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Charlie Weis has a Super Bowl ring. Whoa! He has THREE of them. From the way tales of his recruiting visits go, it astonishes me that he doesn't wear all three of them in one huge hand-size arrangement spelling out "WIN", or perhaps "PIE."
Teddy Greenstein has a piece this morning in the Chicago Tribune detailing Weis' trip to Jeannette High School in '07 to recruit Terrelle Pryor. While there, Weis made the oh-so-generous offer to Pryor's coach Ray Reitz to be pictured with the Super Bowl ring he wears, an offer Reitz said he took just to be polite after a few moments of awkward silence. He then gave the picture of the ring to a kid, because kids are impressed by things like that, and not adults who are taking part in the serious and hectic business of football recruiting.
You'll be shocked to find out that Reitz thought Weis was "arrogant as hell," and says that Weis mentioned putting Ohio State's current starting quarterback at wide receiver. (The italics in this case mean "this concept is stupid as hell.")
When Weis visited Pryor's school in 2007, Reitz recalled, he said that if Pryor couldn't cut it at quarterback, "we'll use him on the outside."Pryor, being a gifted teenage athletic demigod, is really, really arrogant, as just about anyone would be at that age with those skills and impending NFL wealth waiting in the wings. If Weis was too off-the-charts arrogant for Pryor's taste, then the word may be in need of redefinition. Also, if Reitz is calling Weis "arrogant as hell" in print, Weis may just want to save Notre Dame the expensive jet fuel and lay off recruiting any players out of Jeanette High for a while, since that well is probably good and poisoned now.No other school introduced the idea that Pryor might play receiver.
"Here's the best part," Reitz recalled. "He says to Terrelle: 'Call me tomorrow at 6. I'll be watching where Brady Quinn gets drafted.'"
Pryor never called. He chose Ohio State.
Weis has bigger things to worry about, though, like beating Navy. That's easy though, right?
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is this news to anyone… Weis arrogant? haha! He is so full of himself.
by The Spike on Nov 14, 2008 1:12 PM EST reply actions
… and donuts. Himself, and donuts.
by Five Pound Bag on Nov 14, 2008 1:31 PM EST reply actions
Weis is arrogant? This just in, it’s been confirmed…Charlie Weis is a college football coach…film at 11.
College football coaches by nature and necessity are arrogant when they spend most of their lives dealing with the triple shot of arrogance known as players who think they are more important than the team, coaches who want a cut of whatever to steer their high school players to certain programs and bloodsucking leeches of family and friends looking to ride the gravy train of the player’s life instead of finding a life of their own.
by TageRyche on Nov 14, 2008 1:34 PM EST reply actions
is this actually news. As in does it need to be on the front page of the website under the news section. How many things qualify here as news really rather than just crap, literal crap to get people to use the discussion boards. i have no problem with this blog its just not news.
by justyamorica on Nov 14, 2008 1:36 PM EST reply actions
Five Pound Bag – Donuts! HAHA! LOL!
by wiltfongjr on Nov 14, 2008 1:46 PM EST reply actions
by weisgipper on Nov 14, 2008 2:46 PM EST reply actions
Weiss is a fraud. His hiring is really paying off for ND.
by HighTop on Nov 14, 2008 3:14 PM EST reply actions
ND did one of the stupidious thing ever by hiring this donut.
A Catholic university with an arrogant figure doesn’t goes well.
ND 5-4 record look impressive huh. Navy this week should beat ND.
by khtran on Nov 14, 2008 3:21 PM EST reply actions
Weiss is a good recruiter?? Where are the Athletes??
Irish got bent OVER by Boston College!?!
Weiss needs to get on Jenny Craig and realize his team is terrible!
Although given the source of the story it doesnt really matter. Almost all High School Coaches are LOSERS! They are jealous of REAL coaches! I am sorry but anyone can be a highschool football coach!
That guy used Terrell Pryor until he left for Ohio State.. Now he is a NOBODY!
FIGHT ON!
by uscfan75 on Nov 14, 2008 3:48 PM EST reply actions
This is actually sort of a surprise to me if it’s true. Even the most hardened of hard-nosed coaches make @ss-kissing a way of life on the recruiting trail. They turn into a cross between used car salesmen and the lame guy at the bar trying to pick up the hottest girl there. When you’re trying to recruit Lebron In Cleats, how could you possibly have the gall to treat him, or his coach, like some ND practice squad, sack of potatoes, Pats fan? Makes no sense to treat a kid like he’s nothing. If you don’t want him, why waste everyone’s time, especially the precious minutes alloted by the NCAA?In a phone call, Weis could have just been like, "You know, we’re awfully deep at QB for the system I run, all-the-best in choosing a school that will satisfy your goals. Hope we don’t have to play you in 3 years." Not, "Hey, I’m here, even though I don’t want to be. Wanna kiss my Super Bowl rings? Good thing we have this ND private jet so I can get the heck out of here ASAP. I’ve got a date with a cheeseburger back in South Bend in about an hour."Weird. Pryor is probably good enough (or at least, dynamic enough) to have supplanted Clausen, and ND might already be bowl-eligible right now.Pryor isn’t just leading the Buckeyes on the field. He’s attracting some of the best offensive recruits in the nation…at the line and in the backfield, who want to play with him (They got the #1 RB recruit for 2009…out of Florida…away from Urban Meyer!). He’s making Tressel’s job much easier. Weis at least should have gotten in line with the "ND degree card" in his back pocket…at worst to validate ND as a recruiting power.
by BuckeyeXB on Nov 14, 2008 3:57 PM EST reply actions
And this is a shock? The ego of Weis has been well-known since he arrived on campus and is a huge problem when he is trying to close the deal on rectuits. Charlie thinks that the "pro" technique will work when talking with those "lowly" high school coaches…but he better change soon or many more doors are going to slam in his face.
John Cooper saw the Ohio base of high school coaches start abandoning him due to such arrogance. Memo to Weis: You need the high school coaches more than they need you. Notre Dame isn’t all that anymore.
by coreno on Nov 14, 2008 4:40 PM EST reply actions
Weis hawked the diamond ring and got 10000000 onion rings instead.
by L'etat, c'est moi on Nov 14, 2008 6:13 PM EST reply actions
Weis is arrogant???? This just in…..Weis is also fat!!
by TrojanTW on Nov 14, 2008 6:45 PM EST reply actions
Omigosh! More fat jokes! What originality! Here’s a thought, what NFL QB’s who had good feet, and awkward throwing motion are starting in the NFL right now. Wait a second, that’s right, Vick’s in prison, and Vince Young can’t get his job back from Collins. Maybe these run first QB’s should spend some time learning to set their feet and move in the pocket, or they’ll be the next in a long line of people washing out of the NFL. Good luck Pryor, before you start counting you Heismans, learn how to make the throws you are supposed to. Maybe some people should actually break down Pryor’s plays before popping off at the mouth. They will find that most of his passing yards come from busted play. Won’t cut it in the NFL. And grow up. The fat jokes are neither funny, but combined with the unintelligent comments they reveal the 3rd-grade level of these comments.
by jc1241981 on Nov 14, 2008 7:27 PM EST reply actions
No surprise here. The only thing bigger than Weis’ ego is his belly.
by JimB on Nov 14, 2008 7:50 PM EST reply actions
Pryor wasn’t good enough to play quarterback because they had Jimmy Clausen. That is really funny. ND boosters keep talking about this guy as the last in a line of great quarterbacks. I have to ask- how many Clausens have played in the NFL. They are definitely not Mannings.
by oldgrouch on Nov 14, 2008 8:30 PM EST reply actions
Wow! Now this is news! Weis is arrogant? Isn’t that part of the gig?
by tnirish on Nov 14, 2008 11:19 PM EST reply actions
Did this wipe just refer to Pryor and Wies as arrogant? It sounded to me he said at the end of his article that Pryor is arrogant also. Pryor is one of the most down to earth kids you would ever talk to that had to go thru this. I am sure he had his moments but to call him arrogant as in Wies arrogant is about as stupid as a paying for a subscription to the Sportingnews. Oh, wait…no, I got it right. SportingNews, its writers and its staff, suck!! Most pcs written are done so to get guys like me to respond so they can sell something. All you other wipes keep playing along you will get another star, and tell your wives, hey honey, got another star from the SportingNews. What? Of course I will do the dishes and scrape your Mom’s feet. Thats what I do, read the SportingNews and hope oh please give me another star. God your dumb. Arrogant ass!!!!
PEACE OFF!!!!!!!
by GLH33 on Nov 15, 2008 3:52 AM EST reply actions
this needs printed because……..?
by grinunbearit on Nov 15, 2008 6:26 AM EST reply actions
Charlie, your giant ass is showing. Can’t wait to see the Irish lose another bowl game…
by Uberbuckeye on Nov 15, 2008 9:49 AM EST reply actions
I can’t beleive Jeannette’s coach would even notice Weiss was arrogant when he coached a big headed thug like Pryor for four years, he should be immuned to that type of behavior. Also, where the hell is pryor going to play in the NFL?? He will not be at QB I can tell you that. He throws like a chick and he is only effective running in the Big 10’s pathetically weak conference. All you Ohio State fans that run your mouth, PLEASE, you got destoyed two years in a row in the title game, got beat down by USC this year by 40 points and lost to a Penn State team at home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Penn State team that lost to Iowa that is!!!! Just face it Ohio fans, OSU SUCKS, THE BROWNIES SUCK, THE INDIANS SUCK AND THE CAVS SUCK AND PRYOR IS A THUG THAT WILL NEVER WIN A THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by IRISH33 on Nov 15, 2008 11:10 AM EST reply actions
What a waste of a Gastric Bypass surgery. I guess they don’t always work.
I hope that he stays at ND for a long time. They are perfect for each other. I love that Weis said that Clausen wouldn’t throw an interception vs Navy. What happens on Golden Boy’s first pass? INT. Right now ND is beating the college football powerhouse that is Navy by three at halftime!
by Bender2497 on Nov 15, 2008 1:42 PM EST reply actions
the one thing i have to say is that all you can attack charlie with is his weight?? seriously… guys that is pathetic.. attack him for being a coach not his weight and last i checked he is gonna make more money than any guy in here he has 3 super bowl rings so… yea please atleast if your gonna attack his weight be creative and not just say donuts last i checked donuts were the fat joke for cops
by CFBfan88 on Nov 15, 2008 4:13 PM EST reply actions
I took a jab at his weight, but mainly attacked him for being a horrible coach and an arrogant ass. They wouldn’t score a field goal against my Gators. Mark it down!
by Bender2497 on Nov 15, 2008 6:44 PM EST reply actions
I took a jab at his weight, but mainly attacked him for being a horrible coach and an arrogant ass. They wouldn’t score a field goal against my Gators. Mark it down!
by Bender2497 on Nov 15, 2008 6:44 PM EST reply actions
Pryor will never make it in the NFL at QB. It has been proven too many times before what type of QB it takes to be a great pro. Look at Oakland’s Jamarkus Russell. That is how T. Pryor will look in the NFL in 3 years. Charlie knows the pro game and what will work.
by Boilerbri on Nov 15, 2008 6:59 PM EST reply actions
Nobody makes fun of Mark Mangino, or Andy Reid, or Ralph Friedgen with as much venom as they dissect Weis. The reason is simple. The rest aren’t immense A holes.
And Boilerbri: Look at Donovan McNabb. Or Randall Cunningham. Or Steve Young. Or Jeff Garcia. Then shut up.
by headhunter28 on Nov 15, 2008 8:51 PM EST reply actions
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