Ding Dong…

The Witch is Dead!

This wont get near as much play as the firing of Ty Willingham. Hell, it wont get near as much play as the firing of Bob Davie, but to Notre Dame, the evacuation of the position of athletic director by Kevin White is a far more momentous event than either of those 2 news items.

We have no idea if this was a true resignation or if White was finally forced out by those who actually care about Notre Dame. Lord knows if he got to walk out on his own terms, it wasn’t for lack of us trying. Allowing Kevin White to head the athletic department of Notre Dame was like letting Darth Vader take a piss in the Millenium Falcon. It was like letting George Lucas direct a movie after the original 3 Star Wars. Kevin White just did not get “it.”

White had been driving the Notre Dame athletic program perillously close to Justlikeeveryoneleseville, but thankfully the bus has stopped at a rest station and the powers-that-be, whoever they are (Are you there, God? It’s me, domer.mq. Thank you!), told Kevin White that it’s time for someone else to drive, and maybe we’ll look at a map before we hit the road again.

What almost makes this story impossible to believe is the notion that Duke, a program with one of the most storied Basketball teams in the land, may quite possibly look to White to hire the successor to Coach Mike Krzyzewski. I don’t follow NCAA basketball closely enough to know how near Coach K may be to retirement, but I do know that coach K has been at Duke “forever.” Can you imagine having Kevin White replace a legend? Good freaking luck, Duke. You’ll need it.

At any rate, people who had this story earlier than we did have also done more thinking on the matter. My brain still hasn’t gotten passed the initial shock of it all. It’s about as hard to process as “I just touched a boob!” for a 15 year old boy. It’s gonna take a minute, so go ahead and read up on what others are saying.

And to think, the staff of HLS were only moments away from purchasing FireKevinWhite.com. Maybe we should buy it anyway and sell it at a premium to some Duke fans in a year or two.