AN APOLOGY AND OTHER WONDERS OF EDITING
Incompetence is to blame. It's not really fair to say Notre Dame airbrushed Charlie Weis' record from the books completely, as a post of ours over on TSB said. Doc Saturday was all over this as exaggeration, since you may see Weis' full record on the following page of the media guide which includes all the painful losses you care to see from 2007 and beyond--even the loss to Greg "Paddling Uphill" Robinson.
This was the worst kind of rushing through shit, something we're terribly guilty of all too often. We can't even blame the painkillers, as they would have done the same thing stone sober, most likely. There's a clarification in the post on TSB, and a total mea culpa here for the lack of effort. Michael Irvin would cut us from 4th and Long for it, and we would have taken our pads out of the lockerroom happily.
In some kind of act of atonement, we offer the finest in stunning slant from coaching bios:
Al Groh, UVA coach, whose entry includes this glowing boast:
In addition to his 56-44 record, Groh’s teams are 34-30 against ACC competition.
Wow: that's truly notable mediocrity, anonymous ACC media writer. It certainly lacks the De Goya-esque gore of Dave Wannstedt's entry, brought to you by the bloody, misbegotten prose of Dennis Dodd:
He is a living, breathing example of a Pitt education and Pitt football. "There might be no other coach in the country who knows the very soil beneath him better than `Wanny,'" CBS Sportsline.com senior writer Dennis Dodd said. "Wannstedt's blood and sweat literally stain the grass at his alma mater."
Dave Wannstedt is conveniently Vulcan for the sakes of this metaphor. At least he has something referring to his accomplishments as coach, as well as a tragic piece of tribute language devoted to him. Mike Sherman's entire A&M bio has this to say about 2008:
(Jack. Shit.)
They haven't gotten around to updating poor Mike's profile yet, and if they're kind, they won't. Just leave it up there to remind them why they hired him in the first place. (We feel for A&M fans, since they kind of just have to sit back and pray it works out, or that they fall into the right young coach when they fire Sherman. It is a horrible, drawn-out queasiness that will last at least another year. We're sorry.)
Colorado's bio of Dan Hawkins says FUCK YOU, SHITTY 2006 TEAM.
And there were other positives, most notably the fact that his Buffaloes were in every game, fighting until the end despite being outmanned at several positions.
..and Arizona State's Dennis Erickson's has this original poetry from the veteran coach:
DO RE MI Drink:
DOUGH, the stuff, that buys me beer;
RAY, the guy that sells me beer;
ME, the one, who drinks the beer;
FAR, a long run to get beer;
SO, I'll have another beer;
LA, I'll have another beer;
TEA, no thanks I'm drinking beer;
That will bring us back to... (looks in empty glass) D'OH!
It also makes no mention of the tragic death of Rudy Carpenter from internal injuries suffered in ASU's protection averse offense last year, so there's obviously some serious editing and improvements needed.
BONUS FUN! Kansas State's former AD was certifiably insane.
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It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. And I am that big man.
-Orson
by lawya1 on May 20, 2009 6:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No complaints from me, O. The pain killers and the poking fun at ND are acceptable reasons for the mistake.
by MikeLew on May 20, 2009 10:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
AND WHEN THE FUCK WILL YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE CARL JOHNSON ARREST!!!!!! YOU FUCKING HOMER!!!!!!
(kidding of course)
by JD on May 20, 2009 11:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know whether to laugh while singing Erickson’s tune to myself or be disturbed that it’s so easy to imagine him singing it while wearing an Austrian peasant dress.
by DevilGrad on May 21, 2009 8:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
WHO ITH THARLIE WEITH?
THINTHERELY
LOU
by Louith Holth on May 21, 2009 8:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh who gives a shit, it’s Notre Dame. Make stuff up about them for fun, I don’t care.
by Vol on May 21, 2009 9:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
notre dame released a statement on the issue. It absolves all blogs of blame, and states that the blogosphere’s oversight was most likely due to tyrone willingham.
by jd on May 21, 2009 9:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And just think – Not-u-rah Dahhhhme dropped George O’Leary like a hot cheeseburger over padding his resume a while back.
Boys and girls, can you say “HYPOCRISY?” It’s alive and well under that Golden Dome……
by JJ Gator on May 21, 2009 4:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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