| Mister D, I think you need to focus more on the fact that Willingham just wasn't getting the job done for Notre Dame on the field.
21-15 is terrible for a school whose recruiting classes are consistently among the best in the nation, especially when you consider that a large portion of those wins came in Willingham's first year -- the only year that ND was even competitive. They haven't been a threat to do anything the last couple years, which is insane considering the athleticism (and like you said, intelligence) of the players on the roster. They pulled off a couple upsets in 2003 and 2004, but also lost way too many games that they should have won. There is a lot of pressure on ND to be a championship-caliver team every year, with their NBC contract and influence on pretty much any catholic player coming out of high school. 21-15 just doesn't cut it.
Yeah, it's sad because Willingham is a great guy and it was good to have a black coach in the spotlight like he was. He'll surface somewhere else though, and maybe ND can bring someone in who will better utilize the talent. |