Gag gift from friend: ND Edition

[IrishSteelhead]

Just received a mysterious package from my friend in AZ. He was at an auction, and bought me an ND themed gift while there. Shipping was $12.66, and he paid less for the item. Thinking of hanging it above the toilet:

 

[IrishSteelhead]

 

[FearTheBeard]

No you should put that in the toilet

 

[ulukinatme]

C'mon, Chuck wasn't that bad. He coulda been worse. Wait...did I just say that?

 

[Pops Freshenmeyer]

At least it wasn't Faust.

 

[NDdomer2]

I have a program with Weis autograph that says Happy 21st. I will keep it forever. He may not have been the best coach at ND but he most certainly wasn't the worst.

He still has love for ND as well.

 

[irishpat183]

I have a buddy that brought back a shirt for me:

Dump Davie (on the front)

Save Irish football (on the back)


Hilarious

 

[IrishLax]

Weis tried hard and brought ND back by erasing the massive talent void with large classes of high players. Yes, some of them were soft or underachieved. But without Weis we have no Floyd, Eifert, Te'o, etc.

So I'll always respect him for what he did at ND. We were supposed to start the year 0-6 in 2005... instead went 10-2 with 2 bad luck losses. I always wonder what would've happened had Weis had a better support staff or any kind of senior leadership/talent from Willingham.

 

[Ndaccountant]

Weis tried hard and brought ND back by erasing the massive talent void with large classes of high players. Yes, some of them were soft or underachieved. But without Weis we have no Floyd, Eifert, Te'o, etc.

So I'll always respect him for what he did at ND. We were supposed to start the year 0-6 in 2005... instead went 10-2 with 2 bad luck losses. I always wonder what would've happened had Weis had a better support staff or any kind of senior leadership/talent from Willingham.

I agree.....he set the table from a talent perspective and showed that you can recruit at ND (although, everyone did expect for TW).

 

[phgreek]

I agree.....he set the table from a talent perspective and showed that you can recruit at ND (although, everyone did expect for TW).

This and what LAX said

...Oh how soon folks forget he depths the program had descended before Chuck VOLUNTEERED. Yea he did some good things with Davie/Willingham players, but the bigger issue is when he took the job, we couldn't have given it to a DIII coach. He brought instant credibility when we needed it MOST, and got some elite talent showing you can recruit at ND.

I believe w/o Chuck we don't get the 2009 burning hot coaching commodity named Brian Kelly....who saw the pieces, and knew what ND lacked was discipline and a system.

Chuck had his issues, but in my mind he was just as much a building block out of 2004 to the 2012 season as any individual on that team.

 

[NDWorld247]

Weis was not nearly a good enough politician to succeed off the field at ND. He did some good things for the program, and was a HUGE part of last year's NC run, but I think BK's arrival has pointed out some major flaws Weis had in running a major college football program.

I met Weis once and spent about 10 minutes with him, his wife and son. He couldn't have been nicer to me. But I've also talked to some monogram members and the way they explain it, Weis really pissed people off within the ND community with the way he treated people and his unwillingness to be a politician.

 

[NDohio]

It wasn't Charlie's fault ND gave him a ridiculous contract before he was fully proven as a college coach. Charlie is OK in my eyes, but he was in over his head as the head coach at Notre Dame.

I like the pic. It would look great in an office!

 

[fitz_bu47]

Weis tried hard and brought ND back by erasing the massive talent void with large classes of high players. Yes, some of them were soft or underachieved. But without Weis we have no Floyd, Eifert, Te'o, etc.

So I'll always respect him for what he did at ND. We were supposed to start the year 0-6 in 2005... instead went 10-2 with 2 bad luck losses. I always wonder what would've happened had Weis had a better support staff or any kind of senior leadership/talent from Willingham.

^^^^^^THIS. I don't understand the hate for C.W. He didn't work out in the end, but he did a lot of positive things.

 

[phillyirish]

Weis is looking slim in that pick...

 

[ACamp1900]

I don't get the hate for any of our past coaches honestly... (prepares for Ty hater's attacks)

 

[tadman95]

I'll buy it.

 

[pumpdog20]

It wasn't Charlie's fault ND gave him a ridiculous contract before he was fully proven as a college coach. Charlie is OK in my eyes, but he was in over his head as the head coach at Notre Dame.

I like the pic. It would look great in an office!

He's proven to be over his head as a head coach period. The problem is Weis has spent his entire coaching career on one side of the ball, he doesn't know how to coach the D. He was completely hands off on that side.

I would take CW as the offensive coordinator in a heart beat.