Comments on: Calmer Than You

By: San Diego Irish

San Diego Irish — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:59:19 +0000

AMEN Biscuit. Well said. The oust Charlie idiots are still a small minority, but they can be loud at times on the message boards. I just hope that the team goes on a roll starting Saturday so that these clowns will shut their pieholes.

By: ILDomer17

ILDomer17 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:06:22 +0000

Couldn’t agree with you more, Biscuit. It may not be flashy or exciting being the tortoise, but the finish line gets closer every week.

By: JNND

JNND — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:40:30 +0000

Shortcutted my response a bit Biscuit. Those you mentioned above are different. What I see now is more influence by the board than previously. Before it was left in the hands of Monk. That is why I say they did not get it previously. The board influence is what I believe caused White’s exodus. Swarbrick mentions collaboration with the board. Biscuit, my perception is a migration to more involvement and why I think they are beginning to get it-they need to be more involved with oversight. The program should be more collaborative.

By: TBone

TBone — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:55:43 +0000

The Biscuit is correct we are dealing with 8 years of mediocre recruiting prior to CW. CW is in it for the long haul and is working his touche off.
ND is building depth and after this recruiting class statements will be made about ND reloading not rebuilding.
If we go 7-5 or 8-4 with a bowl win you will see ND back in the top 20 ranking beginning next season.
There is no reason not to believe we won’t have consistant top 10 recruiting classes while CW is here.

By: The Biscuit

The Biscuit — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:35:36 +0000

JNND, glad you agree (meaning you’re sane). But, it’s not the same admin that allowed 10 years of neglect. Monk is gone, Swarbrick is in, Affleck-Graves is 2nd in command. It’s a pretty different group, although the Board isn’t drastically different…so it’s some same, some very different. Monk being out, to me, is the biggest/best change. Great man, poor leader from a football perspective.

By: JNND

JNND — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:59:08 +0000

Thank God! Some sanity. I can not believe the venomous attacks on a coach after a win. Yes it was not pretty, but it was a step forward-the first of many. Building any program takes time. I think we will win on Saturday, but if not we are not going to fire the coach for the above reasons.
Biscuit, good job on this one. Only point of disagreement is trusting that the admin. “get’s it”. This is the same admin that allowed the previous ten years of neglect. I do however, credit them with the foresight to remove Ty. Another two years may have been close to irreversible. I think the admin. is beginning to get it.

By: The Biscuit

The Biscuit — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:58:00 +0000

Spend a little time talking to folks that are 1 of the following: 1) ND Fans that aren’t educated on ND football (~75% of fans) or 2) Anyone on an ND message board that thinks they’re educated, but is, in fact, an idiot. I’ve seen/heard plenty of it just since last Saturday. And this early in the season, ONE mention is plenty. But it’s been more than that.

By: domer.mq

domer.mq — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:27:59 +0000

Trey, Biscuit lives in Southern Cal. Everyone there is whispering horrible things in his ear when he sleeps.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:23:21 +0000

Agreed, the god damn plane has not crashed into the mountain dude.

You forgot one important factor: WHO ARE WE GOING TO HIRE IF WE FIRE WEIS? First, there are no viable alternatives (please don’t say skip holtz) and second, who would want a job where the last two people in your position were crucified?

By: Trey

Trey — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:21:54 +0000

Agree, as often, 100%. Thanks for putting it all in perspective for us once again, Biscuit. BTW, where exacltly are a large group of people calling for blood? I havent seen it.