Will Coach Charlie Weiss survive at Notre Dame University?
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Charlie Weis and his boss discussed the future of Notre Dame football for more than 2 hours, coming up with a plan to make the Fighting Irish great again. The plan includes having Weis as the coach of the Fighting Irish for at least one more year. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick said he decided to allow Weis to return for a fifth season because they agreed on what steps need to be taken to restore the luster to the nation’s most storied college football program. “The question you’re ultimately asking yourself is: Is he in a position to help direct the changes in the program, to help steer it back to where he and I really want it to be?” Swarbrick told The Associated Press in a phone interview. “That really focused on a discussion about a series of very specific things that constitute the plan going forward.” Swarbrick, who took over as athletic director in August, would not discuss specific changes are necessary under what he called “the plan.” He and Weis found co
