Weis' post-game comments

#26
#26
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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Did he, at any point, discuss the need to find some "magic dust?"
 
#27
#27
The problem for Notre Dame has been the same, is the same, and it appears will be the same: their players just aren't that good.

Case closed. End of story. Rehearing denied.
 
#29
#29
One comment about the schedule:

Overall, I think ND plays a talent comparable schedule to most teams in major conferences. The difference I believe is the independent status. Conference rivalries produce upsets in a way that playing a team 2x every 10-20 years doesn't.

Mississippi and Mississippi State will beat Bama or Auburn or LSU even when they are down due to the conference tie. UK or SC will beat FLA, UT or UGA in the same manner.

ND doesn't have this much and where they do, it shows (e.g. Michigan State).

Put ND in the Big Ten and you'll see upsets here and there to Iowa, or Indiana or Minnesota or (gasp) even Illinois. Anyone of those teams is equivalent to an NC (North Carolina) but add the conference tie and the game has a little extra oomph.
 
#30
#30
they play these teams every year: USC, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, and Navy.

They schedule BC a lot, along with Pitt and Stanford -- enough so that the teams know what to expect from each other.

So, they still play teams regularly as if they were in a conference... almost just as much as conference teams, actually.
 
#31
#31
domer said:
they play these teams every year: USC, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, and Navy.

They schedule BC a lot, along with Pitt and Stanford -- enough so that the teams know what to expect from each other.

So, they still play teams regularly as if they were in a conference... almost just as much as conference teams, actually.
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That would be a really average conference.
 
#32
#32
domer said:
agreed, but this will change in a few years.... and i cant wait!
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Weiss won't be around but for about 2 more years and then when the NFL comes calling and he is offered a Head coaching job he will be gone and the mediocre recruits will come again.....
 
#33
#33
I really wish we could have kept up our series with ND. I was enjoying it. Good series with some good games in it.
 
#34
#34
domer said:
they play these teams every year: USC, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, and Navy.

They schedule BC a lot, along with Pitt and Stanford -- enough so that the teams know what to expect from each other.

So, they still play teams regularly as if they were in a conference... almost just as much as conference teams, actually.
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Proves my point - USC and Michigan beat them regularly. Michigan State does and competes with them even when MSU has a worse team. Purdue beats them on occassion. Navy is decent this year but typically at Vandy level at best.

Put them against Big Ten teams when a win matters in the conference and it makes a major dif.

It would be like the SEC playing a 4 - 5 game conf. schedule and a 7 - 8 game non-conf. sched. I like my chances there.
 
#35
#35
They've made a nasty little habit of now scheduling all of the service academies. Awfully bold scheduling teams with little to no chance of having even 1 NFL prospect.
 
#36
#36
hey bigpapavol, time to prove your mettle instead of speaking without knowledge.

1) when is the last time notre dame scheduled "all" of the service academies before this year?

2) when is the next time on their schedule that notre dame schedules "all" of the service academies?

3) after next year's match vs. air force, when is the next year that notre dame has air force scheduled?

4) when is the next year that notre dame has army scheduled?

5) how many years in a row has notre dame played navy?

6) after you answer these questions, can you honestly say that notre dame has a "habit of now scheduling all of the service academies"?


please answer so that i may learn from your wisdom.
 
#37
#37
domer said:
hey bigpapavol, time to prove your mettle instead of speaking without knowledge.

1) when is the last time notre dame scheduled "all" of the service academies before this year?

2) when is the next time on their schedule that notre dame schedules "all" of the service academies?

3) after next year's match vs. air force, when is the next year that notre dame has air force scheduled?

4) when is the next year that notre dame has army scheduled?

5) how many years in a row has notre dame played navy?

6) after you answer these questions, can you honestly say that notre dame has a "habit of now scheduling all of the service academies"?


please answer so that i may learn from your wisdom.
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When is the last time that they played all 3 of them?
uhhhh....let me think....

When is the last time that any other so called "national power" played more than 1 of them. For that matter, when is that last time any national power played any of the academies?

Finally, you've missed the entire point. Notre Dame is little more than a middling team built around NBC hype. The academies were probably about average for the teams that ND beat this year and they ended up in the frickin' BCS. Boise State created an uproar by being included, but their resume was far superior to that of ND.
 
#38
#38
no, im not missing the point, bigpapavol. you said that ND has a habit of scheduling all service academies. when was the last time ND did this before this year?

answer my other questions.

your statement was uninformed and incorrect, just admit that. i will admit to you that ND is overrated, i have never denied that. i will admit that they have the NBC hype, and i love that they get it, boise state would beat ND and UT, and ill admit that, ND only belonged in the BCS b/c of the current rules and ill admit that, LSU was far superior to ND, ill admit that.

why can't you admit that you said something entirely incorrect?


you want the answer to the questions?

1) none that i can ever recall, although i may be wrong... i can only think back thru 96 with certainty off the top of my head.

2) never..all the way thru 2012

3) never..all the way thru 2012

4) never..all the way thru 2012

5) longer than some football teams have been around

6) no.
 
#39
#39
OK, you were right. Habit was the wrong word choice. How about: "Frickin' ND scheduled all 3 service academies this year, which amounted to one third of their wins, and still ended up in a BCS bowl."

Now, how about my points. The academies are THE 3 D1 schools in the country where players have a better chance of being attacked by a shark than playing in the NFL, yet ND still continues to schedule them. No other national power does so. What gives?
 
#40
#40
domer said:
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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That was a beatdown. Plain and Simple
 
#41
#41
BigPapaVol said:
OK, you were right. Habit was the wrong word choice. How about: "Frickin' ND scheduled all 3 service academies this year, which amounted to one third of their wins, and still ended up in a BCS bowl."

Now, how about my points. The academies are THE 3 D1 schools in the country where players have a better chance of being attacked by a shark than playing in the NFL, yet ND still continues to schedule them. No other national power does so. What gives?
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In the interest of full disclosure, Oklahoma played Air Force a couple of years ago.
 
#44
#44
BigPapaVol said:
Was that home & home, or just one time gig.
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For some reason, my Sooner memory is struggling today. I vividly remember the game in Colorado Springs, I don't remember a game in Norman. I am, however, pretty sure one was played.
 
#45
#45
hatvol96 said:
For some reason, my Sooner memory is struggling today. I vividly remember the game in Colorado Springs, I don't remember a game in Norman. I am, however, pretty sure one was played.
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I know we just finished a home & home with ND this year and it wasn't pretty. The speed differential was absolutely astounding. Kind of like watching ND against a good SEC team.
 
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