Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Originally posted by: wyvrn
Oh goody goody, I have been waiting for this thread to heat back up :evil:
This is a truly clueless post. I did not say that because team A beat team B, and team B beat team C, ... What I compared were 2 good football teams in an historic football game. USC was widely recognized as having the most explosive, balanced offense in quite some time (maybe ever in college FB). ND countered that with their own suprising offense, and the grit not to fold to the better team (yes I said USC was better, because last year they were). Of course the bowl game showed that ND needs more speed and athleticism on defense, but not every team h as Ohio States team speed anyway. It's not going to be an issue week to week, so ND has time to work on it.
Oh and about your second point about Belichick, etc.. I find that argument lame every time people use it. For example, Troy Aikman was overrated because he had Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin. Well duh! Good players need other good players around them in order to elevate their teams. Did Jordan win all those titles by himself? Nearly, but he had Pippen and a host of role players who did what they did really well. Duncan with the Spurs had Robinson, and then Ginobli and Parker. The Steelers in football had the killer team defense, great QB, and great receiver. Its a team sport, and that is stupid-ass lame argument. Weiss came great beacuse of the tutelage of the people around him, and how he is taking that knowledge and leading a good team. You don't learn how to win on your own.
First off, you have 8,671 posts and don't know how to quote properly. WTH?
2nd, yes Notre Dame has a big hole at the LB position which they still haven't addressed. They lost their starting TE which which slightly hurts their O.
3rd, USC's defense was overrated and made Notre Dame's O look good in that game. Ohio State exposed them for the frauds they are, especially exploiting ND's O-Line (and they lost a starting tackle too).
4th, I agree that it takes a great team to win, and not just one person. But aswedc is correct when he says that Weis hasn't proven that he can lead ND to play at a high level of success. Especially given that ND is almost always in the top 10 recruiting classes in the nation for the past X amount of years, it's sad that they can't win a Bowl game. Give Rich Rodriguez (WVU) the recruiting that ND gets and he easily wins a national title, he wins by taking subpar recruits and making them better and winning with an unorthodox offense (spread). The most recent coaches from ND haven't done much with the exceptional talent they've been given, it's a fact. Weis has been no different so far.
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