Weis' post-game comments

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Did anyone else notice how he indirectly threw his players under the bus and tried to make it look like he was taking responsibility?

For instance...

"It would be really easy for me to sit here and blame the players, but I would be at fault."

"The quarterback is the easiest one to blame. Hey, I'm the head coach. I'll gladly sit there and take the bullets for the team. But the quarterback is the easiest one to look at when you say, 'Well, he's 15-for-35.' It would be nice to sit here and say he laid an egg, but that's hardly the case."
 
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he's just being honest. it was an honest answer. as a coach, you can't make your players tackle someone or catch a ball or hit a throw.... if you say that the game's loss was squarely on the head of the coach, you'd be fooling yourself. the irish played their worst game of the year last night on the biggest stage. Weis was telling the truth... it IS easy to blame the players (which is what will happen), but he is saying, go ahead and pin it on me.

in all of his post-games, he has always taken the blame for a loss. he's an upstanding coach and takes the criticism well.
 
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Not a ND fan by no means! But I found some respect for the coach after his comments!
 
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A coach takes the blame by saying "We did not have our players ready to play, I take full responsibility for that" or things like that. To bring up a QBs negative stats is to point out his fault, no matter what else you add to the quote. If he said, "My play calling put Brady in some bad situations", then that is taking responsibility.

Just my opinion.
 
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bearcub347 said:
Did anyone else notice how he indirectly threw his players under the bus and tried to make it look like he was taking responsibility?

For instance...

"It would be really easy for me to sit here and blame the players, but I would be at fault."

"The quarterback is the easiest one to blame. Hey, I'm the head coach. I'll gladly sit there and take the bullets for the team. But the quarterback is the easiest one to look at when you say, 'Well, he's 15-for-35.' It would be nice to sit here and say he laid an egg, but that's hardly the case."
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I honestly don't like Wies, but when has Fulmer been that honest about the team or players??? The only thing he says is, "We were almost there, but we just didn't get it done." He also says it like a burnt out southern hippie. Fulmer don't want to blame anyone for UT's regretion. Like I have stated before, Fulmer thinks the pot will stir itself and no one has to stir it for him.
 
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Weis is classier than we all make him out to be. I'd take him in a heartbeat over Fulmer.
 
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his playcalling didn't put brady in bad situations, the defense giving up TD after TD did. we got so far behind, we had to pass to catch back up -- you can't mix in run and pass down the field when you are down by 20 with 1.25 quarters to play and you cant stop the other team b/c it wastes too much time.
 
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Weis had his speech prepared before he hit the field. He knew his team was not of BCS caliber and was lucky to get there. Examples being the UCLA and Mich State games that allowed him the luxury of the spotlight. ND is overrated and I am sick of them getting special treatment. How many times do they have to get slaughtered in a bowl game before someone takes notice.
 
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domer said:
his playcalling didn't put brady in bad situations, the defense giving up TD after TD did. we got so far behind, we had to pass to catch back up -- you can't mix in run and pass down the field when you are down by 20 with 1.25 quarters to play and you cant stop the other team b/c it wastes too much time.
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Did you not see any of this coming? Every good offense they played the defense got torched....and you also said they played they're worst game of the year?? Do you think LSU had anything to do with it? Also, I don't think it gets much worse than losing by 20+ on your home field as you did to Michigan.
 
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VOLinthaATL said:
Did you not see any of this coming? Every good offense they played the defense got torched....and you also said they played they're worst game of the year?? Do you think LSU had anything to do with it? Also, I don't think it gets much worse than losing by 20+ on your home field as you did to Michigan.
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the defense got torched in every game... check the stats. most teams achieved season high yardage totals against our squad (im still hoping our D-coord, rick minter, gets the can). LSU played a great game... i have had a few posts where i commend them for the game they played... ive repeatedly said that they outclassed and outcoached the irish; can't get much more complimentary than that. i think that losing by 20+ to UM on our homefield was hard to swallow, but ill take it any day over the things we did BEFORE Weis, such as lose by 30 to Syracuse, get upset by BYU, get whomped 41-10 by Purdue, etc... sure, this season had some major letdowns for irish fans, but it also had some great highspots, too (i.e. the big comebacks and highlight plays). in the end, it boils down to the point that ND games are just fun to watch to me. i get to see offensive fireworks on both sides of the ball -- its exciting! like i said, i have not been defending notre dame's talent or BCS worthiness... but i think Weis is an excellent coach, the players are fine upstanding men, and they are fun to watch... that's all i ask for in a team... success is great, but i have enjoyed these BCS years as much as past unsuccessful years for just pleasure and fun that it brings me to watch notre dame play... win or lose
 
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bearcub347 said:
Did anyone else notice how he indirectly threw his players under the bus and tried to make it look like he was taking responsibility?

For instance...

"It would be really easy for me to sit here and blame the players, but I would be at fault."

"The quarterback is the easiest one to blame. Hey, I'm the head coach. I'll gladly sit there and take the bullets for the team. But the quarterback is the easiest one to look at when you say, 'Well, he's 15-for-35.' It would be nice to sit here and say he laid an egg, but that's hardly the case."
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sounds better then "work like heck to get better"
 
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domer said:
the defense got torched in every game... check the stats. most teams achieved season high yardage totals against our squad (im still hoping our D-coord, rick minter, gets the can). LSU played a great game... i have had a few posts where i commend them for the game they played... ive repeatedly said that they outclassed and outcoached the irish; can't get much more complimentary than that. i think that losing by 20+ to UM on our homefield was hard to swallow, but ill take it any day over the things we did BEFORE Weis, such as lose by 30 to Syracuse, get upset by BYU, get whomped 41-10 by Purdue, etc... sure, this season had some major letdowns for irish fans, but it also had some great highspots, too (i.e. the big comebacks and highlight plays). in the end, it boils down to the point that ND games are just fun to watch to me. i get to see offensive fireworks on both sides of the ball -- its exciting! like i said, i have not been defending notre dame's talent or BCS worthiness... but i think Weis is an excellent coach, the players are fine upstanding men, and they are fun to watch... that's all i ask for in a team... success is great, but i have enjoyed these BCS years as much as past unsuccessful years for just pleasure and fun that it brings me to watch notre dame play... win or lose
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well, based on the fact you're Notre Dame and the schedule you play, you are pretty much guaranteed 9-10 wins a year and probably a virtual lock as an at large BCS bid each year. so i'd expect you'll continue to enjoy many BCS years to come. don't know how many will actually be victories, but if you enjoyed this year, you should be set.:thumbsup:
 
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Future Notre Dame Schedules - UHND.com


the schedules arent as easy as many want to believe. this year, we had an incredibly weak schedule, but people have short memory about our past schedules and fail to look to our future schedules. notre dame doesn't line up a year of patsies... look for yourself. they can't help that the teams they played this year were down (like purdue, msu, etc..), but when you look at their future schedules, you can see that they try to get teams that are perennially tough and/or competitive for most of their games.
 
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bigbadlee10 said:
A coach takes the blame by saying "We did not have our players ready to play, I take full responsibility for that" or things like that. To bring up a QBs negative stats is to point out his fault, no matter what else you add to the quote. If he said, "My play calling put Brady in some bad situations", then that is taking responsibility.

Just my opinion.
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I think you are right on the money. "You are going to try to blame the players, but this is on me" would have been completely different too. After reading some articles about interaction with him (i.e. Steve Hargis-Chatt times/free press) I see him more as a self-absorbed politician than a "players coach". If he was REALLY trying to take the heat and blame with those statements....he missed....badly
 
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Yeah, Syracuse, Air Force, San Diego State, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, and North Carolina State are perennial national title contenders.
 
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compare that to UT's low rung teams: southern miss, northern illinois, mississippi state, louisiana lafayette... and that is all in one year.

ND is contractually obligated to play San Diego State b/c Willingham wanted to schedule BYU before Michigan back in 04, and the other end of the deal was that ND would have to play SDSU in the future... so that's another Willingham mistake we have to live with. I didn't say every single game that ND plays would be against top-25 competition, but if those are the weak teams on your future schedules, there is nothing to complain about. most teams schedule 1-AA teams once or even twice... ND's weakest opponent on that list is UNC (disregarding the SDSU crock)... other than that, those teams are respectable if they are the WORST you will face all year throughout the years. You failed to mention scheduled matchups with Oklahoma, LSU, Michigan, and USC. your argument was quite one-sided, tidwell.
 
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You never saw me post the words "you can see that they try to get teams that are perennially tough and/or competitive for most of their games."

You made it sound like they only schedule the tough teams when in reality it's about 70/30 weak/tough teams.

Mississippi State is an SEC team, therefore UT has no bearing on that game. Nice try.
 
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and ND has no bearing on the SDSU game. you obviously have a biased point of view that i am not going to change. i believe that ND's future schedules look hard. notre dame has had several past schedules just recently that finished in the top-10 in difficulty, but this year, i admit, was a down year. bottom line is that notre dame attempts to create a difficult schedule every year, unlike those who believe they are trying to make the easiest possible.
 
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I know they have some tough games, namely USC and Michigan every year, but the non-sense about ND having a tough overall schedule every year is ridiculous, especially when they're rewarded with a BCS game, but that's another thread. A personal bias has nothing to do with fact.
 
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then believe what you will, as i will continue to disagree. i take pride in the fact that we refuse to schedule a D1-AA school and choose to play someone like BYU or Arizona State or UNC or NCSt or Pitt or BC instead. obviously we aren't going to change each others minds, so i'll end my argument there.
 
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domer said:
then believe what you will, as i will continue to disagree. i take pride in the fact that we refuse to schedule a D1-AA school and choose to play someone like BYU or Arizona State or UNC or NCSt or Pitt or BC instead. obviously we aren't going to change each others minds, so i'll end my argument there.
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Please find the last time Tennessee played a D1-AA school.
 
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not talking about UT playing a D1-AA... never even said that. i said "most teams" schedule an extra D1-AA, but ND doesnt, and i am proud of that fact -- this doesnt mean that you cant be proud that your school does the same.
 
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