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AEM Sadly, buy out or not, is getting rid of another HC the answer?
I mean isn't this Ty Willingham all over again? And will the next coach be the same as this one?
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Weis Buyout Only $4.5 Million?
The Big Lead —
... Weis Buyout: From the only guy in Chicago actually reporting on the embattled coach: “Weis’ contract likely calls for annual increases to his base salary. If that average rises to $650,000, the seven-year buyout would be about $4.5 million.” There’s another mention of Charlie’s gargantuan ego not winning anyone over at Notre Dame. Where there’s smoke, there’s … (Chicago Tribune) ...
WEDNESDAY MORNING ONE-LINERS
NBC Sports - College Football Talk —
... Saturday. An anonymous source at Notre Dame tells the Chicago Tribune that Charlie Weis “ has built zero relationships at the school . It has been all about him and his ego.” Vanderbilt’s first bowl game in 26 years will ...
Getting Rid Of Charlie Weis May Be Easier Than Everyone Thought
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... Problem being, everyone’s thought Weis’ buyout was for some serious scrilla, to the point where it would really set the university, and the donors, and the alumni back. Well, if the anonymous Irish backers who decided to whine about Charlie Weis to the Trib’s Teddy Greenstein are to be believed, it might not actually be that much money at all — relatively speaking. ...
Charlie Weis' Buyout Is a State Secret
The Sporting Blog —
... Teddy Greenstein -- who has been hammering Weis in a factual but brutal way for the past month at least -- says both numbers overshoot the real sum by miles. Weis' buyout according to his sources is more in the $4.5 million range, a sum described charmingly by one source as "loose change." He also continues the hammering by including this unsourced quote: ...
Charlie Weis Buyout Is Much Less Than The $10 Million Previously Reported
FanIQ Blog —
... The Chicago Tribune is reporting today that Weis's buyout is less than half of that $10 million. And I think I speak for all of us when I say "awesome." ...
Anonymous Anti-Weis Source Hints That Ditching The Ineffective Coach Is Possible [Notre Dame]
Deadspin —
... How come?: "He has built zero relationships at the school," one source said. "It has been all about him and his ego." Oh. Right. That whole thing. They're just realizing this now? Do these ND deep throats also know that Charlie Weis has a weight problem? Either way, it appears more and more that ND's game against USC could very well be a battle for Charlie Weis' job. That means Jimmy Clausen could very well take a knee after every snap. Sources: Weis' Notre Dame buyout is smaller than believed [Chicago Tribune] ...
Unverified Voracity Says Seeya
mgoblog —
... player on the field will likely be a rookie next year. The condemnation: Weis attempted to port an NFL system like this to a college team and it blew up as soon as he had guys he actually had to coach.
ND rewind. Touching on two things you may have already seen:
They might be able to fire Charlie Weis after all. After 4-5 articles all claiming that Notre Dame had given Weis the world's dumbest contract (example) comes this from the Chicago Tribune:
The common perception of Weis' buyout is not ...
A Happy Thanksgiving for UND Haters?
Boiled Sports —
... You know how everyone thinks Charlie Weis isn't going anywhere because of his massive buyout? Well, perhaps that's not entirely true.... as per the Chicago Tribune. ...
Conflicting Reports on Weis’s Buyout
UHND.com - Notre Dame Football, Basketball, & Recruiting —
[image] There have been various reports today about just how big the buyout in Charlie Weis’s contract is. First Lee Corso weighed in on the buyout (via a Chicago Tribune article )“The entire Catholic Church doesn’t have enough money to pay him off at $2.5 million for another seven years or whatever it is,” Corso said. “So forget about it. The guy is going to be the football coach and they’re just going to have to live with what they’ve got.” That same CT article, however, described Weis’s buyout as “loose change.” The common perception of Weis’ buyout is not accurate. ...
11W Weekend Update: Sponsored by Gravy
Eleven Warriors —
... Charlie is on life support after that loss at home to Syracuse last week. Tune in to this one only to see how out of hound the game will get. I’m guessing 56-0. ...
Firing Charlie Weis May Be an Issue of Money, Like $20 Million
Larry Brown Sports —
... that took him through ‘15, worth around $40 million in total value. Weis I believe is three years into that extension, so the school would need to buy out the remaining seven years of the deal. Some reports last week suggested the buyout wouldn’t be as costly as initially anticipated. That logic suggested the school would only need to buy Weis out at the base salary amount of his contract, not the total value. The base salary probably reflects less than 25% of Weis actual salary. ...
