Seriously, Chuck says, you don’t know me unless you’ve met me.
And given that most people haven’t met Chuck (except me), he’s talking to the majority of the fans/haters out there when he says this. It’s an interesting interview, taken from a more personal angle than most.Â
“And it’s probably the biggest, I don’t know if it bothered me the most, just the thing that I don’t understand the most, is all these people have an impression of you. They’ve never even met you. I mean, they’ve never even talked to you.â€
In a way, I get it. And I have to admit Charlie’s right: people don’t KNOW him. They haven’t met him, they don’t hang out, and they don’t get the full picture of who he is. And I really agree that the public’s opinion should be much much less about WHO Charlie is, and much more about HOW he coaches. Of course, some of that is intertwined, but it’s up to the fans and the public to delineate the difference. The haters often focus on his weight problems, his jersey-ish style of speaking and scream, cry and whine foul.  FOUL they say! The ND fans are often close to, if not quite, as bad.Â
But at the same time, Coach, that’s the nature of the beast. You’re in a public job with a public jury, and so people will certainly form an opinion about you – and quickly.   I mean, I can pretty much tell you with utmost certainty that our President is a moron. And I’ve never come close to meeting the guy.Â
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FYI:Â The reporter is blind.
Point is, if Charlie does something illegal, or even shady, feel free to call him out. But don’t hate the player, hate the game!
Yes, the way he says some things is less-than-sophisticated. His mastery of PR is far from ‘there’ yet. But that doesn’t make Charlie Weis a bad guy, it makes him a questionable public speaker. Don’t pull the guy down as a person until you tell me he’s doing some Urban-esque type stuff.  At that point, anyone’s fair game. But I don’t think you’ll ever see that kind of thing out of Charlie.  After all, he cares…
“I think that anyone that works with me will probably tell you that there probably isn’t anyone who’s more caring than me,†he said.
And that quote right there sums it up for Charlie, on both sides. I do believe the guy cares about people. From the stories and from my personal interaction with him, I believe that he really does care about his family, friends, players, and the fans. But somehow, he manages to say it in a way that makes him sound like a pompous ass.Â
But don’t crucify him for the jersey-ish, less-than-eloquent talk.  It’s the thought that counts, people!
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JNEARY
I enjoy your site and check it out almost daily but don’t appreciate political comments about our president or candidates. I have my own views and keep them to myself.
domer.mq
JNEARY,
While we appreciate that you have your own political views and keep them to yourself, we try not to censor ourselves very often. We certainly aren’t trying to sell anyone on our own political views. We aren’t campaigning in any way. This is a football blog. We’re just as likely to pick on HRC/Obama as we are Bush. But if we start censoring our streams of consciousness, this blog will get pretty quiet.
DeepTeaKup
Jneary, you’r wasting your time, domer is a full-fledged granola eating hippie. He has a full set of dreads, reaks constantly of bong water, and when not updating HLS spends all of his time on the DailyKos.
domer.mq
I actually am DailyKos.
Bonnie Barbarisi
Boy, have you lost a reader here. I didn’t know I was reading a flaming liberal’s site. Bye!
The Biscuit
“Flaming liberals” for making fun of a guy bc he asked a BLIND DUDE to take his ‘shades’ off? That joke has NOTHING to do with GW’s party, and everything to do with the fact that he ASKED A BLIND DUDE TO TAKE OFF HIS SHADES LIKE IT WAS A FASHION STATEMENT. Wow, I didn’t realize we were all so touchy because of the election. If you knew me, you’d know that ‘flaming liberal’ is about as appropriate as ‘evangelical conservative’ here.
domer.mq
Biscuit, Bonnie might have been responding to me claiming that I’m DailyKos.
By the way, you’re totally a flamer.
DeepTeaKup
Wow, I guess sarcasm just does not work well on the internet does it.
Biscuit, I agree, people are WAY TOO sensitive about this stuff. Especially when you realize this year that there is really not too much difference between any of the 3 candidates.
The Biscuit
See, Bonnie, a freaking Michigan fan just showed more logic than you (who I presume to be a Notre Dame fan). What is the world coming too? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Thanks DTK. Even though I’m giving you shite (constantly), we like having you around. For me to poop on.
TNT65
A perfectly sound bit of blogery and all we get in reply is psuedo politics!!! When there are real issues discussed instead of name calling and sloganizing, I’ll step in and convert you all.
I love being a progressive pundit.