One thing Weis has going for him...

by domer.mq , Saturday, April 25, 2009, 07:52 (6242 days ago) @ BPH

is he really does believe in himself. Davie didn't have that. Davie was sort of the guy who figured out how to move up the corporate ladder by telling everyone what they wanted to hear even though he didn't believe in himself and he didn't believe in what he was saying. If ever the Peter Principle could be applied to a college football coach, this was it.

The sheepish way he used to address us when he'd do his dorm talks in the spring, and the sound-byte he used over and over again about "the best fans in the country..." because from the get-go, he had no idea what else to say now that he'd reached his goal all indicated a total lack of ability that he couldn't mask.

Granted, I'm not on campus now, but the things I used to hear from the players back then... Just unreal. He didn't want relationships with the guys. He wanted them to shut up and just be pieces he could move around the board while he was playing checkers against chess masters.

Funny thing is, I've met him on 2 occasions since, and he's been terribly nice and really quite gracious about ND. It's like he was in a nightmare as the HC and just didn't know it, I think. Another funny thing, he didn't seem to remember me either time, but given an encounter with a much different Davie on campus, I thought he might.

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