For each opponent, Notre Dame would make significant changes to their game-plan. Without the necessary practice time, the last two years seem to show more installation of scheme rather than fundamentals. The performance of the offensive line seems to reflect this, as well as inexperienced players thinking rather than flying around and hitting.
The next head coach must be able to recruit. This was a hard lesson learned, taught by Tyrone Willingham. To Weis' credit, he at least proved that you can still bring in top talent at Notre Dame. Regardless, if Notre Dame doesn't get a winner at the helm, a new Notre Dame tradition of being mediocre will make recruiting much more difficult.
Who should Notre Dame hire? Due to the Dav-Willing-Weis era, there are probably a number of candidates that could be successful but won't get the opportunity. So Notre Dame must hire a sure thing.
Bob Stoops, Pete Carroll, Urban Meyer, and Nick Saban would probably be the only head coaches that 90 percent of people would agree are sure things. Urban Meyer would probably be the only possibility, based purely on his comments about Notre Dame in his own autobiography.
Jack Swarbrick should fill a dump truck with anywhere between $50 and $70 million. Take the dump truck to the Meyer's residence and dump the money on his front lawn. Let Urban and his family look at that pile of money, and see if they can say no.
If the dump truck plan fails, then consider the following names:
Butch Davis, Bill Cowher, Gary Patterson, Mark Richt, Brian Kelly, Pat Hill, Chris Peterson, Paul Johnson, and Tom Coughlin.
If Notre Dame offers the right financial package, then the mystique, TV contract, and roster full of talent would just be icing on the cake.
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