As a Patriots and Notre Dame fan, I was excited by the Charlie Weis hire when it happened. By the end of Weis’ time, he had exhausted me as Notre Dame’s coach. Meanwhile, Tom Brady and the Patriots proved that he was replaceable as a coordinator.
Urban Meyer
The 2005 season was also the season that Urban Meyer took over at Florida. In fact, he chose to go to Florida over Notre Dame. This, according to Meyer, is because he wouldn’t be given time to build the program at Notre Dame like he did at Florida.