Who Will be the Next Coach at Notre Dame

Who cares if the job at ND is higher in profile? I don't think that makes it the better job.

 

If the ND job was the top job in the country, the school wouldn't have so much trouble finding a decent coach.

 

Who says they're having trouble finding a decent coach? Has Weis panned out to be great? Hell no, but he was as high-profile as they come when he accepted the job a few years ago.

Also, they aren't officially looking for a coach just yet. The writing is certainly on the wall but how are they "having trouble finding a decent coach" when they haven't even officially begun looking yet?

 

Their record over the last decade-plus.

 

That doesn't mean they werent decent hires. It just means they haven't panned out as expected. Are you saying that Weis and his 3 Super Bowl rings wasn't a sexy hire at the time that they made the hire?

 

Counting Weis, the last three hires have been a disaster. And let's not forget George O'Leary. What are O'Leary, Davie and Willingham doing these days?

 

Yes it is true that none of those coaches have produced. But if you hired a coach with 3 Super Bowl rings, you would probably feel pretty good about that hire, no? Obviously over the last few years he's proven he's not cut out for such a job, but AT THE TIME THE HIRE WAS MADE, I don't think you could argue that it was a bad hire. Same goes with Ty. And O'Leary was only the coach for like 48 hours, if even that.

 

Still counts, no matter how short his time was there.

 

If anyone questions how high profile the ND coaching job is, just consider this thread has been alive for 8 and 1/2 hours and has 829 views.

There's a difference between "top job" and "high profile job." Is it the top job? Doubtful. But is it one of the top in terms of highest profile? I don't see how you could say that it isn't. Their success (or lack of) in recent years doesn't diminish how high profile of a job it is. Hell, if anything, the recent struggles make it even more high profile because now there's even more weight on the shoulders of the coach who comes in.

It's just like a Yankees managing job. That is a high profile job no matter if they won the world series the year before or had a losing season.

Just don't confuse "best job" with "high profile job."

 

I don't think any of their last three coaches were their first choice for the job. The ND job should be like the vice-presidency. You only ask one person, knowing that person will say yes.

 

It's not the Yankees. ND doesn't have that kind of tradition of dominance. As you mentioned yourself, the program faces a competitive disadvantage with the entry standards rather than an advantage with a massive payroll.

I'm not sure what would be a good comparison, but that ain't it.

 

I'd liken the ND coaching job to being governor of California. High profile, big upside, but maybe a bigger headache than its worth.