I hate Stewart Mandel

[GDomer09]

As Charlie Weis showed, Notre Dame job is death trap - Stewart Mandel - SI.com

Hater for Life! His Alma Matter is Georgia. How are they doing latley!

 

[I Dont Miss Charlie]

As Charlie Weis showed, Notre Dame job is death trap - Stewart Mandel - SI.com

Hater for Life! His Alma Matter is Georgia. How are they doing latley!

Better than Notre Dame. They call him Saint Richt because hes the only SEC coach who is running a somewhat clean program and doesn't have any controversy.

I would love to see Mandel's reaction if we did hire Mark Richt. What would be his argument then?

 

[theShark]

I know we dod not know for certain until after the search is over and a hire has been made, but i would die to know whom the university is truly pursuing.

I can wait till afer the bowls, if necessary for a final hire, i just want a definitive list. Would help sift through the bullshit and stop so many flames and " my mother cleans Urban's house and said he is not leaving" tripe.

 

[irishtrain]

These are the very reasons why this football program is not irrelevant, these hacks say this stuff because they are all afraid of Notre Dame on a roll. When Notre Dame football is highly competitive they all take a seat in the back of the room.

 

[TinyT]

These are the very reasons why this football program is not irrelevant, these hacks say this stuff because they are all afraid of Notre Dame on a roll. When Notre Dame football is highly competitive they all take a seat in the back of the room.

He didn't say that ND football is irrelevant, he said the coaching job is a death trap. He makes a decent argument in his column, the program started to slip at the tail end of Lou's regime and it hasn't recovered. Mandel didn't make anything up, he just pointed out facts that helped his argument.

 

[77domer]

As Charlie Weis showed, Notre Dame job is death trap - Stewart Mandel - SI.com

Hater for Life! His Alma Matter is Georgia. How are they doing latley!

Wait a minute...you mean to tell me that SI publishes in December?? I thought it was just February...

 

[dskoo65]

i cant stand him, either.......never mind, wrong Mandel.

 

[phork]

You hate him because he says some truths? ND is a death trap, if you aren't the right coach.

 

[elkona]

Awful column. Writers like Mandel say Weis can't coach, and then they argue that ND is the reason Weis failed. It's one or the other. I think we all know that Weis is the reason Weis failed, not Notre Dame. But that would require Mandel to actually report his column -- i.e., figure out why Weis failed -- instead of conveniently blaming Notre Dame.

 

[tankjeep]

there may be some truths to what stew said....oh well. move on.

the guy is just doing his job. nd will be okay and will survive in spite of it.

 

[fortwayne_nd]

Weis failed because he is an OC, not a head coach.

One player I watched closely in the Stanford game was Sergio "Don't Cry for Me" Brown. Time and time again, instead of wrapping up the ball carrier he was trying to strip the ball loose. Who in the f*** is teaching this kid to tackle? No one. You can delegate authority but not responsibilty. How smart do you have to be to learn tackling technique? Brown is not the only player suffering from this affliction.

Why not develop a metric like yards given up after first contact. Name the players who failed to make the tackles. Post that f***ing list right under the "Play Like a Champion" sign. Good management gets people focused on what counts and holds people accountable.

Notre Dame is NOT the reason Weis failed.

 

[tankjeep]

Weis failed because he is an OC, not a head coach.

One player I watched closely in the Stanford game was Sergio "Don't Cry for Me" Brown. Time and time again, instead of wrapping up the ball carrier he was trying to strip the ball loose. Who in the f*** is teaching this kid to tackle? No one. You can delegate authority but not responsibilty. How smart do you have to be to learn tackling technique? Brown is not the only player suffering from this affliction.

Why not develop a metric like yards given up after first contact. Name the players who failed to make the tackles. Post that f***ing list right under the "Play Like a Champion" sign. Good management gets people focused on what counts and holds people accountable.

Notre Dame is NOT the reason Weis failed.

but nd chose him didn't they?

 

[fortwayne_nd]

The administration hired someone who couldn't live up to the job. And now they are correcting THEIR mistake.

Are you suggesting that the administration is directly responsible for the play on the field? Clever by half.

 

[tankjeep]

The administration hired someone who couldn't live up to the job. And now they are correcting THEIR mistake.

Are you suggesting that the administration is directly responsible for the play on the field? Clever by half.

not at all. just pointing out that the administration made the last three selections for the head coaching position. i don't think they clearly researched the candidates enough to make a good decision in who the coach should have been. in other words, they jumped the gun and it backfired (at least under bob davie and ty willingham).

i think cw was getting nd back, but lacked the head coaching necessary to get them to the next level.

 

[77domer]

not at all. just pointing out that the administration made the last three selections for the head coaching position. i don't think they clearly researched the candidates enough to make a good decision in who the coach should have been. in other words, they jumped the gun and it backfired (at least under bob davie and ty willingham).

i think cw was getting nd back, but lacked the head coaching necessary to get them to the next level.

Agree with you, Mr. Jeep.

Administration has been most definitely part of the problem. Gave Davie a contract extension, for which he promptly prepared the team for the thrilling 2001 Fiasco Bowl. Then fired him.

Bumbling into the Willingham hire resulted in the worst possible PR by firing him after 3 years. (If you recall, May, Wilbon et al made it sound like the Administration burned a cross on Ty's lawn because he didn't get 5 years like all the other coaches.)

Gambling on CW was one thing, but giving him a 10 year extension after half a season?

Lets see if any adults are working in the Main Building this time.

 

[tankjeep]

well it will be two adults this time.....js and father jenkins.

 

[GDomer09]

i cant stand him, either.......never mind, wrong Mandel.

Hilarious!!!!!!