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Willingham was the worst hire, hands down

Author: ndunabomber (6487 Posts - Original UHND Member)
Posted at 9:45 am on Feb 4, 2020
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I don't know if some people simply don't see it, but in 2003, when Willingham showed how truly lazy he was, not even bothering to reach out to players who would have loved to play at ND, the writing was on the wall.

Then when he actually did make an effort to find players, the best ones were either already snapped up or soured on us, and all that were left were players that very few other 1A schools wanted. He even brought in the talentless Tregg Duerson, someone who didn't even deserve two stars.

Charlie Weis had his faults, and lacked head coaching experience. His biggest mistake was trusting Jon Tenuta to run the defense, which easily cost us 4 wins in 2009, where playing "jailbreak blitz every down" gave almost every opponent two extra scores a game.

However, there's absolutely no question that he pulled us out of a terrible pit of muck. Towards the end of the Willingham era, we were settling for two star recruits who would have been lucky to sniff a 1A offer. Weis worked tireless to bring up the talent level, and managed to do that even during that awful 2007 season, and pulled in the strong class in 2008 that gave Brian Kelly a much more well-stocked larder compared to what Weis inherited.


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Replies to: "Willingham was the worst hire, hands down"

  • weis is a disgrace to Notre Dame. - Aragoto - 10:28am 2/3/20 (18) [View All]
    • He was always a gigantic embarrassment, from the 'leaky" nose to the hooldies; - cubsfanin16 - 12:22pm 2/3/20
      • As OC, his teams improved in KC and Florida. Peter Principle at work: he could run an offense, but - jrdjr84 - 2:31pm 2/3/20
      • Believe he holds the record for making more money off of losing a football game than anyone in... - TakethetrainKnute - 12:52pm 2/3/20
      • he worked hard, but was simply the worst since Kuharich [NT] - DonMiller - 12:52pm 2/3/20
        • Willingham was the worst hire, hands down - ndunabomber - 9:45am 2/4/20
          • Totally! [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:33am 2/4/20
          • Weis improved recruiting but regressed actual results, so they both suck ass [NT] - humbaba - 10:06am 2/4/20
            • That spin didn’t last. [NT] - whatsamataU - 11:45am 2/4/20
        • I don't think he was the worst. He was essentially sabotaged by Willingham's lazy recruiting efforts - THEISMANCARR - 9:25am 2/4/20
          • Aldridge - ndunabomber - 9:59am 2/4/20
        • No, that was Gerry Faust. [NT] - 565 Zahm Hall - 10:42pm 2/3/20
          • Legend is he's still looking for a bomb play.... [NT] - ripperduck - 2:38pm 2/5/20
            • Well he was the coach on that 98 yarder to Joe Howard. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 4:06pm 2/5/20
          • Worst hire by a major program ever. Dude brought out ND in a HS offense. No joke. [NT] - MAS - 12:18am 2/4/20
          • Disagree on Faust; he was just in over his head; he loved ND. Faust at least won a few big games. [NT] - bakedogg - 11:53pm 2/3/20
            • Yup. [NT] - whatsamataU - 7:51am 2/4/20
        • To work that hard and suck that bad is simply brutal [NT] - humbaba - 4:55pm 2/3/20
        • Great back handed compliment!. He did a great job of milking the cow... [NT] - whatsamataU - 2:06pm 2/3/20
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