Showing posts with label Notre Dame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Notre Dame. Show all posts

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Kids Today

Before yesterday afternoon, I had never heard of Dre Kirkpatrick, the consensus number one high school defensive back in the country. Which shouldn't bother Kirkpatrick one bit, because, well, let's just say the kid's got a healthy sense of self-worth. 

To wit: at his press conference yesterday to announce his decision to play for Nick Saban's Alabama Crimson Tide, Kirkpatrick exhibited the biggest ego this side of Terrell Owens's abs. Instead of simply picking up the Alabama hat conveniently laid out in front of him, Kirkpatrick turned the already overblown production into an out-and-out spectacle. You kind of have to see it to believe it:



My favorite part is when he dismissively tells the girl to open the bag, as if his silky smooth hands were too precious a commodity to go messing around with the plastic teeth of a three-dollar zipper. Who does this kid think he is, Prince?

Kirkpatrick's sleepy-eyed hubris is almost as bad as when quarterback Jimmy Clausen, another blue chip high school recruit, announced his intention to attend Notre Dame, at the College Football Hall of Fame, after arriving in a stretch Hummer limousine, rocking a white fur coat.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Exit Strategy for Weiss?

Before Charlie Weis is officially run out of South Bend, I'd like to throw out a possible landing spot for the once-celebrated offensive guru: Cleveland. 

Think about it. Current Browns coach Romeo Crennel is reportedly on the hot seat, and Weis is, arguably, best suited to work out the kinks in Crennel's system, because he and Crennel both learned their craft in New England, at the feet of Bill Belichick. Also, in their current positions, both Weis and Crennel run basic variations on Belichick's offensive and defensive schemes. 

Weis, then, could step right in and help Cleveland, which is in the bottom third of the National Football League in almost every offensive category-- even with a surplus of offensive weapons- put up some much-needed points, particularly with Brady Quinn, who gave Weis his best season at Notre Dame, under center.

It's at least worth a shot. The Browns couldn't possibly get any worse, could they?