Sack up...Wipe your tears away & Shut your mouth!

One of my favorite sayings in the world is,

ACT LIKE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE!

Well we have...thats college football..EVERY TEAM 

has been here before!

This week reminds me of a situation, almost 

EXACTLY one year ago, with a player I won't

even mention by name because I know right 

now EVERY day he is kicking himself for 

leaving the University of Notre Dame!

This player had a bright future...he was an elite 

athlete.  Had all the potential in the world but 

refused to be coached... Refused to listen to mentors 

around him, and to his own mother, on what life was all 

about and how hard it could be if he didn't maintain the 

path that he was on...

He left the school...watched his teammates go 12-0

and make an appearance to the 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP...

WITHOUT him...

I made a statement last year on some message boards about this 

player...I said that our season would be just fine!

That losing him was addition by subtraction!

What happend?

Months later he called the coaches...asking if there was a chance,

a glimmer of hope of returning to the program that he once 

wronged....and the answer?...no

Who was that player?

Does it really matter now?

A wall will not fall if it's fundamentally sound, built

by the finest brick layers...even if one brick is missing!

"But...But...Our front 7 is so good now...and looking at 

2014 we will lose Nix...and Tuitt!"

"What if Vanderdoes doesn't come????"

"What if...What...if....What if...." 

STOP!

This is the coaching staff that CREATED, and yeah

I'm using the word CREATED, Harrison Smith!

He was a gypsy before they came along...

"Oh..one season I'll live up here..next I'll try this...."

They made him into a first round draft pick!

This is the coaching staff that took THREE,

three offensive players and put together a defensive secondary

that was easily top 10 by seasons end!

This will fix it's self!!!!

I hate to break it to you...but Louis Nixs and Stephon Tuitts

don't grow on trees!

Kids with this type of talent, that can 

ACTUALLY get into ND are rare!

They are ELITE and day one ready players!

We will land more of them...but we will lose some also!

At some point you have to take a 3 star and make him 

impact like a 5!

You have to train and condition and mentor and 

develop!

You have to BUILD a player into who you want and how 

you want!

This is what programs like Stanford do, and NOBODY out there

is crying!

Let me tell you a story about a player from Texas!

He was a skinny 6'4 D End

He didn't have a extensive offer list...
Texas A&M before Johnny

Texas after Colt

Michigan with Rich Rod

...ND under Cholly!

He came to Notre Dame weighing 225 Llbs..

just a tad lighter than....Michael Deeb!

He wasn't 6'7 300lbs like Jarron Jones

He wasn't 6'5 240lbs and 17 years old like Romeo

He wasn't 6'6 260lbs like Tony Springman

He wasn't 6'5 260lbs like Isaac Roshell

He wasn't 6'5 270lbs like Jay Hayes

He wasn't 6'5 250lbs like Trumbetti

Heck...he wasn't as big as Marquis Dickerson the 

new "walk on" D Tackel from Arkansas!

But with his heart and Notre Dame's influence...

He trained!...he listend and learned and turned into this:

300lbs of ALREADY signed 

Baltimore Ravens future!

So stop your crying!

Don't tell me that one brick will matter!

Don't tell me that we can't win a championships with 4 

defensive lineman like Kapron Lewis Moore!

Don't tell me that the sky is falling because of one player!

Well guess what Notre Dame Fan Base?

YOU are the Douchebag of the week!

That's right my beloved ND family is the winner of the 

Jameson Irish Whisky DOUCHEBAG of the week award!

Why?...just like I said at the beginning...

Every team has been here before!

That makes me the biggest douchebag of them all!

Cause NOT every team has been here before!

Not every team has:

A 3 Time Coach of the Year at the helm!

A QB with NO CEILING for his potential!

One of the best sets of asst. Coaches in football!

15 returning starters from a regular season undefeated team

that actually beat a schedule that you should be 

proud of and not embarrassed!

Unbelievable talent arriving in 2 weeks to re-stock the shelves!

And...a current recruiting class that has the potential of being

the best Kelly has brought to South Bend yet!

So...no!...not everybody has been here before!

Lets remember who we are...and ACT LIKE IT!

GOD BLESS AND GO IRISH!