It is time. Charlie Weis must go. The question is will he make it easy and resign to save face or will he force the school to fire him? 
I stuck by him during the losing season in his third year (I told myself it was a recruiting problem from the previous coach and poor assistants that came back to bite him in the ass). But the results have not improved. He outthinks himself, he refuses to pound the ball, he has sloppy teams with poor fundamentals (tackling, blocking, etc), his players do not noticeably improve (outside of quarterbacks), he cannot decisively beat teams, and his teams are almost never fired up.
For whatever reason, Weis couldn't get it done. In the end, getting the W is what matters.
I should also be very clear about something. Weis has a reputation as a blowhard and a jackass. But in my (very limited) interactions with him (I organized a charity run for his foundation) I found him to be very nice and very committed to his family. I think he is a good guy and I from the bottom of my heart I wanted him to succeed. He is a fellow ND alum and he understood the school (talking to each dorm after his hire). Weis also pulled the program out of the hole left by Willingham and was able to bring in top athletes. But he has shown himself incapable of getting the program back to where it needs to be--he is a great NFL coordinator but not a great college head football coach. The effort was there but the results were not.
Looking forward, whoever comes next will have a LOT of very good talent. If the next coach can bring in some good assistants and teachers they will have a full cupboard since Weis was a very good recruiter.
I know I speak for a significant portion of the fanbase when I say, BRING ON GRUDEN!!!
I stuck by him during the losing season in his third year (I told myself it was a recruiting problem from the previous coach and poor assistants that came back to bite him in the ass). But the results have not improved. He outthinks himself, he refuses to pound the ball, he has sloppy teams with poor fundamentals (tackling, blocking, etc), his players do not noticeably improve (outside of quarterbacks), he cannot decisively beat teams, and his teams are almost never fired up.
For whatever reason, Weis couldn't get it done. In the end, getting the W is what matters.
I should also be very clear about something. Weis has a reputation as a blowhard and a jackass. But in my (very limited) interactions with him (I organized a charity run for his foundation) I found him to be very nice and very committed to his family. I think he is a good guy and I from the bottom of my heart I wanted him to succeed. He is a fellow ND alum and he understood the school (talking to each dorm after his hire). Weis also pulled the program out of the hole left by Willingham and was able to bring in top athletes. But he has shown himself incapable of getting the program back to where it needs to be--he is a great NFL coordinator but not a great college head football coach. The effort was there but the results were not.
Looking forward, whoever comes next will have a LOT of very good talent. If the next coach can bring in some good assistants and teachers they will have a full cupboard since Weis was a very good recruiter.
I know I speak for a significant portion of the fanbase when I say, BRING ON GRUDEN!!!
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