Irish Round Table

Seriously, what’s the hold up?

Christian Lombard committed to the Irish yesterday.  He’ll be a senior in high school next fall.  Here’s Irish Eyes with the news:

SAN ANTONIO - With his Notre Dame hat on his head, Christian Lombard stood their grinning on the West sideline late in the fourth quarter of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Next year he’ll be suited up on that sideline, playing in the game as a Notre Dame verbal commit.

The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is usually reserved from some of the nation’s top seniors to announce their college decision to the nation. On Saturday afternoon in front of an NBC audience, a five-star junior stepped up and stole some of the spotlight.

Five-star offensive tackle Christian Lombard told Irish Eyes on Friday afternoon that he would be verbally committing to Notre Dame, which he did so to head coach Charlie Weis, but the standout from Wm Fremnd High in Palatine, Ill., wanted to keep it undercover so he could make his pledge public the day of Saturday’s game.

From all accounts the 2010 class is already shaping up to be a great class.  Weis is already in tight with many highly regarded recruits.

Can you say that on TV?

Click here for the video courtesy of Subway Domer:

Weis is a top notch recruiter.  The job he did with the frosh class after a 3-9 season has to go down as the greatest recruiting effort ever.  That and the money/buyout are the two main reasons he kept his job this year.

Weis won a nice game in Hawaii that will gain some goodwill this offseason.  BUT…

He still hasn’t won a big game, loses consistently to lesser opponents, gets blown out by superior opponents, flip-flops on how things are going to be done, is not goal-oriented, can’t motivate, comes out flat, finishes weak, lacks a killer instinct, loses at home far too often, hasn’t fired his offensive line coach yet,  talks way too much, and comes across as an abrasive mofo.

Where does that leave us?  Is there any hope for 2009?

Hat Tip: The Realist

There has been much discussion surrounding Urban Meyer’s recent radio interview where he proclaimed his love for the Notre Dame job.  There is a little smoke here which has Notre Dame fans considering future possibilities.  Consider this e-mail we recently received from our friend Whipsaw:

1.) Charlie Weis’ health is very bad.

2.) He can not last another season of the grind - tells AD he wants out at the end of the season back in November.

3.) AD wants to hold together the recruits past the Bowl Week - says he is coming back.

4.) Urban Meyer has an open period in December where he is able to talk to other schools.

5.) Urban signs with ND in secret.
6.) Florida keeps it quiet because it would be a huge distraction prior to the National Championship game.

7.) Florida wins NC.

8.) Tebow announces he is going Pro.

9.) Weis resigns due to health reasons, Urban announced as HC of Irish.

10.) Whipsaw and national recruits happy as hell - more recruits jump on board.

11.) Irish dominate in 2009, win National Championship. Grace #1 illuminated, JVH pictured on top of the sign.

Yes.  It sounds crazy.  And it will probably never happen.  I mean, could you imagine my picture on top of Grace Hall?

This should help everyone participating in the 2008 IRT Bowl Pick ‘Em Contest.  Download the bowl schedule into Outlook:

Link

Compliments of Irish_Wertzy

Third Annual…

Click here to join group number 29697:

Password is netipot.

Winner gets this shirt:

It’ll take a lot of guts to pick the Irish.  Good luck.

The 2008 Notre Dame Football season is now officially over.  It has been a complete waste of time and energy.  Charlie Weis has not learned anything this season and it looks like his players have learned even less.  So where does that leave us?

We wrote this last week:

No one is going to fire you[Charlie] for scoring 40 on Syracuse next week.  Although, they will fire you for losing to them.

We are exhausted, perplexed, and too frustrated to post anything on the Syracuse game.  It was all too predictable for a Weis coached team.

We warned Charlie.  He didn’t listen.  

Unless he can pull off a miracle this Saturday over USC, Weis’ future as Notre Dame head coach is most precarious.

Will the Administration fire him after Saturday’s colossal failure?

There is not a Notre-Dame-student-packed snowball’s chance in hell.

We all need to be prepared for a 2009 football team with Weis at the helm.  

SS Charlie Weis

Charlie Weis is making this way more difficult than it needs to be.  Irish fans across the nation were hoping for a new attitude on Saturday as Notre Dame traveled to Baltimore to take on Navy.  Weis had every incentive to show the world that Notre Dame could play sound, hard football for 60 minutes and exact some revenge for the embarrassment of last year’s lost to the Midshipmen.

Predictably, Notre Dame went limp once agan.  Navy came back and made a game of it as Weis almost gifted another one away.  We can’t say we didn’t see this coming, because we did.  Weis needs to develop a killer instinct fast.  Or he will be asked to leave.

The only way to develop a killer instinct is from the top down.  It starts with the coach.  If a team has a coach who takes no prisoners, that team will disrupt and maim for 60 minutes.  By calling off the dogs, one instills and portrays a weak attitude that permeates throughout the team.  Eventually it catches up with you.  This weak attitude has caught up with Weis in the last 6 games.

How do you let up against Navy?  This is inexcusable.  They beat Notre Dame AT HOME last year.  Embarrassed the Irish.  Took ND to the woodshed for the first time in 43 years.  And Weis lets up?  Charlie Weis is weak.  And that makes his team weak.

They took there foot off the gas against Stanford, North Carolina, Washington, and Pitt.  How many times are Irish fans supposed to allow this to happen before they ask Weis to leave?

Weis took what should have been a nice Saturday beatdown and Davied it.  A solid win against the Midshipmen would have granted a weeklong respite from the negativity surrounding Charlie and his program.  He blew it once again.

WE ARE GOING ALL CAPS NOW BECAUSE MAYBE CHARLIE DIDN”T SEE THE LAST FOUR TIMES WE MENTIONED IT:

STOP THE NICE GUY ACT.  HATE EVERY TEAM YOU PLAY.  RUN UP THE SCORE.  KEEP THE THROTTLE DOWN.  SLIT THROATS.

This will be in bold to emphasize how important it is to his job security.  We want Weis to stick around.  So please, for the love of God, listen to us, Charlie:

Challenge your offense to score 40 points EVERY GAME.  Let every team on the schedule know: “Our goal is to put up at least 40.”  If it is 39-0 with 1 minute to go in the fourth, we are going to score on you.  We will kick a field goal if we need to.

No one is going to fire you for scoring 40 on Syracuse next week.  Although, they will fire you for losing to them.

Here Come the Irish!