IF he even considers for a second thinking about taking the Notre Dame job. I will replace the logo on the site with his face forever! Why would he want to demote himself? Notre Dame has been a big time program since the beginning of time. It has won championships and set all the records…in the past. Right now, it’s like an aging man. It’s starting to stumble, trip up a little and getting weaker. Heck the name “Notre Dame” used to be an easy seller for new recruits. The Golden Domers with all their might and power want ME to play for them. Easy sale. Now, not so much. I think any kid would prefer to go to a “modern” big time program like USC, Florida, Ohio State, Texas etc… Hell, even Michigan has fallen out of the ranks.
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So what to the Irish do (after punching their own QB in the face over the weekend) ? They try and be the Yankees. They try and go out after the biggest names in the coaching world, just like the Yanks bought themselves a championship this past year by buying Sabathia, AJ, Texiera et all, the Irish are trying to buy themselves some Urban. Thing is college sports is not the pros. Urban Meyer doesn’t need your money! 6-years $24 Mil is quite nice, especially for an empire that he built. And herein lies the real point. Let’s look at this from an academic point of view… When you graduate from college, and you are recruited by a big company (let’s say IBM), you could take the job and be happy to join corporate America and carry on the greatness of IBM. On the flip side, if you graduate, and decide to be an entrepreneur, build your business and grow with it, till it ultimately flourishes and is regarded as a top of the line company, why would you leave that to go to work for IBM? It makes no sense. Urban Meyer built Florida. Florida IS Urban Meyer. When he “graduated” from coaching Utah, he built his own path, his own legacy. Wouldn’t it be stupid now to go and “join” Notre Dame? Become a corporate guy? Yes it would be.
That’s why Notre Dame need a “fresh graduate” so to speak. Someone looking to come from a program that is considered 2nd tier in the college football world (Cincinnati, Stanford, TCU …) and that they feel they must “graduate” from already. That’s the only way the program will get anyone with great passion and enthusiasm to get the job done without putting even more pressure on themselves. Let’s just hope that people in South Bend are ready to be more patient than those folks in Ann Arbor….which probably won’t happen…ah the vicious cycle