IRISH MELTDOWN!
Although there are many examples on many different ND boards this is one of my favorite of Irish Fans melting down. PURE JOY!
http://www.ndnation.com/boards/showpost.php?b=football;pid=52943;d=all
February 1st, 2010 at 10:34 AM ^
I thought this was about an unforseen escalation in the vague-off between Irish and Obes!
February 1st, 2010 at 10:34 AM ^
If this was a thread started last year, I could have inserted a great Charlie Weis/sauna joke, but alas...no more.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:49 AM ^
Go ahead. Charlie jokes are still welcome around here.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:57 AM ^
I guess...they ARE still very funny. It's just not quite the same. I had good ideas too..
"When I read the thread title, I thought I was going to be linked to an article about Charlie Weis' 2nd attempt at a gastric bypass surgery"
or...
"...I thought the South Bend McDonald's had named a new sandwich that was essentially 4 Big Mac's tied together with 12 pieces of bacon the "Irish Meltdown" in honor of Charlie's everyday lunch."
the jokes really write themselves.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:42 AM ^
Good to hear. I really don't want to have to do a name change/photo change.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:50 AM ^
Charlie Weis is like John Cooper, there will always be jokes.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
Isn't John Cooper Day coming up soon?
February 1st, 2010 at 1:38 PM ^
and 10 days from now feb, 10. '01
February 1st, 2010 at 10:35 AM ^
I've never gone to another team's fan site, and I'm not going to start today
February 1st, 2010 at 10:36 AM ^
This really is not that different than comments by Michigan fans about Rrods ability to recruit athletes and get his kind of players (especially on offense). Some people buy it, some don't.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:41 AM ^
Agreed. This looks eerily similar to some of the posts about Drew Dileo after he committed. I, personally, trust the coaches not to waste scholarships. Other people trust the recruiting sites and didn't like the offer. It is what it is. Fact is, some guys are under rated, some are over rated, and we won't know who is what until they get on campus.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:09 PM ^
...but on mgoblog, the majority of the comments are usually in support of RR and the kids he recruits. Of what I could stomach over there, which was about the first twenty posts, there was only one post defending the offer. If mgoblog looks like anything close to that, Brian stops the thread and sometimes does a 24 hour moratorium on commenting.
To give credit where credit is due, though, the line "is English your second language" was pretty funny.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:36 AM ^
I love the smell of fresh Schadenfreude in the morning...
February 1st, 2010 at 10:36 AM ^
They sound just like Michigan fans after the RR hire. Soon they will fall into the, "Our coach knows what he is doing" category like we have. Or maybe they are free thinkers and won't be trapped by that meme.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:42 AM ^
Yes. Everyone who doesn't agree with you is obviously trapped in some sort of idiot mime box.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:54 AM ^
It's hard to think that way when the coach in question hasn't proven anything once he has reached said institution. It is human nature to question things. Looks like the establishment is upset. Uh Oh.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:12 AM ^
The establishment you continue to be a part of. If you were really interested in being anti-establishment, you'd go start an anti-RR blog to point out how wrong the mindless masses are.
You're like the guy sitting in starbucks complaining about the evils of multinational corporations.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:16 AM ^
So you are saying that I can't be a RR fan who is a little bit skeptical of his abilities after the two years we have had? Wow, all or nothing with the masses here.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:26 AM ^
Being a free-thinking skeptic receives plenty of respect on this board. Trolling the @%$#% out of it on a Monday morning... not so much.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:45 AM ^
Not at all. You can be skeptical and raise questions and a lot people have on this board. It's what makes this board worth visiting.
Have you considered that the "negs" that you consider groupthink are reactions against the tone of your posts more than the substance of your posts?
For instance, in this thread you've implied that people who disagree with the substance of your posts are automatically mindless sheep (twice now). Is it possible that they're independent thinkers like yourself, they just disagree with you?
I think you can totally be skeptical of RR based on what you perceive to be the lack of results the last two years. Just don't assume that those that disagree with you are just following a mob mentality as a mass. It's disrespectful to all of us on the blog and annoying to boot.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
I hear ya. I usually word myself in an combative manner when I mean not to.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:41 AM ^
That's already been covered... I think it's called the Detroit Free Press.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:39 AM ^
It's not exactly unusual for this to happen when you have a regime change.
The new coach comes in and it's not like he can make up a year's worth of work in a week. So he continues to recruit the guys that he has a relationship with. You salvage the class as best you can and then you start working on the juniors.
If, a year from now, he's still battling William and Mary for recruits...then it's time to melt down and pitch a fit. They're pissed because he didn't go get some five-star recruit that he's never met before?
February 1st, 2010 at 10:40 AM ^
Thanks for sharing some of this hilarity with us:
He (Heggie) might have been a great fit at GVSU. *
When has Kelly showed the ability to coach at this level?Just another example of why NCAAF fanbases should relax a little with the recruiting obsession. The quicker these Irish fans realize they are in no way qualified to evaluate football talent the more rational they'll become.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:51 AM ^
I love it. Pretty sure Cincinnati would have beat up on ND this last year...so coaching at this level, ummm...check.
February 1st, 2010 at 3:52 PM ^
what ND fans consider "that level" is mildly arbitrary.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:45 AM ^
While I can't stand their fans, that annoying Leprechaun and the overall gingerness of their coeds, I hope that Kelly does well there (but not against us.)
Let's face it - there are a lot of similarities between them and us, and it seems that the overall college football world hates them like they hate us.
Yes, they are living in the past, but I'd like to see them get back to prominence....if only because that W against them every year would look that much better.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:59 AM ^
+1 for "gingerness".
February 1st, 2010 at 1:45 PM ^
I also would like to see ND return to prominence, but I would prefer RR to have a little more job security before it happens.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:51 AM ^
ndnation makes me a sad panda
February 1st, 2010 at 12:06 PM ^
When I read the title of this thread...I for sure thought u were going to swear off all association with notre dame, and finally swear allegiance to UofM.
February 1st, 2010 at 12:10 PM ^
Could you be persuaded to jump on the Michigan bandwagon? Just change your handle to Wolverine and update your avatar. Hopefully Michigan is near the end of a painful transition process so the time may be right to come aboard.
February 1st, 2010 at 12:14 PM ^
[insert-blazing-saddles-quote-involving-some-bad-racial-slurs-here]
February 1st, 2010 at 12:40 PM ^
"Naturally, the Michigan folks didn't let me travel in their circle, so I made my own."
February 1st, 2010 at 10:52 AM ^
how 1 recruit or lost game can cause so much hate and anger in a fan base (we have experienced the same, so I'm not just talking about ND).
That recruit, Heggie is like a hated kid on those forums. They should at least trust their new coach on this one.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:27 PM ^
but what is this a reference to? here i thought i knew all internet memes but this one doesn't ring a bell. it looks like the german kid who goes psycho but in a diff format (and skinnier)
February 1st, 2010 at 4:31 PM ^
seeing ND Nation "melt down" deserves a fist pump.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:16 AM ^
Oh no Rivals just gave him a 2 star rating
oh wait is this a good thing?
oh wait is this a good thing?February 1st, 2010 at 11:37 AM ^
But honestly this isn't much different than the conversations we have here, or (i'm guessing) the conversations on every fan board other than Texas and Florida this year.
The locals actually seem very confident about the coming year. They've somehow convinced themselves that their 6-6 swiss-cheese-defense-equiped team will somehow get better in the first year under a new system, despite losing their 3-year starting quarterback, best receiver, 4-year starting tackle, and both safeties (remind you of a certain fan base in '08?).
Maybe Irish can dissuade me, but I get the feeling that the confidence in ND Nation stems from a feeling that the coaching was the one thing holding the team back for the last... um... 13 years.
(P.S. Nice post title;
)
)February 1st, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^
I enjoyed how various posts included only the title, but you totally saw how the conversation progressed:
So they all watched his film eh? *->You are fucking dense. *->And you just like to rant. *
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:13 AM ^
My favorite part of the meltdown:
Why WOULD any top player come to Notre Dame? Putting aside academics, which I grant you is a big deal for some, is there anything ND can offer that the other elites can't (bearing in mind that Florida, Texas, and SC are all top state schools as well)?Indeed.
Location? Weather? Girls? NFL prospects? Fun, collegial atmosphere?
If Notre Dame didn't have its incredible tradition (which its administration is doing its best to destroy) would ANY top recruit even sniff at us?