Which Coaches Stay or Go Now That Weis is Fired

[Honey Nut Irish]

I think Corwin might be the opposite of Weis. A bad coordinator, but a good head coach.

He is obviously not the best with the Xs and Os. But I think he would make a great head coach somewhere.

 

[BeatSC]

Let Corwin coach the special teams. They need a rah rah guy

 

[bbrennan]

I don't see how you bring back Polian. I understand the recruiting angle, but our special teams have been atrocious. If stellar recruiting could prove to win games for ND, Weis would still be the coach. Every facet of ST (kickoffs, returns, punts) has under-performed. Even as we got better athletes the past couple years nothing improved. You have Golden Tate returning punts and I cannot remember one big return he had all year. We have how many scholarships tied up in kickers and punters and I don't know about you but I never feel comfortable on a key field goal try or punt. Keeping Ianello as the recruiting guy makes sense, but you cannot continue to sacrifice coaching acumen for 1/3 of the game plan in hopes of landing a couple guys per year from CA. Charlie has proven that over the past 3 years.

 

[Irish52]

Retaining coaches

Retaining coaches

The new coach will decide who, if anyone, is retained. He will likely keep the best of his current staff and, hopefully, consider the best of Charlie's staff. Polian, Ianello and Verducci are three that I would retain. Good recruiters...but better mentors that the players look up to. Good luck.

 

[49er-Irish]

You have Golden Tate returning punts and I cannot remember one big return he had all year.

Seriously? Does the Pitt game ring a bell?

 

[BigDoc]

I completely agree with BBrennan. Get rid of Polian, the kicking game alone is reason enough. All too often we gave the opposing offense the ball at the 35-40 YD line. Not good enough. Did we kick the ball into the end zone one time this season? Honestly I don't remember the last time the opposition had to down the ball. TERRIBLE

 

[49er-Irish]

I completely agree with BBrennan. Get rid of Polian, the kicking game alone is reason enough. All too often we gave the opposing offense the ball at the 35-40 YD line. Not good enough. Did we kick the ball into the end zone one time this season? Honestly I don't remember the last time the opposition had to down the ball. TERRIBLE<!-- google_ad_section_end -->

I don't know that Polian is a great special teams coach, but can you really blame him for the kicker not being able to reach the endzone on a kickoff? It's not like the kickers were blasting their kicks 10 yards deep in the end zone and Polian told them to just kick it to the 10 to work with his coverage scheme.

 

[irish4ever]

Powlus, Ianello, Parmalee, Polian, Verducci(?)

 

[Flyin_Irish]

Special teams have sucked ever since Polian has been responsible for them. Didn't he also coach linebackers? Color me unimpressed.

I'd keep, in order of importance: Ianello, Alford, Verducci, Parmalee, Hart, Powlus, Brown. Gone are Tenuta, Polian, Mendoza.

 

[chyrspchuck]

Polian recruits....i don't want to lose him

 

[jason_h537]

Apparantly Polian is a fimalist for the Youngstown St head coaching job

 

[connor_in]

Personally, I think there's about as much chance he could've gotten Bill Belichek as either of those guys.

If we hire Belicheck, does that mean Charlie comes back as OC????


j/k!

 

[DCirishfan]

Charlie won't go back to NE as OC why would he in that case LOL

 

[Aerosmith777]

Charlie won't go back to NE as OC why would he in that case LOL

I know Mike Francessa on WFAN in New York thinks he'll be back with that Pats. Personally, I don't think so either. I think he wants to go somewhere, like Chicago, like Cleveland, where the offense is a mess, but he feels there's something (or someone) there that he can work with and build it up. Because I think deep down, he wants to try his hand at head coaching again, but this time in the NFL. And if Weis ever went to Chicago and made Cutler into the QB everyone thought he could be, or went to Cleveland and helped Brady in the pros the way he helped him in college, I think there might just be an owner out there that would consider him for a head coaching job. Not in a pristine local mind you like New York or Dallas or Philadelphia. But a team like the Bills, or the Texans, or somewhere like that that has had trouble getting off the ground.

 

[DCirishfan]

I know Mike Francessa on WFAN in New York thinks he'll be back with that Pats. Personally, I don't think so either. I think he wants to go somewhere, like Chicago, like Cleveland, where the offense is a mess, but he feels there's something (or someone) there that he can work with and build it up. Because I think deep down, he wants to try his hand at head coaching again, but this time in the NFL. And if Weis ever went to Chicago and made Cutler into the QB everyone thought he could be, or went to Cleveland and helped Brady in the pros the way he helped him in college, I think there might just be an owner out there that would consider him for a head coaching job. Not in a pristine local mind you like New York or Dallas or Philadelphia. But a team like the Bills, or the Texans, or somewhere like that that has has trouble getting off the ground.

Who knows, I guess if " Tom Terrific" wants him bad enough they might get him. It sure would be sad to see him go to some average team and look...........average. I don't want to see the guy beat up anymore. As much as I didn't like his coaching he seemed like a guy that I would like to have a beer with.