Wednesday, December 15, 2004

ND Coaching Search: The Movie | by Jay

These last few weeks have not been the feel-good comedy of the season. But they'd still make for a decent movie: lots of action (firings, hirings, people going ballistic in the press), some head-spinning plot twists (It's Urban! No, it's Clements! No, wait...), and loaded with mystery and intrigue (who really did fire Ty? Why did Meyer turn us down? And how many razors did Chandra have to go through to get that perfect sheen?).

We got together at BGS to cast the movie, which we plan to shop around to the studios. Here's who we have lined up so far:


charlie weis The image “http://www.jupeal.com/Actores/John_Goodman/John%20Goodman1.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. john goodman

monk malloy donald sutherland

john jenkins The image “http://www.nd.edu/~ndphilo/images/jje.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://www.sergioleone.net/gb.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. gary burghoff

tyrone willingham The image “http://www.channel4.com/film/media/people/1m/J/jackson_samuel_md_01.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. samuel l. jackson

urban meyer frankie muniz

pat mccartan The image “http://www.srmason-sj.org/web/journal-files/Issues/sep03/bryant_thomas.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. dave thomas

chandra johnson Chandra Johnson, the assistant to Notre Dame president Rev. Edward Malloy, talks about shaving her head in respone to the firing of Notre Dame football coach Tyrone Willingham in South Bend, Ind. Wednesday Dec. 8, 2004. (AP Photo/Shayna Breslin, South Bend Tribune) The image “http://premierspeakers.com/photos/287.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. curly neal

dave duerson The image “http://www.plcca.org/images/upload/dave.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://not_enough.at.infoseek.co.jp/drimage/f_carl.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. reginald veljohnson


joe theisman The image “http://www.washspkrs.com/cropped_speakers/j_theisman2.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://images.ibsys.com/2003/0313/2039075.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. don johnson

mike shanahan The image “http://www.greysquirrel.net/pics/mshan.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://www.bluegraysky.com/images/ChuckCheese.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. chuck e. cheese


brady quinn The image “http://www.goboilers.com/boxbacks/nd03.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://www.jesus21.com/portal/wells/img/busey.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. gary busey

kevin white The image “http://graphics.ocsn.com/photos/schools/nd/nonsport/monogram-club/nd-monoclub-whitehs-105.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://untruenews.com/unimages/john_ratzenberger.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. john ratzenberger

darius walker The image “http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/topimages/dwalker.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://www.gusworld.com.au/nrc/smooveb.gif” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. smoove B

bill diedrick The image “http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/nd/sports/m-footbl/02-03roster/c-diedrick.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/nd/sports/m-footbl/auto_headshot/p-baer.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. kent baer

kent baer The image “http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/nd/sports/m-footbl/auto_headshot/p-baer.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/nd/sports/m-footbl/02-03roster/c-diedrick.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. bill diedrick


bill belichick The image “http://www.terra.com.mx/galeria_de_fotos/images/89/177021.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://us.ent1.yimg.com/images.launch.yahoo.com/000/005/708/5708761.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. sam kinison

tom clements The image “http://myvideostore.com/images/content/people/pics/gary_cole.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. gary cole

nathan hatch The image “http://www.thefamilyheroes.com/images/hatch.gif” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://www.weht.net/pics/maxwright.jpeg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. max wright

gene corrigan The image “http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/dimension_films/scary_movie_3/leslie_nielsen/scarypre2.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. leslie nielsen

bobby petrino The image “http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/lou/sports/m-footbl/auto_action/a-petrinopc01.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://www.meredy.com/cagney3.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. james cagney

michael wilbon The image “http://sportsmed.starwave.com/media/pg2/2002/0307/photo/wilbon_i.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. The image “http://www.equinenet.org/heroes/ednpals2.gif” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. francis


I think that would make for a very, very mediocre movie.