Charlie Weis Quotes (214 Quotes)

You start worrying about the BCS and what bowl you're playing in, then BYU comes in and ends up beating you, which they are capable of doing, which we'll talk about tomorrow, then you've made a bad miscalculation.

He can continue to rehab. He just can't do things full speed. So he's going through drills, I'd say, about three-quarters. But three-quarters at that position -- where you plant and cut and explode -- just isn't good enough to play.

I was disappointed in the number of big plays we gave up. That was critical.

And he didn't disappoint. His best football is ahead of him. He's definitely on the rise.

There's a difference between having a chip on your shoulders undeserved and a chip on your shoulders when you're trying to prove something, ... I think that's what these players are trying to do. They're trying to prove that they're better than everyone thought they were.

And I don't use that word very often.

I basically told them you are already down 31, let's see where we can go from there. Let's see if we can close the gap a little bit. You start off embarrassing them. Then for the rest of the time all you do is try to build up their confidence.

Some people have a gift. He does a great job of positioning his body where he's the only one who really has a chance of making the play.

That's my one big complaint with the college rule versus the NFL rule. They do it sometimes to cover their butt. It was clear to them that (Quinn) was down. Everybody in the place saw that he was down.

He had good composure, ... Now he has plenty of things that he can improve on. It wasn't that he played an error-free game, but he made a number of good plays, a number of good plays in that game.

Each situation has to be handled as a unique situation. But I think if you want your guys to stay in school and graduate and one of these opportunities comes along, you have to be willing to work with him, you have to give a little.

There's no doubt that's been the biggest difference. Those guys have slugged it out. When you talk about changing the temperament, it all starts at the line of scrimmage. I think they've done a nice job in the run game, and they've also done a nice job pr

It's a time for us to reflect on true greatness, which is what he was.

He told me about his love for Notre Dame football and how he just wanted to make it through this game this week, ... He just wanted to be able to live through this game because he knew he wasn't going to live very much longer.

They've had the advantage in recruiting because I came in late. Now it's Xs and Os. Let's see who has the advantage now.

We've practiced both him and Mo (Stovall) back there. So, at times, we might even put both of them back there. When you've got two guys that are 6-5 and jump and have good hands, they are good choices.

It might be great if you won. It's not the greatest game if you lost, ... You can say whatever you want. It's not going to be one of my greatest games because we lost.

If I dignified that, (Bill) Parcells and (Bill) Belichick would just humiliate me. I've played two games. Really I've just coached two games. Let's come back and revisit that about 10 years from now.

Everyone thinks that they're the reason why you lost. I think that when you win a big game like that, it's a team win. Well, when you lose, it's a team loss, and I don't want any one person feeling responsible for losing that game. I think that would be totally out of line.

He has a matter that he has to clear up. If and when he clears that up, he'll be playing.

So at least now there's evidence after only two games that all three of them are capable of playing well. So now the important thing is going to be to strive to get all three of those in sync, all playing well at the same time. That's easier said than done, but because there's evidence that it can be done, now my expectations go up.

They are out of the coach's box and they are calling time-outs with no time-outs left, ... Now that's a penalty and that alone puts them out of touchdown scoring range and to field goal range.

After the game we just played, ... would anyone not vote for Reggie

His goal every game starts with being able to dominate on the line of scrimmage as a blocker because a tight end's job is to be an extension of the offensive line. This offense is not one where the tight end is detached all over the place and just running routes as a receiver. It all starts with a run-pass threat, and I think Anthony has been one of our most consistent players the entire season.

I trust Bill Lewis and his teaching, his leadership and the way he handles the players. The players have a lot of trust in Bill Lewis.

But if it went the way it was designed to go it might have been a walk-in touchdown. Because it was not run the right way, it was my fault.

We definitely spent a good amount of time watching that,

There's plenty of opportunity for constructive criticism. It will give us an opportunity to clear up a lot of the things that went wrong.

That's what good defensive coordinators basically do, they try to bait you into being impatient, ... You need to have a lot of mental discipline to play that game. Usually someone breaks down before it's all said and done.

I can't tell you how many times you sit in a draft room and people say 'what kind of tight end is he' because there are very few guys that can block and catch. You can count them on one hand.

If they're nickel-and-diming you, and getting 5 and 10 (yards), you can live with it and say they're physically kicking your butt, when you give up that many big plays, that was disappointing.

This was a slugfest a street fight, ... If you're waiting for me to say it was a good loss, you won't hear that here. Losing is losing. There are no moral victories.

The way I look at it is he's fought 90 times and he's a Golden Glove guy, it's a four-round fight and it's a lot of money. I think I'd be doing a disservice to the kid if I didn't give him the opportunity.

If you were in that meeting, you'd be worrying about fixing those problems, ... I think as long as you understand what the problems are and you believe they can be fixed, then you have a chance.

They have to know how bad this feels. They're the ones who have to make the strides and take it to the next level because today obviously wasn't good enough.

We're going to spend a large amount of time with a veteran secondary working on communication. There are too many times where we had communication problems, and it's going to be an area we emphasize this spring.

I'm happy for the team, but I worry about their heads. I told them to enjoy this tonight, but not too much. You don't want to have a big win like this, then lay an egg at home the next week.

I can't let them feel too good about themselves because we play Saturday against a team that's definitely gotten the best of this rivalry the past bunch of years.

Weis Guy We've got a bigger man crush on Charlie Weis by the day -- in a wholesome sort of way. He wins, he's accountable, and he's refreshing. If Notre Dame wins the toss against Michigan State, it will continue to take the ball, ignoring that nonsense about deferring the option until the second half. We want the ball, ... We want to dictate.

You have to treat every week the same. You understand the significance of rivalries between different schools. But if you ever treat any team differently, you're just setting yourself up for a fall.

When it goes from a scope to cut, there's obviously a bigger problem. I don't know the exact injury, all I know is he won't be back this year.

Oh, that hat will be on, ... I'll make sure people will hold him accountable.

We know what we're getting ourselves into going there, ... We're going to have to play a lot better than we did last week if we're going to have an opportunity to win this game.

That they represent a lot of people that they don't even realize they're representing,

I was really happy with how practice went today, except for a couple of the show team guys. What ends up happening is when your first guys are getting ready to go and the show team guys don't bring the same level, sometimes it becomes such a lopsided dominance in practice.

We try not to tip our hand as to what it's gonna be. Sometimes you want to bait 'em, let them think it it's gonna be one thing, then give them something else.

By halftime, the players started to realize they were better than they thought they were.

Seven sacks against us, that's not what we're looking for. And it doesn't make a difference whether I throw it 10 times or throw it 50 times, we're not going to get sacked seven times.

It's time for us to put that behind us, ... I wasn't put through it when Willingham was fired because I wasn't here. But I think psychologically, for the players, this will be a good thing to have that behind them and move on to the next game.

Two thirds of the time they were using pressure.