It didn’t take a Nostradamus to see this coming, but it also doesn’t help to take the sting out of it either. Notre Dame’s Coach Weis cleaned out his office Thursday, was told not to go on any recruiting trips, and he certainly is not giving any interviews as the coaches and team are off limits to the press. Fleeing the sinking ship, Jimmy Clausen was seen giving his football helmet to his family following the loss to Stanford in which he threw five touchdown passes, a strong indication he will declare for the NFL draft. (As an educator, I disagree with that. It seems defeatist and doesn’t go with Notre Dame’s philosophy of excellence.)
 

Naturally, the connection is that Brady Quinn was very vocal last week in supporting his former college coach – the one who helped him grow not just professionally, but mentally and spiritually.

“Personally I think it would be a horrible decision if they did make that change,” Quinn said. “I think there are a lot of circumstances that play into seasons like this. Hopefully he’ll have an opportunity to have another year with the guys.”

Seasons like the one YOU’RE having? Well Brady, it’s not going to happen, but I am sure you would agree with me that when God closes a door, he opens a window. And in this case there appears to be six windows flying open. Weis has told people in South Bend that he’s already heard from roughly six NFL teams about becoming their offensive coordinator next season, sources told ESPN.

I, personally, am not a big Notre Dame fan. I really don’t follow college football, but I am observant. Let me see if I got this right.

• There’s a really good coach who was fired because, according to ND’s director Jack Swarbrick, “We have great expectations for our football program, and we have not been able to meet those expectations.” There was some success a few years ago, but it has been getting worse since.
• Brady stated, “I know as a player there, one of the things we prided ourselves on was winning games and not worrying about stats or individual accolades, but pulling through tight games and winning games and going in there and fighting every week.”

… and this…

• “I think if you’ve got enough talent on that team, there’s guys that need to pull together and start finding ways to win.”

Sounds like the Cleveland Browns to me. It isn’t a far stretch of the imagination. I think it is pulling it a bit though thinking Weis and Brady will team up again. The odds are against it, but Brady thinks. “It’d be nice. I’d like to play under him again if I had the opportunity. It’d be cool.”

Seeing you do better on the field would be cool too, Brady. Ouch, that one stung. 

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