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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
FWIW, many who saw him coach at Stanford thought he was a stand-up guy but not all that as a coach.
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I know winning is everything, but Notre Dame looks like a pack of assholes on this one. They hold themselves out to be the best of both worlds. A program that has high academic
and athletic standards. The goal being not only to achieve football success, but to actually graduate the athletes achieving it. Willingham had three years (two years less than his two predecessors) to bring the program around. That means he was essentially doing it with someone else's players, as the ones he recruited will be coming into their own over the next two years.
ESPN and everyone else seems to think that Willingham was fired so they could get to Urban Meyer, the new "it" coach. I can see them not wanting to lose him to another program. But Jesus, they don't even know what kind of coach they have from their last hiring yet. What they do know is that Willingham was a model coach as far as ethics and academics were concerned. What a bunch of hypocrites. They should have stuck with George O'Leary.
I hope Meyer goes to Florida* and Notre Dame reaps what it has sown for the next 20 years. I can't wait til they quietly try to lower their academic standards and the full hypocrisy is uncovered.
TM
*If Meyer were smart, this is the job he would take. Big time program, no restrictions on the kids he can recruit.
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