It's Not Fair!!!

"Whhaaaahhh...it's not fair." If I have to hear that statement from grown men one more time, I might just jump off my 27th floor balcony for fear that there aren't any real men out there anymore. So it's not fair that Notre Dame didn't fire Charlie Weiss because they fired Tyrone Willingham? Seriously? Seriously, this is your argument? Boys, please grow up and realize that life is not fair. In a sport where coaches can get fired just a year after signing an extension, where the average tenure of an FBS coach in 2008 was 4.7 years and where guys like Nick Saban are outraged at the lack of loyalty to college football coaches, I'm not certain what is supposed to be fair. To set the record straight on Willingham (who is an amazing scout of quarterback talent and perhaps should take his skills to the NFL), he was not Notre Dame's guy, but hired because the idiots on the hiring committee failed to check George O'Leary's resume. Anyone who has applied for a job in the last few years understands how ridiculous this incident was because the rest of us are screened with an assumption that we are lying, on drugs and may have committed a dangerous crime in order to submit a simple job application. Regardless, Ty saved the day for the Irish and made them look good after that embarrassing debacle. As we move on to Ty's firing, I repeat, he was not Notre Dame's guy. And when those same idiots on the hiring committee decided they wanted Urban Meyer, they had no choice but to fire Willingham and open the door for Meyer to spit in their faces. That arrogance that made them believe they could have any coach is what made them prematurely fire Willingham--it wasn't simply about his record. After the Meyer incident, enter Charlie Weiss as the latest savior. He wasn't Notre Dame's guy either, but those in power wanted to believe that this time they got lucky. They didn't. They are idiots. Yes, it really is as simple as that for all of you conspiracy theorists out there. But, if there's one smart move they made this year it was NOT to fire Charlie Weiss. The reason? Who the heck are they going to hire instead? There are approximately 17 (I repeat, SEVENTEEN) head football coaching positions available at FBS schools at this moment. The competition for the best coaches is fierce. And why should a beaten down Irish organization that has only won 9 games the last two seasons try to compete with Auburn, Clemson, Tennessee, Washington, Mississippi State, Kansas State, etc. right now? It isn't even certain what current coaches can be lured away at the moment. The fact is that they have no business entering the competition to find a head coach under these circumstances unless they want to pick from amongst the fired/failed/resigned crew. If Notre Dame were to fire Weiss, they would find themselves in just as bad of a position as they have been in the last two times they went searching for a coach. They made the right decision in sticking in out with Weiss. But this isn't about what's fair to Willingham. He has already found and lost another head coaching job. And as much as I like the guy, this is just NOT about him. It's about what's right for Notre Dame. SO, if you cry-babies out there could just put down your pacifiers for a moment and listen, you might understand that fairness is a meaningless word in a non-socialist society. Please Obama don't make me eat these words.