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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Pardon the dumb and obvious question but before getting to 'will this happen,' does Charlie have a clause in his contract with ND that allows him to opt out for NE?
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Why would he forfeit approx $24 mil? He signed a 10-yr, $40 mil deal in 2005. ND is probably wishing he does so they are off the hook for the rest of the contract.
If he were to signal a willingness to negotiate a buyout to leave early, it can probably get done. So the question is - has anyone heard whether that's something he's considering? I know that he and TB are close; what if Tom were to ask Charlie to come back as OC and win some more Super Bowls?
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Why would he forfeit approx $24 mil? He signed a 10-yr, $40 mil deal in 2005. ND is probably wishing he does so they are off the hook for the rest of the contract.
This is ultimately the main reason that he wasn't fired by Notre Dame this season.
If Belichick wants to pay him $24 million guranteed I'm sure he'd be happy to leave, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
ProFootballTalk.com - WHAT NEXT FOR GRUDEN?Finally, don’t rule out the college ranks — specifically Notre Dame. As John Taylor points out at CFT, the availability of Gruden could prompt the folks at South Bend to fire Charlie Weis and hire Gruden, once Touchdown Jesus is fitted with sufficiently large earmuffs.
Weiss finally has the pieces in place at Notre Dame. Why would he want to tuck tail and run now?
Seems like this is the ND mantra every offseason.
Not that I'm clairvoyant or anything, but I did predict on August 5, 2008 that McDaniels would succeed Shanahan at the end of the 2008 season:
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/10/92183-breer-mcdaniels.html
See Message #6.
QB12
Urban has one more year to coach Florida, and then he's off to South Bend to take over the reins until he retires.