Svoboda, you talk about the Texas', and USC's, and OSU's having so much depth. Please list for me the depth chart at OSU or Texas and tell me all about the great players they have on their bench pushing for playing time.
Who is Texas' backup qb? Ohio State?
The fact is you are talking out of your butt. You make broad generalizations to defend your point; and your point isn't worth defending.
I wasn't talking about the QB position, I was mainly keying in on the defensive side of the ball. If you had read the thread, you would have picked up on this. Further, you can go to ESPN, Rivals or whatever site tickles your fancy and see the depth charts. If you're saying that Ohio State, Texas, USC, et al don't have a good defensive rotation and works lots of players into their system, you're not a college football fan.
Never before in the history of ND football has a coach been given a pass in his third year of coaching; until now.
He's 17-4 in two seasons for Christ's sake.
Suddenly, Charlie Weis has raised expectations but in year three we're all going to be OK if we only win seven games.
Do you even follow the Fighting Irish. Your ignorance about our roster is blatantly obvious and leads me to believe you're a troll. Do you see all of the senior leadership we're losing? Likewise, do you see the lack of upperclassmen depth?
I just don't understand how we can fire one coach after three years because he didn't win enough, despite him not having the chance to see his first recruiting class play as juniors, but the next coach gets 10 years to prove his worth.
Sorry John Saunders, but Willingham was 15-10 after two years with the Irish. That's a FAR cry from 17-4. If you can't see that staring at you in black and white, I'm not sure what else can be done to rectify the situation.
It's funny, year three will be the year where we see if Charlie's guys can play the game.
Charlie's guys? He's had ONE recruiting class that's truly his. They will be sophomores next year. If Willingham would have ever put down the 5 iron to recruit, we would never been in the situation we'll be in next season. His recruiting was terrible. Period.
We expected Willingham's recruits to shine as freshman and sophomores, but we're willing to give Weis' guys a pass? Someone explain that to me.
I thought it was Davieham that lowered our expectations.
Weis' guys will be sophomores. You can't seriously think the half Willingham/half Weis recruiting class is pinned on Weis? He has a couple months to recruit after taking over the position. The result was a make shift class of players that wouldn't get an Irish offer if they were high school seniors today.
Additionally, you're proving my point on how bad Willingham was as a coach, unless you're trying to say that Weis had no bearing the development on Quinn, Samardzija, Carlson, et al? I'm not sure which... but it's obvious you're either a Ty apologist or a troll. Next time, how about backing up some of your statements with facts or statistics?
