Two years ago Notre Dame signed the best recruiting class in the country, demonstrating very clearly that Notre Dame was able to not just compete, but beat out every school in the country on the recruiting trail. This year, Notre Dame was in line for the top class in the country again, but worries about…
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Weis Transcript
COACH WEIS: Good afternoon. I’m glad to be back, see so many smiling faces. The reason why we had to kind of split up media day into the coaches today and players tomorrow is that actually today is final exams. They’re taking exams right till late afternoon. Then when they finish with exams, they actually…
No Time for Words: Weis On the 2009 Season
(The Rock Report) – At least Charlie struck the right tone to start his most important season at Notre Dame. Irish fans, weary of empty promises, such as “we’re going to pound it” were instead treated to a short, mostly fact-based press conference to start 2009. In a theme Weis repeated again and again throughout…
Past Performance, Future Results
(The Rock Report) – Of the many challenges confronting businesses, one of the hardest is how to accurately forecast the future to make business decisions now. So many variables have changed that our old reliable indicators aren’t much use right now. Many indicators, which traditionally have been forward looking indicators, are, because of the economic…
Forecasting a Strong Resurgence
Phil Steel recently projected Notre Dame to finish 7th and tabbed the Irish as a dark horse for the National Championship. Steele notes that the Irish have 15 returning starters and lost 38 starts due to injury last year (15th most in nation) on young team he thought would finish higher last season. Whether Steele…