Charlie Weis Articles & Blog Posts
Ethan Johnson Emerges
Ethan Johnson has gotten a lot of playing time for a true freshman this year, but it wasn’t until Wednesday night that he really emerged. Against Hawaii last night, Johnson recorded three of Notre Dame’s eight sacks and spent most of the night in the Hawaii backfield. Johnson is going to be counted on to [...]
Weis Coaching from the Booth
Charlie Weis is doing something he’s never done at Notre Dame tonight – coaching from the booth as opposed to coaching on the sidelines. The reason he’s made the move is because of the pain associated with his two surgery-needing knees. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. A coach like Weis [...]
Haywood Praises Weis On His Way Out
So much for all of those conspiracy theories that Weis and Haywood were not getting a long as the season progressed. Tim Prister interviewed Haywood about being named the head coach at Miami and not only did Haywood give Weis credit for his opportunity, but he gave his soon to be former employer some high [...]
Haywood New Head Coach for Miami (Ohio)
Per ESPN, ND offensive coordinator Mike Haywood will be the next head coach for Miami (Ohio). Miami of Ohio will name Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Haywood as its head coach on Tuesday, sources familiar with the situation said. The hiring of Haywood will bring the number of African-American football coaches in the Bowl Championship [...]
Sage Advice for Weis from Wojo
Gene Wojciechowski had an excellent column on ESPN.com today. I don’t always agree with Wojo, but his column today had some outstanding advice for Charlie Weis and what he needs to do in order to turn things around and right the ship at Notre Dame. The entire article was spot on, but here is a [...]
Notre Dame Releases Official Statement on Weis Returning
Notre Dame released an official statement this morning on Weis returning in 2009. Here it is. NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Charlie Weis will continue as head football coach at the University of Notre Dame, University athletics director Jack Swarbrick announced today (Dec. 3). Swarbrick, who made the decision in consultation with University president Rev. John [...]
No Press Conference Today Now?
ESPN is now reporting that there won’t be a press conference today, but that the story remains the same – Weis will be back in 2009. Since last night several other news sources have picked up the Weis returning story citing their own sources as opposed to just citing the Irish Eyes/WNDU story as most [...]
ESPN: Notre Dame Calls Wednesday Press Conference
ESPN just reported at the end of the 1AM Sports Center that Notre Dame has called a press conference on Wednesday regarding the Charlie Weis situation. Linda Cohn made the announcement right as the 1AM version of Sports Center was signing off and no other comment other than Notre Dame called a press conference. This [...]
And The Plot Thickens
Reports early Tuesday night were that Charlie Weis was definitely coming back for a 5th season in South Bend in 2009. So far the University has yet to confirm the reports and instead said they were not aware of any immanent announcement. The Chicago Sun-Times contacted the school, but Brian Hardin, the sports information director [...]
Weis Returning in 2009?
According to IrishEyes.com, Charlie Weis will be back in South Bend for a fifth season in 2009. IE broke the story earlier this evening. Sources have told Irish Eyes that athletic director Jack Swarbrick will publicly announce, most likely within the next 24 hours, that Weis will be back for his fifth season in South [...]
Maybe Weis Hasn’t Lost the Student Body
Last week Beano Cook was on an ESPN podcast stating that Charlie Weis has lost the student body at Notre Dame. Then on Sunday, the LA Times ran an article with quotes from senior class president Joey Brown stating that Weis did indeed lose the student body. “When he came here our freshman year, with [...]
This Just In… No One Knows Squat About the Buyout
We have yet another figure on Weis buyout now courtesy of WNDU. According to the South Bend NBC affiliate, Weis’s buyout is actually in the $20 million range. As we first told you on NewsCenter 16 at 6, a source very close to the situation tells WNDU that the price to buy Weis out of [...]
More Reports on the Weis Buyout
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette threw its own report in the buyout fray regarding the buyout for Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis stating that the number is around $12 million. The Journal Gazette has learned from a source close to the situation that Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis’ buyout is at least $12 million. [...]
Buyout Not an Issue for Notre Dame?
During the 4th quarter of the Notre Dame-USC game tonight Holly Rowe reported that she had a conversation with Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick and her report was anything but a ringing endorsement for Charlie Weis. In a nutshell, Swarbrick said that the only thing that will be considered is what is best for the [...]
Conflicting Reports on Weis’s Buyout
There have been various reports today about just how big the buyout in Charlie Weis’s contract is. First Lee Corso weighed in on the buyout (via a Chicago Tribune article) “The entire Catholic Church doesn’t have enough money to pay him off at $2.5 million for another seven years or whatever it is,” Corso said. [...]
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