Ty You Deserved Better

Yes my fellow bloggers, my man Ty Willingham is leaving Notre Dame. As an alumnus of this great university, I hang my head in shame for the administration's decision. I can't help but think of the unfair treatment to Coach Willingham. Here is a guy who is outstanding in every way: A man of integrity and absolute dedication to Notre Dame and her traditions and a winner on the football field. This apparently was not enough to get his five years like most others in the past. Here is a good passage from an article I read:

"Despite the dismissal, Willingham will do just fine. He's a good coach with a great reputation and a strong résumé and he'll be re-hired quickly (rumor has it that he's going to Washington, much to the joy of beleaguered Husky fans everywhere). The big loser is Notre Dame. The next coach may win or he may not but the school's reputation will never recover from this.
The tag line to "Rudy" was "Sometimes a winner is a dreamer who just won't quit." And now, sometimes a loser is just an athletic department that forgets what made it great."

All the props to Ty for the respect and integrity he brought to the dome. The true folks to blame are Dr. White, the alumni and the current students who have no clue where the problem lies with ND Football. It certainly is not with the coach. We have outdated facilities and practice fields. We need a Jumbotron and build the stadium to accomodate 120,000. We need to be big time football and living in the past is not going to recruit the guys we need. We are in a different era of NCAA Football and the typical Notre Dame response is to avoid progression. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT. I am not saying we need to drop academic standards either. We should put logos of Touchdown Jesus on our helmets to spice things up if we need to and maybe get luxury suites installed. We need to evolve jerkoffs. You current students should be ashamed of yourselves, at least those who planned the protest if Ty did not get fired. You guys are really living up to your national reputation. Are you happy now?

Too bad ND had to smear a stellar coach's reputation for no reason. They shoud be ashamed of themselves. They obviously were not serious about Ty being around for the long term because if they were, they would have at least given him a fourth year. Brady Quinn will be an NFL quarterback thanks to Ty. We will continue to lose unless we change our mentality. Was it Ty's fault we play a rediculous schedule? No, its the idiotic administration's fault. And if you think we can compete for a championship with that schedule, you have no understanding of college football. So next year we will win 7 or 8 maybe, but I am not sure that I will watch, I thought better of the university and I don't know if I can support such actions. And to Coach Willinghan, I am sorry sir for what happened to you, I hope you can understand that this administration does not represent the ideals of ND.