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Originally Posted by Wickedson
I'm more in the camp of "no one can win at Notre Dame" (at least like they did in the old days) but that's just my opinion.
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Weis has openly admitted his failures at Notre Dame. And there were a multitude of them.
1) His biggest failure was that he spent too much time on the "system" and teaching the complexities of the offense and schemes. He realized way too late into it that at the College level he didn't have the refined or polished players to do this like at the Pro level where most the players are already a refined product. He did not concentrate on the fundementals of football, the first 2 years he got away with it because the players already there had a lot of fundamentals instilled in them. As those players left (graduated out) he kept with the hardcore scheming and the "finished product" players were gone. The guys that came in didn't have enough football teachings in their background and it showed on the field. The other part of this was they didn't do as much hitting and did more walk-throughs than the typical college program will do. The players suffered because they were not completely prepared for the game speed and hard hitting.
2) He did not have a good Strength and Conditioning program at Notre Dame.
3) He had a large amount of Offensive and Defensive Linemen (particularly defensive) that transfered out during the transition... and he brought in a few guys but did not recruit enough overall. He didn't have the big guys to support the level of play they needed. He was good at the skill positions, but the big uglies were severely lacking in overall talent and depth. Once the few remaining hold overs graduated from the previous regime, he was stuck in a bad situation and the defensive play showed it.
These are all items that supposedly were part of Weis' case as to why he failed the last couple of years at ND during the interview process.
If he's as smart as I hope he is, then I think that his previous failures will definitely help him this time around. There's my sunshine pumping for the day.