund-raiser Sunday evening in Indianapolis for the Democratic Party and four Hoosier congressmen, Obama drew laughter with the double-pronged joke.
Critics of Obama’s position on abortion rights argued that a Catholic university should not award him an honorary degree, and some protesters interrupted the ceremony with shouting. The Fighting Irish’s dismal record for the past two seasons was uncharacteristic for the school that has been a football powerhouse.
"That’s an issue we may not resolve within my four years," he said of the team’s playing.
But when someone in the audience yelled out "eight," Obama concurred:
"All right, well, maybe in eight we might get it done," according to a transcript released Monday by the White House.
Ouch!
Bad news for Florida State receiver Corey Surrency, who was denied another year of eligibility. You'd have thought the NCAA might've shown a little more compassion for a kid who arrived in Tallahassee immediately after his mother died from cancer.
Some conflicting reports on the destination of Robert Marve. ESPN and the Knoxville News-Sentinel say it's Purdue. This report says otherwise.
In The Thporting Newth, Lou Holth giveth thome inthight into his fathinating life.
Dave Curtis lists five ways college athletics departments can cut costs.
Bruce Feldman lists his workout warriors, and the ACC is well represented with Miami DT Allen Bailey, UNC LB Zach Brown, FSU LB Dekoda Watson, and Maryland OT Bruce Campbell.
Clemson WR Jacoby Ford and QB Kyle Parker, by the way, just missed the cut.
Another player of note: TCU OT Marcus Cannon.
About a month ago, I asked TCU All-American DE Jerry Hughes whether there were any freak athletes in the Horned Frogs program. He paused for a moment, then began to shake his head and tell a story. Turns out Cannon, TCU's 6-5, 350-pound starting right tackle, offered to bet Hughes a few years ago over whether the mammoth offensive lineman could pull off a double front flip off a diving board. Hughes jumped at the bet, then watched in amazement as the TCU big man went all Cirque du Soleil on him. "I can do a double front flip, a one-and-a-half and some other stuff off the board," Cannon later explained. "I used to be a lifeguard."
Looks like Michael Irvin thinks it's time for Randy Shannon to win or be replaced.
Really good story here by Paul Strelow on Ben Paulsen and his father, Clemson hitting coach/recruiting coordinator Tom Riginos.
Also in The State: Five storylines for the ACC Tournament.
More on Clemson baseball from The Post and Courier, Independent-Mail and AP.
LW
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Let the record state that Charlie Weis is a loser.
If Notre Dame's media guide is to be relied on to provide, you know, the facts, you'd think Weis has done nothing but win during his coaching career.
Turns out, according to this report, that Notre Dame has omitted the losing seasons from Weis' year-by-year biography in the 2009 spring prospectus and the 2008 media guide.
Among the records that just so happened to be left out: The Irish's 3-9 record in 2007.
The decision to omit those records goes back to when Weis was hired in 2005 without any prior head coaching experience. Notre Dame’s media relations department said Monday that it treated his coaching history like that of an assistant – only accentuating the positive.
“That’s the way we did it at the time and that’s what we’ve lived with, for the most part,” said Notre Dame senior associate athletics director for media relations John Heisler said. “If you go back, it didn’t necessarily look the same as Bob’s or Tyrone’s or anybody’s. We weren’t trying to make it look identical.”
Other records that are missing include the New England Patriots’ 5-11 season in 2000, the 6-10 year the Patriots had in 1995, the 5-11 year in 1993, a 6-10 campaign with the New York Giants in 1992 and two losing seasons at South Carolina: 5-6 in 1985 and 3-6-2 in 1986.
However, any .500 or better season Weis helped out in, from the 8-4 Gator Bowl season at South Carolina in 1987 to the 10-2 Sugar Bowl year at Notre Dame in 2006, was included.
Heisler said the decision to make the omissions had nothing to do with Weis. Uh, not sure about that one.
You've heard of political correctness run amok? Well the trend toward positive spinning is close behind.
If Notre Dame were composing a commemorative magazine on Weis' coaching career or something like that -- boy, wouldn't that just fly off the shelves -- you might begin to understand the omission of not-so-positive developments.
But this is a freaking media guide ... something that's actually supposed to serve as a document of record by reporting things like facts and reality.
Who does Weis -- or Heisler, or whoever -- think he's going to fool? It's not like recruits, fans, media and anyone else perusing the media guide is going to forget about the years his teams have stunk it up.
Climbing off the morning soapbox...
Speaking of Notre Dame, you know things are bad when the president pokes fun at you.
Obama’s appearance at the University of Notre Dame’s commencement Sunday "paled in comparison to what to do about the football team," Obama joked later.
At a fund-raiser Sunday evening in Indianapolis for the Democratic Party and four Hoosier congressmen, Obama drew laughter with the double-pronged joke.
Critics of Obama’s position on abortion rights argued that a Catholic university should not award him an honorary degree, and some protesters interrupted the ceremony with shouting. The Fighting Irish’s dismal record for the past two seasons was uncharacteristic for the school that has been a football powerhouse.
"That’s an issue we may not resolve within my four years," he said of the team’s playing.
But when someone in the audience yelled out "eight," Obama concurred:
"All right, well, maybe in eight we might get it done," according to a transcript released Monday by the White House.
Ouch!
Bad news for Florida State receiver Corey Surrency, who was denied another year of eligibility. You'd have thought the NCAA might've shown a little more compassion for a kid who arrived in Tallahassee immediately after his mother died from cancer.
Some conflicting reports on the destination of Robert Marve. ESPN and the Knoxville News-Sentinel say it's Purdue. This report says otherwise.
In The Thporting Newth, Lou Holth giveth thome inthight into his fathinating life.
Dave Curtis lists five ways college athletics departments can cut costs.
Bruce Feldman lists his workout warriors, and the ACC is well represented with Miami DT Allen Bailey, UNC LB Zach Brown, FSU LB Dekoda Watson, and Maryland OT Bruce Campbell.
Clemson WR Jacoby Ford and QB Kyle Parker, by the way, just missed the cut.
Another player of note: TCU OT Marcus Cannon.
About a month ago, I asked TCU All-American DE Jerry Hughes whether there were any freak athletes in the Horned Frogs program. He paused for a moment, then began to shake his head and tell a story. Turns out Cannon, TCU's 6-5, 350-pound starting right tackle, offered to bet Hughes a few years ago over whether the mammoth offensive lineman could pull off a double front flip off a diving board. Hughes jumped at the bet, then watched in amazement as the TCU big man went all Cirque du Soleil on him. "I can do a double front flip, a one-and-a-half and some other stuff off the board," Cannon later explained. "I used to be a lifeguard."
Looks like Michael Irvin thinks it's time for Randy Shannon to win or be replaced.
Really good story here by Paul Strelow on Ben Paulsen and his father, Clemson hitting coach/recruiting coordinator Tom Riginos.
Also in The State: Five storylines for the ACC Tournament.
More on Clemson baseball from The Post and Courier, Independent-Mail and AP.
LW
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