Game Over and a Final Rant

[EnviedOne]

Little news flash to the media talking heads and scribes: The PR battle's over and ND won.


We replaced our head coach, our DC and recruited three straight top ten recruiting classes? game over. "You" tried to create an atmosphere that would prevent it from happening and lost. The rest, history, will be decided on the field. Write to your hearts galore about the 0-3 start, but it doesn't matter a whit what the national media thinks any more. It really doesn't. I actually think it's better to let them babble negative, because the argument has already been framed. We know they're mostly internet/tv whores shopping for viewers/hits? nothing new, they're hair pullers trolling for action.


Now, "mediathink" as I wrote last year did matter then and the year before when ND still had to attract recruits into a dying program? but? unbeknownst to most media babble, that critical phase has already passed. Now, the media war is rather irrelevant.


On point.


The Willingham argument just isn't credible anymore. Everyone's aware that he checked out during recruiting ? again it's fact. And no matter what you think of the start of this season, there is no doubt Willingham left a wreck of a program behind. Can you blame Global Warming on it? Well no, but that's hardly the point.

Anecdotally, here's one for you from inside the Husky administration about Willingham:

"I can't believe how little he works for a head coach."


Postmark Seattle, four days ago. Did you say? FORE?


Wait till you tally up his rate per hour, UW.


You forget, I used to live in Seattle. I know people who know people. Willingham "still" hardly works and that fact will be will come home to roost in due time for him. We shouldn't concern ourselves anymore. The only reason we had to defend Notre Dame in the media was to save the direction of recruiting.


Notre Dame is back, even at 0-3.


What's interesting is that even writers like Pat Forde and Stewart Mandel know what's going on if you've read their articles.


Thankfully, the media war is one we don't have to fight anymore. It DID matter, because our recruiting depended on it, but Mark May Inc. already lost? the critical program changes ? the only things they can affect ND's future performance -- have already happened. If ND falters now, it's not because of media bias, it's only because of ourselves -- and Notre Dame doesn't get a talent like Corwin Brown if the coaching world thinks ND won't rise again.


We've got a head coach who is also an excellent coordinator, what we wanted, and cares about the program.

We have a defensive coordinator who will do more with less and we have the most talent coming into ND since Lou Holtz in the early 90s.


Done. Game over.


I'd be more worried if we didn't' have the best incoming defensive line class (maybe in modern history) fantastic linebackers and defensive backs who already play like college juniors.


But that's not an issue.


Clausen is special and more importantly, he's a fighter. He's actually kind of a dick in a competitive sense and that's a complement. Notre Dame needs more like him. I'm in the tank for Clausen, even more so than Quinn.

He's skinny, but a tough SOB, while still smart. Our OL recruits look terrible this year, but even having to suffer through this, and knowing their talent, I believe they will form the basis of an Irish cyclone that will sweep many a team over the precipice.


Remember that next year.


Call me on it.


Get your laugh's in? soon it will be over.


0-3. Screw you.


Crappy offense? Go cry to your family.


0-3 and life is still good from where I sit, because I know the fever from the infection that was Davieham/Davingham has almost passed. It may take a few more night sweats to get it out, but it's almost gone.

Never forget that what separated those two idiots from Weis, regardless of coaching talent, was a passive-aggressive contempt for Notre Dame. That's what links them together in infamy and why Willingham never got five years; he didn't get five years because he followed a blood-sucking standard lowering twin in Bob Davie.

It wasn't that three years was enough with Willingham, it's that EIGHT YEARS of Davieham usery was too much for anyone who cared to bear.


When Willingham was at Stanford he would opine about what he could do with "Notre Dame level talent," then he came to Notre Dame and opined about what he could accomplish without "Notre Dame's restrictions."


I'm sure everyone's worked with such an excuse molder in every lower form.

Then he went and talked to the Administration at UW about coaching there while he was still at ND ? and was fired.


"The lead's are weak, Ty? You're weak."


When Ty was hired he sung Notre Dame's praises; when he was fired he cried racism. Screw him and the Boob who came before him.

As a person, I hope they have happy fulfilled lives. As a fan, I hope they rot for their combined betrayal (and let's face it, their lives are in the 99.9999999%ile of good because of Notre Dame cash and notoriety.) Whether it's Boob's administration stabbing of Lou in the back and mediocrity peddling or Ty's crying race while playing the back nine, leaving Notre Dame with no offensive linemen and pocketing over $5 Million large while teeing up another team, the two are inseparable and pathetically equal in my mind.


And with that, I mention my last word ever about BobTyDavieWillingham, the greatest combination fraud ever perpetrated on Notre Dame soil. They are one in the same from the Notre Dame perspective? not black, not white, just users who both took the money and ran and never cared except for that which Notre Dame could do for them.


Neither even liked Notre Dame.


Thankfully, TyBoob doesn't matter.


The media critics don't matter.


I predict they, the critics, will be falling over themselves to gush about Notre Dame? after pronouncing Notre Dame dead a few more times and after we start winning.


And it's going to hurt in the meantime, but the infection has almost been purged.


Hike up your kilt; suck it up. Yeah it could be "better" but only better like a "C-" with beer goggles better. It would still be different degrees of bad if Stoops or Belichik or whomever were coaching this team.


"The only thing now that matters is to get them to score on the line that is coned."


That which needed to be done, was done. The big media battle has already been fought and Notre Dame won.


That said, I'll still swear and throw things on Saturday until we get better.
Notre Dame Football, Charlie Weis, Sugar Bowl

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