The national hype machine is at full speed over the USC-Notre Dame game…and I couldn’t be happier. Coach Carroll is doing the syndicated radio shows, and ESPN and the LA Times are reaching for stories. E.g. Galippo was slighted by Weis on his recruiting visit because Weis was obsessed with all things Jimmy Clausen; Will Charlie Weis have unreasonably long grass like he did in 2005? And USC’s “unknown LB’s on the verge of group stardom.”
And yes, I know this because I am a sucker for all and devour them unscrupulously. All of this got me thinking….just how different Coach Carroll and Coach Weis are. The Midwestern crew cut vs. the southern California suave; the upbeat outlook on life vs. the depressed “life’s a grind mentality.” The spark for this post was Carroll’s 60 minutes piece. (http://www.usctrojans.com/blog/2009/09/carroll-on-60-minutes.html) The interviewer relays a quote from Weis on a previous show saying, “All coaches are miserable.” He then asks Carroll, “Are you miserable?” Carroll graciously laughs it off and with that dismisses beyond any doubt how wrong Weis is. So to add some more examples of the difference in each coach—which flows through to each team’s character—I’ve amassed a few other examples to drive the point home.
Weis is the facebook status sympathy-baitor. “I don’t know how much more of this I can take. But I should expect it, this is just my luck, it’s meant to be.” -VS- Carroll’s, “just hit the surf, swam with some dolphins, watching ND film and jamming to the ‘Stones.
Weis is the angry, stressed out undergrad before finals week; Carroll shows up 15 mins late and is the first one to turn in his blue books.
Carroll rolls in a sweet Mercedes. Weis is that guy who drives a Suburban with a “Keep Tahoe Blue” bumper sticker, oblivious to the irony.
And last, Carroll finishes a mid-week practice with style. (http://www.usctrojans.com/blog/2009/10/enjoying-their-work.html)
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