Considering he knew what a shambles the program was in.

It's on Charlie for ultimately not succeeding, but the level of his failure is tempered by how terrible Willingham really was. We all knew that he was a terrible coach from his time at ND. It's just unfortunate that it took another 5 years fully realize how terrible he actually was.

But after the Weis hiring and first season, who would have thought that he would end up with a worse 5 year record than Tyrone fucking Willingham?

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Bummer, indeed. I hope to never see one of these firings again as long as I live. Otherwise, we might have to make November 30 an official day of mourning for the demise of ND football.

Then we're going to pull a West Virginia, just to see the armchair prognosticators spontaneously combust.

Then we're going to say "just kidding" and hire our real coach.

is this more "caretaker for a bit while we hammer out the new guy's contract?"

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Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick.

I expect him to be unemployed for a couple weeks, max.

Still a bummer.

Nov. 30, 2009
For Immediate Release

Weis will not be retained as Notre Dame football coach

University of Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis will not be retained, University director of athletics Jack Swarbrick announced today (Nov. 30).

"We have great expectations for our football program, and we have not been able to meet those expectations," Swarbrick said. "As an alumnus, Charlie understands those goals and expectations better than most, and he's as disappointed as anyone that we have not achieved the desired results."

Swarbrick recommended the dismissal Sunday night to Notre Dame's president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.

"We have established an evaluation process for all of our athletic programs that, in the end, results in a recommendation from Jack to me," Father Jenkins said. "I accepted Jack's decision and look forward to working with him on selecting a new head football coach who is the very best choice possible for the University and especially for our student-athletes.

"I am most appreciative to Coach Weis for his service to Notre Dame and our community. He and his family have my prayers and best wishes."

Weis spent five seasons as Irish head coach from 2005-09, with his teams achieving consecutive records of 9-3 (Fiesta Bowl appearance) in '05, 10-3 (Sugar Bowl appearance), 3-9, 7-6 (Hawai'i Bowl victory) and 6-6 in '09 - for an overall 35-27 mark.

Swarbrick announced that Rob Ianello, the Irish assistant head coach/offense, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, will assume responsibility for football operations until a new coach is hired. Ianello has spent the past five seasons on the Notre Dame staff and previously was part of football staffs at Wisconsin (1990-93, 2003-04), Arizona (1994-2002) and Alabama (1987-89).