CornHunka Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 as you know, everything on the internet is true, right? The Charlie Weis clock is now ticking to its preverbial ending. It all started on Saturday night after the Irish lost to Pittsburgh 27-22 and it's long flight back to South Bend. Sunday morning Weis was called in to Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick's office at 9:30 am, where he was told something. Whether he is staying or going, has not been made publicly, but the final nail seems to have been nailed shut. Here are a few tidbits which should uncloud the Irish Nation's mind about the future of Coach Weis: ~ Weis calls off his Sunday media press conference. This is the first time in five years he has called off a press conference. ~ The media try to contact both Swarbrick and ND President Fr. Jenkins for comment on Weis future, but are not able to be reached, due to both being away from campus. ~ 12:00 p.m. South Bend Private Flight carrying Swarbrick and Jenkins is headed South to Florida. ~ The same plane also has scheduled flights this week to Cincinnati and Oklahoma. ~ Bob Stoops of Oklahoma has been reported as being intersted in the Notre Dame job if it becomes available, according to Brian Hamilton of the Chicago Tribune. According to one of the Board of Trustees and a source inside the Athletic Department has both confirmed that both Swarbrick and Jenkins have put a package together to lure Urban Meyer back to South Bend. Here are the main details that are on the table as of yesterday: 1.) A 10-year $50,000,000 base salary, which doesn't include endoresment and university incentivies. 2.) 3 "special" projects a year, which may include JUCO transfers. 3.) A contract with Nike (football only) 4.) Additional incentives: (a) $550,000 for Top 10 Finish (B) $750,000 for BCS Bowl appearence © $1.2 million for BCS National Championship (d) $400,000 for 90% or better graduation rate The carpet is ready to roll out for Meyer for the taking, whether Swarbrick and Jenkins can get it done, will be the trick. If not, Brian Kelly, seems to be the next logical choice. These next two weeks will be a roller coaster for media and Irish fans alike. But one thing is for sure, the Weis era clock is about to hit midnight! Quote Link to comment
mmmtodd Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 great. cant wait for the next guy to walk in for a huge paycheck, and walk out a failure. Notre Dame is burnt toast. You can scrape the burnt off with a knife, but it still tastes the same with new jelly. Quote Link to comment
HSKRNOKC Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Very interesting. Quote Link to comment
caveman99 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 That is a LOT of money guaranteed, that is MLB type pay right there. Quote Link to comment
General Blackshirt Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Ah, the days of watching planes and where they are headed. Rumors are fun. Quote Link to comment
huzkerbob Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 f#*k NOTRE LAME!!! Quote Link to comment
CENTEXHUSKER Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Urb might take the deal, he loves ND and might want the challenge, especially if Florida wins another NC. Plus he wont have Tebow's back to jump on anymore, so get out while you're on top. The aledged 50 mil isn't bad either... Quote Link to comment
Husker Runner Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Seems like a lot of work just for $50 million. It'd be a lot easier to work at Goldman Sachs for a year. Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 No way in the world either Meyer or Stoops are in South Bend next year. Quote Link to comment
HSKRNOKC Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Never say never.. Its all about the $$$$$$$$$$$ bro.. Quote Link to comment
kansas husker Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I've been reading my coaching rumors here. Take this site with a grain of salt but pretty interesting stuff on there they are now reporting brian kelly is no longer on the short list Quote Link to comment
huskerswrkhavoc Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 So i was reading the original post and when it's talking about planes all i could think about was rumorville... thank god we aren't in that situation anymore. Quote Link to comment
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