Thanks O-town, your post made me feel better though I wait until want happens after the Weis meeting before I can rest easy. I don't think He'll move before his 2nd kid goes to college. I think you're right about Foley knowing the situation and keeping tabs on it. Plus I also heard that ND is a young team and their graduation rates are good and Weis has done a good job of recruiting. I think he'll stay another year I hope.
It all comes down to weighing the pros and cons.
Notre Dame lost some key playmakers when players like Brady Quinn, Jeff Samardija and Rhema McKnight graduated, and obviously it's taking longer for the Irish to reload and rebuild - not to sound repetitive, but also keep in mind that their academic requirements are a LOT tougher than those of public universities. Weis is out there recruiting and has brought in some decent classes, but as much as he's mainly accountable for the outcome on the field, so are his assistants to whom he's delegating responsibility - as far as I can see and from what I've seen of ND this season therein lies the problem.
Jimmy Clausen has some upside, but he's in need of some serious coaching up, as is the rest of their team on both sides of the ball.
As far as the other factors go - such as team GPA, graduation rate, off-campus occurrences and other positives Weis has accomplished at South bend, these sway into the "pro" column.
Keep in mind that when the final decision was made here at UF to fire Zook back in October 2004, the "big picture" was evaluated and not just "Fratgate" or the Miss. State loss as the sole deciding factors. As we know the cons outweighed the pros and the decision was made to let Zook go.
For a good perspective on why Weis should be given one more year at Notre Dame, here is Matt Hayes' take on the situation:
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=490805
If in the worst-case scenario we ever did lose Urban Meyer to another school, I'd want to see Machen & Foley go after
Bob Stoops with the best offer they could make to bring him back to Gainesville.
All this media crap gets tiresome, and what really sucks is that it's distracting to Florida AND Coach Meyer, especially knowing we're preparing for a crucial game this Saturday.
Still, it's all speculation until next Monday, and then hopefully all this BS can be put to bed.
