What grade would you give Weis if you were grading his performance?

[goldenechoes]

It's WAY early for a final grade. Every coach needs at a minumum 3 years to turn things around. I was just giving my assessment of his performance thus far.

However, next year and beyond the expectations go up, way up. We all know that every head coach at ND that has won a title has done so in his 3rd season. We also saw quick turnarounds recently from other coaches like Tressel, Stoops, and Saban. So the stakes go WAY up at year 3 and beyond.

I have tempered my expectations for 2007 based on the personnel losses we will have. But if Weis hasn't won a title or at least played in the title game after 5 years, then he's not the man for the job. Time will tell. Things are looking up right now.

The guy completely rebuilt the program from the ground up and we expect him to win it all in his 3rd year?

I guarantee we will be THE elite team in CFB by his 5th year.

 

[mysontim]

I had to break it up into tangible sections to get an overall picture:

Offensive schemes: A
Deffensive schemes: C
Special Teams: B+
Improvement: A
Mental Mistakes: B
Penalties: B+
Turnovers: B+
Game Readiness: B-
Recruiting: A+
Coaching Staff: B-

OVERALL: B+

 

[portlaNDgal]

I had to break it up into tangible sections to get an overall picture:

Offensive schemes: A
Deffensive schemes: C
Special Teams: B+
Improvement: A
Mental Mistakes: B
Penalties: B+
Turnovers: B+
Game Readiness: B-
Recruiting: A+
Coaching Staff: B-

OVERALL: B+

I agree w/ almost all your grades, except special teams. I'd give them a C+. There were some bright spots, esp in the Penn State game, but I think they got worse as the season progressed. The FG kicker couldn't go over 40 yards and missed several extra points. Zibby had way fewer big punt returns, not all his fault, partly due to bad blockers & penalties. We had more kickoffs go into the end zone early in the season than late. USC had a couple of huge KO returns that made a difference in that game IMO.